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📸Say cheese! A professional headshot can make a great first impression, and the Free Library can help you get yours! The Business Resource and Innovation Center (BRIC) provides free headshots twice a month. Learn more about the BRIC’s programs here: rb.gy/5bpraj
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The weather outside is frightful- which makes it the perfect time to curl up with a great title from the Free Library of Philadelphia. 🌧️Find the one for you at catalog.freelibrary.org!
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Celebrate the life and legacy of a civil rights icon with “Philadelphia Reads James Baldwin!" Lucien E. Blackwell West Philadelphia Regional Library has begun a Baldwin reading group that meets each Tuesday. Learn more at bit.ly/flp-reads-baldwin.
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The Free Library knows it’s never too early to start learning! Our Read, Baby, Read programs give infants and toddlers a head start on literacy. 🐤Find an event for your child today: libwww.freelibrary.org/progr…
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Interested in memoirs, celebrity gossip, or both? Then check out Fumo Family Library’s Celebrity Memoir Book Club, which meets every fourth Tuesday of the month! Learn about all the great events coming to Fumo Family Library in South Philly at tinyurl.com/2ccwpxau
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Philadelphia area nonprofits can join the Free Library at Parkway Central Library on Giving Tuesday, December 3, for a special workshop followed by the Philadelphia People's Choice Awards Ceremony. Register for this exciting event: tinyurl.com/49hwactn
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Don’t forget to join us this Saturday, November 23, for the Family Resource Fair at Fox Chase Library! 👨‍👩‍👦🦊🎒The Free Library is partnering with a number of great local organizations to present this free, informative event. Learn more: tinyurl.com/2dywn7jx
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Parkway Central Library will be closed to the public on Wednesday, November 20, in preparation of former President Bill Clinton’s conversation with @AuthorEvents.
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Join us at Parkway Central Library next Saturday, November 23, at 10:30 a.m. for the final installment of the Free Library’s “Nurturing Beginnings” event series for expecting mothers. 🐣 Learn more about Nurturing Beginnings at tinyurl.com/dam2st99
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#DYK November is #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth? To celebrate, the Free Library’s staff has put together a rich collection of books that celebrate Indigenous voices, histories, and cultures! Learn more at catalog.freelibrary.org/Comm…
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