Upcoming Events

Jun 13

Open to the Public

Finding Edna Lewis: Documentary Screening and Discussion with Deb Freeman and Chef Valerie Erwin

This Juneteenth event will celebrate renowned chef, teacher, and author Edna Lewis with a documentary screening, discussion, and display of her cookbooks as well as tastings of some of her recipes.

• June 13, 2025
• 5:30pm - 8:00pm
• Kislak Center Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, 6th Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center

Jun 24

• Workshop

Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff

Introduction to Bookbinding: Saddle Stitch, Accordions, and Single Page Books

This workshop explores the fundamentals of hand bookbinding, including basic sewing and paper-folding skills, vocabulary, and the use of bookbinding tools.

• June 24, 2025
• 11:00am - 1:00pm
• Common Press, Fisher Fine Arts Library, Lower Level

Jun 26

• Workshop

Open to the Public

Coffee with a Codex: Handbook for Parish Priests

For Coffee With A Codex on June 26, Curator Dot Porter will bring out Ms. Codex 75, a Handbook of canon law and pastoral theology for parish priests.

• June 26, 2025
• 12:00pm - 12:30pm
• Online

Jul 03

• Workshop

Open to the Public

Coffee with a Codex: Ascetic miscellany

For Coffee With a Codex on July 3, Dot Porter will bring out an ascetic miscellany containing a selection of works related to self-privation.

• July 3, 2025
• 12:00pm - 12:30pm
• Online

Jul 08

• Workshop

Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff

Origami

Join the Leon Levy Dental Medicine Library for a screen-free break featuring origami and other paper crafts.

• July 8, 2025
• 11:30am - 1:30pm
• Room LL02A: Electronic Classroom, Evans Building, Levy Dental Medicine Library

Jul 09

• Workshop

Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff

Studio Use Training: Letterpress Printing

Learn and practice the basics of letterpress printing and typesetting! This orientation is required as a prerequisite for working on independent projects at Common Press.

• July 9, 2025
• 10:00am - 12:00pm
• Common Press, Fisher Fine Arts Library, Lower Level

Jul 09

• Workshop

Open to Penn Dental Faculty, Staff, and Students

Paint @ PDM

The Leon Levy Dental Medicine Library invites you to a screen-free crafternoon to learn how to paint, a popular hobby amongst dental students, faculty, and staff.

• July 9, 2025
• 11:30am - 1:30pm
• Room LL02A: Electronic Classroom, Evans Building, Levy Dental Medicine Library

Jul 10

• Workshop

Open to the Public

Coffee with a Codex: Coins in Leeds

For Coffee With a Codex on July 10, Dot Porter will be at the International Medieval Congress in Leeds, UK. While there she'll look at coins with Lucy Moore, Associate Curator of Numismatic and Object Collections at the Leeds University Library.

• July 10, 2025
• 12:00pm - 12:30pm
• Online

Jul 10

• Concert

Open to the Public

Music in the Stacks: Penn Flutes

Penn Flutes visits the Chemistry Library for a public performance.

• July 10, 2025
• 4:00pm - 5:00pm
• Chemistry Library