Group Events

Each Branch Friends Group works as its own entity. The people of any given neighborhood have the best idea of their needs. We believe that this autonomy is what makes the Friends so successful. Each group forms its own rhythm, determines its own unique focus based on neighborhood assets and challenges and works for its own growth. Contact Amy Dougherty @ 215-567-4562 for more information.

Unless stated otherwise, please contact the local branch for more information about these events.

Alliance of Friends (FFL)

FFL will hold their next Alliance of Friends meeting on Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. in the Skyline Room of Parkway Central Library. Click the following links to read: the Alliance Letter and Amy Dougherty's recent City Council Budget Testimony. RSVP for the Alliance Meeting by July 8 by calling Steve at 215.567.5462 or emailing sduckworth@libraryfriends.info.

Blanche A. Nixon

Friends Meeting: Wednesday, July 8 at 1:00 p.m.

Bushrod

Book & Film Club: Friday, August 14, 2009. The Book Club will meet to discuss "Bright Lights, Big Ass by Jen Lancaster from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The discussion, led by Melissa Hope, will be followed by a showing of Confessions of a Shopaholic at 1:15 p.m. Refreshments will be served. Teens welcome!

Bustleton

Friends Meetings: Second Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m.

Donatucci, Thomas F., Sr.

The Friends and Library will hold a Wine and Cheese Celebration on Wednesday, September 23 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in honor of the 5th Anniversary of the naming of the Donatucci Library.

Durham, Charles

The Friends will celebrate their 30th Anniversary on Thursday, July 9, 2009.

Falls of Schuylkill

Scrabble at the Library. Falls of Schuylkill is participating in the citywide Scrabble tournament; Friday mornings from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Fishtown

Fishtown Friends Meetings will be held the first Monday of every month at the Fishtown Library from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on 3rd floor - all are welcome. Next meeting: July 6.

Fox Chase

Friends Meeting: Second Monday of the Month at 7:30 p.m.
Bus Trip to Watkins Glen, NY (hosted by the Friends with bus pick up in front of library): Saturday, July 18, 2009. Join us for this trip to the Finger Lakes Wine Festival! Shop, Sip, & Savor over 500 wines from 75+ wineries from around the region. Watch live cooking demonstrations, browse the area's arts & crafts vendors. Ride around the historic Watkins Glen International Racetrack. Enjoy live music. Download the form.
Lunch & Luck: Bus Trip to Tomasello Winery & Trump Plaza Casino on Wednesday, August 19. Bus departs at 10:00 a.m. The cost of $55.00 per person includes roundtrip luxury motorcoach transportation, sit down luncheon and wine tasting at Tomasello Winery from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., and $20.00 cash bonus at Trump Plaza Casino (3:00 p.m. arrival). For those who'd rather shop, just a few blocks away you'll find some of the best factory-outlet retailers in Atlantic City. Download the application here.
Annual Fall Craft & Demo Show: Saturday, September 26, 2009 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
A Lancaster County Christmas: Enjoy a bus trip with your Friends from Fox Chase on Wednesday, October 14, 2009. The trip will include the Intercourse Canning Company (Intercourse, PA), the National Christmas Center Museum (Paradise, PA), the Good 'n Plenty Restaurant (Smoketown, PA), and the Rockvale Square Outlets (Lancaster, PA). The trip costs $66.00 and includes admission to the National Christmas Center Museum, lunch, taxes and gratuity, bus driver's gratuity, and snacks on the bus. The bus will depart Fox Chase Library at 8:00 a.m. and return at approximately 8:30 p.m. Download the application here.
Create Christmas memories that will last a lifetime with The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, starring the world famous Radio City Rockettes in an unparalleled show featuring the Rockettes' signature eye-high kicks and precision choreography in multiple show-stopping numbers including: the legendary Parade of the Wooden Soldiers and New York at Christmas, a dynamic holiday celebration that will delight the whole family. The bus trip is on Tuesday, December 8, 2009 and costs $99.00 per person (Includes roundtrip deluxe motorcoach transportation to New York City, Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular, snacks on bus & bus driver's tip - Lunch is on your own.) SOLD OUT Bus departs from Fox Chase Library at 8:00 a.m. and returns around 7:00 p.m.
The Radio City Spectacular may be sold out, but you can still join the Friends of Fox Chase to and from New York City. Once there, you'll have a Day on your Own in Gotham City. For $40 you can join in on the deluxe motorcoach transportation (includes snacks and bus driver's tip). Download the application here. Payment due by August 1, 2009.
Annual Holiday Craft & Gift Show: Saturday, December 12, 2009 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Haddington

Friends Meeting: Monday, July 13 at 4:30 p.m.

Holmesburg

The Friends of Holmesburg present The Cat's Pajamas on Monday, August 10, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. Celebrate the end of Summer Reading with this interactive musical sure to be loads of zany fun! The Cat's Pajamas entertain with a high octane performance including signature harmonies, dance, puppets, and madcap theatricality. Support also provided by the Trustees of Lower Dublin Academy.

Kensington

Friends Meeting: Friday, July 24 at 10:30 a.m.

Lawncrest

Friends Meetings: held the first Wednesday of each month (except July and August) at 1:15 p.m. The next meeting is scheduled for September 2.

Oak Lane

The Friends are hosting a Fundraising Concert for September 12, 2009 at the Korean United Church, 1200 Cheltenham Avenue, at 7:00 p.m. The cost of the ticket will include admission to a reception following with food donated by the community. The concert will feature Milo Morris, bass singer, Dr. Noel Archambeault, soprano, Eva Young, piano. Dr Archambeault was guest soloist at the University of Delaware Master Players Concert Series, and was Professor of Voice and Opera at Lincoln University. Miss Eva Young is a graduate of Oberlin Conservatory, University of Michigan and has a Licentiate in Piano Teaching of the Royal Academy of Music in London and has performed internationally. Milo Morris is a bass-baritone who sings opera and modern music as well as show tunes. He presented a concert at Woodmere Art Museum during Black History month last year. Tickets will be priced at $15-$20 range.

PCI Library

Monday Matinee Movies at 2:00 p.m. Movies are shown in the lower level auditorium. We regret that there is no elevator to the lower level of the Philadelphia City Institute Library on Rittenhouse Square.
- July 2009: Films Noirs (B&W)
  - July 6: Lady in the Lake, 1947, 105 min., USA. Written by Raymond Chandler, directed by and starring Robert Montgomery with Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan, Tom Tully, Leon Ames, and Jayne Meadows. Christmas Eve and the boss's wife is missing.
  - July 13: His Kind of Woman, 1951, 120 min., USA. Featuring Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, Vincent Price, and Raymond Burr in Baja, California. "An oddball, tongue-in-cheek crime thriller;" Russell and Mitchum "strike plenty of sparks."
  - July 20: On Dangerous Ground, 1952, 82 min., USA. John Houseman, producer; Nicholas Ray, director; A. I. Bezzerides, writer; Bernard Hermann, music. Brutal city cop Robert Ryan is sent to Northern New York State to solve a murder. Ida Lupino plays a blind woman; Ward Bond is the vengeful father of the murdered teen.
  - July 27: Breathless (A Bout De Soufflé), 1960, 90 minutes, French. Written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard, based on a story by Francois Truffaut, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg. "Existential!" "Suspenseful!" "Gritty!"
Friends Meeting: Second Saturday of each month at 10:30 a.m. (Off through the summer.)
The Amsterdam/Philadelphia City Institute Library 2009-10 Lecture Series will be held on Wednesday: October 7, November 4, & December 2 in 2009 and January 6, February 3, and March 3 in 2010. Topics will be the Economy and: Medical Care; Arts and Culture; The Press, etc. Featured speakers include: Karen Heller; Deputy Mayor Donald Schwarz, MD; and Gary Steuer, Chief Cultural Officer, Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy.

Rodriguez

Friends Summer Flea Market and Used Books Sale: Saturday, June 6 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Flea Market Vendors can sign up at the Library through June 3; cost $10. Vendors must supply their own table. Help us with our flea market and used book sale! Please bring your book donations to the Rodriguez Branch Library during May! 6th and Girard Avenue, 215-686-1767.

Tacony

Used Book Sale every Tuesday from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. featuring all genres of quality used books, CDs and videos.

Walnut Street West

Friends of Walnut West holds a book sale every Friday in good weather. The sales are outside of the library and run from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.
The Friends are sponsoring a Chess Club for school children on Wednesdays from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the library. Adults who can play chess are encouraged to join us to help teach new players. Snacks will be served.