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Go Birds: Appreciating Our Avian Friends
Now through Sat, August 30, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Government Publications Department
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Parkway Central Library
From June 2nd to August 30th, 2025, visit the Second Floor Gallery West at the Parkway Central Library to view the Go Birds: Appreciating Our Avian Friends exhibition. Birds have long captivated humankind with their graceful flight, unique plumage, and enchanting songs. Adapting to…
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Go Birds: Appreciating Our Avian Friends
Now through Sat, August 30, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Children's Literature Research Collection
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Parkway Central Library
From June 2nd to August 30th, 2025, visit the Second Floor Gallery West at the Parkway Central Library to view the Go Birds: Appreciating Our Avian Friends exhibition. Birds have long captivated humankind with their graceful flight, unique plumage, and enchanting songs. Adapting to…
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Go Birds: Appreciating Our Avian Friends
Now through Sat, August 30, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Print and Picture Collection
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Parkway Central Library
From June 2nd to August 30th, 2025, visit the Second Floor Gallery West at the Parkway Central Library to view the Go Birds: Appreciating Our Avian Friends exhibition. Birds have long captivated humankind with their graceful flight, unique plumage, and enchanting songs. Adapting to…
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Go Birds: Appreciating Our Avian Friends
Now through Sat, August 30, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Map Collection
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Parkway Central Library
From June 2nd to August 30th, 2025, visit the Second Floor Gallery West at the Parkway Central Library to view the Go Birds: Appreciating Our Avian Friends exhibition. Birds have long captivated humankind with their graceful flight, unique plumage, and enchanting songs. Adapting to…
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First Friday Art Walk
Fri, September 5, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Social Science and History Department
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Parkway Central Library
Explore Art, History and Community-One Step at a Time! Are you interested in connecting with art lovers, sharing stories, and soaking in the city's rich cultural tapestry? If yes, join us on the First Friday of every month for a creative stroll through Philadelphia's vibrant…
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Under the Museum
Wed, September 17, 2025
3:30 P.M.
Wyoming Library
The Museum of the American Revolution presents Revolution at the Library! Under the Museum. Do you love history? So do we! Go behind the scenes with museum staff to discover cool artifacts from the past, and hear the exciting stories they can tell us. Learn about…
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Blondell Reynolds-Brown | Walking A Tightrope Backward in High Heels
Wed, September 17, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: Free
The Author Events Series presents Blondell Reynolds-Brown | Walking A Tightrope Backward in High Heels In Conversation with Tamala Edwards From the halls of the Philadelphia City Council to the challenges of motherhood, Blondell Reynolds-Brown's memoir Walking a Tightrope…
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Legacy In Ink: Honoring Our Past, Writing Our Future | Exhibition
Now through Sat, September 20, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Business Resource and Innovation Center
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Parkway Central Library
Legacy In Ink: Honoring Our Past, Writing Our Future highlights individuals and groups who have contributed their writing, illustrating, editing, and publishing skills to materials that stand out as beacons of the independent publishing world over the decades. Featuring the illustrations of…
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Jill Lepore | We the People : A History of the U.S. Constitution
Wed, September 24, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00
The Author Events Series presents Jill Lepore | We the People : A History of the U.S. Constitution In Conversation with Kate Shaw Published on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding—the anniversary, too, of the first state constitutions— We the…
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Semblance and Resemblance: Tiberino and Her Inspirations | Exhibition
Now through Fri, September 26, 2025
5:00 P.M.
First Floor Gallery West
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Parkway Central Library
This exhibit showcases the works of celebrated Philadelphia artist Ellen Tiberino and her late mother, the groundbreaking Ellen Powell Tiberino (1945–1992). Through mosaic, pencil, paper, and pigment, the two Ellens captured the spirit and likenesses of their world—creating works…
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Jeannine A. Cook | It's Me They Follow
Wed, October 1, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: Free
The Author Events Series presents Jeannine A. Cook | It's Me They Follow An allegorical love story — a modern day Alchemist meets The Never Ending Story —set in a world where a book shopkeeper becomes a reluctant matchmaker, bringing soulmates together through books.…
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Muhammad Abdul-Hadi | We the Pizza : Slangin' Pies and Savin' Lives
Wed, October 8, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: Free
The Author Events Series presents Muhammad Abdul-Hadi | We the Pizza: Slangin' Pies and Savin' Lives Created and launched by Philly born-and-bred entrepreneur Muhammad Abdul-Hadi, the mission of Down North Pizza is to reduce recidivism rates in North Philly and serve up the most…
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Ray Didinger | The Eagles Encyclopedia: Champions II
Tue, November 4, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00
The Author Events Series presents Ray Didinger | The Eagles Encyclopedia : Champions II In Conversation with Merrill Reese Fly Eagles Fly! They did it again. The Eagles routed the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX to claim their second NFL championship in the Jeffrey Lurie era. Hall of Fame…