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Raquel Salas Rivera - Queer Puerto Rican Poet. Photo: Samantha Laub / AL DÍA News

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Philly's Poet Laureate

Raquel Salas Rivera, Philadelphia's fourth Poet Laureate, writes bilingual poetry that transcends…

February 28th, 2018

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Importance of a Library Card

October 7th, 2022

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Come Aboard the Reading Promise sign at Tasker-Morris station. Photo credit: Emily Leopard-Davis/Al Día News

Early Literacy on SEPTA

April 7th, 2022

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Kelly Richards, the Free Library of Philadelphia's new Director and President. Photo credit: Free Library of Philadelphia

Philly Library new leader

November 17th, 2021

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Philadelphia's new Youth Poet Laureate, Mia Concepcion. Photo: Jensen Toussaint/AL DÍA News

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New Youth Poet Laureate

September 4th, 2019

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President and Director of the Free Library of Philadelphia Siobhan Reardon visited AL DÍA News in July. Samantha Laub / AL DÍA News

July 19th, 2018

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More than 400 sites, including parks, recreation centers, libraries, children's playgrounds, are eligible to qualify for the Philadelphia Public Infrastructure Recovery Program.

Philly's big bet on parks

July 20th, 2017

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Entitled "The tooth-ache" by Horace Mayhew, the accordian style children's story has panels that stretch out to over seven feet long. Photo: Peter Fitzpatrick/AL DIA News

The historical origin of…

June 7th, 2017