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Rebecca Romney | Jane Austen's Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector's Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend

Thu, April 24, 2025 7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00

The Author Events Series presents Rebecca Romney  | Jane Austen's Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector's Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend  REGISTER In Conversation with Allie Alvis  Jane Austen's Bookshelf investigates the disappearance of…

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Grid Books Celebration- A Poetry Reading

Tue, April 29, 2025 5:45 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE

A Grid Books Celebration! Join us in collaboration with Moonstone Arts Center in introducing a stellar lineup of poets representing Grid Books Press  and their strong ties to the Philadelphia area and its more than two decades of independent publishing. The free event will take place in the…

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Mike Sielski | Magic in the Air

Tue, April 29, 2025 7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00

The Author Events Series presents Mike Sielski  | Magic in the Air REGISTER In Conversation with Buzz Bissinger The evolution of basketball, and much of the social and cultural change in America, can be traced through one powerful act on the court: the slam dunk. The dunk's history…

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Elie Mystal | Bad Law: Ten Popular Laws That Are Ruining America

Wed, April 30, 2025 7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00

The Author Events Series presents  Elie Mystal  | Bad Law: Ten Popular Laws That Are Ruining America  REGISTER In Conversation with Cherri Gregg In Bad Law, the New York Times bestselling author of Allow Me To Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution brings his…

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Illustrator Visit with Sherry Shine

Tue, May 6, 2025 12:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE

Join Author and Illustrator Sherry Shine to discuss the making of her new book, Cicely Tyson ! Sherry Shine has always loved to draw. She created her first mural at the age of three. She got in trouble for creating the mural on her bedroom wall and then trying to hide it behind some…

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Talking Ball with Rebecca T. Alpert: Edith "The Kid" Houghton

Tue, May 6, 2025 5:30 P.M.
Chestnut Hill Library
Cost: FREE

Join us for a conversation on the life and times of Edith "The Kid" Houghton (1912-2013), star shortstop for the Philadelphia Bobbies and the first full-time woman scout in professional baseball, for the Philadelphia Phillies. Rabbi Rebecca T. Alpert will be leading the talk. Rabbi…

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Author Talk | You Only Get What You’re Organized to Take

Tue, May 6, 2025 6:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE

4th Floor Skyline Room Rev. Dr Liz Theoharis and Noam Sandweiss-Back in conversation with Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Join two leading anti-poverty organizers to discuss the largely untold story of the movement to end poverty, led by the poor themselves. Their book “ should be read by anyone…

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Dr. Judith Joseph | High Functioning

Thu, May 8, 2025 7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00

The Author Events Series presents Dr. Judith Joseph | High Functioning  REGISTER In Conversation with Hannah Williams  The first book to unmask the hidden face of depression. If you look fine on the outside but don't feel fine on the inside, learn five tools to break the cycle…

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Cities on the Page: A Reading with Sue Landers and Tieshka Smith

Mon, May 12, 2025 5:30 P.M.
Roxborough Library
Cost: FREE

Join us for a night of poetry and photography with local roots! Sue Landers, a Germantown native, and Tieshka Smith, a Philadelphia-based visual storyteller, will read from their newly published books of poetry and photography. The reading will run for approximately one hour, with a Q&A…

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Anne Lambelet Author/Illustrator Visit

Tue, May 13, 2025 10:30 A.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE

Anne Lambelet  earned a bachelor’s degree in illustration from the University of the Arts and has worked with Harper Collins, Simon & Shuster, Hachette Book Group, Scholastic and lots of others. She has illustrated several children’s books and has even written a few of her…

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Read, Color, and Comb Storytime

Wed, May 14, 2025 10:30 A.M.
Lovett Memorial Library
Cost: FREE

Join us for an interactive storytelling journey describing how Tanisha Thompson and her daughters Veriteady and Klere Kado Thompson published their children's book It's Time to Comb Your Hair.  This program will include a live reading from the authors, activities and coloring,…

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Paul Muldoon | Joy in Service on Rue Tagore: Poems

Wed, May 14, 2025 7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00

The Author Events Series presents Paul Muldoon  | Joy in Service on Rue Tagore: Poems  REGISTER In Conversation with  Daisy Fried  Since his 1973 debut, New Weather, Paul Muldoon has created some of the most original and memorable poetry of the past half century. Joy in…

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Malcolm X at 100

Thu, May 15, 2025 6:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE

Explore Malcolm X's profound influence and lasting legacy in celebration of his 100th birthday (May 19th). Join us for a discussion with Errol Henderson, author of The Revolution will not be Theorized: Cultural Revolution in the Black Power Era,  John King, author of The Breeding…

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Senator Ron Wyden | It Takes Chutzpah: How to Fight Fearlessly for Progressive Change

Thu, May 15, 2025 7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00

The Author Events Series presents Senator Ron Wyden  |  It Takes Chutzpah: How to Fight Fearlessly for Progressive Change REGISTER In Conversation with Michael Solomonov  Endowed Lecture: Pine Tree Foundation It Takes Chutzpah is an inspirational call to action by a…

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Author Talk: Hope and Struggle in the Policed City

Sat, May 17, 2025 3:00 P.M.
Falls of Schuylkill Library
Cost: FREE

Join us for an author talk with Menika Dirkson, author of Hope and Struggle in the Policed City . Menika Dirkson is a Philadelphia native and an Assistant Professor of African American History at Morgan State University. She received her PhD in History from Temple University. Her research…

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Always Enough: A Global Food Memoir | Booktalk & Tasting Event

Tue, May 20, 2025 6:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE

FREE TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW!  -  https://alwaysenoughbook.eventbrite.com In celebration of Philly's  World Heritage Week , we invite you to join us on Tue May 20 2025 6:00-7:30 p.m. at the Parkway Central Library (4th Floor Conference Rooms) for an evening…

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Jens Ludwig | Unforgiving Places

Tue, May 20, 2025 7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: Free

The Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation presents a community conversation Jens Ludwig | Unforgiving Places With Maiken Scott & David W. Brown What if everything we understood about gun violence was wrong? In 2007, economist Jens Ludwig moved to the South Side of Chicago to research two…

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Jonathan Capehart | Yet Here I Am: Lessons from a Black Man's Search for Home

Thu, May 22, 2025 7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: Overflow Screening (Free)

The Author Events Series presents Jonathan Capehart  | Yet Here I Am: Lessons from a Black Man's Search for Home Tickets to the Montgomery Auditorium are now sold out, but you can still get tickets for the simulcast live screening in Room 108.  REGISTER In Conversation with David…

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Jake Tapper & Alex Thompson | Original Sin

Thu, May 29, 2025 7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: Overflow Screening (Free)

The Author Events Series presents Jake Tapper & Alex Thompson  | Original Sin Tickets to the Montgomery Auditorium are now sold out, but you can still get tickets for the simulcast live screening in Room 108.  REGISTER In Greek tragedy, the protagonist’s effort to avoid his…

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Caro De Robertis | So Many Stars

Mon, June 2, 2025 7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00

The Author Events Series presents Caro De Robertis | So Many Stars REGISTER In Conversation with Dr. Michelle Taylor So Many Stars knits together the voices of trans, nonbinary, genderqueer, and two-spirit elders of color as they share authentic, intimate accounts of how they created space…

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