PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A poet who originally moved from Puerto Rico to Philadelphia for graduate school has been named the city’s new poet laureate. Raquel Salas Rivera was named the poet laureate for ...

Walk into the Widener Library in Strawberry Mansion and you might spot a hidden elephant tucked into the children’s section, part of an African Plains theme woven through the space. Walk into Parkway ...

The Library Company of Philadelphia is the U.S.'s oldest cultural institution and was founded by Ben Franklin before America even became a country.

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - When school is over, learning shouldn't stop and the best way to learn and have fun is joining a summer reading program. Kids who don't read on vacation lose reading skills and it ...

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 ...

Chef Jose Garces speaks at the Free Library of Philadelphia's Culinary Literacy Center on June 2 in Philadelphia. The newly opened a multimillion-dollar, state-of-the-art demonstration kitchen is an ...

PHILADELPHIA -- 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 ...