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CANCELLED - Poetry Team Practice (Philly Slam League)

Mon, April 6, 2020 3:30 P.M.
Teen Center at Parkway Central Library

Don’t have a home team for the poetry slam? Join the Field Teen Center's slam poetry team! We practice on Mondays and compete on Fridays in the Philly Slam League. If interested, please email TeenCenter@freelibrary.org. Programs at the Field Teen Center are open to…

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CANCELLED - Monday Poets | Nausheen Eusuf & Elizabeth Scanlon

Mon, April 6, 2020 6:30 P.M.
Literature Department at Parkway Central Library

Cost: FREE

Nausheen Eusuf holds a PhD in English from Boston University and an MA from the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins. Her poetry has won a Pushcart Prize, and has appeared in The American Scholar, PN Review, Southwest Review, Salmagundi, World Literature Today, and Best American Poetry 2018 &…

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Monday Poets Reading Series

CANCELLED - Open Mic Night at the Library

Fri, April 10, 2020 5:30 P.M.
Nicetown-Tioga Library

Join us for an evening of music, poetry, spoken word, and more at the Town's Café. Program runs from 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. and is for ages 21 and older.

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CANCELLED - Open Mic Night at the Library

Fri, April 10, 2020 5:30 P.M.
Nicetown-Tioga Library

Join us for an evening of music, poetry, spoken word, and more at the Town's Café. Program runs from 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. and is for ages 21 and older. Dates are: April 10, May 8, June 12, July 10, August 14, September 11, October 9, November 13, December 11 and January 8…

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Virtual Poetry Readings with Ms. Scout!

Sat, April 11, 2020 10:30 A.M.
Children's Department at Parkway Central Library

Happy National Poetry Month! Every Saturday in April Ms. Scout will be sharing some of her favorite poems and talking about what makes them poetry! Come listen and write some poems of your own! These videos can be found on the social media platform of your choice! Facebook:…

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CANCELLED - Poetry Team Practice (Philly Slam League)

Mon, April 13, 2020 3:30 P.M.
Teen Center at Parkway Central Library

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CANCELLED - Poet Laureate and Youth Poet Laureate at The Study

Thu, April 16, 2020 6:00 P.M.
The Study: 20 S 33rd St, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Join Trapeta Mayson and Mia Concepcion as they read their poetry at The Study! As part of National Poetry Month, your Poet Laureate and Youth Poet Laureate will read their work, engage with the larger Philadelphia community, and represent Philly poetry to guests of The Study. Community members…

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CANCELLED - Philly Slam League

Fri, April 17, 2020 4:30 P.M.
Teen Center at Parkway Central Library

The Free Library auditorium hosts the Philly Slam League, a weekly poetry slam competition for teen poets. All are welcome to attend the performances. If your school doesn’t have a team, join ours! The Free Library House Team practices Mondays 3:30-5:30 in the Teen Center. …

Live Performances

Virtual Poetry Readings with Ms. Scout!

Sat, April 18, 2020 10:30 A.M.
Children's Department at Parkway Central Library

Family Programs

CANCELLED - Pop Up Poetry

Sat, April 18, 2020 3:00 P.M.
Cecil B. Moore Library

Join us for a monthly poetry workshop. Each month we will learn about a different poetic device and focus on a featured poet of the month. After the lesson you will get the chance to create a poem of your own based on the lesson. Come stretch your creative muscles and develop your own unique…

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Poetry

CANCELLED - Poetry Team Practice (Philly Slam League)

Mon, April 20, 2020 3:30 P.M.
Teen Center at Parkway Central Library

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CANCELLED - Natalie Diaz | Postcolonial Love Poem with Denice Frohman

Tue, April 21, 2020 7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library

Cost: FREE

Natalie Diaz is the author of When My Brother Was an Aztec , an “ambitious . . . beautiful” ( New York Times ) American Book Award–winning poetry collection that ruminates on her sibling’s drug addiction. A former professional basketball player, an enrolled member of the…

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CANCELLED - Philly Slam League

Fri, April 24, 2020 4:30 P.M.
Teen Center at Parkway Central Library

Live Performances

Virtual Poetry Readings with Ms. Scout!

Sat, April 25, 2020 10:30 A.M.
Children's Department at Parkway Central Library

Family Programs

CANCELLED - April is National Poetry Month

Sat, April 25, 2020 2:00 P.M.
Oak Lane Library

East Oak Lane's Vernita Hall will join us and read new poems of witness for modern times, in celebration of Poetry Month. She is the author of Where William Walked: Poems about Philadelphia and its people of color" (Willow Books), winner of the Willow Books Grand Prize…

CANCELLED - Poetry Team Practice (Philly Slam League)

Mon, April 27, 2020 3:30 P.M.
Teen Center at Parkway Central Library

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Philly Slam League

Fri, May 1, 2020 4:30 P.M.
Teen Center at Parkway Central Library

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Poetry Team Practice (Philly Slam League)

Mon, May 4, 2020 3:30 P.M.
Teen Center at Parkway Central Library

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Monday Poets | Eleanor Wilner & Ellen Bass

Mon, May 4, 2020 6:30 P.M.
Literature Department at Parkway Central Library

Cost: FREE

Join Monday Poets as we celebrate the publication of new books by Ellen Bass and Eleanor Wilner. Eleanor Wilner’s books of poetry include maya (1979), Shekhinah (1984), Sarah’s Choice (1989), Otherwise (1993), Reversing the Spell: New and Selected Poems (1998), The Girl…

Monday Poets Reading Series

Philly Slam League

Fri, May 8, 2020 4:30 P.M.
Teen Center at Parkway Central Library

Live Performances