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English Conversation Group - Intermediate+
Fri, March 28, 2025
10:30 A.M.
Charles L. Durham 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 Nicole. Questions? Email adultlearning@freelibrary.org or call…
English Conversation Group
Fri, March 28, 2025
1:00 P.M.
Queen Memorial Library
Build your confidence in speaking English while meeting other adults in a casual learning environment. No registration is required. This group is led by Free Library volunteer Suniti. Questions? Email adultlearning@freelibrary.org or call 215-686-8664.
English Conversation Group - Advanced
Fri, March 28, 2025
3:45 P.M.
Joseph E. Coleman Northwest 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 advanced English speakers and is led by Free Library staff. We will meet for about 45 minutes.
English Conversation Group - Intermediate+
Sat, March 29, 2025
10:30 A.M.
Charles L. Durham 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 Deitra. Questions? Email adultlearning@freelibrary.org or call…
English Conversation Group - Intermediate+
Sat, March 29, 2025
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, March 29, 2025
11:00 A.M.
Whitman 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 Sarah. Questions? Email adultlearning@freelibrary.org or call…
Motive: The Essence of Mystery (Authors Panel and Discussion)
Sat, March 29, 2025
12:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
Join us in Room 108 on the First Floor of the Library! Motive: The Essence of Mystery Without a motive, there would be no story because there would be no crime. What is your process to ensure that the reader recognizes and relates to the criminal’s and the sleuth’s…
Horror in Black: Get Out Film Screening
Sat, March 29, 2025
2:00 P.M.
Lucien E. Blackwell West Philadelphia Regional Library
Horror in Black is a film screening series about Black horror films hosted by Lex Wilson, followed by a group discussion of the film. Get Out (2017) is an Oscar winning film by acclaimed director Jordan Peele, about a Black man who visits his white girlfriend’s family only to uncover…
English Conversation Group - Intermediate+
Sat, March 29, 2025
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…
English Conversation Group - Intermediate+
Mon, March 31, 2025
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. …
Read, Baby, Read Storytime
Mon, March 31, 2025
11:00 A.M.
Widener Library
Read, Baby, Read Storytime Join Ms. Adrianna to foster your baby's love for reading with rhymes, bounces, songs, and stories! This Storytime is intended for children 2 and under, every Monday at 11am.
GED Math & Science Prep Presented by Community College of Philadelphia
Mon, March 31, 2025
1:10 P.M.
Tacony Library
FREE GED Math & Science Prep at Tacony Library Presented by Community College of Philadelphia January 22 – April 9, 2025 Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays 1:10 – 3:40 PM NO class on Feb. 17, March 3, 5 and 6 Are you planning to take the GED or HiSET exam? This CCP…
Early Intervention Play Group
Mon, March 31, 2025
1:15 P.M.
Lovett Memorial Library
Join us for a free, fun and supportive Early Intervention Play Group designed for children ages birth to 5 years old, and their families! Led by licensed therapists, including Occupational Therapists, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Behavior Specialists, this group will provide opportunities…
Intermediate ESL
Mon, March 31, 2025
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…
Beginner English
Mon, March 31, 2025
2:00 P.M.
Walnut Street West Library
Mondays and Wednesdays 2-3:30 pm (February 3 - April 21, 2025) Learn and practice English for daily life in this course taught by UPenn graduate students. Practice listening, speaking, reading, and writing to build your confidence in using English. For beginners. Sign up for the interest list at…
Teens Can Cook!
Mon, March 31, 2025
3:30 P.M.
Nicetown-Tioga Library
Learn about cooking and baking techniques by cooking a two-course meal with us. Participants will work in teams and then eat the wonderful food we cook up. Cooking will be directed by Ms. Keisha Prosser of Mobile Cooking Teachers. This program is for teens, ages 12 and up. Space may…
Sew Cute!
Mon, March 31, 2025
3:30 P.M.
Fox Chase Library
Mondays at 3:30 pm: Sew Cute! Join us every Monday for Sew Cute! Sewing for Kids and Tweens. Miss Melissa will work with kids and tweens on basic sewing skills using a sewing machine. Participants do not need to show up every week. Projects will be provided.
English Conversation Group - Intermediate+
Mon, March 31, 2025
5:00 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 staff member Chloe.
Falls Book Club
Mon, March 31, 2025
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 Enemies: a Love Story, by Isaac Bashevis Singer. The group is open to all and new members are welcome. Our Book Club meets generally on the last Monday of…
Women in the Law, A Presentation by the Honorable Carolyn Engel Temin
Mon, March 31, 2025
5:30 P.M.
Philadelphia City Institute
In the 1950s, law schools that admitted women had two or fewer women students in each class. One-fifth of law schools then had no women students. By 2016 there had been an astounding flip, and there were more women in law schools than men. In 2023, women accounted for 56% of law school students.…