Events: Calendar of Events

Filters On: Topic(s): Performing Arts

Black History Month Vinyl Listening Session – African American Broadway Soundtracks

Sat, February 22, 2025 10:00 A.M.
Music Department at Parkway Central Library

Saturday, February 22, 2025 10 AM – 12 PM Parkway Central, Music Department Parkway Central's Music Department is offering a wonderful opportunity to explore the significant contributions of African American artists to Broadway history! February, being Black History Month,…

Music Special Collections Showcase

Sat, February 22, 2025 11:00 A.M.
Fleisher Collection at Parkway Central Library

Join Special Collections staff for a pop-up event highlighting materials from the Music Special Collections including the Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music , the Drinker Collection of Choral Music, and Sheet Music. You will explore and learn…

Workshops and Enrichment

Story Time with Kala Jojo: The Tall Story Teller

Sat, February 22, 2025 1:00 P.M.
Wadsworth Library

Kala Jojo, known as “The Tall Storyteller”, performs his songs, chants and stories with authentic African instruments, evoking African, African-American and Caribbean oral traditions.

Drums & African Diaspora: the Beats and the Journey

Sat, February 22, 2025 2:00 P.M.
Music Department at Parkway Central Library

Percussionist Karen Smith plays the beats and tells the story of the drum's journey in this interactive workshop and talk! Come join us! Percussion will be available. Ms. Smith, Pew fellow, is founder of the Karen Smith Experience and Sistah's Laying Down Hands Collective For…

Hip Hop Fundamentals Teen Workshop

Wed, February 26, 2025 3:30 P.M.
Field Teen Center at Parkway Central Library

Join Field Teen Center and Hip Hop Fundamentals to explore hip hop, breakdancing, and Black history with a performance and hands-on workshop. Students will amaze themselves as they learn basic moves and create their own choreography by exploring the American art form of breakdancing with Hip Hop…

Young Adult

Music Special Collections Showcase

Sat, March 1, 2025 11:00 A.M.
Fleisher Collection at Parkway Central Library

Workshops and Enrichment

Music Special Collections Showcase

Sat, March 8, 2025 11:00 A.M.
Fleisher Collection at Parkway Central Library

Workshops and Enrichment

Interactive Circus

Mon, March 10, 2025 5:30 P.M.
Northeast Regional Library

The Philadelphia School of Circus Arts will show participants how to juggle, balance feathers, and spin a lasso! This program is for school age children. No large groups permitted. For more information please call 215-685-0509 and speak to a librarian.

School Age

Music Special Collections Showcase

Sat, April 5, 2025 11:00 A.M.
Fleisher Collection at Parkway Central Library

Workshops and Enrichment

Music Special Collections Showcase

Sat, April 12, 2025 11:00 A.M.
Fleisher Collection at Parkway Central Library

Workshops and Enrichment

"Black Histories of Philadelphia" Exhibition

Now through Sat, April 12, 2025 5:00 P.M.
Map Collection at Parkway Central Library

Black Histories of Philadelphia looks at some of the stories of people and places that make up Philadelphia’s countless histories. Some stories are kept, some fade over time, and others are misrepresented or silenced. The people featured in this exhibition created change through…

"Black Histories of Philadelphia" Exhibition

Now through Sat, April 12, 2025 5:00 P.M.
Children's Literature Research Collection at Parkway Central Library

"Black Histories of Philadelphia" Exhibition

Now through Sat, April 12, 2025 5:00 P.M.
Print and Picture Collection at Parkway Central Library

The Secrets of Magic by Magician Ran'D Shine!

Mon, April 14, 2025 4:00 P.M.
Torresdale Library

Torresdale Library welcomes Mr. Randy Shine as he performs some of his favorite magic tricks! Watch objects appear, disappear and transform before your very eyes! This highly interactive show can be enjoyed by folks of all ages! Please join us! …

Interactive Goat Play & Meet and Greet with Philly Goat Project!

Tue, April 15, 2025 12:00 P.M.
Fishtown Community Library

Please join us and our friends from Philly Goat Project on Tuesday April 15 at 12:00pm for a live, interactive performance - starring goats! - across the street at Fishtown Recreation Center, followed by a goat meet and greet! Participants will have an opportunity to meet and pet the…

Storytimes

Music Special Collections Showcase

Sat, April 26, 2025 11:00 A.M.
Fleisher Collection at Parkway Central Library

Workshops and Enrichment

Philly Goat Project at the Pennypack Pier!

Tue, May 6, 2025 4:00 P.M.
Torresdale Library

Please join us and our friends from Philly Goat Project on Tuesday, May 6th for a live, interactive performance - starring goats! - outside on the Pier at Pennypack on the Delaware, followed by a goat parade and storywalk! Participants will also have an opportunity to…

Storytimes

Performance & Parade with Philly Goat Project!

Mon, June 16, 2025 10:30 A.M.
Children's Department at Parkway Central Library

Please join us and our friends from Philly Goat Project on Monday, June 16th for a live, interactive performance - starring goats! - outside in Shakespeare Park at 10:30am, followed by a goat parade and storywalk! Participants will also have an opportunity to meet the goats and…

Storytimes