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Saturdays on Stage: Kids Tell Tales with Thembi Palmer

Sat, November 30, 2024 2:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library

At Kids Tell Tales, families will explore all the ways to share stories through movement, drama, read alouds, music, and more. Thembi’s Palmer’s inclusive and engaging event encourages bonds within communities, fosters a love for storytelling, and nurtures participants'…

Sundays on Stage

Holiday Sing Along

Tue, December 3, 2024 5:30 P.M.
Torresdale Library

Get in the spirit of the winter holidays! Our good friend Jessica Carroll returns to lead us in our favorite holiday songs. Holy Family's Aspiring Educators Club will be with us to hand out holiday craft bags and join in the festivities. Fun for the…

Free Monthly Saturday Drum & Percussion Workshops Featuring Karen Smith

Sat, December 14, 2024 2:00 P.M.
Music Department at Parkway Central Library

Back by immense popular demand - the Free Library's Music Department presents a stellar fifth season of percussion and drum workshops one Saturday a month from October to December! The series opens Saturday, October 12th, continues Saturday, November 2nd, and concludes December…

Sundays on Stage: The Nutcracker with Pages to Pirouettes

Sun, December 15, 2024 2:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library

Presented by Pages to Pirouettes , The Nutcracker returns to the Free Library stage! Bring the whole family to hear the story of Marie and the Nutcracker Prince, then see the tale come to life to the enchanting music of Tchaikovsky. A brief ballet lesson for the whole audience will follow the…

Sundays on Stage

Monday Poets 30th Anniversary Season: Jeffrey Ethan Lee and Cydney Brown

Mon, December 16, 2024 5:30 P.M.
Northeast Regional Library

Join the Free Library of Philadelphia’s Literature Department in celebrating the 30th Anniversary season of Monday Poets. This year’s theme is Sankofa (SAHN-koh-fah), a Twi word from the Akan Tribe of Ghana which loosely implies that to move forward, one must “go back and get…

Monday Poets

The Hartman & Goslin Duo

Sat, December 21, 2024 3:00 P.M.
Andorra Library

Join us for a special performance! Sandra Hartman and Tom Goslin will perform songs from the American Songbook, popular music from the 1920s up through the present, as well as Latin, Brazilian, and Ragtime music. We'll be in the fiction section of the library.

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Music

Nathalie Anderson & Lisa Sewell

Thu, January 23, 2025 6:00 P.M.
Literature Department at Parkway Central Library

Cost: FREE

Nathalie Anderson & Lisa Sewell have been friends in poetry for over twenty-five years, sharing manuscripts, and working together to coordinate events at Swarthmore (where Anderson directed the program in Creative Writing before her recent retirement) and at Villanova (where Sewell…