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English Conversation Group
                        
                        
                            
                                Tue, December 9, 2025
                            
                            
                                5:45 P.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Fishtown Community 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 Gleb. Questions? Email adultlearning@freelibrary.org or call…
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English Conversation Group - Intermediate+
                        
                        
                            
                                Tue, December 9, 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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3D Printing for Kids
                        
                        
                            
                                Tue, December 9, 2025
                            
                            
                                6:00 P.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Roxborough Library
                            
                        
                    
Join Nivita from Girls Who Code and learn to use a MakerBot 3D printer to make art and create prototypes. This program is aimed at middle schoolers (in grades 5 - 8). Materials will be provided. Tuesdays, through December 23
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Free Beginner English Classes
                        
                        
                            
                                Wed, December 10, 2025
                            
                            
                                10:00 A.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Tacony Library
                            
                        
                    
Learn how to speak, read, and write English! Taught by IndoChinese American Council. Three hours per week. Every Wednesday from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. To inquire or sign up, please Contact Matthew at 215-571-9921 or Kastelberg@iacphila.org.
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English as a Second Language
                        
                        
                            
                                Wed, December 10, 2025
                            
                            
                                10:00 A.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library
                            
                        
            
Community College of Philadelphia is offering English as a Second Language (ESL) classes. There is no cost to you and textbooks will be provided. Interested learners must complete a placement test. Test dates are scheduled for 9/22 and 9/24. Up to 15 individuals can…
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Or Not to Be: Curator-Led Tour
                        
                        
                            
                                Wed, December 10, 2025
                            
                            
                                10:00 A.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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Toddler and Preschooler Storytime
                        
                        
                            
                                Wed, December 10, 2025
                            
                            
                                10:15 A.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Charles Santore Library
                            
                        
                    
We’re going to read books, sing songs and move our bodies at the library with Ms. Lindsay. This storytime is intended for children 18 months to 5 years old. Siblings welcome. Groups can call to arrange a separate visit at 215-686-1766.
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Toddler Storytime & Play Group
                        
                        
                            
                                Wed, December 10, 2025
                            
                            
                                10:30 A.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Richmond Library
                            
                        
                    
Join Ms. Meghan for stories, songs, and fun for ages 4 and under with caregivers. Stay after Storytime to play. Siblings welcome.
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Infant/Toddler Storytime
                        
                        
                            
                                Wed, December 10, 2025
                            
                            
                                10:30 A.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Wynnefield Library
                            
                        
                    
Come join Ms. Susan and Ms. Haley for stories, songs, and interactive fun for children 0-2 years old! Stay afterwards for playtime with manipulatives and themed activities.
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Languages of Philadelphia: Japanese | 日本語ファミリーストーリータイム
                        
                        
                            
                                Wed, December 10, 2025
                            
                            
                                10:30 A.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                
                                    Children's Department
                                
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                                Parkway Central Library
                            
                        
                    
Bilingual Japanese Family Storytime Have you ever wanted to learn another language? Join us at Parkway Central Library in Montgomery Auditorium for a special Japanese storytime! Part of our Languages of Philadelphia storytime series, this storytime is intended for children aged 6 and under and…
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Yoga for Curious Kids
                        
                        
                            
                                Wed, December 10, 2025
                            
                            
                                10:30 A.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Chestnut Hill Library
                            
                        
                    
In this class, children and their favorite adult will experience 30 minutes of fun and inspirational interaction, encouraging the child's natural thirst for knowledge. This class is personalized around children's curiosities as they learn yoga through social interaction,…
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Preschool Storytime & Playgroup
                        
                        
                            
                                Wed, December 10, 2025
                            
                            
                                11:00 A.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Lucien E. Blackwell West Philadelphia Regional Library
                            
                        
                    
Join us for Preschool storytime every Monday! Enjoy stories, rhythms, and songs. Stay after storytime for playgroup. This program is intended for ages 2 to 5 and their caregivers. Siblings are welcome.
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Baby Storytime
                        
                        
                            
                                Wed, December 10, 2025
                            
                            
                                11:00 A.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Charles Santore Library
                            
                        
                    
Bring your little one for lap time with stories, songs, rhymes, and bounces. This program is intended for children birth to 14 months and their caregivers. Groups can call to arrange a separate visit at 215-686-1766.
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Virtual: Advanced SimplyAnalytics Training
                        
                        
                            
                                Wed, December 10, 2025
                            
                            
                                12:00 P.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                
                                    Business Resource and Innovation Center
                                
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                                Parkway Central Library
                            
                        
                    
Register to take your SimplyAnalytics skills to the next level in this advanced training session. Dive deeper into the platform's powerful features, including custom locations, advanced data filters, and business queries, to conduct more precise and sophisticated analyses. This course…
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Adult Basic Literacy Classes
                        
                        
                            
                                Wed, December 10, 2025
                            
                            
                                12:00 P.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Kingsessing Library
                            
                        
                    
Do you know an adult who wants to learn to read or write? We are offering FREE basic literacy course for adults to help them improve their basic skills. For more information, call 215-868-8664 or email adultlearning@freelibrary.org. Adult Basic Literacy classes at Kingsessing…
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English as a Second Language Class
                        
                        
                            
                                Wed, December 10, 2025
                            
                            
                                1:00 P.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Wynnefield Library
                            
                        
            
Community College of Philadelphia is offering English as a Second Language (ESL) prep classes beginning 9/15/2025. There is no cost to you and textbooks will be provided. Interested learners must complete a placement test. Test dates are scheduled for 8/25/2025 and…
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Wonder Wednesdays
                        
                        
                            
                                Wed, December 10, 2025
                            
                            
                                1:00 P.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Lucien E. Blackwell West Philadelphia Regional Library
                            
                        
                    
Come spend your Wednesday afternoon at the library! Children of all ages can join us every Wednesday from 1-3 p.m. for reading, games, crafts, and fun! This program is intended for children of all ages and their families.
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English for Beginners
                        
                        
                            
                                Wed, December 10, 2025
                            
                            
                                1:00 P.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Independence Library
                            
                        
                    
Build your confidence in listening to and speaking English in a welcoming atmosphere with other adult learners. Our class instructor, Marq, will discuss Elementary English Pronunciation and Listening Comprehension with Phonetics. Class and homework handouts are provided. The class is from 1-3 pm…
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Sew What?! Afternoon Sewcial-Needle Crafts
                        
                        
                            
                                Wed, December 10, 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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Read Baby Read Storytime & Playgroup
                        
                        
                            
                                Wed, December 10, 2025
                            
                            
                                2:00 P.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Blanche A. Nixon/Cobbs Creek Library
                            
                        
                    
Join us every Wednesday at 2pm for stories, songs, rhymes, and bounces! Then stay after for our playgroup! This program is for babies and toddlers with their caregivers. Siblings are welcome.