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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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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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Community Stories with Azuka
Thu, May 1, 2025
3:30 P.M.
Charles L. Durham Library
Gather with artists from Azuka Theatre to learn new ways to share and preserve your own stories through the medium of live theater! Community Stories provides community members access to experienced teaching artists and storytellers to develop the skills to produce their own work in the future.…
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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…
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Craft & Create
Wed, May 7, 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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You + Me Painting Class
Mon, May 12, 2025
3:30 P.M.
Widener Library
Join us for the "You + Me Painting Class" as we celebrate Mother’s Day with your loved ones! Join ARTrageous Brush and Flow for a special painting class where children and adults create a dual-design painting. The class is designed for children 3 and up. Space is…
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How to Be a Dungeon Master
Mon, May 12, 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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Anne Lambelet Author/Illustrator Visit
Tue, May 13, 2025
10:30 A.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
Anne Lambelet earned a bachelor’s degree in illustration from the University of the Arts and has worked with Harper Collins, Simon & Shuster, Hachette Book Group, Scholastic and lots of others. She has illustrated several children’s books and has even written a few of her…
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Community Stories with Azuka
Tue, May 13, 2025
3:30 P.M.
Charles L. Durham Library
Gather with artists from Azuka Theatre to learn new ways to share and preserve your own stories through the medium of live theater! Community Stories provides community members access to experienced teaching artists and storytellers to develop the skills to produce their own work in the future.…
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Craft & Create
Wed, May 14, 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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Community Stories with Azuka
Thu, May 15, 2025
3:30 P.M.
Charles L. Durham Library
Gather with artists from Azuka Theatre to learn new ways to share and preserve your own stories through the medium of live theater! Community Stories provides community members access to experienced teaching artists and storytellers to develop the skills to produce their own work in the future.…
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Craft & Create
Wed, May 21, 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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Community Stories with Azuka
Tue, May 27, 2025
3:30 P.M.
Charles L. Durham Library
Gather with artists from Azuka Theatre to learn new ways to share and preserve your own stories through the medium of live theater! Community Stories provides community members access to experienced teaching artists and storytellers to develop the skills to produce their own work in the future.…
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Photo club
Tue, May 27, 2025
5:30 P.M.
Art Department
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Parkway Central Library
All photographers and photography fans are invited to drop in in on Photo Club meetings taking place every other month in the Art Department. Bring your own photo work to share with the group, whether you work with film or digital cameras. This is a great opportunity for…
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Craft & Create
Wed, May 28, 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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Community Stories with Azuka
Thu, May 29, 2025
3:30 P.M.
Charles L. Durham Library
Gather with artists from Azuka Theatre to learn new ways to share and preserve your own stories through the medium of live theater! Community Stories provides community members access to experienced teaching artists and storytellers to develop the skills to produce their own work in the future.…
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Craft & Create
Wed, June 4, 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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Violet Oakley Unveiled
Sat, June 7, 2025
2:00 P.M.
Art Department
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Parkway Central Library
Philadelphia’s Violet Oakley—also known as Villa Nova’s "Red Rose Girl"—makes international art history in 1902 as the first female to be awarded a commission to decorate a public building: Pennsylvania's brand new capitol in Harrisburg. In Violet…
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Violet Oakley Unveiled
Sat, June 7, 2025
2:00 P.M.
Literature Department
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Parkway Central Library
Philadelphia’s Violet Oakley—also known as Villa Nova’s "Red Rose Girl"—makes international art history in 1902 as the first female to be awarded a commission to decorate a public building: Pennsylvania's brand new capitol in Harrisburg. In Violet…
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- Live Performances
- Other Great Programs
- New Americans
- Discussion and Participation
- Family Programs
- Speakers and Lectures
- Workshops and Enrichment
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Community Stories with Azuka
Tue, June 10, 2025
3:30 P.M.
Charles L. Durham Library
Gather with artists from Azuka Theatre to learn new ways to share and preserve your own stories through the medium of live theater! Community Stories provides community members access to experienced teaching artists and storytellers to develop the skills to produce their own work in the future.…