Events are in the auditorium of the Main Branch on Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
Finally Confirmed!
Leading Voices: Bill McDermott | CEO of SAP | Winners Dream: A Journey from Corner Store to Corner Office Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at 8:00PM; buy tickets online>> David Grossman | Falling Out of Time Thursday, December 18, 2014 at 7:30PM; FREE No tickets or reservations required. For more info: 215-567-4341 |
Laurence Steinberg | Age of Opportunity: Lessons from the New Science of Adolescence
Monday, September 22, 2014 at 7:30PM; FREE No tickets or reservations required. For more info: 215-567-4341 Distinguished University Professor of Psychology at Temple University,Laurence Steinberg is one of the world's leading experts on adolescence. A Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Psychological Association, and the Association for Psychological Science, he is the author of more than 350 articles and essays on growth and development during the teenage years, and the author or editor of 17 books. He has been a featured guest on numerous television programs, including CBS Morning News, Today, Good Morning America, and The Oprah Winfrey Show. In Age of Opportunity, Steinberg mines innovative research to explain how the plasticity of the adolescent brain, rivaling that of years 0 through 3, suggests new strategies for instilling self-control. |
Slavoj Zizek | Event: A Philosophical Journey Through A Concept Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at 7:30PM; SOLD OUT
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Jeff VanderMeer | Southern Reach Trilogy Thursday, September 25, 2014 at 7:30PM; FREE No tickets or reservations required. For more info: 215-567-4341 Jeff VanderMeer is the author of the Southern Reach Trilogy, a "compelling, elegant and existential" (Los Angeles Times) chronicle of a forgotten, foreboding wilderness area called Area X and the mysterious government agency tasked with investigating it. ThinkJurassic Park meets Lost. The multiple World Fantasy Award-winning VanderMeer has written a score of other popular novels, works of nonfiction, and story collections. He is also a widely respected editor, publisher, and teacher of science fiction and fantasy writing. The Academy of Natural Sciences will be at the event with a live owl and rabbit so you can learn more about the creatures that inhabit The Southern Reach's enigmatic Area X. Hosted by Geekadelphia and the Free Library of Philadelphia. |
Rosenbach Open House Saturday, September 27, 2014 at 12 - 6 PM; FREE 2008-2010 Delancey Place, Philadelphia PA 19103 The Rosenbach of the Free Library of Philadelphia is hosting an free Open House! Bring your friends and family to explore the Rosenbach's incredible collection of rare books and manuscripts, current exhibitions of children's literature and material by Maurice Sendak, and the Rosenbach brothers' beautiful historic house on Delancey Place near Rittenhouse Square. This event is affiliated with Smithsonian Magazine's Museum Day. For more info: 215-732-1600 |
Free Library Author Events Andy Kahan, Ruth W. and A. Morris Williams Director, Author Events Laura Kovacs, Associate Director Jason Freeman, Program Assistant phone: 215-567-4341 email: authorevents@freelibrary.org |
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