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Healthy Hair Flair Experience
Mon, March 31, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Greater Olney Library
Tanisha, a certified hair stylist, will teach how to use professional styling tools, hair products, & answer any questions about hair wellness. Due to the use of hot styling tools, this program is suggested for ages 8+.
Poetry Book Club
Sat, April 5, 2025
1:00 P.M.
Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library
Join our themed Poetry Book Club! Check out and read a book of poetry from your local library relating to each month's theme. Then, we'll meet with others to discuss what we've read. April's theme is contemporary Black poetry.
Read, Color, and Comb: Meet the Author of "It's Time to Comb Hair"
Mon, April 7, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Greater Olney Library
Tanisha will read her book It's Time To Comb Your Hair, which is about the bond between a mother and her daughters while combing hair. Afterwards ,there will be a coloring activity & game as well as a Q & A session. This program is for all ages!
"Black Histories of Philadelphia" Exhibition
Now through Sat, April 12, 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…
"Black Histories of Philadelphia" Exhibition
Now through Sat, April 12, 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…
"Black Histories of Philadelphia" Exhibition
Now through Sat, April 12, 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…
Exhibition: The Voices of Sisterly Affection
Now through Thu, June 5, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Field Teen Center
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Parkway Central Library
Philadelphia's motto was officially expanded to "The City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection" by the efforts of the godmother of Black Music Month, Dyana Williams. To continue amplifying the female voice in discussions about our city, SIMBY Presents: The Voices of…
Omar Tyree | Flyy Girl
Thu, June 5, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00
The Author Events Series presents Omar Tyree | Flyy Girl REGISTER The bestselling urban classic novel about a young woman coming of age in the late 1980s. Tracy Ellison, a young knockout with tall hair and attitude, is living life as fast as she can. Motivated by the material world, she and her…