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Imagine More Story Adventures with Thembi Palmer
Join the ever amazing Thembi Palmer of Imagine More: Story Adventures for a fantastic story time! Thembi Palmer is committed to promoting literacy by developing a love of reading and books in young children, pre-K through 4th grade. She…
Imagine More Story Adventures with Thembi Palmer
Join the ever amazing Thembi Palmer of Imagine More: Story Adventures for a fantastic story time! Thembi Palmer is committed to promoting literacy by developing a love of reading and books in young children, pre-K through 4th grade. She…
Imagine More Story Adventures with Thembi Palmer
Join the ever amazing Thembi Palmer of Imagine More: Story Adventures for a fantastic story time! Thembi Palmer is committed to promoting literacy by developing a love of reading and books in young children, pre-K through 4th grade. She…
BE/LONGING Exhibition
BE/LONGING is a polyphonic exhibition on the longing, belonging, and connection that library spaces in Philadelphia can inspire. Featuring work by artist Joanne Grüne-Yanoff and curation by exhibitions curator Suzanna Urminska,…
Preschool Storytime at Gateway to Brandywine St Park
Every Wednesday morning, meet us at the Gateway to Brandywine St Park to enjoy stories, songs, and movement. This program is intended for our friends ages 6 and under and their caregivers. For large groups or classes, please call to…
Imagine More Story Adventures with Thembi Palmer
Join the ever amazing Thembi Palmer of Imagine More: Story Adventures for a fantastic story time! Thembi Palmer is committed to promoting literacy by developing a love of reading and books in young children, pre-K through 4th grade. She…
Preschool Storytime at Gateway to Brandywine St Park
Every Wednesday morning, meet us at the Gateway to Brandywine St Park to enjoy stories, songs, and movement. This program is intended for our friends ages 6 and under and their caregivers. For large groups or classes, please call to…
Preschool Storytime at Gateway to Brandywine St Park
Every Wednesday morning, meet us at the Gateway to Brandywine St Park to enjoy stories, songs, and movement. This program is intended for our friends ages 6 and under and their caregivers. For large groups or classes, please call to…
Preschool Storytime at Gateway to Brandywine St Park
Every Wednesday morning, meet us at the Gateway to Brandywine St Park to enjoy stories, songs, and movement. This program is intended for our friends ages 6 and under and their caregivers. For large groups or classes, please call to…
Family Storytime
Join us Saturday mornings this Summer! Gather the family to enjoy picture books, rhymes, felt stories, and songs. Every storytime will end with bubbles and an opportunity to sign up for Summer of Wonder. Recommended to families with…
Today We Are Possible Exhibit
"Today We Are Possible" is an exploration of the connections between gender and wealth. Photographer Gregory Wright skillfully captures vibrant and intimate portraits depicting the captivating stories of six remarkable…
Toddler Storytime with Miss Chelsea
Join Miss Chelsea for storytime! We’ll read, sing, and play! This program is geared towards toddlers, but can be adapted for younger and older children.
Preschool Storytime
Join Scout for stories, songs, and rhymes, and stay for playtime afterwards! Intended for our friends ages 6 and under and their caregivers. In good weather, this program will be held outdoors in Shakespeare Park,…
Fun in the Shade!
Are you ready for some fun in the shade? Cool down with us on Thursdays from 3:30-4:30 pm while we play, explore, build, create, and more each week! This program will take place in our Story Hour Room and is intended for our…
Read, Baby, Read Storytime & Play Group
Join Ms. Meghan for lap time with stories, songs, rhymes, and bounces for babies with caregivers. Stay after Storytime to play. Siblings welcome. Text @ricbaby to 81010 for reminders. This program is made possible by a generous grant…
Read to a Therapy Dog!
Independent readers and children who are learning to read are invited to practice their reading skills with a certified therapy dog from Comfort Caring Canines. Yes, you can pet them, too! Dogs will be accompanied by their handler…
Preschool Storytime & Play Group
Join Ms. Meghan for stories, songs, and fun for ages 4 and under with caregivers. Stay after Storytime to play. Siblings welcome. Text @ricprescho to 81010 for reminders.
Read Baby Read Yoga
We are happy to welcome Miss Mia for a special yoga session. This is designed for young children and their adults to learn calming strategies when processing big feelings. This special event would like to invite our friends of all…
Music and Movement!
Join Ms Naomi for songs, dance, and fun explorations of rhythm and movement! This program is intended for our friends ages 6 and under and their caregivers. Wednesdays at 10:30am in Montgomery Auditorium. Instagram: @freelibraryccd…
Read Baby Read Storytime
“Read, Baby, Read” on Wednesdays at 10:30 am. Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, and bounces. This program is intended for our friends ages 2 and under and their caregivers. Siblings are welcome. Read, Baby, Read is a…
Returning Citizens - Resources
Resources for Returning Citizens.
Returning Citizens - Prison Memoirs
Books written by and about former prisoners, both famous and infamous.
Paul Hendrickson | Fighting the Night: Iwo Jima, WW II and a Flyer’s Life
In conversation with Wil Haygood Paul Hendrickson ’s books include Sons of Mississippi , winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award; Hemingway’s Boat: Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost, 1934–1961 , a National Book Critics…
Dasha Kiper | Travelers to Unimaginable Lands: Stories of Dementia, the Caregivers, and the Human Brain
In conversation with Dr. Jason Karlawish In partnership with the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society The clinical consulting director of support groups at The CaringKind (formerly The Alzheimer's Association), Dasha Kiper has an MA in…
Kristen R. Ghodsee | Everyday Utopia: What 2,000 Years of Wild Experiments Can Teach Us
In conversation with Arwa Mahdawi Referred to by bestsstelling author Rebecca Traister as “exhilarating, good humored, and forward looking,” Kristen R. Ghodsee ’s Everyday Utopia is a two-millennia examination of diverse…
Michelle Zauner | Crying in H Mart
In conversation with Homay King The lead vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist of the indie rock outfit Japanese Breakfast, Michelle Zauner has garnered wide acclaim for her shoegaze-inspired pop earworms. These works include Psychopomp…
Valerie Biden Owens | Growing Up Biden: A Memoir
Meelya Gordon Memorial Lecture In conversation with Marjorie Margolies, President, Women's Campaign International and author of And How Are the Children?: Timeless Lessons from the Frontlines of Motherhood The younger sister of…
Dorothy Roberts | Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families—and How Abolition Can Build a Safer World
In conversation with Marc Lamont Hill Addressing social justice issues of policing, state surveillance of families, and science, Dorothy Roberts ’s books include Killing the Black Body , Shattered Bonds , and Fatal Invention . She has…
Tracy K. Smith | Lucille Clifton’s Generations: A Memoir
In conversation with Trapeta B. Mayson Chronicling African American family life and women through 14 celebrated poetry collections, Lucille Clifton won the National Book Award and the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, and is the only author ever…
Andrea Elliott | Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City
In conversation with Reginald Dwayne Betts, essayist, poet, and author of the award-winning collection, Felon An investigative reporter at The New York Times , Andrea Elliott won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing for a series…
Gabrielle Union | You Got Anything Stronger?
In conversation with Angie Martinez Over the years Gabrielle Union has been a tireless advocate for the marginalized and the victimized, and fans around the world have watched her both on and off screen stand up to and speak out against…
Cate Doty | Mergers and Acquisitions: Or, Everything I Know About Love I Learned on the Wedding Pages
In conversation with Selena Coppock, standup comedian, writer, author, and creator and voice of @NYTVows , the parody Twitter and Instagram account that lampoons the New York Times Wedding section A former writer and editor at the New…
Madeleine Dean and Harry Cunnane | Under Our Roof: A Son's Battle for Recovery, a Mother's Battle for Her Son
In conversation with Action News anchor, Jim Gardner On the eve of the biggest professional risk of her life—running for a seat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives—Madeleine Dean discovered that her son, Harry Cunnane, was…
Brontez Purnell | 100 Boyfriends
In conversation with Kaitlyn Greenidge Brontez Purnell is the author of Since I Laid My Burden Down , a debut novel about growing up gay in 1980s Alabama that “not only holds its own as queer literature, but also expands upon it” ( San…
Nadia Owusu | Aftershocks: A Memoir
In conversation with writer and librarian Maisy Card, author of These Ghosts Are Family Nadia Owusu won a 2019 Whiting Award for her work on Aftershocks . “A memoir that broods on lost identity and statelessness” ( Elle ), this debut…
Katherine May | Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
In conversation with Tracey Matisak, award-winning broadcaster and journalist Katherine May ’s fiction and memoirs include The Electricity of Every Living Thing , Burning Out, a nd No-Stress Meditation . She was also the editor of …
Barbara Kingsolver | How to Fly (In Ten Thousand Easy Lessons)
A “gifted magician of words” ( Time ), Barbara Kingsolver is the author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Poisonwood Bible , a postcolonial epic about an evangelical American family’s undoing in the Congo. She is the author of several…
Joseph “Rev Run” Simmons and Justine Simmons | Old School Love: And Why it Works
Walk this way for an evening with Joseph “Rev Run” Simmons, frontman for the mega-influential hip-hop trio Run-DMC. Regarded as the driving force behind ushering rap into the mainstream, the group was awarded a Grammy Lifetime…
Jennifer S. Hirsch and Shamus Khan | Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus
In conversation with Dr. Jen Ashton, Chief Medical Correspondent for ABC News and author of The Self-Care Solution: A Year of Becoming Happier, Healthier, and Fitter--One Month at a Time A professor of sociomedical sciences at Columbia…
Tim O’Brien | Dad’s Maybe Book
In conversation with Andy Kahan, director, author events “As good as any piece of literature can get” ( Chicago Sun Times ), Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics…
Nicole Dennis-Benn | Patsy with Rebecca Makkai | The Great Believers
Here Comes the Sun , Nicole Dennis-Benn ’s debut novel about a young Jamaican struggling to protect her sister and village as she experiences feelings for another woman, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the…
Lorene Cary | Ladysitting: My Year with Nana at the End of Her Century
“A powerful storyteller, frankly sensual [and] mortally funny" ( New York Times ), Lorene Cary is the author of the novels Pride , The Price of a Child , If Sons, Then Heirs , and the memoir Black Ice . A senior lecturer in creative…