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Our America Now: A Conversation with Roxane Gay
Mon, July 1, 2024
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Branch - Montgomery Auditorium
Join New York Times bestselling author and columnist Roxane Gay in conversation with Dr. Marquita Williams, psychologist, Interim Commissioner of DBHIDS, and Lov'n My Curves CEO. They’ll talk about Roxane’s bestselling nonfiction works like Hunger and Opinions, share their…
Treasures from the Literature Vault
Fri, July 5, 2024
2:00 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…
How Close Is Too Close? The Ethical Challenges of Making Documentaries About Living People
Thu, July 11, 2024
11:00 A.M.
Senior Services
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Parkway Central Library
This is the Golden Age of personal documentaries. Forced out of Hollywood by the high cost of fictional studio films, a record number of women are devoting their lives to producing films about the challenges confronting real people in a variety of different nations and cultures. This,…
Novels In Progress
Sat, July 13, 2024
2:00 P.M.
Literature Department
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Parkway Central Library
Molly’s Books & Records in partnership with the Literature Department of the Free Library of Philadelphia presents a salon-style reading and conversation featuring the work of writers deep in the process of a long project. This p rogram is in room 108. Admission is free and…
Treasures from the Literature Vault
Thu, August 1, 2024
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…
Frida Kahlo: Her Typewriter and Life
Now through Sat, August 31, 2024
5:00 P.M.
Literature Department
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Parkway Central Library
Visit the Literature Department on the 2nd floor of Parkway Central to type on the same model typewriter artist and cultural icon Frida Kahlo used, an L.C. Smith. Read and borrow books of her letters and journals. Then explore her works in the Literature and Art Departments! Don't…
Reels of Time: Literature’s Microfilm Collection
Now through Sat, August 31, 2024
5:00 P.M.
Literature Department
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Parkway Central Library
Visit the Literature Department's new exhibition to learn more about our microfilm collection! Microfilm preserves fragile documents such as rare books, newspapers and other periodicals by using micro-photography to reduce an image onto a roll of plastic film that can then be viewed…