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Performing "Music for the World We Need," City Love is a Philadelphia-based music and education group that plays community-minded songs. For over ten years, their work brings audiences together with messages of love, hope, justice, and gratitude. Please note: for the Spring 2024 season, all […]
Master bookbinder Ramon Townsend will discuss the important roles that Black Americans have played in the book trades since the colonial era. Learn about this fascinating history—from enslaved people who brought knowledge of Islamic African bookmaking techniques with them to the Americas, to African-American printers, […]
Drummer Leon Jordan explores one of the most intuitive forms of music making: percussion. Spanning genres including jazz, Caribbean, traditional classical, and current pop, this highly interactive program presents many types of rhythms, techniques, percussion instruments, as well as historical and cultural contexts. This program […]
Join Parkway Central Library on Tuesday, Feburary 20th at 6PM in the 4th floor Skyline Room for a panel discussion with participants of Heritage West: The West Philadelphia Community Archaeology Project! Heritage West is a community archaeology project created with the goal of using archaeology to […]
Join the official launch of the Year of James Baldwin, a year-long celebration in Philadelphia of the 100th birth anniversary of American essayist, novelist, playwright, poet, and activist James Baldwin. Through citywide reading groups at community centers, churches, high schools, universities, and libraries; year-long events […]
Trumpeter Leon Jordan Jr and a group from Union Local 77 will recreate 60's and 70's Jazz spotlighting Trumpet powerhouse legend Freddie Hubbard "Ready for Freddie" for Black History Month. This event will take place in the main lobby of The Parkway Central Library. All […]
Celebrate Zora Neale Hurston with a mini exhibition of materials from Parkway Central Library's collection and a chance to write on the same model typewriter she used. The typewriter is on loan from Philly Typewriter. Photo of Zora and her Remington Portable no. 5. from Xavier […]
Join the Children's Department at Parkway Central Library for a special visit with author and illustrator, Bryan Collier. Bryan Collier is a beloved illustrator known for his unique style combining watercolor and detailed collage. He is a four-time Caldecott Honor recipient for Trombone Shorty, Dave the […]
The Heim Center for Cultural and Civic Engagement at Parkway Central Library invites you to a reception to celebrate the opening of the "Today We Are Possible" photography exhibition on January 31, 2024, from 5:30 to 7:30 PM. This event is a collaboration with WOMEN'S […]
