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Waging Peace in Vietnam: U.S. Soldiers and Veterans Who Opposed the War
Sun, November 17, 2019
2:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
The robust anti-war movement in Vietnam has a history that is largely unknown. Join Don Carver, co-editor of "Waging Peace in Vietnam: US Soldiers and Veterans Who Opposed the War", in partnership with several soldier-poets featured in the book for an engrossing discussion…
Creative Writing Club
Mon, November 18, 2019
4:30 P.M.
Teen Center
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Parkway Central Library
Need an outlet for your writing skills or share a poem? Come join us for our weekly writing group! Program for teens ages 12-18 only. Contact TeenCenter@freelibrary.org or call 215-686-5395 for more info. Follow @FLPTeenCenter on Facebook and Instagram.
School-age Storytime
Tue, November 19, 2019
4:00 P.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
A special read-aloud program for children in grades K-6 with Ms. Kate!
Shakespeare in the World: Shakespeare’s Wonder Women
Wed, November 20, 2019
6:00 P.M.
Literature Department
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Parkway Central Library
Lecture is in Room 406. In his first letter from the New World in 1493, Christopher Columbus described the women of the island Matremonio as Amazons from classical myth. By Shakespeare’s time, these women-warriors had become regular characters in both fiction and non-fiction texts, and…
Chestnut Hill Library Contemporary Book Group
Wed, November 20, 2019
7:00 P.M.
Chestnut Hill Library
This group meets on selected Wednesdays. For more information and to reserve a copy of the month's selection, please contact the library at 215-685-9290. Upcoming book selections are: June 19: Mad, Bad Dangerous to Know by Colm Toibin July 24: A State of Freedom by Neel Mukherjee…
Deirdre Bair | Parisian Lives: Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir, and Me
Thu, November 21, 2019
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $15.00
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Deirdre Bair won the National Book Award for her “blockbuster biography” of Samuel Beckett, “the best introduction to an enigmatic giant of 20th-century literature” ( Christian Science Monitor ). Her other acclaimed biographies include portraits of Simone de Beauvoir,…
Creative Writing Club
Mon, November 25, 2019
4:30 P.M.
Teen Center
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Parkway Central Library
Need an outlet for your writing skills or share a poem? Come join us for our weekly writing group! Program for teens ages 12-18 only. Contact TeenCenter@freelibrary.org or call 215-686-5395 for more info. Follow @FLPTeenCenter on Facebook and Instagram.
Creative Writing Club
Mon, December 2, 2019
4:30 P.M.
Teen Center
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Parkway Central Library
Need an outlet for your writing skills or share a poem? Come join us for our weekly writing group! Program for teens ages 12-18 only. Contact TeenCenter@freelibrary.org or call 215-686-5395 for more info. Follow @FLPTeenCenter on Facebook and Instagram.
Monday Poets | Zach Savich, with Amy Jannotti, Glorious Piner, and Hazel The Aura
Mon, December 2, 2019
6:30 P.M.
Literature Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join Monday Poets for a special reading by Zach Savich and University of the Arts creative writing alumni. Zach Savich is the author of the poetry collections Full Catastrophe Living (2009), Annulments (2010), The Firestorm (2011), Century Swept Brutal (2013), The Orchard Green and…
First Monday Writer's Group
Mon, December 2, 2019
6:30 P.M.
Oak Lane Library
Are you a writer who needs some motivation and encouragement? We can provide this, as well as technical skills and information that can direct you towards completing tasks for publication and discovery. A great support group no matter what stage of the process you are in,…
André Aciman | Find Me
Tue, December 3, 2019
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $15.00
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In conversation with Gary Kramer, a writer and film critic based in Philadelphia André Aciman is the author of the nationwide bestseller Call Me by Your Name , a novel that chronicles the bittersweet love story of a teenage boy and the young academic staying at his family’s mansion…
Chestnut Hill Classics Book Group
Thu, December 5, 2019
10:30 A.M.
Chestnut Hill Library
Join us the first Thursday of the month at 10:30 a.m. Today we'll be talking about Persuasion by Jane Austen.
Salman Rushdie | Quichotte
Tue, December 10, 2019
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $15.00; $34.00 with book
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Auditorium sold out; in-house simulcast tickets still available In conversation with novelist and musician Wesley Stace “One of the major literary voices of our time” ( San Francisco Chronicle ), Salman Rushdie is the author of more than a dozen novels, including The…
NaNoWriMo: Tea Party editing and review day
Fri, December 13, 2019
4:30 P.M.
Teen Center
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Parkway Central Library
Excited for National Novel Writing Month? well we are here to help you get hyped and get started! Program for teens ages 12-18 only. Contact TeenCenter@freelibrary.org or call 215-686-5395 for more info. Follow @FLPTeenCenter on Facebook and Instagram.
Charles Dickens: Part of the Hands-on History Series at The Free Library, Parkway Central
Sat, December 14, 2019
2:00 P.M.
Rare Book Department
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Parkway Central Library
Charles Dickens: Part of the Hands-on History at The Free Library, Parkway Central Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was one of the most successful writers of the nineteenth century, achieving international fame during his own lifetime. The Rare Book Department at the Free Library of Philadelphia is…
Chestnut Hill Library Contemporary Book Group
Wed, December 18, 2019
7:00 P.M.
Chestnut Hill Library
This group meets on selected Wednesdays. For more information and to reserve a copy of the month's selection, please contact the library at 215-685-9290. Upcoming book selections are: June 19: Mad, Bad Dangerous to Know by Colm Toibin July 24: A State of Freedom by Neel Mukherjee…
Hands-on History Presents:The Free Library's Cuneiform Tablet Collection
Sat, January 11, 2020
2:00 P.M.
Rare Book Department
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Parkway Central Library
Cuneiform script was developed over 5,000 years ago in Sumer (southern Mesopotamia/modern day southern Iraq) and is the earliest system of writing. The Rare Book Department of the Free Library of Philadelphia is fortunate to house around 3,000 examples of this early writing. Experience the rare…
Shakespeare in the World: Shakespeare and the Violated Body
Wed, January 22, 2020
6:00 P.M.
Literature Department
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Parkway Central Library
Lecture is in room 406. Carol Chillington Rutter suggests that while bodies in texts may disappear, “Material bodies in the theatre remain in view.” Traumatized bodies in literature or criticism can be skipped over or even erased, but in the closed space of the theatre, we cannot…
Our Five Senses: A Family Friendly, Interactive Exhibition On Display until February 1, 2020
Now through Sat, February 1, 2020
3:00 P.M.
Rare Book Department
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Parkway Central Library
Our Five Senses connects the science of the senses with the mind and the literary experience. Unique materials in the exhibition cross three centuries of human discovery. Visitors will learn about their identity, perceptions, and brain development by following five anthropomorphic…
Monday Poets | Octavia McBride-Ahebee & Sekai'afua Zankel
Mon, February 10, 2020
6:30 P.M.
Literature Department
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Parkway Central Library
Octavia McBride-Ahebee’s books of poetry include Where My Birthmark Dances (2011) and Assuming Voices (2003). Her work has appeared in numerous magazines and journals including Beloit Poetry Journal, DaMazine, Raving Dove, Sea Breeze, The Journal of the National Medical Association and…