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LEAP: Art Day!
Mon, April 28, 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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Let's Paint a Spring Picture!
Mon, April 28, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Logan Library
Let's create a painting together with our very own Ms. Irene - a librarian and a painter! All supplies will be provided and you don't need any particular art skill to participate. For ages 7 years old and up. It is possible that space will be limited. 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
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Painting for Tweens
Mon, April 28, 2025
4:15 P.M.
Tacony Library
Painting for Tweens! For ages 10 – 12. Presented by Delia Santiago Date: Monday, April 28, 2025 Time: 4:15-5:15 p.m. Try Q-tip painting to create a colorful artwork inspired by the famous artist Georges Seurat! We will be painting on canvas boards with…
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Exhibition: Photography Without Borders
Now through Mon, April 28, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Art Department
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Parkway Central Library
Work by young photographers made by Photography Without Borders students in partnership with Philadelphia's Taller Puertorriqueño will be on display in the Art & Literature Department as well as the Art Department hallway gallery, throughout March and April 2025,…
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Fiber Arts Group
Tue, April 29, 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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How to Be a Dungeon Master
Tue, April 29, 2025
3:30 P.M.
Lillian Marrero Library
Have you ever wanted to run your own game of Dungeons & Dragons? Join the grand adventure at 3:30 pm as we learn DnD Runehammer Games as we learn how to use dice, maps, miniatures, and spooky sounds to create an unforgettable tabletop role-playing experience for you and your friends!
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Visual Playwriting
Tue, April 29, 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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Polish Pajaki Art Making!
Tue, April 29, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Chestnut Hill Library
Pajakis are a craft begun in the 18th century by women of the countryside of rural Poland. These are some of the original meanings and intentions of pajaki - medium of bounty, ephemeral, sometimes as a centerpiece, sometimes as a quiet shrine, a resistance to things lost, bearers of…
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Sew What?! HEIM CENTER Sewcial-Needle Crafts
Wed, April 30, 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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Sew What?! Afternoon Sewcial-Needle Crafts
Wed, April 30, 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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Craft & Create
Wed, April 30, 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 30, 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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Exhibition | Secretary to the People: Sheryl Oring Uses a Typewriter to Activate Democracy with Art on the Streets of Philly and Beyond
Now through Wed, April 30, 2025
8:00 P.M.
First Floor Gallery West
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Parkway Central Library
This multimedia installation showcases over 20 years of work by artist Sheryl Oring. With her “I Wish to Say” project, in which she dresses as a 1960s secretary and takes her typewriter to public spaces such as libraries and parks to document people’s hopes, fears, and…
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Sew What?! Evening ROOM 108 Sewcial-Needle Crafts
Thu, May 1, 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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Public Eye for Artists Event
Sat, May 3, 2025
1:00 P.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join us for stories, movement and live music with Public Eye: Artists for Animals. You will also have the opportunity to meet some pigeons thanks to The Philly Pigeon Rescue! Public Eye for Animals is a Philadelphia-based organization that teaches compassion for animals through the…
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Fiber Friends
Sat, May 3, 2025
2:00 P.M.
Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library
Fiber artists are invited to join us for an afternoon of crafting and conversation with fellow artists. All skill levels are welcome. Assistance with knitting and sewing can be provided, and we have a sewing machine to use. Some supplies will be available. For Adults, teens and…
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Live! Critical Mass Early Music Ensemble
Sat, May 3, 2025
3:00 P.M.
Music Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join us for a lively performance of Medieval and Renaissance choral music by Critical Mass, a student ensemble from Swarthmore College. After the performance, stick around for a showcase of music manuscripts, courtesy of the Rare Book Department! 3pm in the Lobby at Parkway Central
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LEAP: Art Day!
Mon, May 5, 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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Moore College of Art and Design's Film and Digital Cinema Thesis Screening
Mon, May 5, 2025
5:30 P.M.
Literature Department
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Parkway Central Library
FREE, but please RSVP on Eventbrite The Graduating Seniors of Moore's FDC program will present their thesis videos Monday May 5th 5:30-7:00 in the Skyline Room, 4th floor of the Parkway Central Library at 1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia. These five young artists have created…
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Illustrator Visit with Sherry Shine
Tue, May 6, 2025
12:30 P.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
Join Author and Illustrator Sherry Shine to discuss the making of her new book, Cicely Tyson ! Sherry Shine has always loved to draw. She created her first mural at the age of three. She got in trouble for creating the mural on her bedroom wall and then trying to hide it behind some…