Philadelphia Book Art Fair offers surprising and funny art
"Presented by Philadelphia Photo Arts Center the Philadelphia Art Book Fair is a two-day event, which showcases a wide range of exhibitors, from large and small photography and art book…
Conservator demonstrates preservation techniques
Protecting treasured objects such as books, artwork and ephemera from decay using archival, acid-free materials was the subject of conservator's workshop demonstration.
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Flourtown is going solar
Flourtown, homeowners generate their own electricity with solar panels on their roofs and, in the case of one, in her back yard.
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2018 Wissahickon Day Parade with oldtimer and author
At the Wissahickon Day Parade celebrating the forbidding of cars on Forbidden Drive, old timer Dr Tom rode in a wagon and "Twenty Horses" author Nancy Peter rode her new love, Cheyenne.
PLA Conference Exhibitors Tout their Wares
At the 2018 Public Library Association conference in Philadelphia Exhibitor Hall. Choose Your Own Adventure marketer Elizabeth Adelman introduces the line's new card game and "demo guy" Greg Loring-Albright…
Making tiny wearable books -earrings and necklaces
Make a tiny, miniature book to wear as an earring or necklace
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Vaudevillian Poet Preacher Karla Milugo entertains and explains
Funny Vaudeville poet also preaches, blows up balloons with her oversize camera contraption, paints your faces on them, serenades and, astoundingly, whistles at a professional level.
Skeletons and butterflies
When a thunderstorm kept the J S Jenks kindergartners from visiting the Chestnut Hill Library for a program, the library came to them. Author Cynthia Kreilick read aloud in Spanish…
Drive-through Library
Some dogs know that if they bark when their owners pull up in the car they're riding in at the drive-through window of the Worthington Northwest Library in Columbus Ohio,…
Grandson learns Yiddish
Your correspondent was staying with an old Quaker friend in Maine and her 11 year old grandson came over one evening for an overnight visit. The grandson had decided…