Happy Pride Month! This June, the Free Library commemorates LGBTQ+ Pride Month with events and resources that amplify LGBTQ+ voices and stories! Celebrate with programs like LGBTQ+ crafting clubs, Quizzo, music events, reading circles, drag storytimes, and plenty of opportunities to interact with and learn about LGBTQ+ history. View the full Pride Month calendar at freelibrary.org/pride. 

Are you ready to join the Free Library for another exciting Summer of Wonder? 

This flagship program engages Philadelphians in virtual and in-person activities that encourage reading and help prevent out-of-school learning loss for students! In 2024, Summer of Wonder will take place in person from June 3 through August 9 at neighborhood libraries and online. Children can access Summer of Wonder activity logs at their local library to track progress and set reading goals, while adults and teens can enter raffles by reading, attending programs, and more!

Join us in shaping a Summer of Wonder for all Philadelphia's children! Your donation fosters imagination, builds reading skills, and ensures access to a world of books. Give today to make a difference in a child's life!

• June 4: Mark Harman (Kafka: Selected Stories)
• June 6: Julian Randall (The Dead Don't Need Reminding: In Search of Fugitives, Mississippi, and Black TV Nerd Shit) In conversation with Kirwyn Sutherland
• June 10: Rev. William J. Barber II (White Poverty: How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy) In conversation with Matthew Desmond
• June 17: Steven Rowley (The Guncle Abroad) In conversation with Katie Fulton
• June 18: Rachel Cusk (Parade: A Novel) In conversation with Tamala Edwards
• June 19: Joseph Earl Thomas (God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer: A Novel) & John Vercher (Devil is Fine: A Novel)
• June 20: Ari Berman (Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People--and the Fight to Resist it) In conversation with Neil Makhiga
• June 25: Tom McGrath (Triumph of the Yuppies: America, the Eighties, and the Creation of an Unequal Nation) In conversation with Will Bunch

Honor Juneteenth with the Free Library of Philadelphia!

Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration of the end of enslavement in U.S. history. Along with commemorating liberation and freedom, Juneteenth is a day that centers on and celebrates the experiences, family stories, histories, and continuous legacies of Black Americans.

This year, we celebrate Juneteenth for the fourth time as a federal holiday, but it has been an important celebration for nearly 200 years! The Free Library is proud to mark this occasion by honoring Juneteenth's history, offering events, and sharing book lists for children and adults.

Join us at the Rosenbach's annual celebration of Bloomsday on Sunday, June 16, from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Every year, the world celebrates the day on which James Joyce’s Ulysses is set in 1904, but nowhere celebrates quite like the home of Joyce’s manuscript!

The Free Library Foundation will have a table with plenty of fun giveaways. You won't want to miss it!