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 ...

A cure for Sunday Scaries may be found at your local library next year. The Free Library is seeking to add Sunday hours at several branches, the system’s leader told council members at a city budget ...

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 ...

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 ...

Philadelphia is a diverse and multilingual city, and the opportunities to pick up another language and engage with those who ...

A new collab between the Free Library of Philadelphia and esports company Nerd Street is making gaming more accessible to Philly youth. Starting this fall, the library will be hosting Nerd Street ...

We know the Free Library is a place you can go when you're looking for a good read, but did you know they have also a culinary literacy center? They bring in some of the city's top chefs to teach, and ...

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 ...

Wayland Temple Baptist Church in North Philadelphia recently hosted a town hall-style meeting for area residents to express their concern over the Free Library of Philadelphia’s Cecil B. Moore branch, ...

On February 25, 2026, Namwali Serpell will present her work, focusing on the influential writings of Toni Morrison, as part of the Free Library of Philadelphia's Spring Author Events Series. This ...