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English Conversation Group - Intermediate+
Fri, September 26, 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. …
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Semblance and Resemblance: Tiberino and Her Inspirations | Exhibition
Now through Fri, September 26, 2025
5:00 P.M.
First Floor Gallery West
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Parkway Central Library
This exhibit showcases the works of celebrated Philadelphia artist Ellen Tiberino and her late mother, the groundbreaking Ellen Powell Tiberino (1945–1992). Through mosaic, pencil, paper, and pigment, the two Ellens captured the spirit and likenesses of their world—creating works…
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Read Baby Read: Baby & Toddler Storytime!
Mon, September 29, 2025
10:30 A.M.
Children's Department
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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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Altered Consciousness: A Film Series with EPR
Mon, September 29, 2025
5:30 P.M.
Education Philosophy and Religion Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join us in the Montgomery Auditorium at Parkway Central Library for the next installation in this film series! This series will feature screenings and discussions of movies that explore the theme of altered consciousness: hallucinations, dreams, memory. Screenings will take place monthly…
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The Truth about Immigration
Mon, September 29, 2025
6:00 P.M.
Social Science and History Department
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Parkway Central Library
Cost: free
1st Floor, Room 108 Hear Wharton professor Zeke Hernandez's views on a most divisive issue and why he says that successful societies welcome newcomers. Hernandez is the author of the new book, The Truth about Immigration. The issue of immigration is causing a rhetorical war…
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Fall Family Storytime at Sister Cities Park!
Tue, September 30, 2025
10:30 A.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join Miss Mary for Fall Family Storytime! This in-person, outdoor storytime will take place at Sister Cities Park and is in collaboration with Center City District. In the case of unfavorable weather, the program will be cancelled with no make up date (check our social media for updates…
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Baby and Toddler Playtime!
Tue, September 30, 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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Pajama Storytime!
Tue, September 30, 2025
5:30 P.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Wear your coziest pajamas and bring your favorite stuffed animal to this evening storytime. We'll read books and sing songs and rhymes in the Story Hour Room. This event is recommended for children 3 to 8 years old.
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Nicholas Boggs | Baldwin: A Love Story
Tue, September 30, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00
The Author Events Series presents Nicholas Boggs | Baldwin: A Love Story Baldwin: A Love Story , the first major biography of James Baldwin in three decades, reveals how profoundly the writer’s personal relationships shaped his life and work. Drawing on newly uncovered archival material…
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Sew What?! in the HEIM CENTER Sewcial-Needle Crafts
Wed, October 1, 2025
2:00 P.M.
Heim Center for Cultural and Civic Engagement
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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. In-person, Wednesdays from 2-4:30 pm in the…
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Sew What?! HEIM CENTER Sewcial-Needle Crafts
Wed, October 1, 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. In-person, Wednesdays from 2-4:30 pm in the…
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First Wednesdays with the Rare Book Department
Wed, October 1, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Rare Book Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join the Rare Book Department for extended evening hours on the first Wednesday of every month. The Department will be open until 7 p.m. and staff will be offering tours, pop-up programs, and sneak-peaks. Can’t make it? Don’t forget about our free daily tours at 11 a.m.,…
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Jeannine A. Cook | It's Me They Follow
Wed, October 1, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: Free
The Author Events Series presents Jeannine A. Cook | It's Me They Follow An allegorical love story — a modern day Alchemist meets The Never Ending Story —set in a world where a book shopkeeper becomes a reluctant matchmaker, bringing soulmates together through books.…
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Resume Review with Dress For Success
Thu, October 2, 2025
12:30 P.M.
Business Resource and Innovation Center
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Parkway Central Library
Need to refresh your resume? We're excited to partner with Dress for Success Greater Philadelphia to offer resume review services and job search assistance on the first Thursday of each month! Resume review will be offered on first-come, first-served basis. Get help from…
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Headshots at the BRIC!
Thu, October 2, 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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Treasures from the Literature Vault
Thu, October 2, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Literature Department
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Parkway Central Library
Do you love old books? Then join us for Treasures from the Vault– a casual, hands-on book club program spotlighting items from the Literature vault! The vault, home to our closed reference collections, is a treasure trove of hundreds of fascinating pieces of literary history. This program…
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Sew What?! Evening ROOM 108 Sewcial-Needle Crafts
Thu, October 2, 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. In-person, Thursdays from 5:00-7:30 in ROOM…
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Souvankham Thammavongsa | Pick a Color : A Novel
Thu, October 2, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00
The Author Events Series presents Souvankham Thammavongsa | Pick a Color : A Novel Ning is a retired boxer, but to the customers who visit her nail salon, she is just another worker named Susan. On this summer's day, much like any other, the Susans buff and clip and polish and tweeze. They…
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Preschool Storytime
Fri, October 3, 2025
10:30 A.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join Scout 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. In good weather, this program will be held outdoors in Shakespeare Park, directly across the street…
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Fall Migration Bird Walk with Expert Birder, Holger Pflicke!
Sat, October 4, 2025
9:30 A.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Please join the Free Library of Philadelphia and Holger Pflicke for a Fall Migration Bird Walk! We plan to stay out for 1-2 hours, depending on the location, and walk mostly on flat and well-traveled paths. All events are open to everyone and all skill levels. We will go over binocular…