The Free Library has aimed for universal six days a week service at all of its 55 branches in the Philadelphia region for years. It may be coming this fall. Parkway Central Library is the largest of ...

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 ...

The event was hosted by the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies in partnership with the Free Library of Philadelphia, ...

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 ...

Mayor Cherelle Parker joined the Free Library of Philadelphia and Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation on Friday to announce Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter’s “Upcycled Self” as this year’s One Book, ...

The Free Library of Philadelphia’s Ravens on the Rooftop returns to the Parkway Central Library on Thursday, Oct. 30, transforming the rooftop terrace into a lively Halloween celebration with sweeping ...

The Charles Santore Branch Library in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) Have a question about Philly’s neighborhoods or the systems that shape them? PlanPhilly reporters want to hear from you! Ask ...

Former Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden spoke at the Free Library of Philadelphia Parkway Central Branch on Saturday night, where she sat down for a fireside chat with Ashley Jordan, president and ...

Four Philadelphia libraries will host Federal Employee Transition Workshops the first two weeks of April to help any of the thousands of federal workers impacted by recent layoffs and cuts. The ...

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