Events: Calendar of Events

Most programs scheduled through the end of April are cancelled or postponed. Check out our virtual programming, which you can watch or join in from home.

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CANCELLED - Stenton Star Gazing

Fri, April 17, 2020 6:30 P.M.
Logan Library

Join people all across the Delaware Valley as we turn our eyes to the skies for a one-night-only citywide celebration of the cosmos! Join your friends and neighbors to stare at the stars, contemplate the constellations, and be amazed by astronomy - right in your own backyard. Local…

Other Great Programs

CANCELLED - Pathway Forward: GED Preparation and ABE Classes

Sat, April 18, 2020 10:00 A.M.
Education Philosophy and Religion Department at Parkway Central Library

Join Pathway Forward and the Free Library of Philadelphia's Languages and Learning Center for FREE GED. and Adult Basic Education classes on Saturdays and Sundays. Free Classes on Saturdays 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 a.m. English/Social Studies GED Prep 10:00 am – 12:00 p.m.…

Discussion and Participation

CANCELLED - Pathway Forward: GED Preparation and ABE Classes

Sun, April 19, 2020 1:00 P.M.
Education Philosophy and Religion Department at Parkway Central Library

Discussion and Participation

CANCELLED - Science After School

Tue, April 21, 2020 3:30 P.M.
Logan Library

Spark your passion for STEM learning when local engineers, scientists, and other experts visit your neighborhood libary to lead fun programs. Take part in exciting experiments, and kid - (and scientist) - approved hands-on activities, right in your neighborhood library! This program…

School Age

Science
STEM

CANCELLED - Earth Day Documentary | Chasing Ice

Wed, April 22, 2020 6:15 P.M.
Falls of Schuylkill Library

Chasing Ice is an award winning documentary. Environmental photographer James Balog embarked on an arctic pilgrimage to gather real-time evidence of global warming in Iceland, for National Geographic. Traveling with a team of adveturers in a helicopter, canoe, and dog sled…

Film Screening

David Wallace-Wells | The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming

Tue, May 5, 2020 7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library

Cost: FREE

Please note: This event has been rescheduled from March 24, 2020. In conversation with Dr. Rachel Valletta, Environmental Scientist at The Franklin Institute and director of all climate change education and outreach programming. A columnist and deputy editor at New York magazine,…

Adult

Author Events - Free Series

Preschool Science Club

Thu, May 7, 2020 11:00 A.M.
Welsh Road Library

Preschool Science Club for children ages 2-6 with an adult caregiver on a selected Thursday of the month at 11:00 A.M. Scientists, don't dress to impress! Come listen to a story and then try out a fun science experiment.

Preschool

Family Programs

Pathway Forward: GED Preparation and ABE Classes

Sat, May 9, 2020 10:00 A.M.
Education Philosophy and Religion Department at Parkway Central Library

Discussion and Participation

Pathway Forward: GED Preparation and ABE Classes

Sun, May 10, 2020 1:00 P.M.
Education Philosophy and Religion Department at Parkway Central Library

Discussion and Participation

Pathway Forward: GED Preparation and ABE Classes

Sat, May 16, 2020 10:00 A.M.
Education Philosophy and Religion Department at Parkway Central Library

Discussion and Participation

Pathway Forward: GED Preparation and ABE Classes

Sun, May 17, 2020 1:00 P.M.
Education Philosophy and Religion Department at Parkway Central Library

Discussion and Participation

Pathway Forward: GED Preparation and ABE Classes

Sat, May 23, 2020 10:00 A.M.
Education Philosophy and Religion Department at Parkway Central Library

Discussion and Participation

Pathway Forward: GED Preparation and ABE Classes

Sun, May 24, 2020 1:00 P.M.
Education Philosophy and Religion Department at Parkway Central Library

Discussion and Participation

Pathway Forward: GED Preparation and ABE Classes

Sat, May 30, 2020 10:00 A.M.
Education Philosophy and Religion Department at Parkway Central Library

Discussion and Participation

Pathway Forward: GED Preparation and ABE Classes

Sun, May 31, 2020 1:00 P.M.
Education Philosophy and Religion Department at Parkway Central Library

Discussion and Participation

Pathway Forward: GED Preparation and ABE Classes

Sat, June 6, 2020 10:00 A.M.
Education Philosophy and Religion Department at Parkway Central Library

Discussion and Participation