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Photos With a Loved One
Mon, May 12, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Widener Library
Strike a Pose with Mom! Celebrate Mother's Day with "Photos with a Loved One", come enjoy the laughter, love, and create lasting memories. Bring your family and stop by for a FREE professional photo session with local photographer Albert Yee. Whether you're snapping a…
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Urban Gardening with Native Plants
Mon, May 12, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Roxborough Library
Don’t have a half-acre to turn into a native plant meadow? No problem! Whether your landscape is a rooftop deck, sidewalk in front of a row home, strip of grass, or yard of any size, you can have a native plant garden in Philadelphia. Landscaping with native plants is one of the most…
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Crocheting
Mon, May 12, 2025
4:00 P.M.
McPherson Square Library
Learn how to crochet with local artist Katie Brown. We have all supplies, just bring yourself.
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English Conversation Group - Intermediate+
Mon, May 12, 2025
4:30 P.M.
Kensington Library
Build your confidence in speaking English while meeting other adults in a casual learning environment. No registration is required. This group is for intermediate/advanced English speakers and is led by Free Library volunteer John. Questions? Email adultlearning@freelibrary.org or call…
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English Conversation Group - Intermediate+
Mon, May 12, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Northeast Regional Library
Build your confidence in speaking English while meeting other adults in a casual learning environment. No registration is required. This group is for intermediate/advanced English speakers and is led by Free Library staff member Chloe.
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Mindful Movement with Pride!
Mon, May 12, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Lucien E. Blackwell West Philadelphia Regional Library
Join Mx. Craig in Mindful Movement at the Free Library. All levels/experiences are welcome for this mindful meditation practice. We will explore different methods of meditation - moving, sitting and sound bath meditation. Please bring water + anything to immerse you deeper into meditation (i.e.…
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Beginner-Friendly Yoga for Adults and Teens
Mon, May 12, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Northeast Regional Library
Mondays , Apr 28th, May 5th, May 12th from 5:00 – 6:00 PM Fridays , May 2nd, 9th, and 16th from 1:00 - 2:00 PM Beginner-Friendly Yoga for Adults and Teens! Join Yoga 4 Philly for a beginner-friendly yoga session that welcomes participants of all abilities!…
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Gentle Yoga with Josh
Mon, May 12, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Lovett Memorial Library
Join us for a weekly class where we will offer gentle movement, quiet meditation and guided breath work. This class will be adapted to our different abilities and disabilities, especially as we age. For all ages and backgrounds. Led by Josh Mitteldorf, who has been teaching yoga in…
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Cities on the Page: A Reading with Sue Landers and Tieshka Smith
Mon, May 12, 2025
5:30 P.M.
Roxborough Library
Cost: FREE
Join us for a night of poetry and photography with local roots! Sue Landers, a Germantown native, and Tieshka Smith, a Philadelphia-based visual storyteller, will read from their newly published books of poetry and photography. The reading will run for approximately one hour, with a Q&A…
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Book Talk: Building Ghosts - Past Lives and Lost Places in a Changing City
Mon, May 12, 2025
5:30 P.M.
Philadelphia City Institute
“Building ghosts” are the idiosyncratic remnants or imprints of demolished buildings, left behind on the sides of neighboring structures. Mostly seen in older Northeastern cities with rowhomes or party-wall adjacencies, they can reveal remarkable things, such as an old staircase…
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Chair Yoga with Lindsey
Mon, May 12, 2025
5:45 P.M.
Charles Santore Library
Chair Yoga is a form of yoga that uses a chair as the main prop versus a traditional mat. This makes the practice more accessible to those that have trouble putting pressure on the knees and wrists, and is suitable for all levels and ages. The program will be taught by Lindsey Gill, a certified…
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Jewish Refugees from Arab Lands, the film "Silent Exodus" introduced by Rabbi Albert Gabbai
Mon, May 12, 2025
6:00 P.M.
Social Science and History Department
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Parkway Central Library
1st Floor, Room 108 This program will tie together the experience of Egypt-raised Rabbi Gabbai, the Emeritus Rabbi of Congregation Mikveh Israel, the oldest Jewish congregation in the city, and that of other Jews who lived in Arab lands. Although there were more than a million Jews living…
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Short Story Book Club
Mon, May 12, 2025
6:00 P.M.
Philbrick Hall
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Parkway Central Library
The Short Story Book Club meets on the second Monday of each month in Philbrick Hall to discuss collections of short stories. May's book will be Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges. Ficciones can also be found in Borges’s Collected Fictions .
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Power Politics: An Oral History Series
Mon, May 12, 2025
6:30 P.M.
Social Science and History Department
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Parkway Central Library
Room 131/132 Power Politics, an oral history series organized by Scribe Video Center , showcases the voices and strategies of organizers, activists, and leaders from Black, Puerto Rican, Asian American, and other marginalized communities. These interviews, conducted by high school and college…
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English as a Second Language
Tue, May 13, 2025
10:00 A.M.
Wyoming Library
Community College of Philadelphia is offering English as a Second Language (ESL) prep classes beginning 3/25/25. There is no cost to you and textbooks will be provided. Interested learners must complete a placement test. Test dates are scheduled for 3/18 and 3/20/25. …
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Edible Alphabet: Learn English through Cooking! (Online)
Tue, May 13, 2025
10:30 A.M.
Zoom
Tuesdays 10:30 am - 12:30 pm (April 1 - May 20, 2025) Adults are invited to this FREE online English class. Each week we read, write, and speak in English--and cook a meal together (at our own homes, connected through video call). Free grocery pick up available. Register at …
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Philly Career Launch - Career Exploration Workshop
Tue, May 13, 2025
11:00 A.M.
Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library
Explore careers that build on your strengths and interests and get hands-on experience with online resources, such as the Free Library’s database of training opportunities at careertraining.freelibrary.org. The workshop goes from 11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Boxed lunch provided. Free.…
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Mastering the Mouse
Tue, May 13, 2025
11:00 A.M.
Haverford Library
Learn how to effectively use the mouse and have an opportunity to practice with it. Limited space available.
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Tablet and Phone Help
Tue, May 13, 2025
11:00 A.M.
South Philadelphia Library
Need help printing a document from your phone? Can’t figure out how to work your iPad? Stop by our computer lab to receive help.
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*FULL* Computer Skills for Beginners
Tue, May 13, 2025
11:00 A.M.
Northeast Regional Library
** Class is full and not accepting new students. Please call the number below to be placed on the waitlist or find an alternate class location. ** Need computer help? Take a free digital skills workshop at the Library! Learn how to use a computer, get online, and more. Training provided by…