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Read Baby Read: Baby & Toddler Storytime!
Mon, November 17, 2025
10:30 A.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join Miss Mary for stories, songs, rhymes, and bounces! Stay for playtime immediately following storytime! Intended for our friends ages 2 and under and their caregivers. Cooler weather? We'll have storytime in the auditorium on the ground floor! Warmer weather? We'll be…
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Japanese Conversation Group- Beginner
Mon, November 17, 2025
11:00 A.M.
Parkway Central Library
Build your confidence in speaking Japanese while meeting other adults in a casual learning environment. No registration is required. This group is for beginning Japanese learners and is led by Free Library volunteer Stephanie. The classes will take place on the Ground floor in BRIC…
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Film Club: Addams Family Values
Mon, November 17, 2025
3:00 P.M.
Philbrick Hall
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Parkway Central Library
Room 108 Join Philbrick Hall’s Film Club for a special presentation of Addams Family Values Wednesday and Pugsley will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby adored by their parents Gomez and Morticia.
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Teen RPG Day
Mon, November 17, 2025
3:30 P.M.
Field Teen Center
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Parkway Central Library
Join us at the Field Teen Center for an afternoon of RPG adventures! This is an ongoing campaign every Monday at the Field Teen Center, open to both drop-ins and consistent players. Programs at the Field Teen Center are open to individuals ages 12 to 18 . Organized groups…
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Unite Health-Basic Knife Skills
Mon, November 17, 2025
4:30 P.M.
Culinary Literacy Center
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Parkway Central Library
Thank you for your interest in the Basic Knife Skills Training from the UNITE HERE Mid Atlantic Training and Scholarship Fund. This class is from 3-4 hours and can support a class size of 10-15 students. Students will leave with a basic understanding of knife safety in a kitchen, learn cutting…
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LET'S DANCE SERIES : BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED w/ SHIRLADELPHIA
Mon, November 17, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Senior Services
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Parkway Central Library
Join us in the Central Senior Services area for an introductory dance class. We are beginning our series with BALLROOM Dance Styles. This series is dedicated for those who are blind and visually impaired. Registration is preferred. Drop in welcomed. MONDAYS OCTOBER 6, 2025 THRU…
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Monday Poets Season 31
Mon, November 17, 2025
6:00 P.M.
Literature Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join us for another great installment of Monday Poets on November 17th at 6pm. Reading with us this evening will be: Bob Coles Robert Coles is a poet, writer, academic, and an Associate Professor Emeritus of African-American Literature at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts.…
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Short Story Book Club
Mon, November 17, 2025
6:00 P.M.
Philbrick Hall
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Parkway Central Library
Room 131/132 in the Heim Center The Short Story Book Club meets on the second Monday of each month to discuss collections of short stories. Because the library may close early November 10th ahead of Veterans Day, this month’s meeting will instead be on the third Monday, November 17th.…
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Collage Club
Tue, November 18, 2025
12:00 P.M.
Art Department
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Parkway Central Library
Stop by the Art Department between 12 and 2pm and make a collage. Supplies are available any time the Art Department is open in our community collage station: scissors, glue and lots of paper and magazines donated especially for the purpose of collage making. And did we mention books? Many books…
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Microsoft Excel Range Names and PivotTables: Virtual Full Circle Career Workshop
Tue, November 18, 2025
12:00 P.M.
Virtual
Learn how to use named ranges...assigning names to a cell or range of cells in a workbook. We’ll also explore PivotTables, a powerful tool for summarizing, analyzing, exploring and presenting data, extracted from larger amounts of data elsewhere in an Excel workbook. Come learn the basics!…
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Baby and Toddler Playtime!
Tue, November 18, 2025
12:00 P.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Play, talk, sing and explore books and toys while listening to music and gaining social, emotional, fine and gross motor skills. This program is intended for babies and toddlers along with parents, grandparents or caregivers. We will be meeting in the Storyhour Room.
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Teen Perler Beads
Tue, November 18, 2025
3:30 P.M.
Field Teen Center
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Parkway Central Library
Join us for an afternoon of Perler bead creations at the Field Teen Center. Location: Field Teen Center, Ground Floor Parkway Central Library Programs at the Field Teen Center are open to individuals ages 12 to 18. Organized groups (including camp groups…
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FLoP Bowl Esports Tournament
Tue, November 18, 2025
3:30 P.M.
Field Teen Center
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Parkway Central Library
*** Registration is only open until September 15, 2025. Call or ask a librarian in person for signup info.*** Teens 12-18 are invited to participate in the 2025 FLoP (Free Library of Philadelphia) Bowl! Join one of ten library teams to compete weekly in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on Nintendo…
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Free Library Chess Club
Tue, November 18, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Heim Center for Cultural and Civic Engagement
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Parkway Central Library
Are you looking for a place to play chess, or are you interested in learning how to play? Join us on Tuesdays from 4:00-7:00 pm in the Heim Center on the First Floor. We have 20 chess sets and a limited amount of clocks available for use, or feel free to bring your own. RSVP at Facebook…
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Introduction to Nonprofit Grant Writing
Tue, November 18, 2025
5:30 P.M.
Regional Foundation Center
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Parkway Central Library
In this hour-long session we'll go over the basics of writing grant applications for nonprofit organizations. This presentation will help you: List a proposal's basic elements Identify next steps for submitting a grant proposal Draft a standard proposal Follow up with potential…
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Bridging Blocks: A WHYY Community Conversation
Tue, November 18, 2025
5:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
This event will be held in Parkway Central's Skyline Room - please take the gold lobby elevators to the 4th Floor. Join WHYY News Community & Engagement team for ‘Bridging Blocks,’ a civic dialogue series in partnership with The Free Library of Philadelphia. Host -…
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Photo club
Tue, November 18, 2025
5:30 P.M.
Art Department
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Parkway Central Library
All photographers and photography fans are invited to drop in in on Photo Club meetings taking place every other month in the Art Department. Bring your own photo work to share with the group, whether you work with film, digital cameras or just your phone. This is a…
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English Conversation Group - Intermediate+
Tue, November 18, 2025
5:45 P.M.
Parkway Central 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 Elizabeth. The group will meet in BRIC 60 on the ground floor. …
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Languages of Philadelphia: Spanish | Cuentos bilingües en español
Wed, November 19, 2025
10:30 A.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Bilingual Spanish Family Storytime Have you ever wanted to learn another language? Join us at Parkway Central Library in Montgomery Auditorium for a special Spanish storytime! Part of our Languages of Philadelphia storytime series, this storytime is intended for children aged 6 and under and…
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Jared Radichel plays the lute
Wed, November 19, 2025
1:00 P.M.
Art Department
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Parkway Central Library
Jared Radichel plays the lute in the Art & Literature Department balcony. Jared Radichel is a musician, mainly performing with the Philadelphia-based bands Carnivorous Bells and Cartoon , as well as a library assistant at the FLP's Philadelphia City Institute…