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QuickBooks Level 2 - Create & Edit Invoices: Virtual Full Circle Career Workshop
Thu, July 10, 2025
2:00 P.M.
Virtual
Learn how to create/edit invoices and bills, process payments, reconcile your accounts to verify your QuickBooks account records match with the bank’s records. To join, please register here . Zoom meeting information will be emailed upon registration. Full Circle Career Workshops are made…
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Treasures from the Literature Vault
Thu, July 10, 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, July 10, 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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Preschool Storytime
Fri, July 11, 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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English Conversation Group - Intermediate+
Fri, July 11, 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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Read Baby Read: Baby & Toddler Storytime!
Mon, July 14, 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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English Conversation Group - Intermediate+
Mon, July 14, 2025
11:00 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 Nancy. The group will meet in BRIC 60 on the ground floor. …
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Summer Origami Fun!
Mon, July 14, 2025
3:00 P.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join us for some origami fun! Jill Saull, local artist and origami enthusiast will guide us to create multiple types of origami models. This is an interactive and fun, hands-on workshop suitable for ages eight and up. We'll have all the supplies. Feel free to…
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Short Story Book Club
Mon, July 14, 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. June’s book will be Men Without Women by Haruki Murakam i.
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Family Storytime at Parkway Pals!
Tue, July 15, 2025
10:30 A.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join Miss Mary for a Family Storytime and to-go craft, while supplies last! 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…
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Baby and Toddler Playtime!
Tue, July 15, 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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Owl Pellet Dissection with The Center for Aquatic Sciences
Tue, July 15, 2025
3:00 P.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Owl Pellet Dissection: Owls are amazing birds of prey, but they have some weird habits around the dinner table. Follow along with the instructor as we learn a little more about these birds and figure out what owl pellets are, why owls make them, and finally, what’s inside!? This…
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Author Talk | Betrayed: Violence Against Women
Tue, July 15, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Social Science and History Department
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Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
In a career that spanned four decades, Meg Groff worked as a legal aid attorney for woman and children victims of domestic violence. Not If I Can Help It: A Family Lawyer’s Battles for Justice for Victims of Domestic Violence and the Poor is Groff’s account, which includes both the…
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Wednesdays of Wonder: Thembi Palmer's STEAM Story Adventures!
Wed, July 16, 2025
11:00 A.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
STEAM STORY ADVENTURES Children will experiment like scientists, explore technological concepts, problem solve like engineers, create like artists, and think critically like mathematicians. S.T.E.A.M. Story Adventures uses themed stories as a springboard for exciting hands-on experiments,…
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Sew What?! ROOM 108 Sewcial-Needle Crafts
Wed, July 16, 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…
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Read to a Therapy Dog!
Wed, July 16, 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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English Conversation Group - Intermediate+
Wed, July 16, 2025
6:00 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 Natalia. The group will meet in HEIM 131/132 on the first floor.…
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MBAT Open Office Hours
Thu, July 17, 2025
2:00 P.M.
Business Resource and Innovation Center
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Parkway Central Library
The City of Philadelphia's Mayor's Business Action Team (MBAT) is here to answer your business questions! MBAT is the one-stop shop for Philadelphia business owners and entrepreneurs. We're partnering up to host office hours with Business Services Managers. They are the…
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Nutrition Classes
Thu, July 17, 2025
2:00 P.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join us for five weeks of nutrition classes. These will be fun lessons that include healthy snacks, storybook readings, and craft activities for children. Hosted by Jefferson + Einstein's A Better Start F.U.N. Program. This event will take place in The Central Children's Department…
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Sew What?! Evening ROOM 108 Sewcial-Needle Crafts
Thu, July 17, 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…