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Joseph Earl Thomas | God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer: A Novel with John Vercher | Devil is Fine: A Novel
Wed, June 19, 2024
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
REGISTER Joseph Earl Thomas “constructed a sort of alchemy on the page” ( The New York Times Book Review ) with his first book Sink , a coming-of-age memoir that chronicles the author’s escape from an upbringing of deprivation to a geek culture in…
Ari Berman | Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People―and the Fight to Resist It
Thu, June 20, 2024
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
REGISTER In conversation with Neil Makhija The national voting rights correspondent for Mother Jones and a reporting fellow at Type Media Center, Ari Berman is the author of Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America , a…
Tom McGrath | Triumph of the Yuppies: America, the Eighties, and the Creation of an Unequal Nation
Tue, June 25, 2024
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
REGISTER In conversation with Will Bunch, National Columnist, The Philadelphia Inquirer The former editor-in-chief of Philadelphia magazine, Tom McGrath also served as chief content officer of Metro Corp., the parent company of Philadelphia and Boston magazines between 2010 and 2020. During this…
Author Visit: Essence Vance
Thu, June 27, 2024
1:00 P.M.
Tacony Library
Join us for a workshop by motivational speaker Essence Vance, author of "Layers of a Single Mother: My Past is not my Present." Learn how to heal from childhood trauma and open doors to a brighter future. Books will be available for purchase.
Imagine More Story Adventures with Thembi Palmer
Fri, July 19, 2024
12:30 P.M.
Fishtown Community Library
Join the ever amazing Thembi Palmer of Imagine More: Story Adventures for a fantastic story time! Thembi Palmer is committed to promoting literacy by developing a love of reading and books in young children, pre-K through 4th grade. She collaborates with Philadelphia schools, libraries, museums,…
Imagine More Story Adventures with Thembi Palmer
Fri, August 16, 2024
12:30 P.M.
Fishtown Community Library
Join the ever amazing Thembi Palmer of Imagine More: Story Adventures for a fantastic story time! Thembi Palmer is committed to promoting literacy by developing a love of reading and books in young children, pre-K through 4th grade. She collaborates with Philadelphia schools, libraries, museums,…
Imagine More Story Adventures with Thembi Palmer
Fri, September 20, 2024
12:30 P.M.
Fishtown Community Library
Join the ever amazing Thembi Palmer of Imagine More: Story Adventures for a fantastic story time! Thembi Palmer is committed to promoting literacy by developing a love of reading and books in young children, pre-K through 4th grade. She collaborates with Philadelphia schools, libraries, museums,…
Imagine More Story Adventures with Thembi Palmer
Sat, October 19, 2024
12:30 P.M.
Fishtown Community Library
Join the ever amazing Thembi Palmer of Imagine More: Story Adventures for a fantastic story time! Thembi Palmer is committed to promoting literacy by developing a love of reading and books in young children, pre-K through 4th grade. She collaborates with Philadelphia schools, libraries, museums,…
Imagine More Story Adventures with Thembi Palmer
Fri, November 15, 2024
12:30 P.M.
Fishtown Community Library
Join the ever amazing Thembi Palmer of Imagine More: Story Adventures for a fantastic story time! Thembi Palmer is committed to promoting literacy by developing a love of reading and books in young children, pre-K through 4th grade. She collaborates with Philadelphia schools, libraries, museums,…
Imagine More Story Adventures with Thembi Palmer
Sat, December 21, 2024
12:30 P.M.
Fishtown Community Library
Join the ever amazing Thembi Palmer of Imagine More: Story Adventures for a fantastic story time! Thembi Palmer is committed to promoting literacy by developing a love of reading and books in young children, pre-K through 4th grade. She collaborates with Philadelphia schools, libraries, museums,…