Events

With engaging events, compelling lectures, and skill-building workshops, the Penn Libraries is a hub for cultural and educational activity at the University of Pennsylvania. Many library events and exhibitions are open to the public.

Featured Events

Music in the Stacks

A collaboration between the Albrecht Music Library and the Department of Music, Music in the Stacks brings Penn musicians into library spaces for drop-in, public performances throughout the semester.

Symposium
Kislak

April 6-7, 2023

The Legacy of Ashley Bryan: A Symposium

In conjunction with the opening of the exhibition Beautiful Blackbird: The Creative Spirit of Ashley Bryan, this symposium will bring together a range of speakers to reflect on Bryan's legacy as an artist, teacher, children's book author, and illustrator.

Hybrid event: Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, sixth floor; and on Zoom

Open to the Public

Support for Publishing Workshops

Learn the ins and outs of the publishing process through a series of workshops hosted by the Penn Libraries in collaboration with the Grad Center at Penn.

Upcoming Events

Apr 13

Workshop

Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff

RPenn Group

The R Penn Group (RPG) presented by the Research Data & Digital Scholarship team at Penn Libraries is an initiative that meets to discuss, learn, and collaborate on topics and projects related to statistics, mapping, data wrangling, visualization, and analysis with R programming language through community focused problem solving.

April 13, 2023
11:15am - 1:00pm
Collaborative Classroom (Room 113), Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center

Apr 14

Lecture
Kislak

Open to the Public

Códice Maya de México: The Controversy and Authentication of the Oldest Book of the Americas

Andrew D. Turner, Senior Research Specialist, Getty Research Institute, delves into controversies and investigations surrounding the earliest known Mayan manuscript.

Friday, April 14, 2023, 12:00 - 1:30 pm EDT
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Virtual

Detail from the Códice Maya de México showing a Mayan figure grabbing the hair of another figure.

Apr 14

Concert

Open to the Public

Music in the Stacks: Penn Flutes

Penn Flutes visits the Holman Biotech Commons for their next public performance.

April 14, 2023
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Collaborative Classroom G16, Holman Biotech Commons

Apr 20

Workshop

Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff

Penn Mapping & GIS Meetup

A group that meets to discuss, learn, and collaborate on topics and projects related to mapping, geospatial data processing, visualization, and analysis tools through hands-on tutorials, workshops, and presentations.

April 20, 2023
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Goldstein Electronic Classroom (Room 114), Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center

Apr 20

Workshop

Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff

Melted Crayon Charm Workshop

In this fun and relaxing activity that anyone can do, create unique charms made from recycled, melted crayons.

April 20, 2023
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Education Commons TinkerLab

12 crayons in a color spectrum of red, green, pink, blue, orange, and yellow.

Apr 21

Lecture
Kislak

Open to the Public

Witnesses to History: Historic Moments Documented within Family Photo Albums in the Kislak Center

Samantha Hill, Curator of Civic Engagement in the Kislak Center, will reflect on the growing trend in libraries to collect family photo albums as historic documents, investigating how photographic self-documentation illustrates the breadth and depth of historical moments in a talk featuring examples from the Kislak Center's collections.

April 21, 2023
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Virtual (link will be sent to registrants)

Apr 23

Event
Kislak

Open to the Public

First Folio Day

Celebrate the 400th anniversary of the 1623 publication of William Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies--the First Folio--in the Kislak Center with performances by Penn students and a display of materials from the Furness Shakespeare collection.