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Read, Color, and Comb: It's Time to Comb Hair
Mon, April 28, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Oak Lane Library
This program is an engaging, hands-on experience designed to make literacy and hair care fun for young readers. Centered around the book It's Time to Comb Your Hair , co-authored by Tanisha Singleton Thompson and her daughters Veriteady and Klere Kado Thompson, this session brings the…
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Chat-n-Chew Book Club
Tue, April 29, 2025
12:00 P.M.
West Oak Lane Library
Do you love to read? Do you like to talk about what you are reading? If you do, please consider joining the West Oak Lane Library's book group. We will meet approximately monthly. Today, we'll have a special guest speaker, Menika Dirkson, who will give…
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Grid Books Celebration- A Poetry Reading
Tue, April 29, 2025
5:45 P.M.
Literature Department
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Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
A Grid Books Celebration! Join us in collaboration with Moonstone Arts Center in introducing a stellar lineup of poets representing Grid Books Press and their strong ties to the Philadelphia area and its more than two decades of independent publishing. The free event will take place in the…
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Tracing Your Roots: A Case Study in African American Genealogy
Tue, April 29, 2025
6:00 P.M.
Social Science and History Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join us for a presentation by Natline Thornton focused on preparing for your research, setting goals, using oral history, staying motivated, and finding resources to help you find your ancestors. Drawing on her own genealogical journey, Thornton will cover the search for an African American…
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A Taste of African Heritage
Mon, May 5, 2025
1:30 P.M.
David Cohen Ogontz Library
Let's chat and learn about nutrition and taste traditional African dishes together. This program is led by a Jefferson-Einstein Nutrition Educator. For adults, and teens.
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A Taste of African Heritage
Wed, May 7, 2025
3:30 P.M.
Nicetown-Tioga Library
Let's chat and learn about nutrition, and taste traditional African dishes together. This program has been developed by Oldways and is led by a Jefferson-Einstein Nutrition Educator. No registration is needed but space will be limited to 20 participants. For all ages. We will meet…
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One Book, One Philadelphia Book Discussion of “The Upcycled Self” by Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter
Sat, May 10, 2025
11:00 A.M.
Fishtown Community Library
Join the Fishtown Library for a discussion of the One Book One Philadelphia selection for 2025, The Upcycled Self by Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter , co-founder of The Roots! We’ll talk about Trotters’ life and work as he describes it in the memoir, Philly’s…
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A Taste of African Heritage
Mon, May 12, 2025
1:30 P.M.
David Cohen Ogontz Library
Let's chat and learn about nutrition and taste traditional African dishes together. This program is led by a Jefferson-Einstein Nutrition Educator. For adults, and teens.
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Read, Color, and Comb: It's Time to Comb Hair
Mon, May 12, 2025
3:30 P.M.
West Oak Lane Library
This program is an engaging, hands-on experience designed to make literacy and hair care fun for young readers. Centered around the book It's Time to Comb Your Hair , co-authored by Tanisha Singleton Thompson and her daughters Veriteady and Klere Kado Thompson, this session brings the…
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Read, Color, and Comb Storytime
Wed, May 14, 2025
10:30 A.M.
Lovett Memorial Library
Cost: FREE
Join us for an interactive storytelling journey describing how Tanisha Thompson and her daughters Veriteady and Klere Kado Thompson published their children's book It's Time to Comb Your Hair. This program will include a live reading from the authors, activities and coloring,…
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A Taste of African Heritage
Wed, May 14, 2025
3:30 P.M.
Nicetown-Tioga Library
Let's chat and learn about nutrition, and taste traditional African dishes together. This program has been developed by Oldways and is led by a Jefferson-Einstein Nutrition Educator. No registration is needed but space will be limited to 20 participants. For all ages. We will meet…
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Malcolm X at 100
Thu, May 15, 2025
6:00 P.M.
Social Science and History Department
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Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
Explore Malcolm X's profound influence and lasting legacy in celebration of his 100th birthday (May 19th). Join us for a discussion with Errol Henderson, author of The Revolution will not be Theorized: Cultural Revolution in the Black Power Era, John King, author of The Breeding…
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Author Talk: Hope and Struggle in the Policed City
Sat, May 17, 2025
3:00 P.M.
Falls of Schuylkill Library
Cost: FREE
Join us for an author talk with Menika Dirkson, author of Hope and Struggle in the Policed City . Menika Dirkson is a Philadelphia native and an Assistant Professor of African American History at Morgan State University. She received her PhD in History from Temple University. Her research…
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“Mommy’s Khimar” Presented by the Enchantment Theatre Company
Mon, May 19, 2025
3:00 P.M.
Wyoming Library
With expressive masks, life-size puppets, original music, and imaginative scenic effects, Enchantment Theatre Company brings to life “Mommy’s Khimar” by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow. In this story, a Black, Muslim girl imagines all the things she can be in her mother’s…
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Always Enough: A Global Food Memoir | Booktalk & Tasting Event
Tue, May 20, 2025
6:00 P.M.
Culinary Literacy Center
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Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
FREE TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW! - https://alwaysenoughbook.eventbrite.com In celebration of Philly's World Heritage Week , we invite you to join us on Tue May 20 2025 6:00-7:30 p.m. at the Parkway Central Library (4th Floor Conference Rooms) for an evening…
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A Taste of African Heritage
Wed, May 21, 2025
3:30 P.M.
Nicetown-Tioga Library
Let's chat and learn about nutrition, and taste traditional African dishes together. This program has been developed by Oldways and is led by a Jefferson-Einstein Nutrition Educator. No registration is needed but space will be limited to 20 participants. For all ages. We will meet…
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Pathways to the Past: Family History Series
Wed, May 21, 2025
6:00 P.M.
Social Science and History Department
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Parkway Central Library
Part II: Black Genealogy on Ancestry and FamilySearch Join us for an engaging session tailored to simplify the intricate process of tracing African-American roots. Learn specialized methodologies and strategies designed for locating and discovering a diverse array of sources. Uncover the stories…
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One Book, One Philadelphia Book Discussion of “The Upcycled Self” by Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter
Thu, May 22, 2025
2:00 P.M.
Nicetown-Tioga Library
Join us for a discussion of the One Book One Philadelphia selection for 2025, The Upcycled Self by Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter , co-founder of The Roots! We’ll talk about Trotters’ life and work as he describes it in the memoir, Philly’s place in his story,…
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“Mommy’s Khimar” Presented by the Enchantment Theatre Company
Sat, May 24, 2025
2:00 P.M.
Falls of Schuylkill Library
With expressive masks, life-size puppets, original music, and imaginative scenic effects, Enchantment Theatre Company brings to life “Mommy’s Khimar” by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow. In this story, a Black, Muslim girl imagines all the things she can be in her mother’s…
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A Taste of African Heritage
Wed, May 28, 2025
3:30 P.M.
Nicetown-Tioga Library
Let's chat and learn about nutrition, and taste traditional African dishes together. This program has been developed by Oldways and is led by a Jefferson-Einstein Nutrition Educator. No registration is needed but space will be limited to 20 participants. For all ages. We will meet…