These Public Libraries are for Snowshoes and Ukuleles
New York Times
Last year, the Free Library of Philadelphia pulled together city, state and private funds to open a teaching kitchen, which is meant to teach math and literacy through recipes and to address childhood obesity. It has a 36-seat classroom and a flat-screen TV for close-ups of chefs preparing healthy dishes.

Turning Your Library in a Haunted House
Alsc.ala.org
For the last few weeks, the crickets in Philadelphia have begun playing at night. This is the signal for the end of Summer Reading, the time to begin planning back-to-school visits, and the time to start planning a haunted house. (written by Christopher Brown, Curator of the Children’s Literature Research Collection)

The Free Library is Now Virtually Yours
Inquirer/Philly.com
Got an e-card and an e-book in your “electronic wallet”? The Free Library of Philadelphia is hosting a special sign-up event on Wednesday for its new Virtual Library Card, a promotional show-and-tell at the Municipal Services Building with Library President and Director Siobhan A. Reardon and in-house tech support team.

Celebrate 150 years of ‘Alice in Wonderland’ this fall with events in NYC and elsewhere
New York Daily News
The Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia is honoring “Alice” with several events and exhibitions starting in October, including “Alice in Philly-land,” which explores the city’s connections to the work. There’s also a “Croquet in Wonderland” party at Dilworth Park Oct. 15, and an interactive gallery at the museum will let visitors try to solve some of Carroll’s famous riddles and puzzles.

On the Boards
Philly.com
The Free Library of Philadelphia said Mayor Nutter has appointed Brigitte Daniel and Donald Generals to the board of trustees. Daniel is executive vice president of Wilco Electronics Systems Inc. Generals is president of Community College of Philadelphia.

Best Way to Experience Pope Francis’ Visit to Philadelphia Stay in a Hotel.
News.sys-con.com
Special Events & Exhibits, All Week Long: Museums and attractions are hosting all sorts of special happenings in celebration of the pope's visit. Just a sampling: Religious Liberty and the Founding of America at the National Constitution Center, Vatican Splendors at The Franklin Institute, Verbum Domini II: God's Word Goes Out to the Nations (free exhibit) at the Pennsylvania Convention Center and Catholics in the New World: A Selection of 16th-18th Century Texts at The Rosenbach of the Free Library of Philadelphia, among many, many others.

Taking control of care
Philly.com
To bring the lessons he's learned to a broader audience, Michelson wrote The Patient's Playbook: How to Save Your Life and the Lives of Those You Love, published this month. He'll talk about it with former Gov. Ed Rendell at a public forum at the Free Library of Philadelphia at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. (appeared 9/17)

In Newark, a school reform plan gone awry/How Zuckerberg’s school reform for N.J. went awry
Philly.com
Review of Dale Russakoff’s book The Prize: Who’s in Charge of America’s Schools (appeared 9/15)

In the studio gallery: The Art of Bobb Van
Green Valley News
Vann's art is displayed throughout the country, with permanent exhibits in the Arizona State Capitol, Fort Huachuca Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Free Library of Philadelphia, Booth Western Art Museum in Cartersville, Ga., the Federal Reserve Bank and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.

Top 3 Moravian Book Shop best-sellers: Books about Pennsylvania
Mcall.com
Framing Fraktur: Tannenbaum offers a unique approach to the study of traditional fraktur by connecting it to the work of contemporary artists who similarly combine images with texts. This book, vividly illustrated in full color, provides historical background, analysis and recent interpretation of fraktur material culture.

Outside Sound connects artists with developmental disabilities and local musicians
Newsworks.org
A group called Outside Sound will feature a few of Timothy’s landscapes alongside other works created at CCW Wednesday night at the Free Library of Philadelphia’s central branch.

Bits & Pieces: Recasting stress, free concerts, a bring-your-kid therapy group, signs that your child has low self-esteem, and more
Wee-wander.com
The Free Library has published their fall schedule of “Sundays on Stage”. On Sundays at 2pm, they have a variety of different entertainment geared towards kids, like drum performances, fable story tellers, jugglers and more. And, as the name suggests, it’s free!

Cultural exhibits opening—and temporarily closing—for the papal visit
Philly.com
But there will be plenty to see both before and after the weekend. Many of the exhibitions feature rare and highly unusual artifacts and documents in the collections of local institutions - samplings of what Sandy Horrocks, a vice president of the Free Library, calls "a city of hidden gems."

Special Hours for Pope’s Visit
Philly.com
Free Library of Philadelphia, Central Branch: Closed after 5 p.m. Sept. 24, Sept. 25-28.

SUU’s Art Insights to feature acclaimed collage artist Jonathan Talbot
KCSG.com
Among the public collections holding Talbot works are The Newark Museum, The Smith College Museum, The Everhart Museum, The Byer Museum, The Free Library of Philadelphia, The San Francisco Academy of Art, Fairleigh Dickinson University, The Provincetown Historical Society and the Toronto Central Library.

Jimmy Carter says he’s received 2^nd cancer drug treatment
WPSDlocal6.com
Features photo of Carter from his visit to Free Library on July 10

Who are the Young Friends of Philadelphia?
Phillyvoice.com
The Raven Society of the Free Library, for instance, brings together locals in their 20s and 30s for author receptions, happy hours and Edgar Allen Poe's birthday.

Drink like the Mad Hatter at Magic Gardens
Phillyvoice.com
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." The Rosenbach Museum is hosting a slew of educational and social events to celebrate, and now Drink Philly and Philadelphia's Magic Gardens are getting in on the action, too.

Your Literary Roundup: September 2015
Apairymagazine.com
Geekadelphia Presents: The Future of Philly Sci-Fi and Fantasy @ The Free Library: We live in a dystopia, so we should be reading like it. Come hear leading Philly sci-fi writers talk about sci-fi in the city in the gorgeous Skyline Room at the Free Library. (September 9)

Ta-Nehisi Coates, Carrie Brownstein, and Simon Winchester headline fall author lineup in Philly
Philadelphiaweekly.com
Even by the high standards usually set by the Free Library of Philadelphia, this fall is a mighty heavy-hitting season of author appearances—not just at the library’s central branch on the Ben Franklin Parkway, but at bookshops and venues around the city, too.

ULC Libraries Kick off Library Card Sign-Up Month with Innovative Programs
ULC e-newsletter
The Free Library of Philadelphia held a special sign-up event last week to kickoff the launch of their new Virtual Library Card.

Wilde in France (no digital link)
The Times Literary Supplement
A unique typescript of Oscar Wilde’s French Salomé has recently come to light. It was featured in Everything is Going on Brilliantly: Oscar Wilde and Philadelphia, an exhibition celebrating Wilde’s two sojourns in that city during his American lecture tour of 1882, at the Rosenbach Museum & Library earlier this year, but its real significance lies elsewhere. Having resided for years in the rare book department of the Free Library of Philadelphia (the city’s public library), catalogued yet entirely unknown to the scholarly world, it has belatedly emerged as a major addition to the materials of Wilde studies: the sole surviving typescript of the only work Wilde wrote in a language other than his own.

Museum and gallery events
Philly.com
Free Library of Philadelphia - Central Branch 1901 Vine St.; 215-686-5322. www.freelibrary.org. Poe's Philadelphia: Views of the City, 1838-1844. Free. Swap: Four Years of Exchange at Second State Press. Free.

Stepping Up for Citizenship
Thelefalintelligencer.com
Since March, Step Up to Citizenship has been hosting free information sessions across the region at churches, community centers and Free Library branches.

Branching out 9-17-2015
Southphillyreview.com
Features a round-up of Library events around the South Philly neighborhood libraries

Heading to Philadelphia? Here are 10 things to do in the city of brotherly love this weekend
Theweekender.com
Features the Rosenbach’s exhibition Catholics in the New World and Author Event with US Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera (appeared 9/18)

Philly literary events this fall: Ten highlights
Philly.com
Includes Author Events featuring Joyce Carol Oates (9/21), Ta-Nehisi Coates (10/16), and Ben Bernanke (10/23)

Did Zuckerberg’s $100 million help the Newark public schools?
WHYY
In her new book: The Prize: Who’s in Charge of America’s Schools?, journalist DALE RUSSAKOFF tells the story of the complicated effort to turn around Newark’s public schools and the politicians, education reformers, union leaders, and philanthropists who led it. (appeared 9/15)

A conversation with novelist Francine Prose
WHYY
FRANCINE PROSE’s latest novel, Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932, is set in Paris and Berlin in the years leading up to WWII. (appeared 5/1/14)

Adrian Tomine reading at the Philadelphia Free Library
Pw.org
Adrian Tomine will read from his new graphic novel, KILLING AND DYING (pub. October 6th, 2015 from Drawn & Quarterly (will appear 10/15)

Revisiting Marty’s Conversation with Oliver Sacks on ‘Uncle Tungsten’
WHYY
In light of the passing of author and neurologist Oliver Sacks, we revisit Marty’s  conversation about his book Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood. (appeared in 2007, 2010, 2013)