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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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Jens Ludwig | Unforgiving Places
Tue, May 20, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: Free
The Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation presents a community conversation Jens Ludwig | Unforgiving Places With Maiken Scott & David W. Brown What if everything we understood about gun violence was wrong? In 2007, economist Jens Ludwig moved to the South Side of Chicago to research two…
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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: Overflow Screening (Free)
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…
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Exhibition: The Voices of Sisterly Affection
Now through Thu, June 5, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Field Teen Center
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Parkway Central Library
Philadelphia's motto was officially expanded to "The City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection" by the efforts of the godmother of Black Music Month, Dyana Williams. To continue amplifying the female voice in discussions about our city, SIMBY Presents: The Voices of…
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Juliana Pache | Black Crossword: 100 Midi Puzzles Connecting the African Diaspora
Tue, June 10, 2025
6:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
The Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation presents a community conversation. Desirée Gaines of Philly Download will moderate a conversation and Q&A, followed by some live puzzling led by Juliana. The founder of BlackCrossword.com and author of the groundbreaking Black…
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Falls Book Club
Mon, June 30, 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 House of Broken Bricks , 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…
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Treasures from the Literature Vault
Thu, July 10, 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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Treasures from the Literature Vault
Thu, August 7, 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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Treasures from the Literature Vault
Thu, September 4, 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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Treasures from the Literature Vault
Thu, October 2, 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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Treasures from the Literature Vault
Thu, November 6, 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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Treasures from the Literature Vault
Thu, December 4, 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…