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Imagine More Story Adventures with Thembi Palmer
Mon, October 21, 2024
11:00 A.M.
Roxborough Library
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 collaborates with Philadelphia schools, libraries, museums,…
PHILLY’S IRISH MOB: THE MYTHIC K & A GANG
Mon, October 21, 2024
5:00 P.M.
Holmesburg Library
Local author Allen Hornblum, writer of “Confessions of a Second Story Man: Junior Kripplebauer and the K & A Gang,” will give a presentation on the history of the city’s colorful Irish Mob. Former members of the gang will be there to recount their experiences.
Saadia Faruqi Author Visit
Mon, October 21, 2024
6:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Saadia Faruqi is a Pakistani American author and interfaith activist. She writes the popular children’s early reader series “Yasmin” and other books for children, including chapter books, graphic novels, and picture books. Her middle grade novels include “A Place At The…
Malcolm Gladwell | Revenge of the Tipping Point
Thu, October 24, 2024
7:30 P.M.
Congregation Rodeph Shalom
Congregation Rodeph Shalom 615 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19123 Enter at 1339 Green Street, Philadelphia, PA 19123 The Author Events Series presents Malcolm Gladwell | Revenge of the Tipping Point REGISTER In conversation with Michelle Miller In Malcolm…
Andre Robert Lee | A Conversation with the Documentary Filmmaker and Author
Wed, November 6, 2024
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
The Author Events Series presents Andre Robert Lee | A Conversation with the Documentary Filmmaker and Author REGISTER André Robert Lee most recently served as the Executive Producer of Notes From America With Kai Wright. The show is broadcast from WNYC, the largest public radio station…
Lori Ginzberg | Tangled Journeys
Thu, November 14, 2024
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
The Author Events Series presents Lori Ginzberg | Tangled Journeys REGISTER In conversation with Tamala Edwards In 1830 Richard Walpole Cogdell, a husband, father, and bank clerk in Charleston, South Carolina, purchased a fifteen-year-old enslaved girl, Sarah Martha Sanders. Before her…
Imagine More Story Adventures with Thembi Palmer
Fri, November 15, 2024
12:30 P.M.
Fishtown Community Library
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 collaborates with Philadelphia schools, libraries, museums,…
Judge David Tatel | Vision: A Memoir of Blindness and Justice
Fri, November 15, 2024
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
The Author Events Series presents Judge David Tatel | Vision: A Memoir of Blindness and Justice REGISTER David Tatel has served nearly 30 years on America’s second highest court, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, where many of our most crucial cases are…
Imagine More Story Adventures with Thembi Palmer
Sat, December 21, 2024
12:30 P.M.
Fishtown Community Library
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 collaborates with Philadelphia schools, libraries, museums,…