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Special Collections Showcase: LP Palooza
Sat, April 19, 2025
11:00 A.M.
Map Collection
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Parkway Central Library
Special Collections is belatedly celebrating Record Store Day with a showcase of vinyl and record related materials from the Print and Picture Collection and the Map Collection . Explore and learn about objects from these collections in a curated talk offerered by Special Collections staff.…
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Coffee & Conversations: Open Mic Spoken Word Night
Tue, April 22, 2025
4:30 P.M.
Walnut Street West Library
Join us for an evening of poetry and community at Coffee & Conversations: Words That Carried Us! Celebrate National Poetry Month with us as we explore the words that have lifted, comforted, and inspired us through life’s journey. Tonight's theme, Words That Carried…
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Music Special Collections Showcase
Sat, April 26, 2025
11:00 A.M.
Fleisher Collection
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Parkway Central Library
Join Special Collections staff for a pop-up event highlighting materials from the Music Special Collections including the Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music , the Drinker Collection of Choral Music, and Sheet Music. You will explore and learn…
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"Black Histories of Philadelphia" Exhibition
Now through Sat, April 26, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Map Collection
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Parkway Central Library
Black Histories of Philadelphia looks at some of the stories of people and places that make up Philadelphia’s countless histories. Some stories are kept, some fade over time, and others are misrepresented or silenced. The people featured in this exhibition created change through…
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"Black Histories of Philadelphia" Exhibition
Now through Sat, April 26, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Children's Literature Research Collection
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Parkway Central Library
Black Histories of Philadelphia looks at some of the stories of people and places that make up Philadelphia’s countless histories. Some stories are kept, some fade over time, and others are misrepresented or silenced. The people featured in this exhibition created change through…
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"Black Histories of Philadelphia" Exhibition
Now through Sat, April 26, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Print and Picture Collection
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Parkway Central Library
Black Histories of Philadelphia looks at some of the stories of people and places that make up Philadelphia’s countless histories. Some stories are kept, some fade over time, and others are misrepresented or silenced. The people featured in this exhibition created change through…
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Community Stories with Azuka
Tue, April 29, 2025
3:30 P.M.
Charles L. Durham Library
Gather with artists from Azuka Theatre to learn new ways to share and preserve your own stories through the medium of live theater! Community Stories provides community members access to experienced teaching artists and storytellers to develop the skills to produce their own work in the future.…
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Community Stories with Azuka
Thu, May 1, 2025
3:30 P.M.
Charles L. Durham Library
Gather with artists from Azuka Theatre to learn new ways to share and preserve your own stories through the medium of live theater! Community Stories provides community members access to experienced teaching artists and storytellers to develop the skills to produce their own work in the future.…
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Public Eye for Artists Event
Sat, May 3, 2025
1:00 P.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join us for stories, movement and live music with Public Eye: Artists for Animals. You will also have the opportunity to meet some pigeons thanks to The Philly Pigeon Rescue! Public Eye for Animals is a Philadelphia-based organization that teaches compassion for animals through the…
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Live! Critical Mass Early Music Ensemble
Sat, May 3, 2025
3:00 P.M.
Music Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join us for a lively performance of Medieval and Renaissance choral music by Critical Mass, a student ensemble from Swarthmore College. After the performance, stick around for a showcase of music manuscripts, courtesy of the Rare Book Department! 3pm in the Lobby at Parkway Central
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Philly Goat Project at the Pennypack Pier!
Tue, May 6, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Torresdale Library
Please join us and our friends from Philly Goat Project on Tuesday, May 6th for a live, interactive performance - starring goats! - outside on the Pier at Pennypack on the Delaware, followed by a goat parade and storywalk! Participants will also have an opportunity to…
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“Mommy’s Khimar” Presented by the Enchantment Theatre Company
Sat, May 10, 2025
1:00 P.M.
Walnut Street West Library
A colorful, riveting theatre production of "Mommy's Khimar" by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow is coming right to our library! A young Muslim girl takes her mother's headscarf &, with the power of her imagination, dreams of what she may become. Please note there is limited…
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Songs of Love and Other Struggles: Bethlehem and Sad Patrick Performance
Sat, May 10, 2025
1:00 P.M.
Overbrook Park Library
Join us for a free concert with local rising stars Bethlehem and Sad Patrick. Bethlehem and Sad Patrick perform songs of love and other struggles. Combining her soaring vocals and driving percussion with his sparse guitar, they deliver powerful songs about being in and out of love, keeping…
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Community Stories with Azuka
Tue, May 13, 2025
3:30 P.M.
Charles L. Durham Library
Gather with artists from Azuka Theatre to learn new ways to share and preserve your own stories through the medium of live theater! Community Stories provides community members access to experienced teaching artists and storytellers to develop the skills to produce their own work in the future.…
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Public Speaking 101, or How to Deliver Talks that Leave Your Audience Wanting More!
Tue, May 13, 2025
5:30 P.M.
Business Resource and Innovation Center
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Parkway Central Library
Whether you're an aspiring TED Talk presenter or just looking for a few tips to deliver a memorable message to a roomful of people, this workshop is for you! Join communications nerd Marta Rusek for a closer look at the essentials of sharing your message with an audience, whether…
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Music Special Collections Showcase
Wed, May 14, 2025
11:00 A.M.
Fleisher Collection
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Parkway Central Library
Join Special Collections staff for a pop-up event highlighting materials from the Music Special Collections including the Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music , the Drinker Collection of Choral Music, and Sheet Music. You will explore and learn…
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Community Stories with Azuka
Thu, May 15, 2025
3:30 P.M.
Charles L. Durham Library
Gather with artists from Azuka Theatre to learn new ways to share and preserve your own stories through the medium of live theater! Community Stories provides community members access to experienced teaching artists and storytellers to develop the skills to produce their own work in the future.…
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“Mommy’s Khimar” Presented by the Enchantment Theatre Company
Sat, May 17, 2025
1:00 P.M.
Lillian Marrero Library
With expressive masks, life-size puppets, original music, and imaginative scenic effects, Enchantment Theatre Company brings to life “Mommy’s Khimar” by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow. In this story, a Black, Muslim girl imagines all the things she can be in her mother’s…
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Tea for Three: Lady Bird, Pat, and Betty
Sat, May 17, 2025
3:00 P.M.
Literature Department
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Parkway Central Library
What is the hardest unpaid job in the world? A President's wife! A play by Eric H. Weinberger and Elaine Bromka. Emmy Award-winning Elaine Bromka stars in this deeply moving and witty play. Enjoy this remarkable live one-woman performance brought to you by the Free Library of…
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“Mommy’s Khimar” Presented by the Enchantment Theatre Company
Mon, May 19, 2025
3:00 P.M.
Wyoming Library
With expressive masks, life-size puppets, original music, and imaginative scenic effects, Enchantment Theatre Company brings to life “Mommy’s Khimar” by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow. In this story, a Black, Muslim girl imagines all the things she can be in her mother’s…