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Dr. Anthony Fauci | On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service
Thu, April 3, 2025
8:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $36.00 l Live Screening with Book
The Author Events Series presents Dr. Anthony Fauci | On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT! In Conversation with Dave Davies Anthony Fauci is arguably the most famous - and most revered - doctor in the world today. His role guiding America…
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Author Event: Building a Business through Branding, Storytelling and People Power
Sat, April 5, 2025
3:00 P.M.
Falls of Schuylkill Library
Cost: FREE
Please join us for an author event with Cathy Goodwin and Alex Hillman. Cathy Goodwin is the author of Grow Your Business One Story at a Time (2017), and the more recently published book Your Mess Is Not Your Message: Branding Strategies for Solopreneurs (2025). As a marketing strategist, she…
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Katie Kitamura | Audition
Wed, April 9, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00
The Author Events Series presents Katie Kitamura | Audition: A Novel REGISTER In Conversation with Adam Dalva One woman, the performance of a lifetime. Or two. An exhilarating, destabilizing Möbius strip of a novel that asks whether we ever really know the people we love. Two people meet…
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Author Event: Maleah Makes a Friend: Is He Shy?
Mon, April 14, 2025
1:00 P.M.
Wyoming Library
Cost: FREE
Join author Carra Dixon in supporting autism awareness as she reads from her book Maleah Makes a Friend: Is He Shy??? Maleah Makes a Friend is the first of a 6-book series consisting of 3 volumes. This amazing journey of a little girl discovering the wonderful world of autism will…
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Jennifer Haigh | Rabbit Moon
Tue, April 15, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00
The Author Events Series presents Jennifer Haigh | Rabbit Moon REGISTER In Conversation with Elise Juska Four years after their bitter divorce, Claire and Aaron Litvak get a phone call no parent is prepared for: their 22-year-old daughter Lindsey, teaching English in China during…
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Denne Michele Norris | When the Harvest Comes
Thu, April 17, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00
The Author Events Series presents Denne Michele Norris | When the Harvest Comes REGISTER The venerated Reverend Doctor John Freeman did not raise his son, Davis, to be touched by any man, let alone a white man. He did not raise his son to whisper that man’s name with tenderness. But…
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Read, Color, and Comb Storytime
Tue, April 22, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Wadsworth 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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Jaap de Roode | Doctors by Nature: How Ants, Apes, and Other Animals Heal Themselves
Tue, April 22, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00
The Author Events Series presents Jaap de Roode | Doctors by Nature: How Ants, Apes, and Other Animals Heal Themselves REGISTER In Conversation with Bethany Brookshire Ages before the dawn of modern medicine, wild animals were harnessing the power of nature's pharmacy to heal…
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Rhodri Lewis | Shakespeare's Tragic Art
Wed, April 23, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00
The Author Events Series presents Rhodri Lewis | Shakespeare's Tragic Art REGISTER In Conversation with Emily Wilson In Shakespeare’s Tragic Art, Rhodri Lewis offers a powerfully original reassessment of tragedy as Shakespeare wrote it—of what drew him toward tragic drama,…
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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 Long before she was a rare book dealer, Rebecca Romney was a devoted reader of Jane Austen. She loved that…
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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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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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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…