Calendar of Events
Calendar of Events
Community Impact Week features 25+ programs across 20+ Free Library branches, with Free Library Foundation and library staff hosting events and programs highlighting the many ways literacy shapes our lives...
The Author Events Series presents Yiyun Li | Music Against the Night: A Novel In Conversation with Weike Wang Figures of the past find new life in Yiyun Li’s thrillingly...
Presented by the Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation and The Ona Judge Coalition in partnership with The African American Museum in Philadelphia and The School District of Philadelphia Moderated by...
The Author Events Series presents Anthony Roth Costanzo | Countertenor In Conversation with Cherri Gregg The sound of a countertenor—often described as ethereal and otherworldly—is both familiar and foreign. It...
This Halloween season, join The Raven Society, Philadelphia’s favorite literacy lovers and curiosity connoisseurs, for a spooky celebration on Parkway Central Library’s rooftop terrace! Literary themed costumes encouraged! Enjoy light...
The Author Events Series presents Angela Nissel | Good Grief, Pass The Bread Mom is Dead In Conversation with Tayyib Smith Television writer, producer, and bestselling author of the acclaimed...
The Author Events Series presents Jesse Wegman | The Lost Founder New York Times journalist Jesse Wegman tells the story of James Wilson, a Founding Father whose bold vision shaped...
The Author Events Series presents Anthony Tommasini | Voice of a Century In Conversation with Anthony McGill The night before Marian Anderson performed her historic concert at the Lincoln Memorial, she...
The Author Events Series presents Ray Didinger | Look What the Kid Wrote Today In Conversation with Michael Barkann When Ray Didinger was a young sports columnist, his proud grandfather...
The Author Events Series presents Melissa Clark | The Big Book of Dinner Working with a chef’s creativity for flavor and a home cook’s sensibility for ease, Melissa Clark has...
The Author Events Series presents Lindsey Fitzharris | Sleuth-Hound In Conversation with Nicole Angemi Throughout nineteenth-century Edinburgh, the surgeon Joseph Bell was known for his extraordinary talent for detection and...
The Author Events Series presents Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor | Something We Said Part memoir by the daughter of the iconic comedian Richard Pryor, part exploration of the historical and contemporary...
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