Check It Out: The Philadelphian’s Guide to Local Libraries

From pop-up beer gardens to indoor play spaces, our local libraries are about so much more than books these days.


Parkway Central Library | Photograph by Stuart Goldenberg

Old Books Are Awesome

A rare-book walking tour for aspiring literati. Read more »

Five Philly-Area Libraries You’ll Have to Drag the Kids Out Of

Outdoor voices, please. Read more »

The Next Chapter for the Free Library

Three exciting projects that Free Library prez Siobhan Reardon is working on. Read more »

24 Things Other Than Books to Check Out From the Library

Books? What Books? Read more »

Published as “Check It Out: The Know-It-All Guide” in the March 2018 issue of Philadelphia magazine.