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Fishtown

Fishtown: Friends of Fishtown Library React to Mayor’s Budget

April 21, 2022 Aliyah G Kimmey

Members of the group met on April 11 to discuss Mayor Kenney’s recently released budget and what that meant for trying to support the library.  

COVID-19

COVID-19: Popular Free Library PAWS for Reading Program Makes Shift Online

January 6, 2021 Magdalena Mercy Becker

Dogs and pets offer nonjudgmental listeners for young readers, and so the Free Library has found a way to take one of its most popular programs to Zoom.

COVID-19

Mt. Airy: Lovett Librarian Shares Stories and Books with Community Despite Coronavirus

August 5, 2020 Megan Milligan

Quarantine hasn’t stopped some Philadelphia kids from spending time with their favorite librarian. Dana Giusti, the children’s librarian at Mt. Airy’s Lovett Library has hosted virtual story times over Facebook Live for children since the

Logan

Logan: Free Library Branch Hosts its First Drag Queen Story Hour

July 8, 2019 Andrea Malizia

The month of June is Pride month, celebrating inclusion and the LGBTQ community. The Logan Branch of the Free Library brought Pride to kids with its first Drag Queen Story Hour (DQSH) on Wednesday morning,

Education

Whitman: Library Play Spaces Bring Active Learning Across the City

June 5, 2019 Ngozi Nwanji

Upon entering the Whitman Free Library at 2nd and South Philip streets, it is impossible not to notice the wooden tower stacked to the ceiling in the center of the children’s section. At first glance,

Brewerytown

North Philadelphia: Community Supports Library Amid Budget Crunch

April 26, 2019 Ayooluwa Ariyo

“In Philadelphia, there’s gonna be reduced levels of poverty,” he said. “One of the vehicles to do that is the library system. But, you have to have libraries that have strong programming that would aid the community to move out of that low-income situation.”

Brewerytown

North Philadelphia: Children’s Librarian Kayla Hoskinson Talks Rock Climbing and Safe Learning Spaces

March 28, 2019 Chad Gelfand

The rock climbing wall inside the Cecil B. Moore Library at 23rd Street and Ridge Avenue is an atypical, but exciting, sight to see when first entering a library. After being shut down for two

Business

Roxborough/Manayunk: Shifting Demographic Impacts Housing Market

October 22, 2018 Jared Johnson

Manayunk and Roxborough are changing as their populations continue to get younger. Both sections of the city have proved to be destinations for young people to live after they finish school, and more of them

Featured Stories

Immigration: How Philadelphia’s Public Libraries Can Benefit Foreign Born Residents

July 17, 2018 Grace Shallow

Philadelphia has had a long history when it comes to libraries. Benjamin Franklin started the country’s first library, The Library Company, which remains open today, 287 years later. Today, the Free Library of Philadelphia finds

Southwest Philadelphia

Technology: New Grant Helps Job Seekers in Southwest Philadelphia

November 6, 2017 Marco Cerino

As more job applications migrate to websites, under-served communities struggle to connect with opportunities.  At the Southwest Community Development Corporation and the Paschalville Library branch, new computers purchased with grant money offer applicants a chance to find work

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