Walnut Street West Library (Free Library of Philadelphia)

Walnut Street West Library will reopen for in-person use starting on Wednesday, January 20. The library will be open on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. for browsing, computer usage, reference, copying and materials pickup. *Face masks must be worn for the duration of your visit and there will be no one-on-one computer assistance. * The curbside pickup service will continue Mondays - Fridays from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Book Drop Boxes will continue... to be open 24 hours, 7 days a week. Thank you for using Walnut Street West Library services.

Get a free cloth reusable face mask! Just take this online survey. We’ll raffle off masks, and there will be many winners. The survey is at https://is.gd/walsurvey

Did you know that you can transform single use plastic shopping bags into yarn that can be knitted, crocheted, or woven into reusable products like bags, sleeping mats, or even shoes? It's easy! Check out our tutorial and blog post about how to make this yarn with pattern suggestions here: https://libwww.freelibrary.org/blog/post/4577

The San-Antonio Public Library is hosting a brand new free virtual programming series all about expressing yourself through makeup. In these gender diverse tutorials, attendees will learn everything from the basics of skincare and contouring to using makeup as artistic expression. More information about each session as well as links to register can be found here: https://guides.mysapl.org/c.php?g=1019550&p=8149061

Join a facilitated VIRTUAL public book discussion of the 2021 One Book, One Philadelphia selection, The Tradition by Jericho Brown with your Southwest libraries on May 11th! Reading the book beforehand is not required to participate, however, we do have a limited number of paperback giveaway copies of The Tradition for discussion participants. These will be distributed on a first-registered basis, and registrants for this discussion will be contacted to pick up their books from Walnut Street West Library. Click the following link to sign up and receive a Zoom link prior to the discussion: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-tradition-virtual-book-dis

Calling all teens! Please join us this Saturday at 5:00pm for a special workshop Words to Action: Poetry and Social Justice. In this writing workshop for teens led by Philadelphia Youth Poet Laureate Cydney Brown, learn how to turn your thoughts and feelings about the current political climate and Black Lives Matter Movement into poetry. We will explore how to get your thoughts onto paper, formulate your poem, and recite with passion. The end product will be a video of all our poems. Register at this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/words-to-action-poetry-and-soc

We love to celebrate the Library every day but this week is extra special! It's #NationalLibraryWeek and today is National Library Workers Day!

Election Day is right around the corner and Walnut Street West is one of the 37 Free Library locations serving as a polling site! In order to maintain your safety, we will be closed during and after the election in order to deep clean. Our altered service hours for the following weeks will be: 11/2: Materials Pickup 10:00am - 4:30pm; In-person browsing 1:30pm - 4:30pm 11/3: Election Day - no materials pickup. 11/4 11/9: Closed for cleaning - no materials pickup.... 11/10: Materials Pickup 10:00am 4:30pm 11/11: Closed in observance of Veterans Day 11/12: Materials Pickup 10:00am 4:30pm 11/13: Materials Pickup 10:00am - 4:30pm; In-person browsing 1:30pm - 4:30pm See more

Even though Walnut Street West is physically closed for the rest of the week, the Free Library continues to provide a myriad of digital resources 24/7 online! Whether you are looking for music, books, movies, or reference databases, we've got you covered: https://libwww.freelibrary.org/databases/featured.cfm

Join Miss Echo here on Facebook Live tomorrow, October 30th, at 7:00pm for an interactive reading of R.L. Stine's Please Don't Feed the Vampire. Miss Echo will read the book, but YOU will choose where the story goes. It will be a scream!

YSP's thoughts and prayers are with the Wallace family today as they mourn the loss of their son, brother and friend, Walter. This tragedy did not need to occur... and accountability must be taken for Walter Wallace's death. This man was experiencing mental health issues and the use of de-escalation techniques and non-lethal force could have prevented this devastating event. We stand with the Wallace family and the West Philadelphia community. Our hearts go out to you. Below is Councilmember Jamie Gauthier's statement regarding the death of Walter Wallace, Jr.

Join us today at 4:00pm for a live reading of Beware of the Purple Peanut Butter where YOU choose how the story goes... If you DARE!

Join us this Saturday here on Facebook to participate in an interactive reading of R.L. Stine's Beware of the Purple Peanut Butter at 4:00pm EST.

Don't forget to join us today at 2:00pm for a fun Halloween Crafternoon! No need to register - we'll be on Facebook Live.

Walnut Street West Library is a place where people of all ages can come to learn, develop relationships, use technology to find information for everyday needs, check out books, DVDs, CDs, Books on Tape, magazines and newspapers, and attend an educational and cultural program in a safe environment. Moreover, this library has an important role in the developmental growth of the children who come through our doors. At a time when a pandemic is isolating all of us, there is an urgent need to support our public libraries and due to recent budget cuts, we in search of funds to purchase library materials to continue to help children and adults with their love of reading and learning.

Don't forget to register to vote! October 19th is the last day to register for this year's presidential election.

The Free Library system will be closed on Monday, October 12 in observance of Indigenous Peoples" Day. Get your materials now before the long weekend, or visit us online 24/7 at freelibrary.org!

Get to experience Latin America through its writers. Three days of activities, music, and more. Join us https://bit.ly/3kwrDhJ! #LABF #latinbookfair #virtual #philadelphia #latinosenphilly #hispanicheritagemonth ... https://www.instagram.com/p/CGAYl8Wj7i3/ See more

What are your favorite spooky reads this Fall?

It's October and we think it's time for more crafts, so join us here on Facebook Live and make some Halloween lanterns with Miss Echo. Or, if Halloween isn't your thing, decorate your lanterns however you wish!