Lucien E. Blackwell West Philadelphia Regional Library

Chef Tonii Hicks will prepare a citrusy herb soup inspired by "Red Dirt Witch" while we discuss Black history and future.Join us at Blackwell Library as we explore what is meaningful to us about Black history and Black future through story, culture, and food - featuring "Red Dirt Witch" from How Long 'til Black Future Month .In Red Dirt Witch, Emmaline is raising her children to survive in 1950s Alabama, when her daughter, Pauline, shows her a future she never would have imagined. Find How Long 'til Black Future Month and others by N. K. Jemison here at the Free

Discussing relationships to change and collective survival. Tasting autumn harvest cookies from The Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen.Join us at Blackwell Library for a unique treat and discussion about relationships to change and collective survival as explored in Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents. In the dystopian future of Butler's Parables, protagonist, Lauren Oya Olamina, enjoys an Indigenous recipe for acorn bread. In lieu of acorn bread, we will prepare autumn harvest cookies from The Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen. Find that book and others by Octavia E. Butler at the Free Library of Philadelphia.Free, flavorful,