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CANCELLED - The Inspiring History of Trails in Greater Philadelphia
Mon, April 6, 2020
6:30 P.M.
Social Science and History Department
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Parkway Central Library
TO BE RESCHEDULED FOR A LATER DATE - Trails have been an important part of Greater Philadelphia since ancient times. This illustrated talk explores their fascinating origins, growth and change up to modern times. Our speaker is architect Bob Thomas, involved in trail building since the…
CANCELLED - Gallery Walk With Voyages by Road and Sea Co-curator Alex Ames
Fri, April 10, 2020
3:00 P.M.
First Floor Gallery West
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Parkway Central Library
Join co-curator Alex Ames for a 45-minute guided tour of the Voyages by Road and Sea exhibition.
CANCELLED - Hands-on History Presents: Uncovering the Real James Bond at The Free Library of Philadelphia
Sat, April 11, 2020
2:00 P.M.
Rare Book Department
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Parkway Central Library
In researching his new book about Philadelphian James Bond, whose identity was stolen by Ian Fleming, author Jim Wright found a goldmine the Free Library's Rare Book Department. In the James and Mary Bond archives there, Wright unearthed all sorts of rare images and documents pertaining to…
VIRTUAL-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai | The Mountains Sing
Mon, April 13, 2020
6:00 P.M.
online
Join us online or on the phone for an author talk by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, the author of eleven books of fiction, poetry and non-fiction, in conversation with the Free Library's Kalela Williams. The Mountains Sing tells an enveloping, multigenerational tale of the Trần family,…
VIRTUAL - David Fajgenbaum | Chasing My Cure: A Doctor’s Race to Turn Hope into Action
Tue, April 14, 2020
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
Follow us on Crowdcast to watch our event with David Fajgenbaum live at 7:30 p.m. And be sure to register in advance! Help us provide digital content during the closure with your contributions . A professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and associate…
CANCELLED - Postponed: Author Talk - Richard Bell | Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and their Astonishing Odyssey Home
Thu, April 16, 2020
6:00 P.M.
Social Science and History Department
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Parkway Central Library
This event has been postponed and will be rescheduled at a later date. Philadelphia, 1825: Five young, free black boys fell into the clutches of the most fearsome gang of kidnappers and slavers in the United States—and escaped, helping to bring justice to their captors. In this history,…
CANCELLED - Dalia Sofer | Man of My Time
Thu, April 16, 2020
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
Dalia Sofer is the author of the National Jewish Book Award finalist The Septembers of Shiraz , a “lyrical and sometimes haunting” ( Miami Herald ) bestselling debut novel about a gem dealer wrongly accused of espionage in the wake of the Iranian revolution. Winner of the PEN/Robert…
CANCELLED - Natalie Diaz | Postcolonial Love Poem with Denice Frohman
Tue, April 21, 2020
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
Natalie Diaz is the author of When My Brother Was an Aztec , an “ambitious . . . beautiful” ( New York Times ) American Book Award–winning poetry collection that ruminates on her sibling’s drug addiction. A former professional basketball player, an enrolled member of the…
CANCELLED - Experience Philadelphia Jazz Stories Illustrated: Volume One
Wed, April 22, 2020
7:00 P.M.
Music Department
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Parkway Central Library
April is Philly Celebrates Jazz Month . The Free Library’s Music Department and the Philadelphia Jazz Project invite you to celebrate with a performance, brief discussion, and presentation of illustrations from the first volume of the Jazz Project’s new book, Philadelphia Jazz…
VIRTUAL - Mark Morris and Wesley Stace | Out Loud: A Memoir
Wed, April 22, 2020
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
Follow us on Crowdcast to watch our event with Mark Morris and Wesley Stace live at 7:30 p.m. And be sure to register in advance! Help us provide digital content during the closure with your contributions . Celebrated dancer and choreographer Mark…
CANCELLED - Trademark Basics 2020
Thu, April 23, 2020
10:00 A.M.
Business Resource and Innovation Center
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Parkway Central Library
Due to the ongoing impact of COVID-19, all Free Library locations will remain closed to the public until safety concerns have subsided. Most programs scheduled through the end of April are cancelled or postponed. Learn more . Should you be concerned about intellectual property? If you want…
CANCELLED - Ottessa Moshfegh | Death in Her Hands with Taffy Brodesser-Akner | Fleishman Is in Trouble
Thu, April 23, 2020
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
Eileen , Ottessa Moshfegh ’s “always dark and surprising, sometimes ugly and occasionally hilarious” ( Washington Post ) novel about a young woman trapped between equally bleak work and home lives, won the PEN/Hemingway Award for debut fiction and was shortlisted for the…
CANCELLED - Explore the Whitman Sampler With Artist Kelly McQuain
Fri, April 24, 2020
3:00 P.M.
First Floor Gallery West
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Parkway Central Library
Join Voyages by Road and Sea featured artist Kelly McQuain in the West Gallery for an up-close look at his Whitman Sampler . McQuain will share the origin of this unique sculpture and explain the significance of its hidden parts. McQuain writes this about his artwork: "The Whitman Sampler…
CANCELLED - April is National Poetry Month
Sat, April 25, 2020
2:00 P.M.
Oak Lane Library
East Oak Lane's Vernita Hall will join us and read new poems of witness for modern times, in celebration of Poetry Month. She is the author of Where William Walked: Poems about Philadelphia and its people of color" (Willow Books), winner of the Willow Books Grand Prize…
CANCELLED - Paper Dolls then and now- A panel discussion
Sat, April 25, 2020
2:00 P.M.
Literature Department
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Parkway Central Library
Paper Dolls Then and Now Panelists will include Eileen Rudisill Miller (internationally known paper doll artist), Valarie Keller (artist and local coordinator of paper doll events), Martha Raively (collector), and Chris Brown, the Free Library’s curator of the Children’s Literature…
CANCELLED - Wes Moore | Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City
Mon, April 27, 2020
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $33/$48 - book included with ticket
Event cancelled. Full refunds have been issued. You do not need to contact us in order to receive a refund. Two Tickets/One Book A former combat officer in Afghanistan, Rhodes Scholar, and White House Fellow to former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Wes Moore is the author of the…
VIRTUAL - Frank B. Wilderson III | Afropessimism
Tue, April 28, 2020
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
Follow us on Crowdcast to watch our event with Frank Wilderson live at 7:30 p.m. And be sure to register in advance! Help us provide digital content during the closure with your contributions . Frank B. Wilderson III spent more than five years in South Africa,…
CANCELLED - Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. | Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own
Wed, April 29, 2020
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
The chair of the Department of African American Studies and the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor at Princeton University, Eddie S. Glaude Jr. is the author of the acclaimed book Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul . “One of the most…
VIRTUAL - Samantha Irby | Wow, No Thank You.
Thu, April 30, 2020
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
Follow us Crowdcast to watch our event with Samantha Irby live at 7:30 p.m. And be sure to register in advance! Help us provide digital content during the closure with your contributions . In her popular long-running blog, bitches gotta eat , Samantha…
Monday Poets | Eleanor Wilner & Ellen Bass
Mon, May 4, 2020
6:30 P.M.
Literature Department
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Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
Join Monday Poets as we celebrate the publication of new books by Ellen Bass and Eleanor Wilner. Eleanor Wilner’s books of poetry include maya (1979), Shekhinah (1984), Sarah’s Choice (1989), Otherwise (1993), Reversing the Spell: New and Selected Poems (1998), The Girl…