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Fiber Arts Group
Tue, April 8, 2025
2:00 P.M.
Falls of Schuylkill Library
Stop by the library and bring a portable craft project (knitting, crochet, hand-sewing, embroidery, etc) that you are working on. Don't know how, but want to learn to hand-craft from others who are passionate about their work? Stop in and watch and learn some basics. This program is…
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Visual Playwriting
Tue, April 8, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Lovett Memorial Library
This program celebrates drawing as a form of storytelling, guiding students through the process of creating a story from beginning to end using a blend of images and words. Over the course of these classes, students will learn the different elements that make up a story (such as character, plot,…
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Sew What?! Afternoon Sewcial-Needle Crafts
Wed, April 9, 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, April 9, 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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Craft & Create
Wed, April 9, 2025
3:30 P.M.
Widener Library
Description: Calling all kids ages 7 - 14! Show off your creative side during an afternoon of crafting every Wednesday at 3:30pm. All materials will be provided.
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Origami + Crafts with Ms. Safiya
Wed, April 9, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Cecil B. Moore Library
Origami + Crafts with Ms. Safiya and Master the art of paper-folding on Wednesdays at 4 pm. Learn how to make paper animals, flowers, and more during our after-school program.
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Katie Kitamura | Audition
Wed, April 9, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00
The Author Events Series presents Katie Kitamura | Audition: A Novel REGISTER In Conversation with Adam Dalva One woman, the performance of a lifetime. Or two. An exhilarating, destabilizing Möbius strip of a novel that asks whether we ever really know the people we love. Two people meet…
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Beginner's Hand Mending
Thu, April 10, 2025
2:00 P.M.
Lucien E. Blackwell West Philadelphia Regional Library
Learn basic hand sewing skills that can help you prolong the life of your wardrobe in this fun and informative workshop. Limited supplies will be available.
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Sew What?! Evening ROOM 108 Sewcial-Needle Crafts
Thu, April 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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Crochet Club
Fri, April 11, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Are you interested in crochet? Learn how to crochet or practice your skills with Mady and other children and teens. All supplies will be provided. This event will take place in the public area of The Central Children's Departmen
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One Book, One Philadelphia Kickoff Celebration
Fri, April 11, 2025
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
A Conversation with Tariq Trotter Friday, April 11, 7:30 p.m. Parkway Central Library, 1901 Vine St. Montgomery Auditorium REGISTER We will officially start the 2025 season of One Book, One Philadelphia with a conversation with Tariq ‘Black Thought’ Trotter and a performance…
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printPHILLY! 2025 Print Fair
Sat, April 12, 2025
10:00 A.M.
Print and Picture Collection
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Parkway Central Library
The Philadelphia Print Consortium and the Free Library of Philadelphia are pleased to announce the third annual printPHILLY! print fair, free and open to the public at Parkway Central Library on Saturday, April 12, 2025 from 10 AM to 4 PM. This event focuses on printmaking as a…
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Paper Craft Club
Sat, April 12, 2025
10:30 A.M.
Fishtown Community Library
Let’s craft together! We’ll make paper crafts we enjoy or learn new ones from each other. This includes card-making, junk journaling, scrapbooking, and anything you can create paper, scissors, and glue. Materials are provided but feel free to bring your own…
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printPHILLY! 2025 Lecture: The Print Center and the Continuous Contemporary
Sat, April 12, 2025
11:00 A.M.
Print and Picture Collection
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Parkway Central Library
Join Lauren Rosenblum, The Print Center's Jensen Bryan Curator, for a lecture about the history of The Print Center on Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11 AM. Since its founding in 1915, Philadelphia stalwart The Print Center has been a medium-specific venue dedicated to printmaking as…
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I Wish to Say: Write a Postcard to the President
Sat, April 12, 2025
12:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Stop by artist Sheryl Oring’s office and dictate your messages to the U.S. president at the Parkway Central Library from noon to 2 PM. This free, all ages public program will be led by Oring, whose work is currently featured in the “Secretary to the People” exhibit at the…
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Printmaking by the People: printPHILLY! 2025
Sat, April 12, 2025
12:00 P.M.
Print and Picture Collection
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Parkway Central Library
Mural Art’s Printmaking by the People will participate in the third annual printPHILLY! print fair at the Parkway Central Library on April 12! Between 12 pm and 3 PM, visit this Mural Arts pop-up to letterpress print your own poster, helping us to reimagine the Declaration of…
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Books on prints and prints in books: Art Department display for printPHILLY!
Sat, April 12, 2025
2:00 P.M.
Art Department
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Parkway Central Library
On the occasion of the printPHILLY! Print Fair on April 12th, the Art Department is showing off some of its books on printmaking as well as books and portfollios with hand-printed plates. Stop by the Art Department on the 2nd floor between 2:00 and 4:00pm to peruse special items from the…
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LEAP: Art Day!
Mon, April 14, 2025
3:00 P.M.
Haverford Library
Let your creativity shine! Join us from 3:00–5:00 PM for hands-on art projects and crafts like bracelet making and more.
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Fiber Arts Group
Tue, April 15, 2025
2:00 P.M.
Falls of Schuylkill Library
Stop by the library and bring a portable craft project (knitting, crochet, hand-sewing, embroidery, etc) that you are working on. Don't know how, but want to learn to hand-craft from others who are passionate about their work? Stop in and watch and learn some basics. This program is…
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Visual Playwriting
Tue, April 15, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Lovett Memorial Library
This program celebrates drawing as a form of storytelling, guiding students through the process of creating a story from beginning to end using a blend of images and words. Over the course of these classes, students will learn the different elements that make up a story (such as character, plot,…