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Free DVD, Free Music and Audiobooks and more - 10 Reason to visit Free Library Philadelphia

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Everybody knows you can get books to read for FREE at Free Library of Philadelphia. However what do you know about additional services that are offered to the reader?

  1. Free Audiobooks rental: fiction, non-fiction, language learning - there is a new addition every week. You can listen to an excerpt of the audiobook here before renting it or placing on hold.

  2. Free DVD rental. Although a choice is rather limited, you can find new and old movies and some TV shows. There is also over 500 new downloadable videos at eFreeLibrary.

  3. Free CDs for music lover. You can download some music titles for FREE. Also if you love listening to an opera, you will be delighted to find a collection of Opera DVDs. No need to pay Netflix or Blockbuster fees!

  4. Looking for a grant? The Regional Foundation Center has free access to the Foundation Directory Online--the most comprehensive database of U.S. grant makers and their grants.

  5. If English is not your native language, or you want to practice in a foreign language, there are books available in Spanish/German/French/Polish/Russian/etc

  6. Free Internet Access and Wireless Internet.

  7. Kids programs. Science in the Summer, Reading Olympics, Summer Reading

  8. Author Events, Poetry Meetings and Free Concerts.

  9. Learn computer and business skills by taking FREE courses. Also Free Library can help in a job search by offering Career Services and Workshops

  10. Free Library will help you to find information about local social services and municipal resources.

    That should be enough of reasons to apply for your Library card! The Parkway Central Library is located only 0.4 miles from The Phoenix. Exercise your freedom to be informed!




 

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Please Touch Museum presents 9th Annual ABC Games!

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Please Touch Museum continues a longtime museum favorite: 9th Annual ABC Games. The month of learning through sporty play will fill the museum’s Rainforest gallery, located next to the Woodside Park Dentzel Carousel, for more than three weeks, June 5-28. Activities for the 9th Annual ABC Games will encourage an interest in sportsmanship, physical fitness and fun.


New this year is a nature-inspired obstacle course that will weave its way through the Rainforest gallery, with a rock climbing wall and a variety of play opportunities that test strength, coordination, and fine and gross motor skills. Children will also be encouraged to create their own flags and have their passports stamped at each activity station.

The museum is open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. and Sundays from 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Admission is $15 for adults and children age one and over. Museum members and children under one are free. On-site parking is available. For more information, call 215-581-3181, or visit www.pleasetouchmuseum.org

 

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Tria Night at the Wilma on June 12

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Friday June 12 Tria Night at the Wilma - a complimentary event for all ticket holders to the evening's performance.
Before the show, enjoy exquisite wine tastings and snacks courtesy of Tria. Friday, June 12 from 7:00 - 8:00pm in the Wilma's lobby followed by the performance of Hysteria at 8:00pm.

That is a final week of Hysteria -a play by Terry Johnson directed by Jiri Zizka
Click here to buy tickets

 

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