Join Free Library of Philadelphia's Special Collections and Music Department for a series of free beginner dance classes! The classes will be held in Skyline Room on the 4th Floor of the library. June 1 - Voguing taught by Rylee Locker July 6 - Latin Dancing taught by Laurel Card. Classes are brought to you by Urban Movement Arts […]
Featuring Award-Winning Philadelphia Magician Robert Malissa Join us for a special hometown performance before Robert Malissa takes his acclaimed show A Case for Magic to the world-famous Edinburgh Festival Fringe this August! Whether you’re a lifelong magic lover or the “ambivalent friend” dragged along for the ride, Malissa’s quick wit, charm, and sleight‑of‑hand will win […]
Join us on Wednesday, June 10th in the Print and Picture Collection and on Saturday, June 27th in the Rare Book Department to create your own pins based on images from the Free Library's Special Collections. Events will run from 1 pm - 3 pm. Stop by anytime to make a button! This program is a part of the […]
Join Marlena Masitto, of Philly Neat Freaks, for a two-part series on getting organized. Session one will explore practical strategies and tips and Session two will build on what you’ve learned, including a small swap component. Registration is required. This class will be held on the First Floor, Room 131/132 at Parkway Central Library. For […]
Before 1750, Philadelphia gardens were not just kitchen gardens, they also cultivated lots of ornamental plants, grown for their beauty, colors, scent, and to make nature prints as a form of botanical art. Many of these plants were imported from Europe, but some were native to the Pennsylvania region. There were gardens in Germantown and […]
Banks may be private, profit-driven institutions—but the public has always shaped the risks they take and paid the price when they fail. Private Finance, Public Power explores this uneasy partnership over two centuries of American history, from the wildcat banks of the early republic to the rise of federal deposit insurance and modern financial regulation. […]
Keeping bees (apiculture) was new to North America in the 1600s, brought to the north-east by English and German colonists to produce honey and wax. The earliest record of apiculture in Pennsylvania explains how German settlers in Germantown kept honeybees, cultivated honey and wax, and celebrated bees with poems and stories. Join historian Miranda Mote […]
Join us for an exciting event with Laurie Halse Anderson, the award‑winning author of many amazing books for kids and teens! Laurie has stories that readers all over the world love—more than eight million copies of her books have been sold! Some of her books, like Speak and Chains, were even chosen as finalists for the […]
Join us for an exciting event with Laurie Halse Anderson, the award‑winning author of many amazing books for kids and teens! Laurie has stories that readers all over the world love—more than eight million copies of her books have been sold! Some of her books, like Speak and Chains, were even chosen as finalists for […]
As spring training heats up and Opening Day nears, the Free Library invites baseball fans and history lovers alike to an exclusive first look at the upcoming five-part docuseries My Father, Dick Allen—a compelling portrait of one of the game’s most electrifying and misunderstood legends. Told through the intimate lens of family, the series charts […]
This in-person community focus group is part of Friends of the Rail Park’s Community First Plan, an effort to understand how the Rail Park can grow in ways that reflect its values and responsibilities to the neighborhoods it runs through. These conversations help guide how we approach growth with care and accountability while exploring how […]
Join us for an afternoon celebrating Heated Rivalry - the show, the books, and the fandom that loves it all. Featuring a panel of romance authors including Xio Axelrod, Rosie Danan, and Joanna Shupe, and moderated by superfan Shaye Lefkowitz, this will be a wide-ranging discussion about the show that's taken the world by storm and the fans who […]
