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📍 PHILLY · TONIGHT. FREE THINGS TO DO AFTER DARK

Free things to do in Center City & University City, Philadelphia

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📍 Logan Square · Center City & University City · Science and Wellness at Parkway Central Library

📅 Sat, Nov 7, 10:00 AM

Join us at Parkway Central Library for an RN-led candid conversation on Advance Care Planning.

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Author Event: Hazel Ann Lee

📍 Rittenhouse · Center City & University City · Philadelphia City Institute

📅 Sat, Nov 7, 3:00 PM

Dr. Hazel Ann Lee, poet and author, discusses her science fiction book The Astronaut’s Window: Collection of Poems and Short Stories Celebrating Nature.

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Author Talk | Rising from Ground Zero

📍 Logan Square · Center City & University City · Social Science and History Department at Parkway Central Library

📅 Mon, Nov 9, 6:00 PM

Hear from the Rising From Ground Zero authors about 9/11 and the FDNY's Path through Crisis to Transformation

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Author Event: Sophia Demas

📍 Rittenhouse · Center City & University City · Philadelphia City Institute

📅 Sat, Nov 14, 3:30 PM

Hear award-winning local author Sophia Demas who's book Conciousness Beyond Death examines consciousness; she will discuss the numerous miracles she has experienced and written about in books.

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Philadelphia A to Z

📍 Logan Square · Center City & University City · Social Science and History Department at Parkway Central Library

📅 Tue, Nov 17, 6:00 PM

Join us for Philadelphia A to Z, a program that explores a fascinating collection of lost Philadelphia stories, one for each letter of the alphabet.

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Bird Names with Liberty Bird Alliance

📍 Logan Square · Center City & University City · Science and Wellness at Parkway Central Library

📅 Tue, Nov 17, 6:30 PM

The names of nearly 150 North American bird species have not aged well, ruffling feathers in the  ornithological world.

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Read-Aloud with Rosemary Wells

📍 Logan Square · Center City & University City · Parkway Central Library

📅 Fri, Nov 20, 10:00 AM

Legendary children's author and illustrator Rosemary Wells will read aloud in the Montgomery Auditorium at Parkway Central Library.

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Author Talk: Mary Cappello

📍 Rittenhouse · Center City & University City · Philadelphia City Institute

📅 Sat, Nov 21, 1:00 PM

Celebrated author of Swallow, Mary Cappello returns with a new lyrically exuberant book set in the Rittenhouse Square neighborhood where her mother, Rosemary, a beloved community organizer, poet, and long-time editor of Philadelphia Poets, lived and died.

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LandmarkFREE

Congress Hall

📍 Independence Square · Center City & University City

Presidents Washington and Adams were both inaugurated in this building.

🕑 Daily: open house 9–10am, tours every 20 min 10am–4:40pm (no tickets needed)

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MuseumFREE

Fairmount Water Works

📍 Fairmount · Center City & University City

Learn about the Water Works’ noteworthy beginnings in the early 19th century as Philadelphia’s water pumping station

🕑 Wed–Sat 10am–5pm

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WaterfrontFREE

Cherry Street Pier

📍 Delaware River Waterfront · Center City & University City

The Pier is free to enter and open to the public.

🕑 Mon–Thu 12–9pm, Fri 12–11pm, Sat 11am–11pm

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