Starting Monday, the Free Library of Philadelphia is implementing new fall hours that will impact most branches and officials have announced a plan to bring back Saturday hours at all branches "very ...

The Free Library of Philadelphia, located on the intersection between 40th and Walnut St., laid off over 200 people in 2020. Credit: Kylie Cooper Philadelphia libraries started opening on Saturdays ...

The Library Company of Philadelphia launches a monthly club to discuss civic values, based on virtues set down by its founder, Benjamin Franklin. Michael Barsanti, director of the Library Company of ...

It might not be the first place you associate with summer in Philadelphia, but the Free Library is an ideal resort: It’s free, close-by, and air-conditioned. There’s a lot to do and room for friends.

What's cooking at the Philadelphia public library? Plenty, now that it has a million-dollar kitchen at its main downtown branch. The library has whipped up an unusual culinary program designed to ...

Philadelphia library fans have until Friday to help Free Library of Philadelphia win a friendly competition against rival Kansas City Public Library in the Library Love Competition. While both cities ...

Fewer than half of the branches of Philadelphia’s public libraries will be open on Saturdays this fall because of a lack of funding. The library system says only 23 of its 54 branches will be open on ...