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Jared Radichel plays the lute
Wed, November 19, 2025
1:00 P.M.
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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…
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Sew What?! Afternoon Sewcial-Needle Crafts
Wed, November 19, 2025
2:00 P.M.
Art Department
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Parkway Central Library
Sew What?! Is a clever and creative get together for crafters who do crochet, knitting, sewing, embroidery, quilting, felting, and more. Want to share what you're making with other fabric crafters? Join us to collaborate and learn! Our staff of library workers can help you learn to use a…
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VIRTUAL Office Hours: Penn Law Intellectual Property Clinic
Wed, November 19, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Patent and Trademark Resource Center
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Parkway Central Library
Have a question to ask a legal professional about patents, trademarks, copyrights or trade secrets? Entrepreneurs, nonprofit directors, artists and inventors: you can reserve an appointment to attend free consultations with the University of Pennsylvania Law School…
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Read to a Therapy Dog!
Wed, November 19, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Independent readers and children who are learning to read are invited to practice their reading skills with a certified therapy dog from Comfort Caring Canines. Yes, you can pet them, too! Dogs will be accompanied by their handler during this program & each child will be assigned…
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Career Vision Board
Wed, November 19, 2025
4:30 P.M.
Business Resource and Innovation Center
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Parkway Central Library
Get crafty and reflect on your career goals at the BRIC! Taking the time to reflect and envision your career path can help clarify your personal goals. Use your finished vision board as a source of inspiration and encouragement. The BRIC will provide all necessary materials,…
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Quilting Bee - No Borders Community Quilt
Wed, November 19, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Art Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join local artisan Cait Nolan to stitch this quilt honoring immigrants and migration. Over 90 people have contributed flying geese quilt blocks for the top of this quilt, now we will hand quilt the layers together. No experience is required, and all supplies will be provided. A speaker from…
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Thought Club
Wed, November 19, 2025
5:30 P.M.
Education Philosophy and Religion Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join us for a philosophy reading and discussion group facilitated by FLP librarian Jessica Brown. Every other Wednesday we will dive into text excerpts, essays, lectures in the field of philosophy- reading together and discussing along the way.
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Chris Matthews | Lessons From Bobby
Wed, November 19, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00
The Author Events Series presents Chris Matthews | Lessons From Bobby In Conversation with Michael Smerconish From the host of Hardball with Chris Matthews (now on Substack) and acclaimed Kennedy biographer comes a centennial tribute about why Robert F. Kennedy’s…
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English Conversation Group - Intermediate+
Thu, November 20, 2025
10:00 A.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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City Planning Club - CHOP New patient Tower
Thu, November 20, 2025
11:00 A.M.
Social Science and History Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join our monthly discussion group! We are continuing a discussion series centered on topics related to Philadelphia history, connecting local history with city planning and development. This month, participate in a thoughtful, guided discussion about the new patient tower at CHOP. The group…
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Or Not to Be: Curator-Led Tour
Thu, November 20, 2025
12:00 P.M.
Rare Book Department
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Parkway Central Library
The Free Library’s exhibition, Or Not to Be: Representations of Death in Special Collections , is inspired by Shakespeare’s famed “To be, or not to be” soliloquy in Hamlet, and looks at death from a wide variety of cultural perspectives.…
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Headshots at the BRIC!
Thu, November 20, 2025
1:00 P.M.
Business Resource and Innovation Center
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Parkway Central Library
Get a FREE headshot photo taken at the Business Resource and Innovation Center! Headshots are a unique service for entrepreneurs, nonprofit professionals, job seekers, and more. Use your photo to enhance your professional portfolio and make your LinkedIn profile stand out among the…
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Michelle Knudsen Author Visit
Thu, November 20, 2025
1:45 P.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
Join us for an exciting visit from New York Times best-selling author, Michelle Knudsen! Michelle Knudsen is the New York Times best-selling author of more than fifty books for young readers of all ages, including the award-winning picture book Library Lion (one of Time…
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Microsoft Excel PivotTables...Beyond the Basics: Virtual Full Circle Career Workshop
Thu, November 20, 2025
2:00 P.M.
Virtual
Building on the first Pivot Table class, this session will teach you how to use built-in calculations like ranking, running totals, and calculated fields. You'll also learn how to connect multiple lists and get introduced to Power Pivot. We’ll wrap up by creating an interactive…
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Sew What?! Evening Sewcial-Needle Crafts
Thu, November 20, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Art Department
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Parkway Central Library
Sew What?! Is a clever and creative get together for crafters who do crochet, knitting, sewing, embroidery, quilting, felting, and more. Want to share what you're making with other fabric crafters? Join us to collaborate and learn! Our staff of library workers can help you learn to use a…
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Comix Club
Thu, November 20, 2025
5:30 P.M.
Art Department
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Parkway Central Library
Stop by with your comics project to work on or just hang out and read comics from the Philadelphia Comics Collection . This collection contains work published in Philly or made by local artists. The entirety of this collection is cataloged and available for in-library use. Please be aware…
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Beginner Spanish Learning Circle
Thu, November 20, 2025
6:00 P.M.
Heim Center for Cultural and Civic Engagement
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Parkway Central Library
Beginning Spanish Learning Circle Parkway Central Library HEIM 131/132 (1901 Vine Street, 19103) Thursdays 6-7 pm (starting October 23, 2025) Join this group to learn and practice basic Spanish grammar and vocabulary for beginners. We'll use Mango Languages at our library meetings…
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Larry Magid | The Philadelphia Music Book
Thu, November 20, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: Free
The Author Events Series presents Larry Magid | The Philadelphia Music Book In Conversation with Sam Katz The Philadelphia Music Book: Sounds of a City is a 340 page coffee table book that contains 284 bios of musicians and music industry people from Philadelphia who have made a national or…
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Preschool Storytime
Fri, November 21, 2025
10:30 A.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join Scout in Montgomery Auditorium for stories, songs, and rhymes, and stay for playtime afterwards! Intended for our friends ages 6 and under and their caregivers. This program has ASL interpretation.
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English Conversation Group - Intermediate+
Fri, November 21, 2025
12:00 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 Philip. The group will meet in BRIC 60 on the ground floor. …