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English Conversation Group - Intermediate+
Sat, December 14, 2024
10:00 A.M.
Lillian Marrero Library
Build your confidence in speaking English while meeting other adults in a casual learning environment. No registration is required. This group is for intermediate/advanced English speakers and is led by Free Library volunteer Daniel. Questions? Email adultlearning@freelibrary.org or call…
English Conversation Group - Intermediate+
Sat, December 14, 2024
11:00 A.M.
Independence Library
Build your confidence in speaking English while meeting other adults in a casual learning environment. No registration is required. This group is for intermediate/advanced English speakers and is led by Free Library volunteer Gail. Questions? Email adultlearning@freelibrary.org or call…
English Conversation Group - Intermediate+
Sat, December 14, 2024
2:30 P.M.
South Philadelphia Library
Build your confidence in speaking English while meeting other adults in a casual learning environment. No registration is required. This group is for intermediate/advanced English speakers and is led by Free Library volunteer Christine. Questions? Email AdultLearning@freelibrary.org or call…
Adult English Class
Sat, December 14, 2024
3:30 P.M.
Greater Olney Library
Connect with your community and enhance your English skills at this free 12 week class presented by Language Lighthouse. To register and for more information, email ESOL@thomaslearning.org or call 267-571-6537.
COURTNEY BELL--MEDICARE--EVERY MONDAY
Mon, December 16, 2024
10:00 A.M.
Senior Services
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Parkway Central Library
Courtney Bell is a Medicare benefits advisor. She will be on-hand Mondays from 10 am- 12 pm to answer your Pennsylvania Medicare questions. Attend one of her free workshops and find the best plan for you! This is a free workshop. No reservations are required. Please meet at the Senior…
English Conversation Group - Intermediate+
Mon, December 16, 2024
11:00 A.M.
Parkway Central Library
Build your confidence in speaking English while meeting other adults in a casual learning environment. No registration is required. This group is for intermediate/advanced English speakers and is led by Free Library volunteer Nancy. The group will meet in BRIC 60 on the ground floor. …
Intermediate ESL
Mon, December 16, 2024
1:30 P.M.
Independence Library
Join us as we read about and talk about a variety of topics, including current events, American cultural issues, English grammar, current American expressions, etc. - all with the goal of improving participants' proficiency in spoken and written English. Each week participants…
Financial Help and Credit Repair Chat
Mon, December 16, 2024
2:00 P.M.
Science and Wellness
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Parkway Central Library
Join Sherry Hoban, Executive Director of the Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project (CBAP), for one-on-one financial help. Topics range from debt management to accessing annual credit reports. Bring all your financial questions! The program will meet in Parkway Central's First Floor lobby…
English Conversation Group - Intermediate+
Mon, December 16, 2024
4:30 P.M.
Northeast Regional Library
Build your confidence in speaking English while meeting other adults in a casual learning environment. No registration is required. This group is for intermediate/advanced English speakers and is led by Free Library Trainee Faith.
Falls Book Club
Mon, December 16, 2024
5:30 P.M.
Falls of Schuylkill Library
Join the Falls Book Club - one of the Free Library's longest running programs. The book selection for this month will be Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, by Gail Honeyman. The group is open to all and new members are welcome. For more information please reach out to the…
Philadelphia Reads James Baldwin
Mon, December 16, 2024
6:00 P.M.
Education Philosophy and Religion Department
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Parkway Central Library
As part of the Year of James Baldwin, the Free Library is hosting one of many Philadelphia Reads James Baldwin reading groups throughout the city in collaboration with the Saturday Free School for Philosophy and Black Liberation . Celebrate the life, work, and legacy of James Baldwin as we…
English Conversation Group - Intermediate+
Tue, December 17, 2024
12:00 P.M.
Philadelphia City Institute
Build your confidence in speaking English while meeting other adults in a casual learning environment. No registration is required. This group is for intermediate/advanced English speakers and is led by Free Library volunteer Margie. Questions? Email adultlearning@freelibrary.org or call…
English Conversation Group - Intermediate+
Tue, December 17, 2024
2:00 P.M.
Independence Library
Build your confidence in speaking English while meeting other adults in a casual learning environment. No registration is required. This group is for intermediate/advanced English speakers and is led by Free Library volunteer Stan. Questions? Email adultlearning@freelibrary.org or call…
English Class - Mixed Level
Tue, December 17, 2024
2:00 P.M.
Northeast Regional Library
This informal group is for mid-level beginner to intermediate learners and will cover vocabulary building, pronounciation, phrases, idioms, and basic grammar. Taught by IndoChinese American Council. Classes open to all, for more information please contact Dan O’Neill at…
James Baldwin Reading Group
Tue, December 17, 2024
4:30 P.M.
Lucien E. Blackwell West Philadelphia Regional Library
"The People of Philadelphia Read James Baldwin" is a citywide series of book clubs at several locations across Philadelphia. Facilitated by the Saturday Free School as part of their "Year of James Baldwin." Tuesdays at 4:30pm at the Blackwell West Philadelphia Regional…
Engineering Challenge: Bridges and Buildings
Tue, December 17, 2024
5:00 P.M.
Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library
Join us for a fun-filled session of engineering design and problem solving! Take on the Slender Tower Challenge and see how tall you can build a skyscraper with limited materials. Put your structural skills to the test with the Build a Straw Bridge activity. Participants will work in…
Holmesburg Library Book Club
Tue, December 17, 2024
5:30 P.M.
Holmesburg Library
Holmesburg Library Book Club The Holmesburg Library's Book Club meets on the third Tuesday of the month at 5:30PM. Join us for a lively discussion on some great books. For more information on how you can join and what book we are reading, please contact Adult/Teen Librarian David Koch…
Falls Writing Group
Tue, December 17, 2024
5:30 P.M.
Falls of Schuylkill Library
Join us as we launch the new Falls Writing Group! Connect with other writers for motivation, accountability, and inspiration via free writing, prompts and writing games, group sharing, feedback sessions and more. This will be a positive and non-judgmental community open to writers of…
English Conversation Group
Tue, December 17, 2024
5:45 P.M.
Fishtown Community Library
Build your confidence in speaking English while meeting other adults in a casual learning environment. No registration is required. This group is for intermediate/advanced English speakers and is led by Free Library volunteer Gleb. Questions? Email adultlearning@freelibrary.org or call…
Trans By Trans Book Club | Fine: a comic about gender by Rhea Ewing
Tue, December 17, 2024
6:00 P.M.
Virtual
Join us on the third Tuesday of the month for a virtual citywide book club for trans and nonbinary readers aged 25–45. Each month, we will be reading books written by trans and nonbinary authors and discussing trans imagination, writing craft, the art of creating our lives, and more. Free…