Through this Lens: African American Photographers

Now through Fri, May 31, 2019 10:00 A.M.
Art Department at Parkway Central Library

This exhibition of books and other materials from the collections of the Art Department offers a look at the camera work of African American artists from the earliest days of photography to today. In addition to photographers like Augustus Washington, Gordon Parks and Lorna Simpson, this…

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Learn more about JUNETEENTH! with The African American Museum in Philadelphia

Tue, June 11, 2019 6:00 P.M.
Lucien E. Blackwell West Philadelphia Regional Library

Educators from The African American Museum in Philadelphia will discuss Juneteenth and the volunteer docent program at the museum.  

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African American Museum in Philadelphia

Tue, July 9, 2019 6:00 P.M.
Lucien E. Blackwell West Philadelphia Regional Library

The African American Museum in Philadelphia will offer a series of docent recruitment seminars. They will cover such things as: how to become a docent; the requirements to be a docent and benefits of being a docent;  teaching techniques used at the art gallery; special performances and…

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Mary Pope Osborne | Magic Tree House: To the Future, Ben Franklin! with Natalie Pope Boyce

Thu, July 11, 2019 7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library

Cost: $13.99--book with ticket
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Tickets on sale Tuesday, April 23 at 10:00 a.m. Mary Pope Osborne is the prolific author of the beloved Magic Tree House series of children’s books. Featuring time-traveling brother and sister Jack and Annie, the wildly popular books have been translated into nearly three dozen languages…

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Author Talk: Laura Holzman

Wed, July 17, 2019 6:30 P.M.
Philadelphia City Institute

Contested Image revisits the debates that surrounded iconic works of visual culture in Philadelphia--Thomas Eakins’ 1875 painting, The Gross Clinic, the Rocky Statue, and the Barnes Foundation--and how each item changed through the ways that viewers used these objects to define their…

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African American Museum in Philadelphia

Tue, August 13, 2019 6:00 P.M.
Lucien E. Blackwell West Philadelphia Regional Library

The African American Museum in Philadelphia will offer a series of docent recruitment seminars. They will cover such things as: how to become a docent; the requirements to be a docent and benefits of being a docent;  teaching techniques used at the art gallery; special performances and…

Adult Young Adult Senior Discussion and Participation Workshops and Enrichment Other Great Programs African American Philadelphia History