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Baseball: Immigration and Assimilation
Fri, January 10, 2025
11:30 A.M.
Fox Chase Library
Learn about the themes of immigration and assimilation as they pertained to immigrants in the 20th century. This presentation by Jeff Thomas will discuss how baseball has historically been seen as America's game: even by those new to our country. Many immigrants believed that by…
Bridging Blocks: “The Invisible Unhoused”
Tue, January 14, 2025
5:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
This event will be held in Parkway Central's Skyline Room - please take the gold lobby elevators to the 4th Floor. A January 2024 point-in-time study found that more than 5,000 Philadelphians were dealing with homelessness. That’s a 10% increase from a comparable period the…
Mindfulness Meditation | Practice Session
Wed, January 15, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Science and Wellness
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Parkway Central Library
Join instructor Maceo Hood in a beginner friendly meditation class. In this one-hour course, we will practice and discuss the benefits of mindful meditation. At least thirty minutes will be devoted to a guided meditation. Maceo received his certification from the Institute for Organizational…
Uché Blackstock | Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine
Wed, January 22, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00
The Author Events Series presents Uché Blackstock | Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine REGISTER In Conversation with Joel Bervell The rousing, captivating story of a Black physician, her career in medicine, and the deep inequities that still exist in the U.S.…
Nathalie Anderson & Lisa Sewell
Thu, January 23, 2025
6:00 P.M.
Literature Department
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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…
A Celebration of the Canadian Literary Scene
Fri, January 24, 2025
11:00 A.M.
Senior Services
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Parkway Central Library
Canada is brimming with talented novelists, playwrights, and short-story writers that most Americans have never heard of. We hope that this program will be the first step in addressing this issue. We are proud to partner with the Ottawa Public Library in Canada’s capital city to bring you…
Photo club: Featuring Jano Cohen
Tue, January 28, 2025
5:30 P.M.
Art Department
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Parkway Central Library
All photographers and photography fans are invited to drop in in on Photo Club meetings that typically take place every other month in the Art Department. Our featured local photographer this month will be Jano Cohen who will present her work, particularly her recent book, Grace &…
Juan Williams | New Prize for These Eyes: The Rise of America's Second Civil Rights Movement
Tue, January 28, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00
The Author Events Series presents Juan Williams | New Prize for These Eyes REGISTER In New Prize for These Eyes, award-winning author Juan Williams shines a light on this historic, new movement. Who are its heroes? Where is it headed? What fires, furies, and frustrations distinguish it from its…
Exhibition Opening | Secretary to the People: Sheryl Oring Uses a Typewriter to Activate Democracy with Art on the Streets of Philly and Beyond
Thu, January 30, 2025
5:30 P.M.
First Floor Gallery West
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Parkway Central Library
Join us on the evening of January 30th at the Parkway Central branch of The Free Library of Philadelphia as we launch this multimedia installation showcasing over 20 years of work by artist Sheryl Oring. With her “I Wish to Say” project, in which she dresses as a 1960s secretary and…
An Interview With the Chief Theater Critic for The New York Times Jesse Green
Fri, January 31, 2025
11:00 A.M.
Senior Services
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Parkway Central Library
After writing more than 1,000 theater reviews, Jesse Green, the Chief Theater Critic for The New York Times, still feels anxious about writing on deadline---and he still sweats the small stuff. During the intermission of a major Broadway show, Green will go for a walk, so that he is…
The Literature Department presents: Louis Parascandola - A Black Philadelphia Reader
Sat, February 1, 2025
1:00 P.M.
Literature Department
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Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
Louis J. Parascandola is a Professor of Humanities at Long Island University, Brooklyn. He has published several books on Black authors including Eric Walrond, Gwendolyn Bennett, J. A. Rogers, and Amy Jacques Garvey. He is currently working on two projects, one a collection of the writings of…
Anthony Jack | Class Dismissed: When Colleges Ignore Inequality and Students Pay the Price
Wed, February 5, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00
The Author Events Series presents Anthony Jack | Class Dismissed: When Colleges Ignore Inequality and Students Pay the Price REGISTER In Conversation with Desmond Upton Patton Elite colleges are boasting unprecedented numbers with respect to diversity, with some schools admitting their…
Judy Giesberg & Lee Hawkins | Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Lost Families AND I Am Nobody's Slave: How Uncovering My Family's History Set Me Free
Thu, February 6, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00
The Author Events Series presents Judy Giesberg & Lee Hawkins | Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Lost Families AND I Am Nobody's Slave: How Uncovering My Family's History Set Me Free REGISTER Judith Giesberg draws on the archive that she…
John Sayles | To Save the Man
Mon, February 10, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00
The Author Events Series presents John Sayles | To Save the Man REGISTER In September of 1890, the academic year begins at the Carlisle School, a military-style boarding school for Indians in Pennsylvania, founded and run by Captain Richard Henry Pratt. Pratt considers himself a…
Bridging Blocks: “Gentrification”
Tue, February 11, 2025
5:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
This event will be held in Parkway Central's Skyline Room - please take the gold lobby elevators to the 4th Floor. Philadelphia has seen a sharp increase in new housing units in the city but, affordability is a huge issue plaguing residents. According to data from The Pew Charitable…
Senator Ron Wyden | It Takes Chutzpah: How to Fight Fearlessly for Progressive Change
Tue, February 11, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00
The Author Events Series presents Senator Ron Wyden | It Takes Chutzpah: How to Fight Fearlessly for Progressive Change REGISTER It Takes Chutzpah is an inspirational call to action by a senior U.S. politician, describing how Americans of all age groups, persuasions, and occupations…
Marlene Daut | The First and Last King of Haiti
Thu, February 13, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00
The Author Events Series presents Marlene Daut | The First and Last King of Haiti REGISTER In Conversation with Grace Sanders Johnson Slave, revolutionary, traitor, king, and suicide, Henry Christophe was, in his time, popular and famous the world over. Born in 1767 to an enslaved…
The Evolution of Baseball in Philadelphia
Fri, February 14, 2025
11:30 A.M.
Fox Chase Library
Join instructor Jeff Thomas, a 40+ year Phillies season ticket holder, for an afternoon steeped in Philadelphia baseball history. Learn about the progression of the Delaware Valley’s relationship with America’s pastime, beginning not too long after the Civil War and continuing…
Backpacking Pennsylvania
Sat, February 15, 2025
1:00 P.M.
Falls of Schuylkill Library
Pennsylvania is a premier backpacking destination, with over 800 miles of trails throughout the State forest lands. Join Falls Library staff member Lisa Myers, who will share some of her travels on a selection of trails - some well known and some more off the beaten track! Included…
Rick Steves | On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer
Tue, February 18, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $35.00 (Auditorium with Book)
The Author Events Series presents Rick Steves | On the Hippie Trail REGISTER Stow away with Rick Steves for a glimpse into the unforgettable moments, misadventures, and memories of his 1978 journey on the legendary Hippie Trail. In the 1970s, the ultimate trip for any backpacker was the storied…