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Love and Revolution: James Baldwin Speaks to Our Time Exhibit
Now through Mon, September 30, 2024
5:00 P.M.
Education Philosophy and Religion Department
at
Parkway Central Library
Celebrate 100 years of James Baldwin (August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) with selections from across the Free Library’s collections highlighting Baldwin’s work, influence, and legacy. On display outside the Social Science and History Department at Parkway…
Teen Tuesdays
Tue, October 1, 2024
3:30 P.M.
Lovett Memorial Library
Join us for all sorts of activities including theater workshops, BOT projects, game tournaments, poetry, guest speakers, and more! Meets most Tuesdays from 3:30 - 6:00 p.m. For tweens and teens. Bring a friend!
Teen Thursdays
Thu, October 3, 2024
4:00 P.M.
Philadelphia City Institute
Teens in grades 7-12, please join us for fun craft, food, and literacy activities! From homemade milkshakes to tiny food, bad art to DIY lip balm, and book spine poetry to a gingerbread challenge, we have something for everyone!
"Hablando en Lenguas”, Poetas sobre el Arte de la Traducción
Sat, October 5, 2024
2:00 P.M.
Independence Library
Únase a nosotros para el programa "Hablando en Lenguas” , una conversación con poetas sobre el arte de la traducción. Este evento profundizará en las experiencias y enfoques de poetas que trabajan con traductores para que su obra sea traducida a otro…
"Speaking in Tongues," Poets on the Art of Translation
Sat, October 5, 2024
2:00 P.M.
Independence Library
Join us for "Speaking in Tongues," a conversation with poets about the art of translation. This event will delve into the experiences and approaches of poets who work with translators to have their work rendered in another language. Featuring local poets Miguel Bacho, Lynn Levin,…
Teen Tuesdays
Tue, October 8, 2024
3:30 P.M.
Lovett Memorial Library
Join us for all sorts of activities including theater workshops, BOT projects, game tournaments, poetry, guest speakers, and more! Meets most Tuesdays from 3:30 - 6:00 p.m. For tweens and teens. Bring a friend!
Teen Thursdays
Thu, October 10, 2024
4:00 P.M.
Philadelphia City Institute
Teens in grades 7-12, please join us for fun craft, food, and literacy activities! From homemade milkshakes to tiny food, bad art to DIY lip balm, and book spine poetry to a gingerbread challenge, we have something for everyone!
Ecos de la Herencia: Revelando la Voz Poética Latinoamericana en Filadelfia (Presentado en Taller Puertorriqueño)
Sat, October 12, 2024
2:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Únase a nosotros para un taller enriquecedor e interactivo mientras celebramos el profundo impacto de la poesía latinoamericana en Filadelfia. Presentado en colaboración con Library of America’s Latino Poetry , la Feria Latinoamericana del Libro , Acción…
Teen Tuesdays
Tue, October 15, 2024
3:30 P.M.
Lovett Memorial Library
Join us for all sorts of activities including theater workshops, BOT projects, game tournaments, poetry, guest speakers, and more! Meets most Tuesdays from 3:30 - 6:00 p.m. For tweens and teens. Bring a friend!
Teen Thursdays
Thu, October 17, 2024
4:00 P.M.
Philadelphia City Institute
Teens in grades 7-12, please join us for fun craft, food, and literacy activities! From homemade milkshakes to tiny food, bad art to DIY lip balm, and book spine poetry to a gingerbread challenge, we have something for everyone!
Monday Poets 30th Anniversary Season: Vernita Hall and Lindo Jones
Mon, October 21, 2024
5:30 P.M.
Lucien E. Blackwell West Philadelphia Regional Library
Join the Free Library of Philadelphia’s Literature Department in celebrating the 30th Anniversary season of Monday Poets. This year’s theme is Sankofa (SAHN-koh-fah), a Twi word from the Akan Tribe of Ghana which loosely implies that to move forward, one must “go back and get…
Saadia Faruqi Author Visit
Mon, October 21, 2024
6:00 P.M.
Children's Department
at
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
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…
Teen Tuesdays
Tue, October 22, 2024
3:30 P.M.
Lovett Memorial Library
Join us for all sorts of activities including theater workshops, BOT projects, game tournaments, poetry, guest speakers, and more! Meets most Tuesdays from 3:30 - 6:00 p.m. For tweens and teens. Bring a friend!
Teen Thursdays
Thu, October 24, 2024
4:00 P.M.
Philadelphia City Institute
Teens in grades 7-12, please join us for fun craft, food, and literacy activities! From homemade milkshakes to tiny food, bad art to DIY lip balm, and book spine poetry to a gingerbread challenge, we have something for everyone!
Teen Tuesdays
Tue, October 29, 2024
3:30 P.M.
Lovett Memorial Library
Join us for all sorts of activities including theater workshops, BOT projects, game tournaments, poetry, guest speakers, and more! Meets most Tuesdays from 3:30 - 6:00 p.m. For tweens and teens. Bring a friend!
Teen Thursdays
Thu, October 31, 2024
4:00 P.M.
Philadelphia City Institute
Teens in grades 7-12, please join us for fun craft, food, and literacy activities! From homemade milkshakes to tiny food, bad art to DIY lip balm, and book spine poetry to a gingerbread challenge, we have something for everyone!
Reels of Time: Literature’s Microfilm Collection
Now through Thu, October 31, 2024
5:00 P.M.
Literature Department
at
Parkway Central Library
Visit the Literature Department's new exhibition to learn more about our microfilm collection! Microfilm preserves fragile documents such as rare books, newspapers and other periodicals by using micro-photography to reduce an image onto a roll of plastic film that can then be viewed…
Teen Thursdays
Thu, November 7, 2024
4:00 P.M.
Philadelphia City Institute
Teens in grades 7-12, please join us for fun craft, food, and literacy activities! From homemade milkshakes to tiny food, bad art to DIY lip balm, and book spine poetry to a gingerbread challenge, we have something for everyone!
Teen Thursdays
Thu, November 14, 2024
4:00 P.M.
Philadelphia City Institute
Teens in grades 7-12, please join us for fun craft, food, and literacy activities! From homemade milkshakes to tiny food, bad art to DIY lip balm, and book spine poetry to a gingerbread challenge, we have something for everyone!
Monday Poets 30th Anniversary Season: M. Nzadi Keita and Mabel Lee
Mon, November 18, 2024
5:30 P.M.
Thomas F. Donatucci, Sr. Library
Join the Free Library of Philadelphia’s Literature Department in celebrating the 30th Anniversary season of Monday Poets. This year’s theme is Sankofa (SAHN-koh-fah), a Twi word from the Akan Tribe of Ghana which loosely implies that to move forward, one must “go back and get…