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Vertical Display: Kristian Negron
Now through Fri, November 28, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Art Department
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Parkway Central Library
Paintings by Kristian Negron are now on display through the end of November in the Art Department's historic poster stands as part of our long-running series that exhibits work created by artists who use the library as a working space. Stop by the the Art Department 2-4pm,…
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Spotlight on Interior Design
Now through Mon, December 1, 2025
3:00 P.M.
Art Department
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Parkway Central Library
Stop by the Art Department hallway gallery on the 2nd floor to see our latest exhibition, Spotlight on Interior Design. This display brings together a selection of materials on stenciling, wallpaper, drapery, and fabrics from the Art Department's reference collection,…
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At This Table: A Monument Lab Residency Exhibition
Now through Sat, December 13, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Heim Center for Cultural and Civic Engagement
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Parkway Central Library
At This Table: A Monument Lab Residency Exhibition is a Free Library Exhibitions collaboration with Monument Lab that marks the culmination of the 2025 Monument Lab Residency, presenting new monumental prototypes by Philadelphia-based artists-in-residence Nazeer Sabree and Levester…
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Sound The Chimes of My Abstract Body
Now through Wed, December 31, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Art Department
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Parkway Central Library
Sound The Chimes of My Abstract Body is the name of a multi-part exhibition created by Art Department resident artist Ana Woulfe . Part of the exhibition was on display through October only, in the Art Department hallway gallery. Ana Woulfe's World’s Tallest…
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Everything You Want to Know: The Creative Mind Through James Atkins and His Artistic Practices
Now through Wed, December 31, 2025
8:00 P.M.
First Floor Gallery West
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Parkway Central Library
This exhibit and related programming showcases artwork by Philadelphia painter and octogenarian James Atkins alongside audio clips showcasing his creative career and interviews that spotlight his use of our library in his work. The interviews, conducted by this show's lead curator David…
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The Goblin Market, Drawings by George Whitman | Exhibition
Now through Sat, January 3, 2026
5:00 P.M.
Rare Book Department
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Parkway Central Library
This exhibition presents the complete series of George Whitman's pencil and watercolor drawings for the narrative poem "Goblin Market." First published in 1862, the poem is the best-known work of the English writer Christina Rossetti. Whitman's drawings appear in a 1981…
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Or Not to Be: Representations of Death in Special Collections
Now through Sat, February 28, 2026
5:00 P.M.
Rare Book Department
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Parkway Central Library
"Recognizing death is inescapable can be daunting, but it can also motivate us to live our best lives and make them meaningful." The Free Library's newest exhibition from the Special Collections Division, Or Not to Be , is inspired by Shakespeare's famed…
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Ancient Technologies: Modes of Memory
Now through Fri, June 5, 2026
5:00 P.M.
Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library
Vintage reel to reels, polaroid cameras, magnetic tapes and slide projectors created memories, and are now often memories themselves. Generations of technologies evolve quickly. What's new today can soon feel ancient. Technology works in both physical and digital worlds, using various…