Press Releases

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• 04/01/2024
  The Free Library of Philadelphia Presents New Exhibition: We Are What We Eat
• 03/06/2024
  The Free Library’s Rare Book Department Celebrates 75th Anniversary
• 02/15/2024
  Announcing One Book, One Philadelphia 2024 Selection: True Biz by Sara Novic
• 02/01/2024
  Celebrate Black History Month with the Free Library
• 01/20/2024
  The Free Library names Kai Davis 2024-2025 Poet Laureate of Philadelphia
• 07/19/2023
  The Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation Awarded $1 Million Grant for Strategic Planning from The Pew Charitable Trusts
• 06/05/2023
  Summer of Wonder Begins at the Free Library
• 05/25/2023
  The Free Library Celebrates Pride Month This June
• 05/01/2023
  The Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation to Host Inaugural Community Impact Awards
• 04/06/2023
  McPherson Square Library Hosts Teen Summer Job Fair
• 04/05/2023
  Free Library of Philadelphia to Host Series on the Life and Work of Orson Welles
• 02/15/2023
  Announcing the 2023 One Book, One Philadelphia Selection: Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
• 01/26/2023
  Join the Free Library in Celebration of Black History Month
• 01/17/2023
  Kanopy Streaming Service Returns to the Free Library
• 10/05/2022
  The Free Library of Philadelphia Hosts Nonprofit Job Fair
• 09/22/2022
  Chronicling Resistance Project Launches Exhibition and Installations that Tell Stories of Resistance
• 09/19/2022
  Telicia Darius Named 2022-23 Philadelphia Youth Poet Laureate
• 08/29/2022
  Back to School with LEAP at the Free Library of Philadelphia
• 08/24/2022
  Author Events Returns for Fall Season at the Free Library
• 07/07/2022
  The Free Library Presents Transgender Youth Panel Series
• 06/24/2022
  Regional Organizations Receive $450,000 from the Gittings Trust in Support of LGBTQ+ Resources and more
• 06/06/2022
  Summer of Wonder Begins at the Free Library
• 05/31/2022
  The Free Library Celebrates Pride Month This June
• 05/18/2022
  Free Library Teams Up with Award-Winning Docu-Series for Civic Dialogue Events
• 03/21/2022
  The Free Library's 'In the Path of Islam' Project Showcases Philadelphia's Muslim Culture
• 02/01/2022
  The Free Library Celebrates Black History Month
• 01/26/2022
  Announcing the 2022 One Book, One Philadelphia Selection: My Broken Language by Quiara Alegría Hudes
• 01/04/2022
  Airea D. Matthews Named 2022-2023 Poet Laureate of the City of Philadelphia
• 11/16/2021
  Kelly Richards Named New President and Director of the Free Library
• 09/01/2021
  New Free Library Exhibition Explores the Workers and Artists of the New Deal
• 07/01/2021
  Andre'a Rhoads Named 2021-22 Philadelphia Youth Poet Laureate
• 06/17/2021
  D. Jeffry Benoliel Named New Chair of Free Library Foundation Board of Directors
• 06/01/2021
  The State Library of Pennsylvania Announces New Resource for Pennsylvanians with Disabilities
• 05/27/2021
  The Free Library Celebrates Pride Month Virtually This June
• 05/25/2021
  Summer of Wonder Kicks Off at the Free Library
• 04/29/2021
  The Free Library Launches Search for New President and Director
• 04/19/2021
  The Free Library of Philadelphia Launches New Job Seeker Resources
• 03/23/2021
  New Free Library Exhibition on Philadelphia Women Fighting for the Right to Vote
• 03/18/2021
  The Free Library Board of Trustees Elects New Chair
• 01/28/2021
  Free Library Celebrates Black History Month Virtually
• 01/14/2021
  Announcing the 2021 One Book, One Philadelphia Selection: The Tradition by Jericho Brown
• 01/12/2021
  The Free Library to Resume Services Inside Select Libraries
• 12/07/2020
  The Free Library Names Dr. Guy Sims Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer
• 11/30/2020
  Visit the Free Library for Materials Pickup
• 10/21/2020
  Free Library of Philadelphia Awarded Additional Grant for Chronicling Resistance Project
• 10/05/2020
  Free Library Offering Voter Resources
• 10/02/2020
  Free Library of Philadelphia Awarded Grant for Chronicling Resistance Project
• 09/29/2020
  Free Library to Launch Civic Dialogue Initiative Titled Hear Me Out
• 09/15/2020
  Cydney Brown Named 2020-21 Philadelphia Youth Poet Laureate
• 09/04/2020
  Leslie M. Walker Named Interim Director of the Free Library of Philadelphia
• 09/02/2020
  Back to School with the Free Library of Philadelphia
• 08/07/2020
  Free Library of Philadelphia Board of Trustees Begins Search for Interim Director
• 07/23/2020
  Free Library of Philadelphia President and Director Siobhan A. Reardon Steps Aside
• 05/29/2020
  The Free Library Celebrates Pride Month Virtually in June
• 04/20/2020
  Celebrate National Library Week Virtually With the Free Library
• 02/13/2020
  Free Library of Philadelphia Goes Fine-Free
• 01/30/2020
  Free Library Celebrates Black History Month at Libraries Throughout Philadelphia
• 01/28/2020
  Free Library Installs Dynamic Abstract Banners Designed by Alexander Calder
• 01/23/2020
  One Book, One Philadelphia Kicks Off Season with More Than 100 Programs
• 12/12/2019
  Trapeta B. Mayson Named 2020-2021 Poet Laureate of the City of Philadelphia
• 12/11/2019
  Free Library of Philadelphia Board of Trustees Votes to Eliminate Overdue Fines on Materials
• 12/09/2019
  Free Library Finds Home for Automobile Reference Collection
• 11/13/2019
  Voyages by Road and Sea: Exhibition on Walt Whitman and Herman Melville Opens at the Free Library
• 10/17/2019
  Announcing the 2020 One Book, One Philadelphia Featured Selection: There There by Tommy Orange
• 10/16/2019
  Free Library and Citizens Bank Team Up to Host Series of Job Fairs
• 09/17/2019
  Six Day Service Returns to the Free Library
• 09/16/2019
  Free Library to Display Rare Shakespeare First Folio Now Believed To Have Belonged to John Milton
• 09/16/2019
  Free Library Launches New Languages and Learning Center at the Parkway Central Library
• 09/10/2019
  Free Library and Brûlée Catering Host Rooftop Beer Garden at the Parkway Central Library
• 09/04/2019
  Mia Concepcion Named 2019-20 Philadelphia Youth Poet Laureate
• 08/07/2019
  Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation Appoints Marsha Perelman to Board of Directors
• 06/20/2019
  The Free Library Hosts Free Testing on National HIV Testing Day
• 05/29/2019
  Free Library's Summer of Wonder Kicks Off
• 05/24/2019
  The Free Library Celebrates Pride Month in June Throughout Philadelphia
• 05/14/2019
  Free Library and Brûlée Catering Host Rooftop Beer Garden at the Parkway Central Library
• 05/06/2019
  Parkway Central Library Invites Families to Explore The Five Senses
• 04/08/2019
  Free Library of Philadelphia Opening 41,000 Square Feet of New Space
• 03/29/2019
  Free Library Launches Books for Rising Readers Program
• 01/17/2019
  One Book, One Philadelphia Kicks Off Season with Author Jesmyn Ward
• 01/17/2019
  Free Library Celebrates Black History Month at Libraries Throughout Philadelphia
• 12/21/2018
  At These Crossroads: The Legacies of Frederick Douglass and W. E. B. Du Bois/ Exhibition honoring Douglass’s bicentennial and Du Bois’s sesquicentennial opens at the Free Library
• 10/18/2018
  Free Library and Brûlée Catering Host Rooftop Beer Garden at Parkway Central Library
• 10/16/2018
  Announcing the 2019 One Book, One Philadelphia Selection: "Sing, Unburied, Sing" by Jesmyn Ward
• 10/05/2018
  Philadelphia: The Changing City/Philadelphia's Growth Illustrated and Analyzed in An Exhibition of Prints, Photographs, Maps, and More from the Library's Special Collections
• 09/17/2018
  Free Library and Citizens Charitable Foundation Team Up to Host Job Fairs Throughout City
• 08/27/2018
  WES MATTHEWS NAMED 2018-2019 PHILADELPHIA YOUTH POET LAUREATE
• 08/15/2018
  Tales-to-Go from the Free Library: Kiosks Dispense FREE Short Stories
• 06/29/2018
  Barbara Sutherland Named Chair of Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation Board of Directors
• 06/18/2018
  FREE LIBRARY LAUNCHES INNOVATIVE PLAY-AND-LEARN SPACES AT THREE NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARIES
• 06/07/2018
  FREE LIBRARY’S SUMMER OF WONDER KICKS OFF
• 04/30/2018
  FREE LIBRARY RECEIVES THREE-YEAR $3 MILLION GRANT FROM THE VANGUARD STRONG START FOR KIDS PROGRAM™
• 04/11/2018
  FREE LIBRARY RELEASES IMPACT EVALUATION REPORT CONDUCTED BY FELS INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT
• 04/01/2018
  THE FREE LIBRARY’S RARE BOOK DEPARTMENT TO EXHIBIT IN OUR NATURE: FLORA AND FAUNA OF THE AMERICAS
• 03/15/2018
  POPULAR COOKBOOK AUTHORS TO VISIT THE FREE LIBRARY’S CULINARY LITERACY CENTER
• 01/25/2018
  THE FREE LIBRARY PRESENTS SPECIAL PROGRAM SERIES ON OCTAVIUS V. CATTO
• 01/18/2018
  ONE BOOK, ONE PHILADELPHIA KICKS OFF SEASON WITH AUTHOR JACQUELINE WOODSON
• 01/04/2018
  FREE LIBRARY’S RARE BOOK DEPARTMENT AWARDED GRANT TO DIGITIZE MANUSCRIPTS AND PAINTINGS OF THE MUSLIM WORLD
• 01/04/2018
  FREE LIBRARY CELEBRATES BLACK HISTORY MONTH AT LIBRARIES THROUGHOUT PHILADELPHIA
• 11/15/2017
  TACONY LIBRARY TO REOPEN ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2 AFTER EXTENSIVE MODERNIZATION AND EXPANSION
• 11/15/2017
  LOVETT MEMORIAL LIBRARY TO REOPEN ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16 AFTER EXTENSIVE MODERNIZATION AND EXPANSION
• 10/25/2017
  LILLIAN MARRERO LIBRARY TO REOPEN ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18 AFTER EXTENSIVE MODERNIZATION AND EXPANSION
• 10/15/2017
  FOUR REIMAGINED 21ST CENTURY LIBRARIES REOPENING IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER
• 10/15/2017
  LOGAN LIBRARY TO REOPEN ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4 AFTER EXTENSIVE MODERNIZATION AND EXPANSION
• 10/05/2017
  FREE LIBRARY TO HOST PANEL DISCUSSION “THE LEGACY OF RACE AND POLICING”
• 10/01/2017
  FREE LIBRARY’S MONDAY POETS READING SERIES IS BACK FOR ITS 22ND SEASON
• 10/01/2017
  THE FREE LIBRARY’S RARE BOOK DEPARTMENT TO EXHIBIT BOOKS OF EXTREME SIZES AND UNUSUAL SHAPES
• 10/01/2017
  FREE LIBRARY RECEIVES GRANTS FROM WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES TOTALING MORE THAN $1.3 MILLION
• 09/18/2017
  FREE LIBRARY’S MUSIC DEPARTMENT PARTNERS WITH BARNES FOUNDATION TO SHOWCASE PUBLIC REHEARSAL SESSIONS OF THE BARNES ENSEMBLE
• 09/12/2017
  FREE LIBRARY’S CULINARY LITERACY CENTER HOSTS EVENING OF FOOD AND STORYTELLING FOR WELCOMING WEEK
• 09/08/2017
  PARKWAY CENTRAL LIBRARY’S PHILBRICK HALL TO HOST AUTHOR READINGS WITH PHILLY LOVES ROMANCE
• 09/07/2017
  PHILADELPHIA POET LAUREATE PROGRAM JOINS THE FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA’S NEW CENTER FOR PUBLIC LIFE
• 08/22/2017
  NEW PARKWAY CENTRAL LIBRARY EXHIBITION FEATURES PHOTOGRAPHS FROM PHILADELPHIA AND ITS SISTER CITY TIANJIN, CHINA
• 08/22/2017
  FREE LIBRARY LAUNCHES ACCESS TO E-RESOURCE LYNDA.COM
• 08/22/2017
  PARKWAY CENTRAL LIBRARY JOINS NEIGHBORING INSTITUTIONS IN CELEBRATING THE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PARKWAY’S CENTENNIAL
• 08/22/2017
  FREE LIBRARY’S BUSINESS RESOURCE AND INNOVATION CENTER (BRIC) TO HOST GIRLS AUTO CLINIC BOOK RELEASE
• 07/19/2017
  THE OVAL+ AT NEWLY RENOVATED SHAKESPEARE PARK HOLDS FREE LIBRARY PROGRAMS OUTDOORS
• 07/10/2017
  POKÉMON GO BRINGS EXPLORATION TO PHILADELPHIA’S NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARIES
• 07/06/2017
  NORTHEAST REGIONAL LIBRARY NOW A PASSPORT ACCEPTANCE FACILITY
• 06/12/2017
  FREE LIBRARY’S “SUMMER OF WONDER” SUMMER READING PROGRAM KICKS OFF
• 06/01/2017
  THE FREE LIBRARY CELEBRATES PRIDE MONTH IN JUNE AT LIBRARIES THROUGHOUT PHILADELPHIA
• 05/31/2017
  FREE LIBRARY TO HOST JOB FAIRS THROUGHOUT CITY
• 05/15/2017
  FREE LIBRARY AND BRÛLÉE CATERING LAUNCH ROOFTOP BEER GARDEN SERIES AT PARKWAY CENTRAL LIBRARY
• 05/02/2017
  FREE LIBRARY BUSINESS RESOURCE AND INNOVATION CENTER LAUNCHES “PITCH CORNER”
• 03/23/2017
  FREE LIBRARY TO PRESENT WE THE DETECTIVES, EXHIBITIONS AND IMMERSIVE THEATER EXPLORING THE HISTORY OF THE MYSTERY
• 02/22/2017
  FREE LIBRARY AUTHOR EVENTS PROGRAM LAUNCHES NEW WEB SERIES
• 01/30/2017
  ONE BOOK, ONE PHILADELPHIA KICKS OFF 15TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON
• 12/02/2016
  TACONY LIBRARY RECEIVES ADDITONAL FUNDING FOR RENOVATIONS
• 10/31/2016
  SIGN UP FOR HEALTHCARE WITH THE HELP OF THE FREE LIBRARY
• 10/27/2016
  ANNOUNCING THE 2017 ONE BOOK, ONE PHILADELPHIA SELECTION: THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME BY MARK HADDON
• 09/08/2016
  FREE LIBRARY TO CELEBRATE 120TH BIRTHDAY OF F. SCOTT FITZGERALD
• 08/18/2016
  THE FREE LIBRARY AND THE ROSENBACH BRING COLLECTIONS TOGETHER WITH EXHIBITION ON THE HISTORY OF MORMONISM
• 07/01/2016
  PHILADELPHIA CELEBRATES PROLIFIC CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATOR JERRY PINKNEY
• 06/13/2016
  THE NEW SOUTH PHILADELPHIA LIBRARY OPENS IN THE NEW COMMUNITY HEALTH AND LITERACY CENTER
• 06/13/2016
  FREE LIBRARY’S “SUMMER OF WONDER” SUMMER READING PROGRAM KICKS OFF
• 04/21/2016
  PASCHALVILLE LIBRARY RECEIVES FREE LIBRARY NATIONAL LEADERSHIP GRANT FROM INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES
• 03/31/2016
  Free Library Launches American Presidency Series
• 03/31/2016
  THE FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA ANNOUNCES PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS AT FOUR NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARIES
• 03/17/2016
  THREE FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA LIBRARIANS RECOGNIZED FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE
• 02/01/2016
  Rare Book Department To Exhibit Children’s Cautionary Tales
• 01/06/2016
  Free Library Celebrates Black History Month at Libraries Throughout Philadelphia
• 12/10/2015
  INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES AWARDS FREE LIBRARY A SPARKS! IGNITION GRANT FOR PRISON SERVICES PROGRAM
• 12/02/2015
  MEDIA ALERT: HADDINGTON LIBRARY CELEBRATES 100TH ANNIVERSARY
• 11/20/2015
  FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA RECEIVES GRANT FROM NBC10, TELEMUNDO62, AND NBCUNIVERSAL FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT INNOVATIVE MAKER JAWN INITIATIVE IN NORTH PHILADELPHIA LIBRARIES
• 11/20/2015
  FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA RECEIVES GRANT FROM NBC10, TELEMUNDO62, AND NBCUNIVERSAL FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT INNOVATIVE MAKER JAWN INITIATIVE IN NORTH PHILADELPHIA LIBRARIES
• 11/02/2015
  SIGN UP FOR HEALTHCARE WITH THE HELP OF THE FREE LIBRARY
• 10/07/2015
  CULINARY LITERACY LAUNCHES EXCLUSIVE COOKING DEMONSTRATION CLASSES
• 10/07/2015
  RARE BOOK DEPARTMENT DISPLAYS BEATRIX POTTER TREASURES
• 10/01/2015
  ANNOUNCING THE 2016 ONE BOOK, ONE PHILADELPHIA SELECTION: COLD MOUNTAIN BY CHARLES FRAZIER
• 08/03/2015
  RARE BOOK DEPARTMENT TO DISPLAY RARE RELIGIOUS TEXTS
• 07/10/2015
  URBAN LIBRARIES COUNCIL RECOGNIZES FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA FOR LIBRARY INNOVATION
• 07/08/2015
  READ! by 4th ANNOUNCES FIRST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
• 06/23/2015
  New Gittings, Stonewall Book Awards, and PFLAG Exhibition Now on View at Parkway Central Library
• 06/15/2015
  READ! BY 4TH ANNOUNCES EXTENSIVE SUMMER LITERACY PROGRAMMING
• 06/08/2015
  FREE LIBRARY’S “SUMMER OF WONDER” SUMMER READING PROGRAM KICKS OFF
• 06/04/2015
  FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA ELECTS JUDGE PAMELA PRYOR DEMBE AS BOARD OF TRUSTEES CHAIR
• 05/21/2015
  FREE LIBRARY TO HOST ENTRY-LEVEL JOB FAIRS THROUGHOUT CITY
• 05/09/2015
  Free Library of Philadelphia and Community Partners Launch Words at Play Vocabulary Initiative for Preschoolers
• 03/09/2015
  Three Free Library of Philadelphia Librarians Recognized for Outstanding Service
• 02/27/2015
  Free Library to Host Extensive Programming As Part of Framing Fraktur
• 02/26/2015
  Free Library to Host Extensive Programming for Children and Families As Part of Framing Fraktur
• 01/22/2015
  ONE BOOK, ONE PHILADELPHIA KICKS OFF SEASON WITH AUTHOR CHRISTINA BAKER KLINE
• 01/14/2015
  Free Library Celebrates Black History Month at Libraries Throughout Philadelphia
• 01/01/2015
  CULINARY LITERACY CENTER ANNOUNCES NEW WINTER PROGRAMMING
• 01/01/2015
  FREE LIBRARY TO PRESENT FRAMING FRAKTUR, CELEBRATING THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN ART FORM THROUGH HISTORIC AND CONTEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS
• 10/30/2014
  FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA RECEIVES $500,000 GRANT TO SUPPORT INNOVATIVE MAKER JAWN INITIATIVE IN NORTH PHILADELPHIA LIBRARIES
• 10/16/2014
  ANNOUNCING THE 2015 ONE BOOK, ONE PHILADELPHIA SELECTION: ORPHAN TRAIN BY CHRISTINA BAKER KLINE
• 09/30/2014
  FREE LIBRARY TO CELEBRATE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF LLOYD ALEXANDER’S FANTASY CLASSIC, THE BOOK OF THREE
• 09/11/2014
  ANNOUNCING BUILDING INSPIRATION: 21ST CENTURY LIBRARIES INITIATIVE: REIMAGINING THE CITY’S GATEWAY TO INFORMATION, LITERACY, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
• 09/02/2014
  Free Library Presents the Mysterious Traveler Concert Series at the Parkway Central Library
• 06/17/2014
  FREE LIBRARY’S SUMMER READING PROGRAM KICKS OFF WITH EVEN BIGGER 30-MILLION-MINUTE CHALLENGE FOR 2014
• 06/17/2014
  FREE LIBRARY RECEIVES $360,000 GRANT FROM THE PEW CENTER FOR ARTS & HERITAGE
• 06/02/2014
  Free Library of Philadelphia Launches New Culinary Literacy Center with Acclaimed Chefs Jose Garces and Marc Vetri
• 04/14/2014
  FREE LIBRARY TO HOST SPECIAL SCIENCE PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT APRIL
• 04/09/2014
  Free Library Brings Literacy to Life at Eighth Annual Philadelphia Book Festival
• 04/09/2014
  FREE LIBRARY CELEBRATES SHAKESPEARE’S 450TH BIRTHDAY WITH CELEBRATIONS AROUND THE CITY
• 04/01/2014
  Free Library Announces Innovative New ‘Cat’alog Lending Service
• 03/24/2014
  Free Library to Host Screenings and Discussions of Unique Films through Collaboration with FILM FORWARD: Advancing Cultural Dialogue
• 03/12/2014
  Free Library to Host "Survival in Sarajevo" Traveling Exhibition
• 03/11/2014
  Free Library Announces Call for Entries to Philadelphia Artists
• 02/06/2014
  ONE BOOK, ONE PHILADELPHIA WELCOMES FIRST VISIT WITH AUTHOR KEVIN POWERS
• 02/05/2014
  FREE LIBRARY CELEBRATES VALENTINE’S DAY WITH SPECIAL EVENTS FOR YEAR OF THE BARD: SHAKESPEARE AT 450
• 01/30/2014
  Free Library Opens the New William B. Dietrich Gallery at Parkway Central Library
• 01/15/2014
  FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA’S CERTIFIED APPLICATION COUNSELORS READY TO HELP PHILADELPHIANS SIGN UP FOR HEALTH INSURANCE UNDER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
• 01/15/2014
  FREE LIBRARY CELEBRATES BLACK HISTORY MONTH WITH A RANGE OF PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT ITS 54-BRANCH SYSTEM
• 12/26/2013
  Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation Merges with the Rosenbach Museum & Library: Leadership Gift from Wyncote Foundation
• 12/09/2013
  FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA AND THE PHILADELPHIA SHAKESPEARE THEATRE KICK OFF YEAR OF THE BARD: SHAKESPEARE AT 450
• 10/25/2013
  FREE LIBRARY TO DEBUT LEADING VOICES: CONVERSATIONS FROM THE C-SUITE
• 10/23/2013
  ANNOUNCING THE 2014 ONE BOOK, ONE PHILADELPHIA SELECTION: THE YELLOW BIRDS BY KEVIN POWERS
• 07/15/2013
  FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA ADOPTS NEW POLICIES AIMED AT IMPROVING YOUNG READERS’ LIBRARY EXPERIENCE
• 07/11/2013
  Free Library Hosts an Afternoon of Tango at the Parkway Central Library
• 06/25/2013
  Free Library Presents Retrospective Exhibition on Art and Life of Acclaimed Children’s Illustrator Jerry Pinkney
• 06/11/2013
  FREE LIBRARY’S SUMMER READING PROGRAM KICKS OFF WITH SPECIAL 20-MILLION-MINUTE CHALLENGE
• 06/04/2013
  CENTRAL SENIOR SERVICES PRESENTS NEW WORLD TRAVELER PROGRAM SERIES
• 05/22/2013
  FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA TAPS INTO PHILLY BEER WEEK WITH SPECIAL EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS
• 05/13/2013
  FREE LIBRARY LAUNCHES “CHECK US OUT” CAMPAIGN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ADLOOP
• 05/02/2013
  FREE LIBRARY TO CELEBRATE CHILDREN’S BOOK WEEK WITH SPECIAL AUTHOR PROGRAMS, STORYTIMES, AND MORE
• 04/18/2013
  FREE LIBRARY HOSTS POPULAR HISTORY ALIVE PROGRAM
• 04/17/2013
  The Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation and The Rosenbach Museum & Library Announce Intent to Join Forces to Create Nation’s Preeminent Rare Book Collection
• 04/03/2013
  FREE LIBRARY TO HOST ENTRY-LEVEL JOB FAIR AND GREEN JOBS WORKSHOP IN APRIL
• 04/01/2013
  FREE LIBRARY TO HOST SPECIAL SCIENCE PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT APRIL
• 03/28/2013
  SERIES TO FOCUS ON THE CURRENT STATUS OF BOOK PUBLISHING
• 03/05/2013
  FREE LIBRARY’S WORKPLACE WEDNESDAYS ANNOUNCES MARCH-APRIL SESSIONS
• 03/05/2013
  The Free Library’s Annual Book Festival Brings Literature to Life at a Neighborhood Library Near You
• 03/04/2013
  Free Library of Philadelphia and Walmart Host Online Book Chat with Free Library President and Director Siobhan A. Reardon
• 02/08/2013
  SENIOR SERIES EXPLORES THE ROLE OF FOOD IN HISTORY
• 01/17/2013
  ONE BOOK, ONE PHILADELPHIA KICKS OFF EIGHT INSPIRED WEEKS OF PERFORMANCES, DISCUSSIONS, AND FILMS WITH FEATURED AUTHOR JULIE OTSUKA
• 01/16/2013
  CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH AT THE FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA
• 01/07/2013
  Got a New E-Gadget? The Free Library’s Gadget Gurus Have You Covered!
• 01/04/2013
  Parkway Central Library’s Rare Book Department Exhibits Work of Popular Illustrator and Author
• 12/20/2012
  Got a New E-Gadget for the Holidays? The Free Library’s Gadget Gurus Have You Covered!
• 12/20/2012
  FREE LIBRARY TO CELEBRATE 200 YEARS OF PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
• 11/19/2012
  FREE LIBRARY EMPLOYEE WINS OUTSTANDING FUNDRAISING PROFESSIONAL AWARD
• 10/24/2012
  FREE LIBRARY RELEASES STATEMENT ABOUT THE FUTURE OF ITS EREADER LENDING PROGRAM
• 10/24/2012
  FREE LIBRARY CELEBRATES RELOCATION OF HOT SPOT AT UNIVERSAL AUDENRIED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL
• 10/24/2012
  ANNOUNCING 2013 ONE BOOK, ONE PHILADELPHIA SELECTION: THE BUDDHA IN THE ATTIC BY JULIE OTSUKA
• 08/28/2012
  Free Library to Launch “Drawn into Politics” Exhibition on the History of Political Cartooning
• 08/13/2012
  FREE LIBRARY’S WORKPLACE WEDNESDAYS ANNOUNCES SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER SESSIONS
• 07/25/2012
  FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR NAMED CHAIR OF LYRASIS BOARD OF TRUSTEES
• 07/19/2012
  FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR RECEIVES BRAVA! AWARD FROM SMARTCEO MAGAZINE
• 07/06/2012
  BRANCHES ACROSS THE FREE LIBRARY SYSTEM TO FOLLOW SPECIAL SUMMER HOURS
• 06/18/2012
  LOVETT MEMORIAL LIBRARY TO HOST OUTDOOR MOVIE SCREENINGS
• 06/06/2012
  FREE LIBRARY MOUNTS UNIQUE EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTING CHARLES DICKENS’S FLAIR FOR THE DRAMATIC
• 06/06/2012
  PARKWAY CENTRAL LIBRARY TO HOST COMMUNITY RESOURCES FAIR
• 06/06/2012
  FREE LIBRARY TO HOST “LIVING LIBRARY” EVENT
• 05/02/2012
  FREE LIBRARY HOSTS POPULAR CHILDREN’S AUTHORS TO CELEBRATE CHILDREN’S BOOK WEEK
• 05/02/2012
  NEW PROGRAM FOR SENIORS EXPLORES PHILADELPHIA IN 2112
• 04/23/2012
  Free Library to Host United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race Traveling Exhibition
• 04/19/2012
  United States Patent and Trademark Office Presents Public Program at the Free Library of Philadelphia
• 04/16/2012
  PARKWAY CENTRAL’S PRINT AND PICTURE COLLECTION PRESENTS LIBRARY-FOCUSED EXHIBITION
• 03/21/2012
  FREE LIBRARY’S CENTRAL SENIOR SERVICES PRESENTS BECOMING A SENIOR ACTIVIST
• 03/01/2012
  Parkway Central Library’s Newly Restored Philbrick Hall Re-opens to Public
• 02/29/2012
  SIXTH ANNUAL PHILADELPHIA BOOK FESTIVAL CELEBRATES LITERATURE AND SCIENCE
• 01/23/2012
  FREE LIBRARY CELEBRATES BLACK HISTORY MONTH WITH A RANGE OF PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT ITS 54-BRANCH SYSTEM
• 01/19/2012
  FREE LIBRARY TO OFFER SPEED DATING FOR LITERATURE LOVERS
• 12/21/2011
  FREE LIBRARY CELEBRATES YEAR OF DICKENS 2012 WITH LITERARY SALONS AND SPECIAL SPEAKER SERIES
• 12/20/2011
  FREE LIBRARY’S WORKPLACE WEDNESDAYS ANNOUNCES JANUARY-FEBRUARY SESSIONS
• 11/22/2011
  FREE LIBRARY TO PILOT PROGRAM TO LOAN E-READERS
• 11/21/2011
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• 11/17/2011
  FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA WINS GRANT COMPETITION TO DESIGN DIGITAL LEARNING LABS FOR YOUNG AMERICANS
• 11/15/2011
  THE NEXT CHARLES DICKENS IS BORN
• 10/25/2011
  FREE LIBRARY TO CELEBRATE 200 YEARS OF CHARLES DICKENS THROUGHOUT 2012
• 10/24/2011
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• 10/18/2011
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• 10/17/2011
  WANTED: CHARLES DICKENS IMPERSONATOR
• 10/14/2011
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• 10/12/2011
  ANNOUNCING 2012 ONE BOOK, ONE PHILADELPHIA SELECTION: CREATE DANGEROUSLY: THE IMMIGRANT ARTIST AT WORK BY EDWIDGE DANTICAT
• 10/11/2011
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• 09/29/2011
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• 09/09/2011
  SMART TECHNOLOGY CENTERS FUNDED BY VERIZON FOUNDATION NOW OPEN IN SIX FREE LIBRARY LOCATIONS
• 08/25/2011
  THE FREE LIBRARY’S BUSINESS DEPARTMENT TO HOLD SMALL BUSINESS RESOURCE FAIR
• 08/17/2011
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• 08/09/2011
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• 07/22/2011
  FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR APPOINTED TO LYRASIS BOARD OF TRUSTEES
• 06/22/2011
  RARE BOOK DEPARTMENT TO DISPLAY VAST BEATRIX POTTER COLLECTION IN NEW EXHIBITION, “THE CHARMING LITTLE BUNNY: COLLECTING BEATRIX POTTER AT THE FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA”
• 06/21/2011
  FREE LIBRARY’S CENTRAL SENIOR SERVICES LAUNCHES “YOU ARE ALWAYS A SON OR A DAUGHTER”
• 06/02/2011
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• 05/17/2011
  FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA AWARDED PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES GRANT
• 05/17/2011
  PHILBRICK POPULAR LIBRARY CLOSES AS PHASE ONE OF PARKWAY CENTRAL LIBRARY RENOVATIONS GETS UNDERWAY
• 04/20/2011
  FREE LIBRARY TECHNOLOGY HOT SPOTS NOW OPEN IN FOUR PHILADELPHIA LOCATIONS
• 04/11/2011
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• 04/01/2011
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• 03/29/2011
  “SAY YES TO COLLEGE!” AT PARKWAY CENTRAL LIBRARY’S COLLEGE PREP WORKSHOP AND INFORMATION FAIR
• 03/04/2011
  DIPLOMATS REPRESENTING SIX NATIONS DISCUSS CURRENT INTERNATIONAL SCENE AS CENTRAL SENIOR SERVICES LAUNCHES “THE WORLD AT YOUR DOOR” PROGRAM SERIES
• 02/04/2011
  RARE BOOK DEPARTMENT TO HOST UNIQUE EXHIBITION OF VINTAGE MOVIE ADVERTISEMENTS, “FOYER ENTERTAINMENT: MOVIE LOBBY CARDS FROM THE 1930S-1960S”
• 02/01/2011
  FIFTH ANNUAL PHILADELPHIA BOOK FESTIVAL BLOSSOMS INTO A WEEK-LONG CELEBRATION
• 01/19/2011
  ONE BOOK, ONE PHILADELPHIA KICKS OFF NINE INSPIRED WEEKS OF PERFORMANCES, DISCUSSIONS, AND FILMS
• 01/13/2011
  FREE LIBRARY CELEBRATES BLACK HISTORY MONTH WITH VARIETY OF CULTURAL PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT ITS 54-BRANCH SYSTEM
• 11/29/2010
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• 11/04/2010
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• 10/21/2010
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• 09/29/2010
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• 08/23/2010
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• 07/19/2010
  FREE LIBRARY AWARDED MORE THAN $400,000 IN FEDERAL STIMULUS FUNDS
• 06/30/2010
  FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA LAUNCHES NEW FILM PROGRAM FOR TEENS
• 05/21/2010
  SUMMER READING KICKOFF TO MAKE A SPLASH WITH STORYTELLING, CRAFTS, AND SURPRISE GUEST AT THE PARKWAY CENTRAL LIBRARY
• 05/12/2010
  Parkway Central to Host Award-Winning Poet Sonia Sanchez During 11th Annual Youth Empowerment Summit, Believe. Belong. Become.
• 05/11/2010
  10,000 BOOKS FOR CHILDREN BOOK DRIVE AIMS TO FILL FREE LIBRARY SHELVES
• 04/30/2010
  FREE LIBRARY AND FRIENDS OF THE FREE LIBRARY PARTNER TO HOST PUBLIC FORUMS ON LIBRARIES OF THE FUTURE
• 03/19/2010
  FREE LIBRARY HOSTS ART MUSEUM’S NEW C.E.O. FOR 11TH ANNUAL ROBERT F. LOONEY EVENT
• 03/17/2010
  2010 ONE BOOK, ONE PHILADELPHIA CELEBRATES PROGRAM FINALE
• 03/16/2010
  BAND OF FAMOUS AUTHORS TO ROCK OUT IN PHILADELPHIA FOR FREE LIBRARY BENEFIT GIG
• 02/19/2010
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• 02/16/2010
  PARKWAY CENTRAL MUSIC DEPARTMENT HITS HIGH NOTE WITH GRAND RESTORATION AND REVEALS NEW LOOK TO COMMUNITY
• 02/01/2010
  2010 ONE FILM SELECTION EXPLORES COMPLEXITIES OF WAR
• 01/20/2010
  ONE BOOK, ONE PHILADELPHIA BEGINS EIGHT INSPIRED WEEKS OF PERFORMANCES, DISCUSSIONS, AND FEASTS
• 12/14/2009
  FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA AWARDED SIGNIFICANT GRANT TO CATALOG THOUSANDS OF RARE, HISTORICAL ITEMS IN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE RESEARCH COLLECTION
• 10/06/2009
  Digital Bookmobile Makes a Stop at the Free Library
• 09/29/2009
  Free Library Offers New Monday-Saturday Service Schedule
• 09/23/2009
  VISIT FROM AUTHOR MARJANE SATRAPI KICKS OFF OFFICIAL READING PERIOD FOR 2010 ONE BOOK, ONE PHILADELPHIA
• 09/21/2009
  FIRST BORROWERS (UN)BALL INVITES GUESTS TO SUPPORT FREE LIBRARY BY READING AT HOME
• 09/21/2009
  FREE LIBRARY CELEBRATES NATIONAL BANNED BOOKS WEEK
• 09/21/2009
  2010 ONE BOOK EXPLORES IRAN’S POLITICAL TURMOIL IN GRAPHIC NOVEL MEMOIR
• 06/29/2009
  NEW EXHIBITION AT PARKWAY CENTRAL LIBRARY HIGHLIGHTS AFRICAN CULTURE
• 06/16/2009
  NEW SERVICE ALLOWS USERS TO TEXT QUESTIONS TO LIBRARIANS
• 06/15/2009
  Free Library Celebrates Success of 10,000 Books for Children
• 06/03/2009
  READERS GET CREATIVE DURING SUMMER READING
• 04/29/2009
  IMLS DIRECTOR VISITS FREE LIBRARY
• 04/20/2009
  FREE LIBRARY CELEBRATES NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK BY KICKING OFF CHILDREN’S BOOK DRIVE
• 03/27/2009
  15 Local Companies Will Recruit During Job Fair at Parkway Central
• 02/26/2009
  2009 Free Library Festival Showcases Award-winning authors, musical groups, and performers on April 18 and 19
• 01/14/2009
  Author Steve Lopez Joined Free Library for 2009 One Book, One Philadelphia Season Kick-Off
• 01/07/2009
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• 01/06/2009
  Stunning Banners Designed by World-Renowned Artist on Display at Parkway Central Library
• 10/14/2008
  2009 One Book, One Philadelphia Selection Chronicles Author's Friendship with Homeless Musician
• 10/01/2008
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• 09/29/2008
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• 09/08/2008
  Free Library of Philadelphia Welcomes Siobhan A. Reardon as New President and Director
• 07/21/2008
  Attorney Robert Heim Named Chair of Free Library Board of Trustees
• 04/22/2008
  2008 Philadelphia Book Festival Blends Books, Music, High-Tech Games, Barbara Walters Tops List of Celebrity Authors
• 03/20/2008
  One Book, One Philadelphia Shines Spotlight on Sudanese “Lost Boy” Story, Dave Eggers and Valentino Achack Deng Endorse Most Successful Program to Date
• 03/03/2008
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• 02/05/2008
  Spielberg Movie Chosen for New Citywide Film Literacy Program, Renowned Director “Honored” to Be a Part of One Film
• 01/14/2008
  Philadelphia Book Festival Becomes An Annual Tradition
• 01/08/2008
  One Book, One Philadelphia Kicks Off with Appearance by Dave Eggers, Focus on Lost Boys of Sudan and Crisis in Darfur
• 12/21/2007
  Free Library Board Appoints Interim President and Director
• 10/17/2007
  2008 One Book, One Philadelphia Selection to Focus on Sudanese “Lost Boy” Story
• 10/01/2007
  Philadelphia’s Tech-Savvy Mayor Visits Central Library on the Parkway, Free Library Now Offering Wireless Internet Access in all Locations
• 09/25/2007
  Philly Plays Scrabble® 2007 To Kick Off With Mayoral Wordplay
• 07/23/2007
  Free Library of Philadelphia Awarded Prestigious Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services
• 07/02/2007
  Central Library on the Parkway Announces More Than 1 Million Annual Visits, Highest Number in 60 Years
• 06/15/2007
  State Senator Gives $2 Million to the Campaign for a New Central Library on the Parkway, Spokesman Jimmy Rollins Urges Others to Step Up to the Plate
• 06/12/2007
  Free Library Summer Reading Kick-Off: Kids Will Get a Clue & Win Prizes By Solving Mysteries at Local Libraries
• 04/23/2007
  Thousand Pack First Philadelphia Book Festival
• 04/17/2007
  Free Library Announces Major Campaign Gifts
• 04/11/2007
  Free Library Presents Inaugural Philadelphia Book Festival: Celebrate Reading, Writing, and Publishing this Spring
• 03/15/2007
  Free Job Hunting and Money Management Workshops at the Free Library of Philadelphia
• 03/13/2007
  Bank of America Charitable Foundation Donates $200,000 to Project H.O.M.E. to Create Public Internet Café
• 02/22/2007
  Independence Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia to Reopen
• 02/22/2007
  The SBA Partners with the Urban League of Philadelphia
• 01/25/2007
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• 01/16/2007
  One Book, One Philadelphia 2007 Kicks Off With Author Appearances and Cuban Style Reception
• 01/08/2007
  Symbolic Use of Animals in African Cultural Art Exhibition at the Free Library of Philadelphia
• 01/02/2007
  Bank of America Helps the Free Library Expand Programs
• 12/19/2006
  Free Library/Project H.O.M.E. Partnership
• 12/05/2006
  New Digital Collection Provides Fascinating Look into the Past
• 11/09/2006
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• 11/03/2006
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• 10/30/2006
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• 09/26/2006
  Library Launches Philadelphia Partnership for Peace
• 09/19/2006
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• 09/18/2006
  Governor Rendell Awards Central Library Expansion Campaign $9.5 Million
• 08/23/2006
  Caught in the Crossfire: Children and Violence in Philadelphia
• 08/07/2006
  Free Workshops at the Free Library for Job Seekers
• 07/17/2006
  New Board Leaders at the Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation
• 06/07/2006
  Sunoco Foundation Announces $1 Million Gift
• 04/12/2006
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• 04/05/2006
  Investor Education @ Your Library
• 03/20/2006
  Entry Level Job Fair 2006
• 02/23/2006
  Free Workshops at the Free Library for Jobseekers
• 02/23/2006
  Editorial Cartoons: How Far is Too Far?
• 01/13/2006
  Central Library Project Presentation at the Friends of the Independence Branch Library's General Meeting
• 01/09/2006
  Free Library of Philadelphia Has New Reduced Fines
• 12/30/2005
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• 12/23/2005
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• 11/23/2005
  The 21st Century Library: How International Architect Moshe Safdie Will Transform a Philadelphia Landmark
• 09/26/2005
  Check it Out On Line ... For Free! Virtual Books Part of Free Library's New Web Site and Look
• 03/30/2005
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• 03/29/2005
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• 03/29/2005
  Books Aloud! Brings Literacy to Life
• 03/03/2005
  Exhibition shows work of former Free Library Graphic Designer
• 02/18/2005
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• 02/17/2005
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• 02/17/2005
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• 01/31/2005
  New Beginning for Historic Widener Branch of the Free Library
• 01/03/2005
  Martin Luther King III and Maestro Christoph Eschenbach Discuss Late Great Works of Literature and Music
• 12/29/2004
  Mayor Signs Ordinance Approving $30 Million for Central Library Expansion
• 12/15/2004
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• 11/29/2004
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• 10/14/2004
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• 10/12/2004
  Medieval Manuscripts in the Digital Age
• 10/12/2004
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• 10/12/2004
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• 09/22/2004
  The Fee Library of Philadelphia Celebrates the Grand Reopening of the Newly Renovated Walnut Street West Branch
• 06/14/2004
  Fines Temporarily Reduced by Fifty Percent
• 10/22/2003
  Free Library of Philadelphia Receives National Award for Library and Museum Service