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Music and Movement Storytime
                        
                        
                            
                                Sat, November 1, 2025
                            
                            
                                10:30 A.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Walnut Street West Library
                            
                        
                    
Join us for stories, songs, rhymes and movement that celebrates all things music! For ages 7 and under and their caregivers.
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Paper Craft Club
                        
                        
                            
                                Sat, November 1, 2025
                            
                            
                                10:30 A.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Fishtown Community Library
                            
                        
                    
Let’s craft together! Drop in between 10:30am-12:30pm. We’ll make paper crafts we enjoy or learn new ones from each other. This includes card-making, junk journaling, scrapbooking, and anything you can create with paper, scissors, and glue. Materials are provided…
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*Registration Closed* Unlocking Your Inner Composer: Beginner/Intermediate Third Session (Series A)
                        
                        
                            
                                Sat, November 1, 2025
                            
                            
                                10:45 A.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library
                            
                        
            
Ever wanted to try your hand at composing music? Join the Free Library and the acclaimed PRISM Quartet with special guests Diane Monroe , Ursula Rucker , and Tyshawn Sorey for the first in a series of free, hands-on workshops. Registration for our Unlocking Your Inner Composer workshops closed…
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*Registration Closed* Unlocking Your Inner Composer: Advanced Third Session (Series B)
                        
                        
                            
                                Sat, November 1, 2025
                            
                            
                                1:15 P.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library
                            
                        
            
Ever wanted to try your hand at composing music? Join the Free Library and the acclaimed PRISM Quartet with special guests Diane Monroe , Ursula Rucker , and Tyshawn Sorey for the first in a series of free, hands-on workshops. Registration for our Unlocking Your Inner Composer workshops closed…
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West Philly Skill Share: How to Code a Website
                        
                        
                            
                                Sat, November 1, 2025
                            
                            
                                2:00 P.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Lucien E. Blackwell West Philadelphia Regional Library
                            
                        
            
Limited spots available! Please preregister here . If you are more than 15 minutes late to the program, you will forfeit your free ticket. There will be five additional spots available for first come first serve at the start of the program. Join us for the final installment of the West Philly…
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*Registration Closed* Unlocking Your Inner Composer : Beginner/Intermediate Third Session (Series C)
                        
                        
                            
                                Sat, November 1, 2025
                            
                            
                                3:00 P.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library
                            
                        
                    
Ever wanted to try your hand at composing music? Join the Free Library and the acclaimed PRISM Quartet with special guests Diane Monroe , Ursula Rucker , and Tyshawn Sorey for the first in a series of free, hands-on workshops. Registration for our Unlocking Your Inner Composer workshops closed…
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Edible Alphabet: Learn English through Cooking
                        
                        
                            
                                Mon, November 3, 2025
                            
                            
                                11:00 A.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Northeast Regional Library
                            
                        
                    
Mondays 11:00 am - 2:00 pm (November 3 - December 8, 2025) Adults are invited to this FREE class for English language learners. Each week we read, write, and speak in English - and cook a meal together! The class is in the basement meeting room. To sign-up, visit …
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Japanese Conversation Group- Beginner
                        
                        
                            
                                Mon, November 3, 2025
                            
                            
                                11:00 A.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Parkway Central Library
                            
                        
                    
Build your confidence in speaking Japanese while meeting other adults in a casual learning environment. No registration is required. This group is for beginning Japanese learners and is led by Free Library volunteer Stephanie. The classes will take place on the Ground floor in BRIC…
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Beginner English
                        
                        
                            
                                Mon, November 3, 2025
                            
                            
                                11:30 A.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Lucien E. Blackwell West Philadelphia Regional Library
                            
                        
                    
Mondays and Wednesdays 11:30 am - 1 pm (September 22 - December 3, 2025) Learn and practice English for daily life in this course taught by University of Pennsylvania graduate students. Practice listening, speaking, reading, and writing to build your confidence in using English. For beginners.…
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Adult Basic Literacy Classes
                        
                        
                            
                                Mon, November 3, 2025
                            
                            
                                12:00 P.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Kingsessing Library
                            
                        
                    
Do you know an adult who wants to learn to read or write? We are offering FREE basic literacy course for adults to help them improve their basic skills. For more information, call 215-868-8664 or email adultlearning@freelibrary.org. Adult Basic Literacy classes at Kingsessing…
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English as a Second Language Class
                        
                        
                            
                                Mon, November 3, 2025
                            
                            
                                1:00 P.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Wynnefield Library
                            
                        
            
Community College of Philadelphia is offering English as a Second Language (ESL) prep classes beginning 9/15/2025. There is no cost to you and textbooks will be provided. Interested learners must complete a placement test. Test dates are scheduled for 8/25/2025 and…
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GED Science and Math Prep Presented by Community College of Philadelphia
                        
                        
                            
                                Mon, November 3, 2025
                            
                            
                                1:10 P.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Tacony Library
                            
                        
                    
FREE GED Math & Science Prep At the Tacony Library Presented by Community College of Philadelphia Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, 1:10-3:40 p.m. NO CLASS on Oct. 13, Nov. 4, 26 & 27 This CCP course will help you prepare for the Math and Science portions of the GED or…
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Beginner English
                        
                        
                            
                                Mon, November 3, 2025
                            
                            
                                2:00 P.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Philadelphia City Institute
                            
                        
                    
Mondays and Fridays 2:00-3:30 pm (September 22 - December 5, 2025) Learn and practice English for daily life in this course taught by University of Pennsylvania graduate students. Practice listening, speaking, reading, and writing to build your confidence in using English. For beginners.…
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Job Action Day
                        
                        
                            
                                Mon, November 3, 2025
                            
                            
                                2:00 P.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Haddington Library
                            
                        
                    
Are you fed up with your job? Do you absolutely LOVE your job ? Are you somewhere in between? Join us for Job Action Day to discuss and take action on your career now.
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Beginner English
                        
                        
                            
                                Mon, November 3, 2025
                            
                            
                                2:30 P.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Kingsessing Library
                            
                        
                    
Mondays and Fridays 2:30-4 pm (September 22 - December 5, 2025) Learn and practice English for daily life in this course taught by University of Pennsylvania graduate students. Practice listening, speaking, reading, and writing to build your confidence in using English. For beginners. Sign-up…
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Beginner English
                        
                        
                            
                                Mon, November 3, 2025
                            
                            
                                3:00 P.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Independence Library
                            
                        
                    
Mondays and Thursdays 3-4:30 pm (September 22 - December 4, 2025) Learn and practice English for daily life in this course taught by University of Pennsylvania graduate students. Practice listening, speaking, reading, and writing to build your confidence in using English. For beginners. Sign-up…
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TEEN College Application Essay Writing Workshop
                        
                        
                            
                                Mon, November 3, 2025
                            
                            
                                3:30 P.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                
                                    Field Teen Center
                                
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                                Parkway Central Library
                            
                        
                    
Registration in advance is required. REGISTER HERE . Writing a strong college application essay is key to getting into your top choice schools. In this FREE workshop hosted by the Field Teen Center and College Thoughts , you'll have the opportunity to learn tips for writing a successful…
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Teen RPG Day
                        
                        
                            
                                Mon, November 3, 2025
                            
                            
                                3:30 P.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                
                                    Field Teen Center
                                
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                                Parkway Central Library
                            
                        
                    
Join us at the Field Teen Center for an afternoon of RPG adventures! This is an ongoing campaign every Monday at the Field Teen Center, open to both drop-ins and consistent players. Programs at the Field Teen Center are open to individuals ages 12 to 18 . Organized groups…
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Youth City Planning Workshop
                        
                        
                            
                                Mon, November 3, 2025
                            
                            
                                3:30 P.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Kingsessing Library
                            
                        
                    
What would your ideal Philly look like? Our friends from the Philadelphia Department of Planning and Development (DPD) are teaming up with the Free Library to host creative, hands-on workshops where youth can imagine and design the future of their neighborhoods! Join us for collage,…
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Marevelous Mondays: STEAM Programming
                        
                        
                            
                                Mon, November 3, 2025
                            
                            
                                4:00 P.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Blanche A. Nixon/Cobbs Creek Library
                            
                        
                    
Join us every Monday for a marvelous time as we explore the world of STEAM. Each week will feature fun activities that focus on science, technology, engineering, art and math. All ages welcome!
 
                             
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                