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Philly Goat Project!
Tue, May 20, 2025
2:00 P.M.
McPherson Square Library
Please join us and our friends from Philly Goat Project on Tuesday, May 20 2025 at 2 to 4pm for a live performace! Come out and meet these cuties. We will be in the back of the library by the playground. Rain date : Tuesday, May 27th, from 2:00-to 4pm Philly Goat Project is a…
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“Mommy’s Khimar” Presented by the Enchantment Theatre Company
Sat, May 24, 2025
2:00 P.M.
Falls of Schuylkill 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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Community Stories with Azuka
Tue, May 27, 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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Music Special Collections Showcase
Wed, May 28, 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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“Mommy’s Khimar” Presented by the Enchantment Theatre Company
Thu, May 29, 2025
10:30 A.M.
Lovett Memorial Library
A colorful, riveting theatre production of "Mommy's Khimar" by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow is coming right to our library! This story is about the roller coaster of being a sibling and above all, about the love of family! With dreams, and adventure, and a little danger thrown…
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“Mommy’s Khimar” Presented by the Enchantment Theatre Company
Thu, May 29, 2025
3:00 P.M.
Lovett Memorial 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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Community Stories with Azuka
Thu, May 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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“Mommy’s Khimar” Presented by the Enchantment Theatre Company
Thu, June 5, 2025
10:30 A.M.
Wynnefield 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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Music Special Collections Showcase
Sat, June 7, 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
Tue, June 10, 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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The Amazing Interactive Circus!
Tue, June 10, 2025
3:30 P.M.
Haddington Library
The Philadelphia School of Circus Arts will show participants how to juggle, balance feathers, and spin a lasso! This is a popular program and space may be limited.
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Ants on a Log Pride Concert!
Tue, June 10, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Ants on a Log plays music for children and other childlike people. Full of humor and harmony, Ants shows are energetic, interactive, and engaging for both children and adults. Join us for this special concert, which is part of Ants on a Log's Pride Month Tour!…
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Community Stories with Azuka
Thu, June 12, 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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Music Special Collections Showcase
Sat, June 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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Performance & Parade with Philly Goat Project!
Mon, June 16, 2025
10:30 A.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Please join us and our friends from Philly Goat Project on Monday, June 16th for a live, interactive performance - starring goats! - outside in Shakespeare Park at 10:30am, followed by a goat parade and storywalk! Participants will also have an opportunity to meet the goats and…
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Ants on a Log Pride Concert!
Sat, June 28, 2025
10:30 A.M.
Kingsessing Library
Ants on a Log plays music for children and other childlike people. Full of humor and harmony, Ants shows are energetic, interactive, and engaging for both children and adults. Join us for this special concert, which is part of Ants on a Log's Pride Month Tour!…
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Wednesdays of Wonder: Musicopia's Afro-Brazilian Music Assembly!
Wed, July 23, 2025
11:00 A.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Ologundê performs a diverse repertoire which includes the rituals associated with candomblé, a synthesis of the Yoruba and Catholic religions in which various orixás (gods) are invoked; the breathtaking capoeira martial arts dance; and the exhilarating samba de roda, the most…
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Wednesdays of Wonder: Pierce Freelon's Books + Beats!
Wed, July 30, 2025
11:00 A.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
Pierce Freelon is a GRAMMY® nominated artist, picture book author and podcaster. His GRAMMY® nominated children’s music albums AnceStars (2023) and Black to the Future (2021) have been featured on Today Show, NPR and Billboard. He has written songs for the PBS Kids animated…