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Falls Book Group
Mon, January 27, 2020
6:30 P.M.
Falls of Schuylkill Library
The book selection for this month will be Small Great Things by Judi Picoult. The Falls Book Group is one of the Free Library's longest running programs and is open to all. Interested in joining? For reading selections or to attend a meeting, please reach out to the…
Mysterious Travelers All Stars Returns!
Mon, January 27, 2020
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Co-sponsored by the Philadelphia Jazz Project. Join up-and-coming & veteran Philly musicians who've played our past concerts for this free show! You'll hear the live band transform unlikely tunes from other genres like reggae, hip-hop, rock and country into stellar jazz…
Chinese New Year Celebration - Spring Festival 4718 (2020) : Year of the Rat
Sat, February 1, 2020
10:00 A.M.
Parkway Central Library
Join the Free Library of Philadelphia and the WE Cultural Exchange Institute to celebrate the Chinese New Year of the Rat with a Spring Festival at the Parkway Central Library in our Grand Lobby. Experience the famed Lion Dance, martial arts, folk music, Chinese opera, and the dances of…
Digital Manipulation and the Political Campaign
Thu, February 6, 2020
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Political campaigns have used the media to influence voters. Yet, in today's online environment, social media is reaching a new audience of potential voters. This program seeks to ask and answer several pertinent questions about the use of social media on the campaign trail: Why do…
Monday Poets | Octavia McBride-Ahebee & Sekai'afua Zankel
Mon, February 10, 2020
6:30 P.M.
Literature Department
at
Parkway Central Library
Octavia McBride-Ahebee’s work presents human relationships within the context of global inequality. Her poetry collections include Assuming Voices (2003) , Where My Birthmark Dances (2011) and most recently Praise Song for the Gravediggers (2019). Her work has appeared in The Beloit Poetry…
Monday Poets | David Ebenbach & Open Mic
Mon, March 2, 2020
6:30 P.M.
Literature Department
at
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
David Ebenbach is the author of the poetry collections Some Unimaginable Animal (2019), and We Were the People Who Moved (2015). His other books include The Artist’s Torah (2012), a nonfiction guide to creativity, and the novel Miss Portland (2017). He teaches creative writing and…
The Case of Martin Heidegger: Philosophy, Anti-Semitism and National Socialism
Thu, March 12, 2020
6:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
The 2013 publication of Martin Heidegger’s diaries known as the Black Notebooks brought the study of Martin Heidegger’s philosophy to a state of crisis. In these diaries from 1932 to 1948, Heidegger reveals the depth of his anti-Semitism and commitment to Nazi racial ideology. They…
Falls Book Group
Mon, March 30, 2020
6:30 P.M.
Falls of Schuylkill Library
The book selection for this month will be The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen. The Falls Book Group is one of the Free Library's longest running programs and is open to all. Interested in joining? For reading selections or to attend a meeting, please reach out to the…
Falls Book Group
Mon, April 27, 2020
6:30 P.M.
Falls of Schuylkill Library
The book selection for this month will be American Pastoral by Philip Roth. The Falls Book Group is one of the Free Library's longest running programs and is open to all. Interested in joining? For reading selections or to attend a meeting, please reach out to the…
Falls Book Group
Mon, May 18, 2020
6:30 P.M.
Falls of Schuylkill Library
The book selection for this month will be Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. The Falls Book Group is one of the Free Library's longest running programs and is open to all. Interested in joining? For reading selections or to attend a meeting, please reach out to the…
Falls Book Group
Mon, June 29, 2020
6:30 P.M.
Falls of Schuylkill Library
The book selection for this month will be The Untelling by Tayari Jones. The Falls Book Group is one of the Free Library's longest running programs and is open to all. Interested in joining? For reading selections or to attend a meeting, please reach out to the adult…