Highlighted programs at Cecil B. Moore Library include waist bead workshops, author-led storytime, collage art sessions and ...

The Free Library of Philadelphia is holding a series of town halls to seek public input as it develops a strategic plan to shape its future. City residents can share what the Free Library means to ...

For two decades, Sheryl Oring has taken dictation from the public by typing postcards to five White House administrations. Postcards from Sheryl Oring's performances of ''I Wish to Say'' are laid out ...

Tariq Trotter’s 2023 memoir about growing up in Philadelphia will be the focus of the Free Library’s all-city reading program. Tariq Trotter, known as Black Thought, speaks about his book, ''The ...

How the Free Library of Philadelphia could follow Chicago and Baltimore, and add food pantries to its community services ...

Interested in expanding your music taste? Trying to explore new genres? The Free Library of Philadelphia hosts a monthly Vinyl Record Listening club for any music buff to join. The club -- located on ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The City of Philadelphia has unveiled an ambitious plan that brings additions to the Ben Franklin Parkway. Those plans include a new location for the African American Museum in ...

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro responded to anti-ICE protesters who rallied outside a book event outside the Free Library of Philadelphia’s main branch on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. The protest occurred ...

Philadelphia library fans have until Friday to help Free Library of Philadelphia win a friendly competition against rival Kansas City Public Library in the Library Love Competition. While both cities ...

Years ago, as a high school librarian in suburban Philadelphia, I hosted a group of honors students from a high school just across the nearby city border. With the support of their alumni association, ...