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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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Jennifer Haigh | Rabbit Moon
Tue, April 15, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00
The Author Events Series presents Jennifer Haigh | Rabbit Moon REGISTER In Conversation with Elise Juska Four years after their bitter divorce, Claire and Aaron Litvak get a phone call no parent is prepared for: their 22-year-old daughter Lindsey, teaching English in China during…
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Denne Michele Norris | When the Harvest Comes
Thu, April 17, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00
The Author Events Series presents Denne Michele Norris | When the Harvest Comes REGISTER In Conversation with Emma Copley Eisenberg The venerated Reverend Doctor John Freeman did not raise his son, Davis, to be touched by any man, let alone a white man. He did not raise his son…
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"Guards! Guards!" Guided Group Reading with Fishtown Theatre Brigade
Sat, April 19, 2025
10:00 A.M.
Fishtown Community Library
Join local thespians from Fishtown Theatre Brigade from 10am-2pm for a guided group reading of Guards! Guards! the play by Stephen Briggs, adapted from the novel by Terry Pratchett. Script contains mild innuendo and profanity. Attendees aged 18 and up are welcome. Interested in getting…
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Coffee & Conversations: Open Mic Spoken Word Night
Tue, April 22, 2025
4:30 P.M.
Walnut Street West Library
Join us for an evening of poetry and community at Coffee & Conversations: Words That Carried Us! Celebrate National Poetry Month with us as we explore the words that have lifted, comforted, and inspired us through life’s journey. Tonight's theme, Words That Carried…
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Jaap de Roode | Doctors by Nature: How Ants, Apes, and Other Animals Heal Themselves
Tue, April 22, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00
The Author Events Series presents Jaap de Roode | Doctors by Nature: How Ants, Apes, and Other Animals Heal Themselves REGISTER In Conversation with Bethany Brookshire Ages before the dawn of modern medicine, wild animals were harnessing the power of nature's pharmacy to heal…
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Book Club for Adults
Wed, April 23, 2025
12:00 P.M.
David Cohen Ogontz Library
Do you love to read? Do you like to talk about what you are reading? If you do, please consider joining our book group.Today, we will talk about Dear Black Girls: How to Be True to Yourself, by A'ja Wilson.
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Rhodri Lewis | Shakespeare's Tragic Art
Wed, April 23, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00
The Author Events Series presents Rhodri Lewis | Shakespeare's Tragic Art REGISTER In Conversation with Emily Wilson In Shakespeare’s Tragic Art, Rhodri Lewis offers a powerfully original reassessment of tragedy as Shakespeare wrote it—of what drew him toward tragic drama,…
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Rebecca Romney | Jane Austen's Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector's Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend
Thu, April 24, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00
The Author Events Series presents Rebecca Romney | Jane Austen's Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector's Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend REGISTER In Conversation with Allie Alvis Jane Austen's Bookshelf investigates the disappearance of…
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I Wish to Say: Write a Postcard to the President
Fri, April 25, 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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Falls Book Club
Mon, April 28, 2025
5:30 P.M.
Falls of Schuylkill Library
Join the Falls Book Club - one of the Free Library's longest running programs. The book selection for this month will be the 2025 One Book, One Philadelphia title. The group is open to all and new members are welcome. Our Book Club meets generally on the last Monday of the month,…
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Chat-n-Chew Book Club
Tue, April 29, 2025
12:00 P.M.
West Oak Lane Library
Do you love to read? Do you like to talk about what you are reading? If you do, please consider joining the West Oak Lane Library's book group. We will meet approximately monthly. Today, we'll have a special guest speaker, Menika Dirkson, who will give…
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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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Treasures from the Literature Vault
Thu, May 1, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Literature Department
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Parkway Central Library
Do you love old books? Then join us for Treasures from the Vault– a casual, hands-on book club program spotlighting items from the Literature vault! The vault, home to our closed reference collections, is a treasure trove of hundreds of fascinating pieces of literary history. This program…
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Paul Muldoon | Joy in Service on Rue Tagore: Poems
Wed, May 14, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00
The Author Events Series presents Paul Muldoon | Joy in Service on Rue Tagore: Poems REGISTER In Conversation with Daisy Fried Since his 1973 debut, New Weather, Paul Muldoon has created some of the most original and memorable poetry of the past half century. Joy in…
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Falls Book Club
Mon, May 19, 2025
5:30 P.M.
Falls of Schuylkill Library
Join the Falls Book Club - one of the Free Library's longest running programs. The book selection for this month will be After Annie , by Anna Quindlan. The group is open to all and new members are welcome. Our Book Club meets generally on the last Monday of the month, in the…
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Jonathan Capehart | Yet Here I Am: Lessons from a Black Man's Search for Home
Thu, May 22, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: Overflow Screening (Free)
The Author Events Series presents Jonathan Capehart | Yet Here I Am: Lessons from a Black Man's Search for Home Tickets to the Montgomery Auditorium are now sold out, but you can still get tickets for the simulcast live screening in Room 108. REGISTER In Conversation with David…
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Jake Tapper & Alex Thompson | Original Sin
Thu, May 29, 2025
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00 (Auditorium)
The Author Events Series presents Jake Tapper & Alex Thompson | Original Sin Tickets to the Montgomery Auditorium are now sold out, but you can still get tickets for the simulcast live screening in Room 108. REGISTER In Greek tragedy, the protagonist’s effort to avoid his…
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Caro De Robertis | So Many Stars
Mon, June 2, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00
The Author Events Series presents Caro De Robertis | So Many Stars REGISTER In Conversation with Dr. Michelle Taylor So Many Stars knits together the voices of trans, nonbinary, genderqueer, and two-spirit elders of color as they share authentic, intimate accounts of how they created space…
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Treasures from the Literature Vault
Thu, June 5, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Literature Department
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Parkway Central Library
Do you love old books? Then join us for Treasures from the Vault– a casual, hands-on book club program spotlighting items from the Literature vault! The vault, home to our closed reference collections, is a treasure trove of hundreds of fascinating pieces of literary history. This program…