Virtual Programming
While our in-person events are on hold, we are offering virtual programming via a variety of platforms! Click an event to watch or join in.
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Virtual-Intro to Homework Help Online
Mon, May 10, 2021
10:00 A.M.
Virtual
Virtual Introduction to Free Library Databases: Homework Help Online Learn more about the Free Library’s family-friendly database, Homework Help Online, where you can live chat with a tutor! This video will be posted Monday at 10:00am on the Katharine Drexel Branch Library…
Virtual-Intro to Homework Help Online
Mon, May 10, 2021
10:00 A.M.
Virtual
Virtual Introduction to Free Library Databases: Homework Help Online Learn more about the Free Library’s family-friendly database, Homework Help Online, where you can live chat with a tutor! This video will be posted Monday at 10:00am on the Welsh Road Library Facebook…
VIRTUAL | Teen Reading Lounge
Mon, May 10, 2021
3:30 P.M.
Virtual
Teen Reading Lounge is an award-winning, nontraditional book club for teens ages 12-18. Teens help to create the reading list for the program and, working with trained facilitators, to design creative and civic engagement projects that bring big ideas to life. Youth ages 12-18 must register…
Virtual Movie Club
Mon, May 10, 2021
3:30 P.M.
Virtual
The Torresdale Facebook Film Club meets online. Please join on our Torresdale Film Club Group on our Torresdale Branch Library Facebook Page and vote for movies each to watch on Hoopla or Kanopy - streaming movie services available with your library card. Polls for the…
VIRTUAL - Annette Gordon-Reed | On Juneteenth
Mon, May 10, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: FREE
REGISTER HERE Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Endowed Lecture In conversation with Tracey Matisak, award-winning broadcaster and journalist Annette Gordon-Reed won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family , a history of the African…
VIRTUAL | Homework Hangout for Teens
Tue, May 11, 2021
4:00 P.M.
Virtual
Join us for a relaxing virtual co-working space on Instagram Live on Tuesday evenings! We'll listen to calming music, set goals, and chat about what we're working on. Bring your homework, an art project, or just yourself. Watch live on Instagram .
French Conversation Circle
Wed, May 12, 2021
11:00 A.M.
Virtual
Bonjour! Salut! Bonsoir! Join the Languages and Learning Center’s French Conversation Circle! This FREE online group will build your knowledge and confidence in the French language all while introducing you to other French-loving adults in a casual and fun learning environment! We are…
Art Book Club online: Watercolor
Wed, May 12, 2021
5:00 P.M.
Virtual
This informal group meets in a video-free private chat and image-sharing forum with a librarian from the Free Library's Art Department to discuss and be inspired by the different ways artists have used water-based paints like watercolor and its close relative, gouache. Join…
Teen Reading Lounge
Wed, May 12, 2021
7:00 P.M.
Virtual
We’re excited for the start of another session of Teen Reading Lounge which will be again facilitated by @ afro_dominicana ! Starting April 28th we’ll be connecting, inspiring, reading and sharing our authentic stories. If you are a teen or you know a teen who may be…
The Art Librarian is IN: Best Mistakes in collaboration with the Culinary Center's Nourishing Literacy Team
Thu, May 13, 2021
10:00 A.M.
Virtual
Stop by for a 30-45 minute video chat with a librarian from the Art Department to virtually browse a library shelf one book at a time, see what new circulating books and magazines have arrived, get some topical recommendations and ask questions. Stop by for a 30-45 minute video chat with a…
Adult Literacy Book Club
Thu, May 13, 2021
4:00 P.M.
Virtual
Join The Languages & Learning Center and The Center for Literacy as we read On the Come Up by Angie Thomas. On the Come Up is the story of the daughter of an underground hip hop legend who died right before he hit big, Bri wants to be one of the…
Chair Yoga
Fri, May 14, 2021
10:00 A.M.
Virtual
Join us each Friday at 10:00 a.m. for Chair Yoga live on the Fumo Family Library Facebook Page . The program will be taught by Kate Howell, a certified yoga teacher with over seven years of experience teaching in the Philadelphia area. Chair Yoga is a twist on traditional yoga making it…
Virtual Sundays on Stage: The Principles of Hip Hop: Peace, Love, Unity, and Having Fun with Hip Hop Fundamentals
Sun, May 16, 2021
2:00 P.M.
Virtual
Explore the roots of hip hop culture with Hip Hop Fundamentals. Dynamic and energetic dancers use breakdancing and audience participation to explore hip hop’s rich cultural history and how Black youth changed the world, focusing on youth empowerment, creativity, and working together, as…
Virtual-Intro to BookFlix
Mon, May 17, 2021
10:00 A.M.
Virtual
Virtual Introduction to Free Library Databases: BookFlix Learn more about the Free Library’s family-friendly database, BookFlix, where children can enjoy nonfiction books paired with animated stories to learn the difference between fact and fiction. This video will be posted…
Virtual-Intro to BookFlix
Mon, May 17, 2021
10:00 A.M.
Virtual
Virtual Introduction to Free Library Databases: BookFlix Learn more about the Free Library’s family-friendly database, BookFlix, where children can enjoy nonfiction books paired with animated stories to learn the difference between fact and fiction. This video will be posted Monday at…
VIRTUAL | Teen Reading Lounge
Mon, May 17, 2021
3:30 P.M.
Virtual
Teen Reading Lounge is an award-winning, nontraditional book club for teens ages 12-18. Teens help to create the reading list for the program and, working with trained facilitators, to design creative and civic engagement projects that bring big ideas to life. Youth ages 12-18 must register…
Virtual Movie Club
Mon, May 17, 2021
3:30 P.M.
Virtual
The Torresdale Facebook Film Club meets online. Please join on our Torresdale Film Club Group on our Torresdale Branch Library Facebook Page and vote for movies each to watch on Hoopla or Kanopy - streaming movie services available with your library card. Polls for the…
Virtual Spanish Conversation Group--Grupo de conversación en español
Mon, May 17, 2021
4:00 P.M.
Virtual
Has your Spanish gotten rusty? Do you have nagging questions about grammar and vocabulary? Join the Free Library for a virtual program to practice conversing in Spanish, pick up new vocabulary, and connect with other Spanish learners. ¡Conversemos! For more information, or…
French Conversation Circle
Wed, May 19, 2021
11:00 A.M.
Virtual
Bonjour! Salut! Bonsoir! Join the Languages and Learning Center’s French Conversation Circle! This FREE online group will build your knowledge and confidence in the French language all while introducing you to other French-loving adults in a casual and fun learning environment! We are…
Art of Augustus Kollner
Wed, May 19, 2021
5:00 P.M.
Virtual
Join the Free Library of Philadelphia's Print & Picture Collection and Art Department for a virtual survey of the art of Augustus Kollner (1813-1906) , a German-born artist who settled in Philadelphia in 1840. Kollner spent the next 50 years producing lithographs and…