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"Where do I start?" An Introduction to Preserving Your Media.
Wed, October 15, 2025
6:00 P.M.
Heim Center for Cultural and Civic Engagement
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Parkway Central Library
Join the People's Media Record for an introduction to preserving your media: Do you have boxes and boxes of media at home? Do you feel lost when it comes to preserving your media? Do you shake your head and wonder, “where do I start?” If so, this workshop is for you! In this…
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Archives Fair. Sky, Steel, & Screens: Caring for Our Natural, Built, and Digital Environments.
Wed, October 15, 2025
6:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Celebrate Archives Month with the Free Library at our community archives fair! The Free Library of Philadelphia, in partnership with the Delaware Valley Archivists Group , is hosting a free, interactive community fair to showcase how our natural, built, and digital…
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City Planning Club - Chubb Insurance Headquarters
Thu, October 16, 2025
11:00 A.M.
Social Science and History Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join our monthly discussion group! We are continuing a discussion series centered on topics related to Philadelphia history, connecting local history with city planning and development. This month, participate in a thoughtful, guided discussion of the new office building at 20th Street and JFK…
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Unedited Philadelphia: Germantown
Sat, October 18, 2025
6:00 P.M.
Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library
Join us for a screening and conversation with Temple University Urban Archive's John Pettit. This documentary is part of The Unedited Philadelphia series, drawing on raw news footage, nightly broadcasts, outtakes, and Public Affairs, and features based programming to depict vignettes of life…
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History of Cartography: Depicting Time and Space
Mon, October 20, 2025
6:00 P.M.
Map Collection
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Parkway Central Library
Maps are as much about imagined worlds as they are about reality. Rarely are they just a means of getting from one place to another. Instead, they transform our thoughts and uncertainties into something we can see, understand, and control. Over six weeks, this course will look at some…
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Local History Collection Ribbon Cutting
Tue, October 21, 2025
5:30 P.M.
Social Science and History Department
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Parkway Central Library
In the Social Science & History Department The Social Science and History Department is excited to present our revamped Local History Collection! What changed? Previously only books within a narrow range of call numbers had been shelved in the local history collection. Now, the collection…
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Author Talk | Metropolitan Paradise
Tue, October 21, 2025
6:00 P.M.
Social Science and History Department
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Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
In the Social Science & History Department Please join us for a lecture by Carol Franklin, author of Metropolitan Paradise: Wissahickon Valley 1620-2020, The Struggle for Nature in the City . Published in 2010, the four part book focuses on the social, political, and ecological…
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2nd Annual Germantown Community Archiving Fair
Sat, October 25, 2025
1:00 P.M.
Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library
What’s your Germantown history? Join us for hands-on archiving activities, including digital scanning, scrapbooking, and conversations about our community’s past, present and future. Bring out your photos, letters, and life souvenirs for this 2nd annual event! 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. This…
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Bushrod Library at 75!
Mon, October 27, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Bushrod Library
Celebrate Bushrod's 75th Birthday! Activities throughout the library from 4:00 to 6:00 To celebrate 75 years since the Bushrod Library first opened in 1950, come celebrate with fall and harvest themed games, crafts and activities! This event is open to community members of all ages. We hope…
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History of Cartography: Depicting Time and Space
Mon, October 27, 2025
6:00 P.M.
Map Collection
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Parkway Central Library
Maps are as much about imagined worlds as they are about reality. Rarely are they just a means of getting from one place to another. Instead, they transform our thoughts and uncertainties into something we can see, understand, and control. Over six weeks, this course will look at some…
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Haunted History
Thu, October 30, 2025
3:30 P.M.
Dwight Evans Library of West Oak Lane
Discover some eerie tales and haunted happenings from our local past. For all ages. Children under 7 must be accompanied by an adult. Part of our week-long Fall Fest!
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Absolute Trash Philadelphia Exhibition
Now through Thu, October 30, 2025
8:00 P.M.
Heim Center for Cultural and Civic Engagement
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Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
Absolute Trash Philadelphia: An Investigation into the Postwar City, Wall Writing, and Local Media features selections from the Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, and Temple University Libraries. In the hundreds of clippings and images gathered here, graffiti serves as a proxy…
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Wyoming Library's 95th!
Sat, November 1, 2025
11:00 A.M.
Wyoming Library
Celebrate Wyoming's 95th Birthday with a Fall Festival! Activities throughout the garden and meeting room from 11:00 to 2:00
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History of Cartography: Depicting Time and Space
Mon, November 3, 2025
6:00 P.M.
Map Collection
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Parkway Central Library
Maps are as much about imagined worlds as they are about reality. Rarely are they just a means of getting from one place to another. Instead, they transform our thoughts and uncertainties into something we can see, understand, and control. Over six weeks, this course will look at some…
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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 Montgomery Auditorium is now sold out, but tickets are still available for a live simulcast screening in a separate room at the Parkway Central Library. Standby seating will…