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Open Mic Night at the Library
Fri, November 21, 2025
5:30 P.M.
Nicetown-Tioga Library
Join us for an evening of music, poetry, spoken word, and more at our Nicetown Café . Program runs from 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. and is for ages 21 and older.
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Coffee & Conversations: An Open Mic Spoken Word Night
Tue, November 25, 2025
4:30 P.M.
Walnut Street West Library
Join us for Coffee & Conversations, a monthly open mic and spoken word gathering where poetry, storytelling, and community come together. Each month we explore a new theme, inviting you to listen, reflect, and share words that inspire connection and creativity. The evening features dynamic…
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New Voices: Fall 2025
Tue, December 2, 2025
5:30 P.M.
Literature Department
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Parkway Central Library
Please join us for an evening of poetry through Moonstone Press and their publication New Voices. This bi-annual publication invites poets to voice thier experiences, introduce their ways of thinking, and create the next generation of poetry New Voices brings diverse voices and…
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Treasures from the Literature Vault
Thu, December 4, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Literature Department
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Parkway Central Library
Do you love old books? Then join us for Treasures from the Vault– a casual, hands-on book club program spotlighting items from the Literature vault! The vault, home to our closed reference collections, is a treasure trove of hundreds of fascinating pieces of literary history. This program…
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30th Annual Poetry Ink
Sat, December 13, 2025
2:00 P.M.
Literature Department
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Parkway Central Library
30th Annual Poetry Ink We want you all: Published Poets, Unpublished Poets, Academic Poets, Street Poets, Poets who write Sonnets, Villanelle, Haiku, Ekphrastic poems, Concrete Poems, Epitaph, Limerick, Ballad, Ode, Free Verse. Join us for our 30th year of presenting 100 poets…
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At This Table: A Monument Lab Residency Exhibition
Now through Sat, December 13, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Heim Center for Cultural and Civic Engagement
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Parkway Central Library
At This Table: A Monument Lab Residency Exhibition is a Free Library Exhibitions collaboration with Monument Lab that marks the culmination of the 2025 Monument Lab Residency, presenting new monumental prototypes by Philadelphia-based artists-in-residence Nazeer Sabree and Levester…
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Open Mic Night at the Library
Fri, December 19, 2025
5:30 P.M.
Nicetown-Tioga Library
Join us for an evening of music, poetry, spoken word, and more at our Nicetown Café . Program runs from 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. and is for ages 21 and older.
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Coffee & Conversations: An Open Mic Spoken Word Night
Tue, December 30, 2025
4:30 P.M.
Walnut Street West Library
Join us for Coffee & Conversations, a monthly open mic and spoken word gathering where poetry, storytelling, and community come together. Each month we explore a new theme, inviting you to listen, reflect, and share words that inspire connection and creativity. The evening features dynamic…
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Everything You Want to Know: The Creative Mind Through James Atkins and His Artistic Practices
Now through Wed, December 31, 2025
8:00 P.M.
First Floor Gallery West
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Parkway Central Library
This exhibit and related programming showcases artwork by Philadelphia painter and octogenarian James Atkins alongside audio clips showcasing his creative career and interviews that spotlight his use of our library in his work. The interviews, conducted by this show's lead curator David…
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Coffee & Conversations: An Open Mic Spoken Word Night
Tue, January 27, 2026
4:30 P.M.
Walnut Street West Library
Join us for Coffee & Conversations, a monthly open mic and spoken word gathering where poetry, storytelling, and community come together. Each month we explore a new theme, inviting you to listen, reflect, and share words that inspire connection and creativity. The evening features dynamic…
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Coffee & Conversations: An Open Mic Spoken Word Night
Tue, February 24, 2026
4:30 P.M.
Walnut Street West Library
Join us for Coffee & Conversations, a monthly open mic and spoken word gathering where poetry, storytelling, and community come together. Each month we explore a new theme, inviting you to listen, reflect, and share words that inspire connection and creativity. The evening features dynamic…