Monday, January 9
A Conversation with Joan Myers Brown and Brenda Dixon Gottschild ~ 6p - 8p

For more information, call: (215) 878-BOOK.
Free Admission

Saturday, January 14
MLK Jr. Family Chess Day ~ 12p – 5p
Inspired by a chess coach, ASAP's Family Chess Day is held on the weekend of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday to unite families in an afternoon of positive intellectual and social interaction. More than 200 people have attended at the African American Museum of Philadelphia in past years, and each year Congressman Chaka Fattah plays a simultaneous match against several Chess Challenge youth.
For more information about ASAP's chess events, please contact Ben Cooper at bcooper@phillyasap.org or 215-545-2727 ext. 17.
Free with Museum Admission

Monday, January 16
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service ~ 11a – 5p
Citizens Bank Foundation presents … Sharing the Heritage!

Free Admission

Saturday, January 21
Outlined in Black: Creating Superheroes – A Comic Book Workshop for Youth and Young Adults, Volume I ~ 12p – 2p

Free with Museum Admission

Saturday, January 28
Seafaring Saturday! Family Fun Day ~ 11:30a – 4:30p
Robert Smalls made his great escape to freedom using the skills he learned as pilot of the steamship Planter. Come learn about life on the water in the 18^th and 19^th centuries through hands-on activities presented in partnership with the Independence Seaport Museum. Try your hand at model boat making, learn to tie sailor’s knots, figure out how a sextant works, go on a gallery seek-and-find, and perhaps even meet Robert Smalls in the gallery!
Free with Museum Admission

 Sunday, January 29
Outlined in Black: Creating Superheroes – A Comic Book Workshop for Youth and Young Adults, Volume II ~ 12p – 2p

Free with Museum Admission

One Book, One Philadelphia: A Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti ~ 2p