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Or Not to Be: Exhibition Open House and Curator-Led Tour
Wed, September 17, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Rare Book Department
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Parkway Central Library
The Free Library’s exhibition, Or Not to Be: Representations of Death in Special Collections , is inspired by Shakespeare’s famed “To be, or not to be” soliloquy in Hamlet, and looks at death from a wide variety of cultural perspectives.…
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Or Not to Be: Curator-Led Tour
Sat, September 20, 2025
2:00 P.M.
Rare Book Department
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Parkway Central Library
The Free Library’s exhibition, Or Not to Be: Representations of Death in Special Collections , is inspired by Shakespeare’s famed “To be, or not to be” soliloquy in Hamlet, and looks at death from a wide variety of cultural perspectives.…
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Thought Club
Wed, October 8, 2025
5:30 P.M.
Education Philosophy and Religion Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join us for a philosophy reading and discussion group facilitated by FLP librarian Jessica Brown. Every other Wednesday we will dive into text excerpts, essays, lectures in the field of philosophy- reading together and discussing along the way. This program is presented in conjunction…
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Rare Art Books: Danse Macabre
Mon, October 20, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Art Department
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Parkway Central Library
Stop by the Art Department on the 2nd floor between 4:00 and 6:00pm to peruse special items from the art vault and beyond, on the subject of the Dance of Death visual tradion. In conjunction with Or Not to Be: An Exhibition from Special Collections , on view in the 3rd floor Dietrich…
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Thought Club
Wed, October 22, 2025
5:30 P.M.
Education Philosophy and Religion Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join us for a philosophy reading and discussion group facilitated by FLP librarian Jessica Brown. Every other Wednesday we will dive into text excerpts, essays, lectures in the field of philosophy- reading together and discussing along the way. This program is presented in conjunction…
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First Wednesdays with the Rare Book Department - Or Not to Be Curator Tour
Wed, November 5, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Rare Book Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join the Rare Book Department for extended evening hours on the first Wednesday of every month. The Department will be open until 7 p.m. and staff will be offering tours, pop-up programs, and sneak-peaks. This month, we will be offering a tour of Or Not to Be, currently on view in the…
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PMC Shares Workshop: How to Administer an Estate
Wed, November 12, 2025
5:30 P.M.
Social Science and History Department
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Parkway Central Library
In this presentation, we will navigate the process of dealing with a relative's estate and will after death, the process and many documents required for handling the estate, and where to go to file documents. Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts is a nonpartisan nonprofit that envisions a…