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“Mapping Imagination” Curator-Led Exhibition Tour
Thu, March 30, 2023
3:00 P.M.
Rare Book Department
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Parkway Central Library
The Free Library’s newest exhibition, Mapping Imagination: The Art of World-Building explores the creative and artistic choices that mapmakers use to build worlds and enhance storytelling. The exhibition delves into the relationships between imaginary maps (found in fiction, fantasy,…
“Mapping Imagination” Curator-Led Exhibition Tour
Thu, April 6, 2023
3:00 P.M.
Rare Book Department
at
Parkway Central Library
The Free Library’s newest exhibition, Mapping Imagination: The Art of World-Building explores the creative and artistic choices that mapmakers use to build worlds and enhance storytelling. The exhibition delves into the relationships between imaginary maps (found in fiction, fantasy,…
“Mapping Imagination” Curator-Led Exhibition Tour
Thu, April 20, 2023
3:00 P.M.
Rare Book Department
at
Parkway Central Library
The Free Library’s newest exhibition, Mapping Imagination: The Art of World-Building explores the creative and artistic choices that mapmakers use to build worlds and enhance storytelling. The exhibition delves into the relationships between imaginary maps (found in fiction, fantasy,…
Hands on History: Mapping (More) Imagination
Fri, April 21, 2023
3:00 P.M.
Map Collection
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Parkway Central Library
Have you seen the exhibition Mapping Imagination: The Art of World-Building and want to learn more? Now’s your chance with this hands-on event featuring materials that were considered (but sadly not included) in the exhibition. The exhibition’s curators will discuss why and how…
Hands on History: Mapping (More) Imagination
Fri, April 21, 2023
3:00 P.M.
Children's Literature Research Collection
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Parkway Central Library
Have you seen the exhibition Mapping Imagination: The Art of World-Building and want to learn more? Now’s your chance with this hands-on event featuring materials that were considered (but sadly not included) in the exhibition. The exhibition’s curators will discuss why and how…
“Mapping Imagination” Curator-Led Exhibition Tour
Thu, April 27, 2023
12:00 P.M.
Rare Book Department
at
Parkway Central Library
The Free Library’s newest exhibition, Mapping Imagination: The Art of World-Building explores the creative and artistic choices that mapmakers use to build worlds and enhance storytelling. The exhibition delves into the relationships between imaginary maps (found in fiction, fantasy,…
Collage as a Ritual of Resistance
Thu, May 4, 2023
12:00 P.M.
Tacony Library
Powerful resistance movements are nurtured by the possibility of a better future and passionate community members willing to make it happen. Communal imagination is a ritual that seeks to actualize our wildest dreams into reality. The theme…
“Mapping Imagination” Curator-Led Exhibition Tour
Thu, May 4, 2023
3:00 P.M.
Rare Book Department
at
Parkway Central Library
The Free Library’s newest exhibition, Mapping Imagination: The Art of World-Building explores the creative and artistic choices that mapmakers use to build worlds and enhance storytelling. The exhibition delves into the relationships between imaginary maps (found in fiction, fantasy,…
“Mapping Imagination” Curator-Led Exhibition Tour
Thu, May 11, 2023
12:00 P.M.
Rare Book Department
at
Parkway Central Library
The Free Library’s newest exhibition, Mapping Imagination: The Art of World-Building explores the creative and artistic choices that mapmakers use to build worlds and enhance storytelling. The exhibition delves into the relationships between imaginary maps (found in fiction, fantasy,…
Collage as a Ritual of Resistance
Thu, May 11, 2023
12:00 P.M.
Tacony Library
Powerful resistance movements are nurtured by the possibility of a better future and passionate community members willing to make it happen. Communal imagination is a ritual that seeks to actualize our wildest dreams into reality. The theme…
Collage as a Ritual of Resistance
Thu, May 18, 2023
12:00 P.M.
Tacony Library
Powerful resistance movements are nurtured by the possibility of a better future and passionate community members willing to make it happen. Communal imagination is a ritual that seeks to actualize our wildest dreams into reality. The theme…
“Mapping Imagination” Curator-Led Exhibition Tour
Thu, May 18, 2023
3:00 P.M.
Rare Book Department
at
Parkway Central Library
The Free Library’s newest exhibition, Mapping Imagination: The Art of World-Building explores the creative and artistic choices that mapmakers use to build worlds and enhance storytelling. The exhibition delves into the relationships between imaginary maps (found in fiction, fantasy,…
“Mapping Imagination” Curator-Led Exhibition Tour
Thu, May 25, 2023
12:00 P.M.
Rare Book Department
at
Parkway Central Library
The Free Library’s newest exhibition, Mapping Imagination: The Art of World-Building explores the creative and artistic choices that mapmakers use to build worlds and enhance storytelling. The exhibition delves into the relationships between imaginary maps (found in fiction, fantasy,…
Collage as a Ritual of Resistance
Thu, May 25, 2023
12:00 P.M.
Tacony Library
Powerful resistance movements are nurtured by the possibility of a better future and passionate community members willing to make it happen. Communal imagination is a ritual that seeks to actualize our wildest dreams into reality. The theme…
Beauty on the Horizon: The Art of Landscapes
Now through Fri, May 26, 2023
5:00 P.M.
Print and Picture Collection
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Parkway Central Library
Landscapes are more than pictures—they are representations of the world around us, an artist’s interpretation of time and place. These interpretations evoke mood through medium, style, and design. Natural features like rivers and mountains are prominently displayed, and as urban…
Beauty on the Horizon: The Art of Landscapes
Now through Fri, May 26, 2023
5:00 P.M.
Map Collection
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Parkway Central Library
Landscapes are more than pictures—they are representations of the world around us, an artist’s interpretation of time and place. These interpretations evoke mood through medium, style, and design. Natural features like rivers and mountains are prominently displayed, and as urban…
Beauty on the Horizon: The Art of Landscapes
Now through Fri, May 26, 2023
5:00 P.M.
Children's Literature Research Collection
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Parkway Central Library
Landscapes are more than pictures—they are representations of the world around us, an artist’s interpretation of time and place. These interpretations evoke mood through medium, style, and design. Natural features like rivers and mountains are prominently displayed, and as urban…
Mapping Afrofuturism: Samuel R. Delany in conversation with Science Fiction Scholar Alex Wermer-Colan
Thu, June 15, 2023
6:00 P.M.
Heim Center for Cultural and Civic Engagement
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Parkway Central Library
The writer Samuel R. Delany, in conversation with literary scholar Alex Wermer-Colan, reflects on a life of imaginative mapping, talking about his experiences growing up reading and writing science fiction, building and mapping alternate realities of our past and future. Join us for this rich…
“Mapping Imagination” Curator-Led Exhibition Tour
Thu, June 29, 2023
12:00 P.M.
Rare Book Department
at
Parkway Central Library
The Free Library’s newest exhibition, Mapping Imagination: The Art of World-Building explores the creative and artistic choices that mapmakers use to build worlds and enhance storytelling. The exhibition delves into the relationships between imaginary maps (found in fiction, fantasy,…
“Mapping Imagination” Curator-Led Exhibition Tour
Thu, July 6, 2023
3:00 P.M.
Rare Book Department
at
Parkway Central Library
The Free Library’s newest exhibition, Mapping Imagination: The Art of World-Building explores the creative and artistic choices that mapmakers use to build worlds and enhance storytelling. The exhibition delves into the relationships between imaginary maps (found in fiction, fantasy,…