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Free Converstational Arabic Classes! Wednesday Evenings, 5 Consecutive Classes, Starting October 20
Wed, October 20, 2021
6:00 P.M.
Virtual
Manuscripts of the Muslim World and Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture bring you free beginner Arabic conversational classes. Students will learn Modern Standard Arabic in a small, virtual group taught by Professor Fadi Skeiker. This Zoom class meets for five consecutive…
Free Converstational Arabic Classes! Sunday Mornings,Only 5 Classes, Starting October 24
Sun, October 24, 2021
10:00 A.M.
Virtual
Manuscripts of the Muslim World and Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture bring you free beginner Arabic conversational classes. Students will learn Modern Standard Arabic in a small virtual group taught by Professor Fadi Skeiker. This Zoom class meets for five consecutive weeks on…
Scary and Not So Scary Literary Treats In the Rare Book Department, Free Library of Philadelphia
Fri, October 29, 2021
3:00 P.M.
Rare Book Department
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Parkway Central Library
Treat yourself to rarely seen artifacts in the Rare Book Department of the Free Library of Philadelphia. Items to be shown include: a signed confession by Abigail Hobbes during the Salem Witch Trials, A rare copy of Malleus Maleficarum, (or Hammer of Witches, a treatise on witchcraft) The…
Foods of the Muslim World: Syrian Molokheya
Tue, November 2, 2021
6:00 P.M.
Culinary Literacy Center
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Parkway Central Library
Celebrate the Muslim world through food! The Culinary Literacy Center and Manuscripts of the Muslim World Project are hosting a free culinary class! Please join us in the teaching kitchen while chef Osama Herkal prepares Molokheya—a green leafy soup or topping eaten in many Middle…
What Should a *New* New Deal Be?
Mon, November 8, 2021
7:00 P.M.
Rare Book Department
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Parkway Central Library
The "New Deal" is now shorthand for the wide-ranging federal investment in the 1930s in work relief programs, infrastructure spending, regulatory reforms, and economic and community recovery efforts. It was this country's political and popular response to the national despair of…
Get Your Name Drawn in Beautiful Arabic Calligraphy By a Professional Artist!
Thu, November 18, 2021
4:30 P.M.
Greater Olney Library
Are you curious to see how to draw your name in Arabic calligraphy? Drop by the library and ask Mr. Abdulkarim Awad to draw it for you, then take it home! Abdulkarim Awad is an Iraqi-American artist and calligrapher based in Philadelphia. He is a contributor to the…
Join the Henna Party: Free Hand Decoration!
Fri, November 19, 2021
3:00 P.M.
Overbrook Park Library
Get your hand beautifully, naturally, and professionally decorated by Henna Honey. Henna Honey will decorate the first 25 hands on a first-come, first-serve basis. This program is part of the Manuscripts of the Muslim World Project. made possible by the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic…
Making Her Mark: Philadelphia Women Fight for the Vote: Self-Guided Tour
Now through Fri, December 3, 2021
5:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
The Making Her Mark exhibition is open in the West Gallery of the Parkway Central Library and offers a look at the stories of Philadelphia women who built and sustained movements dedicated to voting rights. Making Her Mark was curated by Jennifer Zarro, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Instruction,…
Five Christmases with Charles Dickens
Mon, December 13, 2021
3:00 P.M.
Rare Book Department
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Parkway Central Library
The Rare Book Department of the Free Library of Philadelphia invites you to celebrate Five Christmases with Dickens. While Charles Dickens did not invent Christmas his works influenced how Victorians were to celebrate the holiday. Event participants will view rarely displayed,…
For the Greatest Number: The New Deal Revisited
Now through Fri, February 4, 2022
4:58 P.M.
Rare Book Department
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Parkway Central Library
It’s been ninety years since the crisis of the Great Depression inspired a New Deal of arts programs, infrastructure investment, and worker protections. The art and objects funded by New Deal programs show us how workers shaped the country in the 1930s. But it’s not just history. The…
For the Greatest Number: The New Deal Revisited
Now through Fri, February 4, 2022
4:58 P.M.
Print and Picture Collection
at
Parkway Central Library
It’s been ninety years since the crisis of the Great Depression inspired a New Deal of arts programs, infrastructure investment, and worker protections. The art and objects funded by New Deal programs show us how workers shaped the country in the 1930s. But it’s not just history. The…