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Bartram’s Garden at the Library
Tue, August 12, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Kingsessing Library
Our friends from Bartram’s Garden will come visit the library to share nature lessons, crafts and activities with our neighbors. Join us in the outdoor storycircle in nice weather or indoors at the children’s area activity tables in rain or excess heat.
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Fun Fridays
Fri, August 15, 2025
12:00 P.M.
Widener Library
Join us for a fun-filled afternoon of play! Each week we’ll do a different activity whether it be games, movies, obstacle courses, or an outdoor activity. Ages 7-14 - See you there!
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Birding Bingo with the Pennsylvania Game Commission!
Sat, August 16, 2025
10:00 A.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join us for a Birding Bingo scavenger hunt for children and their adults. There will also be birding coloring pages and give-aways and opportunities to learn more about the Pennsylvania Game Commision. The Pennsylvania Game Commission - your state wildlife agency – is…
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Snake Party
Fri, August 22, 2025
3:30 P.M.
Ramonita G. de Rodriguez Library
Join Rodriguez for a snake party! Meet snakes from all over the world and learn about their lives and habitats from a snake expert!
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Walking Club
Sat, August 23, 2025
10:00 A.M.
Blanche A. Nixon/Cobbs Creek Library
Looking to get active? Enjoy the local scenery? Relieve stress? Walk with us at Cobbs Creek Library! Every other Saturday beginning on June 14th. We will meet at the front of the library at 10am and return by 11:00am. Everyone is welcome!
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Fungi Futures: Mycelium as a Biodegradable Material - Free class with Philadelphia Mycology Club!
Mon, August 25, 2025
5:30 P.M.
Independence Library
Fungi Futures: Mycelium as a Biodegradable Material - Free class with Philadelphia Mycology Club! This presentation will discuss how global industry can adopt mycelium as an eco-friendly material. We will discuss mycelium biomaterials, what they are, their material properties, the current…
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Bartram’s Garden at the Library
Tue, August 26, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Kingsessing Library
Our friends from Bartram’s Garden will come visit the library to share nature lessons, crafts and activities with our neighbors. Join us in the outdoor storycircle in nice weather or indoors at the children’s area activity tables in rain or excess heat.
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Go Birds: Appreciating Our Avian Friends
Now through Sat, August 30, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Government Publications Department
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Parkway Central Library
From June 2nd to August 30th, 2025, visit the Second Floor Gallery West at the Parkway Central Library to view the Go Birds: Appreciating Our Avian Friends exhibition. Birds have long captivated humankind with their graceful flight, unique plumage, and enchanting songs. Adapting to…
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Go Birds: Appreciating Our Avian Friends
Now through Sat, August 30, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Children's Literature Research Collection
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Parkway Central Library
From June 2nd to August 30th, 2025, visit the Second Floor Gallery West at the Parkway Central Library to view the Go Birds: Appreciating Our Avian Friends exhibition. Birds have long captivated humankind with their graceful flight, unique plumage, and enchanting songs. Adapting to…
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Go Birds: Appreciating Our Avian Friends
Now through Sat, August 30, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Print and Picture Collection
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Parkway Central Library
From June 2nd to August 30th, 2025, visit the Second Floor Gallery West at the Parkway Central Library to view the Go Birds: Appreciating Our Avian Friends exhibition. Birds have long captivated humankind with their graceful flight, unique plumage, and enchanting songs. Adapting to…
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Go Birds: Appreciating Our Avian Friends
Now through Sat, August 30, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Map Collection
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Parkway Central Library
From June 2nd to August 30th, 2025, visit the Second Floor Gallery West at the Parkway Central Library to view the Go Birds: Appreciating Our Avian Friends exhibition. Birds have long captivated humankind with their graceful flight, unique plumage, and enchanting songs. Adapting to…
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West Philly Skill Share: Urban Beekeeping
Sat, September 6, 2025
2:00 P.M.
Lucien E. Blackwell West Philadelphia Regional Library
Come learn about Urban Beekeeping with Mark Berman of Anna Bee’s Honey. Learn how to care for bees in urban environments. Come see observational bees in person and go home with free honey while supplies last. Mark Berman is a Cornell Master Beekeeper and has been operating his apiary in…
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Fungi Futures: Mycelium as a Biodegradable Material
Tue, September 9, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Chestnut Hill Library
Are you curious to learn how industry can become more eco-friendly? Join Christian Kustra, mechanical engineer and volunteer at the Philadelphia Mycology Club, for an overview of mycelium biomaterials, covering their sustainability, properties, and current industry applications. 5:00 -…
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Container Gardening with Native Plants
Sat, September 13, 2025
12:00 P.M.
South Philadelphia Library
Container gardening is ideal for Philadelphians with limited space or mobility limitations. You can use a variety of locations, from window boxes, doorways, steps, decks, patios, balconies or rooftops. And containers in established gardens add extra and unique design elements to the space.…
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Kid & Family Bird Walk in the Woodlands Cemetery
Tue, September 16, 2025
5:30 P.M.
Walnut Street West Library
Join us at the Woodlands Cemetery (4000 Woodland Ave.) for a kid/family-oriented bird walk! Local expert birders will teach us about birding & take us on a walk to point out our local birds! Walnut St. West Library will have brand new circulating birding backpacks to trial as well. The Free…
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Semblance and Resemblance: Tiberino and Her Inspirations | Exhibition
Now through Fri, September 26, 2025
5:00 P.M.
First Floor Gallery West
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Parkway Central Library
This exhibit showcases the works of celebrated Philadelphia artist Ellen Tiberino and her late mother, the groundbreaking Ellen Powell Tiberino (1945–1992). Through mosaic, pencil, paper, and pigment, the two Ellens captured the spirit and likenesses of their world—creating works…
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Fall Migration Bird Walk with Expert Birder, Holger Pflicke!
Sat, October 4, 2025
9:30 A.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Please join the Free Library of Philadelphia and Holger Pflicke for a Fall Migration Bird Walk! We plan to stay out for 1-2 hours, depending on the location, and walk mostly on flat and well-traveled paths. All events are open to everyone and all skill levels. We will go over binocular…