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First Wednesdays with the Rare Book Department - Mushrooms
Wed, September 3, 2025
5:00 P.M.
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Parkway Central Library
Join the Rare Book Department for extended evening hours on the first Wednesday of every month. The Department will be open until 7 p.m. and staff will be offering tours, pop-up programs, and sneak-peaks. Our September theme? Mushrooms! Can’t make it? Don’t forget about our free…
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Exhibition: The Voices of Sisterly Affection
Now through Fri, September 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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- Black History Month
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- Arts and Crafts Programs
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Go Birds: Appreciating Our Avian Friends
Now through Sat, September 6, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Government Publications Department
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Parkway Central Library
From June 2nd to September 6th, 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, September 6, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Children's Literature Research Collection
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Parkway Central Library
From June 2nd to September 6th, 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, September 6, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Print and Picture Collection
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Parkway Central Library
From June 2nd to September 6th, 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, September 6, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Map Collection
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Parkway Central Library
From June 2nd to September 6th, 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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The Apple of Our Eye: Beatrix Potter
Fri, September 12, 2025
1:00 P.M.
Rare Book Department
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Parkway Central Library
***Please note, registration is required!*** In 2024, the Free Library of Philadelphia welcomed a new piece of art by author, illustrator, and conservationist Beatrix Potter . This untitled work depicts a pair of rabbits gathering apples in an orchard. To celebrate this new addition to…
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The Apple of Our Eye: Beatrix Potter
Fri, September 12, 2025
1:00 P.M.
Children's Literature Research Collection
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Parkway Central Library
***Please note, registration is required!*** In 2024, the Free Library of Philadelphia welcomed a new piece of art by author, illustrator, and conservationist Beatrix Potter . This untitled work depicts a pair of rabbits gathering apples in an orchard. To celebrate this new addition to…
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The Apple of Our Eye: Beatrix Potter
Fri, September 12, 2025
1:00 P.M.
Culinary Literacy Center
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Parkway Central Library
***Please note, registration is required!*** In 2024, the Free Library of Philadelphia welcomed a new piece of art by author, illustrator, and conservationist Beatrix Potter . This untitled work depicts a pair of rabbits gathering apples in an orchard. To celebrate this new addition to…
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Or Not to Be: Exhibition Open House and Curator-Led Tour
Wed, September 17, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Rare Book Department
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Parkway Central Library
The Free Library’s exhibition, Or Not to Be: Representations of Death in Special Collections , is inspired by Shakespeare’s famed “To be, or not to be” soliloquy in Hamlet, and looks at death from a wide variety of cultural perspectives.…
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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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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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First Wednesdays with the Rare Book Department - The Raven
Wed, October 1, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Rare Book Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join the Rare Book Department for extended evening hours on the first Wednesday of every month. The Department will be open until 7 p.m. and staff will be offering tours, pop-up programs, and sneak-peaks. October is here and that can only mean one thing...it is Raven season. Tonight, we…
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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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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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First Wednesdays with the Rare Book Department - Or Not to Be Curator Tour
Wed, November 5, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Rare Book Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join the Rare Book Department for extended evening hours on the first Wednesday of every month. The Department will be open until 7 p.m. and staff will be offering tours, pop-up programs, and sneak-peaks. This month, we will be offering a tour of Or Not to Be, currently on view in the…
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First Wednesdays with the Rare Book Department
Wed, December 3, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Rare Book Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join the Rare Book Department for extended evening hours on the first Wednesday of every month. The Department will be open until 7 p.m. and staff will be offering tours, pop-up programs, and sneak-peaks. Can’t make it? Don’t forget about our free daily tours at 11 a.m.,…
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First Wednesdays with the Rare Book Department - The Daily Tour
Wed, January 7, 2026
5:00 P.M.
Rare Book Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join the Rare Book Department for extended evening hours on the first Wednesday of every month. The Department will be open until 7 p.m. and staff will be offering tours, pop-up programs, and sneak-peaks. January's event will feature an evening edition of our Daily Tour , starting at…
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First Wednesdays with the Rare Book Department
Wed, February 4, 2026
5:00 P.M.
Rare Book Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join the Rare Book Department for extended evening hours on the first Wednesday of every month. The Department will be open until 7 p.m. and staff will be offering tours, pop-up programs, and sneak-peaks. Can’t make it? Don’t forget about our free daily tours at 11 a.m.,…
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First Wednesdays with the Rare Book Department
Wed, March 4, 2026
5:00 P.M.
Rare Book Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join the Rare Book Department for extended evening hours on the first Wednesday of every month. The Department will be open until 7 p.m. and staff will be offering tours, pop-up programs, and sneak-peaks. Can’t make it? Don’t forget about our free daily tours at 11 a.m.,…