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Juliana Pache | Black Crossword: 100 Midi Puzzles Connecting the African Diaspora
Tue, June 10, 2025
6:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
The Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation presents a community conversation. Desirée Gaines of Philly Download will moderate a conversation and Q&A, followed by some live puzzling led by Juliana. The founder of BlackCrossword.com and author of the groundbreaking Black…
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A History of Philadelphia Sandwiches with Mike Madaio
Thu, June 12, 2025
6:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
Take a bite out of Philadelphia history! This city boasts some of the most delicious original sandwiches and passionate sandwich aficionados. From the cheesesteak to the hoagie, and many others, Philly's culinary history has resulted in some of America’s most established meals…
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Poets Celebrate the Keystone State!
Tue, June 17, 2025
5:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
Celebrate the Keystone State! Poets from Philadelphia and around the state give voice to the landscapes, hometowns, and vibrant stories of Pennsylvania collected in the new anthology, Keystone Poetry. Hosts: J. C. Todd & Amy Small-McKinney This reading is taking place in Room 108 on Parkway…
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Juneteenth | Legacy In Ink Community Book Fair and Exhibition Opening
Sat, June 21, 2025
10:00 A.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
In partnership with Black Docents Collective and Literacy Nation, we welcome all to attend our daylong Juneteenth celebration with Workshops, Discussions, and Presentations on Saturday, June 21 from 10 AM to 4 PM. Authors, illustrators, editors, publishers and book enthusiasts will…
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Margaret Ann Philbrick | Caravaggio, Art, Crime and House of Honor - the Heist of Caravaggio's Nativity
Thu, June 26, 2025
2:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
Award-winning author Margaret Philbrick discusses art crime and the role of master painter and Renaissance bad boy Caravaggio in her latest thriller. Her husband will also reveal why Philbrick Hall is called Philbrick Hall. This program will be held in the Art Department
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Papercutz Kid Event with Mike Kunkel and Herobear!
Fri, June 27, 2025
1:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
Meet Author Mike Kunkel and his beary good friend Herobear! The author will sign copies of HEROBEAR & THE KID preview. There will also be drawing workshops and a live reading of the book. This event is perfect for all ages and will take place in The Central Children's Department
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Meet the Author! K.E. Lewis
Sat, June 28, 2025
2:30 P.M.
Independence Library
Cost: FREE
Preparing for a plane trip might be hard enough, but what happens when you bring your pet rhinoceros with you? Chaos ensues! With rhythmic, lyrical text and laugh-out-loud pictures, Never Take Your Rhino on a Plane is an instant classic that will delight readers from beginning to end. Join…
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Author Talk | Betrayed: Violence Against Women
Tue, July 15, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
In a career that spanned four decades, Meg Groff worked as a legal aid attorney for woman and children victims of domestic violence. Not If I Can Help It: A Family Lawyer’s Battles for Justice for Victims of Domestic Violence and the Poor is Groff’s account, which includes both the…
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Author Talk | A Protest History of the United States
Tue, July 22, 2025
6:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
4th Floor Skyline Room Beginning with Indigenous peoples’ resistance to European colonization and continuing through to today’s climate change demonstrations, this history of protest movements and rebellion in the US explores what the unsung heroes of social movements past can teach…
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Wednesdays of Wonder: Pierce Freelon's Books + Beats!
Wed, July 30, 2025
11:00 A.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
Pierce Freelon is a GRAMMY® nominated artist, picture book author and podcaster. His GRAMMY® nominated children’s music albums AnceStars (2023) and Black to the Future (2021) have been featured on Today Show, NPR and Billboard. He has written songs for the PBS Kids animated…
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Pierce Freelon's Books + Beats!
Wed, July 30, 2025
2:30 P.M.
Cecil B. Moore Library
Cost: FREE
Picture book author and Grammy-nominated artist Pierce Freelon brings two worlds together with Books + Beats: an interactive book reading and performance, featuring Pierce’s two children's picture books published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers: Daddy and Me: Side by Side and…