Filters On: Topic(s): Hispanic Heritage
Showing 1 to 20 of 20
Canticuentos: Spanish Storytime with Ana
Tue, September 16, 2025
11:30 A.M.
Welsh Road Library
****If Welsh Rd is not open due to buiding issues, we will move the program to Katharine Drexel Library, 11099 KNIGHTS RD (at Fairdale)**** Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month! Join local storyteller Ana Atach for Canticuentos ! We’ll explore songs and stories in Spanish through movement,…
Ages
Event Type
Event Series
Event Tags
Meet Author John Parra | This Moment is Special: A Día De Muertos Story
Sat, September 20, 2025
12:00 P.M.
South Philadelphia Library
Cost: FREE
John Parra is an award-winning, best-selling artist, illustrator, author, and educator, celebrated for his vibrant, Latino-themed children’s picture books. His work on Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos was named one of the New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books of…
Ages
Event Type
Event Series
Event Tags
Latin Dessert & Dancing with Dee!
Sat, September 20, 2025
2:00 P.M.
Tacony Library
Latin Dessert & Dancing with Dee A Family Program September 20, 2025, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. If you have a sweet tooth or love dancing, don’t miss this event! Our presenter will demonstrate how to prepare Tres Leches cake. We’ll also listen to popular music from Latin America and…
Ages
Event Type
Event Tags
Sofrito Heritage
Mon, September 22, 2025
3:15 P.M.
Dwight Evans Library of West Oak Lane
Join us for a delicious journey through culture, community, and cooking! In honor of Hispanica Heritage Month, we're celebrating sofrito - the heart of many Latin American kitchens. Learn about its rich history, regional variations, and how this flavorful blend brings families together…
Ages
Event Type
Event Tags
Herencia Hispana: ¡Crea tu propio vejigante!
Wed, September 24, 2025
3:30 P.M.
Field Teen Center
at
Parkway Central Library
¡Celebra el Mes de la Herencia Hispana aprendiendo a hacer una careta de vejigante! Acompáñanos a crear estas máscaras mientras disfrutamos de los ritmos tradicionales de la bomba y la plena. El vejigante es una colorida figura enmascarada del folclore…
Ages
Event Type
Event Tags
Hispanic Heritage for Teens: Create your own vejigante!
Wed, September 24, 2025
3:30 P.M.
Field Teen Center
at
Parkway Central Library
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by learning how to make a vejigante! JJoin us as we create these masks while enjoying the traditional rhythms of bomba and plena. The vejigante is a colorful, masked figure from Puerto Rican folklore, featured in festivals and carnivals throughout the island.…
Ages
Event Type
Event Tags
Community Quilt Circle!
Thu, September 25, 2025
2:30 P.M.
Lillian Marrero Library
This Hispanic Heritage Month will highlight the importance of storytelling, and craft circles. Visit Lillian Marrero Branch on Thursdays 2:30-4:30 beginning September 25th and ending October 9th for drop-in fabric square design workshops with Shanise B and Nicolle V! The first workshop is…
Ages
Event Type
Event Tags
Canticuentos: Spanish Storytime with Ana
Sat, September 27, 2025
11:00 A.M.
Tacony Library
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month! Join local storyteller Ana Atach for Canticuentos ! We’ll explore songs and stories in Spanish through movement, dancing, and singing. Each highly interactive session introduces children to a word of the day, an animal, and a color. No Spanish…
Ages
Event Type
Event Series
Event Tags
Meet Author Camille Gomera-Tavarez | The Girl The Ring & The Baseball Bat
Sat, September 27, 2025
12:00 P.M.
Lillian Marrero Library
Cost: FREE
Teen & YA Novelist - Camille Gomera-Tavarez is an Afro-Dominican authoress, designer, and creative from Clifton, New Jersey. She has a BFA in Graphic Design & Creative Writing from the Maryland Institute College of Art and is currently based in Philadelphia, PA. Her debut novel, High…
Ages
Event Type
Event Series
Event Tags
Let's Go to Mexico with the Geography Lady!
Mon, September 29, 2025
3:30 P.M.
Wyoming Library
Which country has 31 states and introduced the world to popcorn, chocolate, and color TV? If you said Mexico, you were right! In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, let's go to Mexico by way of Wyoming Library! This fun program will include maps, pictures, stories, sensory, music,…
Ages
Event Type
Event Tags
Alyssa Reynoso-Morris: Author Visit and Storytime
Mon, September 29, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Lucien E. Blackwell West Philadelphia Regional Library
Cost: FREE
Join author, Alyssa Reynoso-Morris, for a read aloud of her book Plátanos Are Love! This delicious picture book explores the ways plantains shape Latinx culture, community, and family. Followed by a craft reflecting the themes of the book. Alyssa Reynoso-Morris is a queer Afro-Latine/x…
Ages
Event Type
Event Series
Event Tags
How to Write and Publish Picture Books
Mon, September 29, 2025
6:00 P.M.
Lucien E. Blackwell West Philadelphia Regional Library
Cost: FREE
Join Alyssa Reynoso-Morris, author of Plátanos Are Love, for an interactive workshop on how to write and publish picture books. Discussion topics include pathways to becoming an author, creativity, publishing, and finding an agent. This program is meant for adults and teenagers. Alyssa…
Ages
Event Type
Event Tags
Fiesta Latina!
Tue, September 30, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Tacony Library
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month - come enjoy the festivities! Don’t miss out on the food, music, and dancing! Enjoy a taco buffet and rice, then show off your Latin dance moves. All ages are welcome
Ages
Event Type
Event Tags
Latin DJ Dance Fiesta!
Wed, October 1, 2025
5:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Join DJ CVGEBIRD for a Latin music-infused dance party on the rooftop in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. This event is LGTBQ+ friendly and open to all ages. Light refreshments will be served. Get ready to dance at the Parkway Central Library Skyline Room and Terrace. Join us for a night…
Ages
Event Type
Event Tags
Community Quilt Circle!
Thu, October 2, 2025
2:30 P.M.
Lillian Marrero Library
This Hispanic Heritage Month will highlight the importance of storytelling, and craft circles. Visit Lillian Marrero Branch on Thursdays 2:30-4:30 beginning September 25th and ending October 9th for drop-in fabric square design workshops with Shanise B and Nicolle V! The second workshop is…
Ages
Event Type
Event Tags
Canticuentos: Spanish Songs & Stories
Sat, October 4, 2025
10:30 A.M.
Kingsessing Library
¡Acompaña a la narradora local Ana Atach en Canticuentos! Exploraremos canciones y cuentos en español a través del movimiento, el baile y el canto. Cada sesión, altamente interactiva, presenta a los niños una palabra del día, un animal y un color.…
Ages
Event Type
Event Series
Event Tags
Alyssa Reynoso-Morris: Author Visit and Storytime
Tue, October 7, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Bustleton Library
Cost: FREE
Join author, Alyssa Reynoso-Morris, for a read aloud of her book Plátanos Are Love! This delicious picture book explores the ways plantains shape Latinx culture, community, and family. Followed by a craft reflecting the themes of the book. Alyssa Reynoso-Morris is a queer Afro-Latine/x…
Ages
Event Type
Event Series
Event Tags
Community Quilt Circle!
Thu, October 9, 2025
2:30 P.M.
Lillian Marrero Library
This Hispanic Heritage Month will highlight the importance of storytelling, and craft circles. Visit Lillian Marrero Branch on Thursdays 2:30-4:30 beginning September 25th and ending October 9th for drop-in fabric square design workshops with Shanise B and Nicolle V! The final workshop is…
Ages
Event Type
Event Tags
Canticuentos: Spanish Storytime with Ana
Sat, October 11, 2025
10:00 A.M.
Fishtown Community Library
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month! Join local storyteller Ana Atach for Canticuentos ! We’ll explore songs and stories in Spanish through movement, dancing, and singing. Each highly interactive session introduces children to a word of the day, an animal, and a color. Storytime followed by…
Ages
Event Type
Event Series
Event Tags
Meet Author Ibi Zoboi | First Day Around the World
Sat, October 11, 2025
12:00 P.M.
Greater Olney Library
Cost: FREE
Ibi Zoboi is the New York Times Bestselling author of books for children and teens, including American Street, a National Book Award Finalist, Pride, a modern remix of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, and the Walter Award and LA Times Book Prize-winning Punching the Air, co-written with…