[inaudible conversations] good evening. Good evening good evening. Please take a moment to silence your cell phones. I would like to remind you that there is not any flash photography permitted during tonights events. Following the event there will be a book signing will take place upstairs in the library. And do not forget that most of our author events are also online at i would like to introduce myself to all of you folks that are here this evening. My name is state representative joanna mcclinton. Im a member of the General Assembly in the Pennsylvania House of representatives. And i represent the 191st legislative district. [applause] thank you. I was waiting for a boo. The district includes some of my favorite parts of the city where i have spent my entire life your southwest philadelphia, also was philadelphia. Im going to Delaware County and i represent we are thrilled to have you out this evening. As many of you know the free library is dedicated to advancing literacy, guiding
[inaudible conversations] good evening. Good evening good evening. Please take a moment to silence your cell phones. I would like to remind you that there is not any flash photography permitted during tonights events. Following the event there will be a book signing will take place upstairs in the library. And do not forget that most of our author events are also online at i would like to introduce myself to all of you folks that are here this evening. My name is state representative joanna mcclinton. Im a member of the General Assembly in the Pennsylvania House of representatives. And i represent the 191st legislative district. [applause] thank you. I was waiting for a boo. The district includes some of my favorite parts of the city where i have spent my entire life your southwest philadelphia, also was philadelphia. Im going to Delaware County and i represent we are thrilled to have you out this evening. As many of you know the free library is dedicated to advancing literacy, guiding
Rebuild Philadelphia, the City's program that invests in public spaces, broke ground on a major renovation project for the historic Blanche A. Nixon Library located in the Cobbs Creek neighborhood of West Philadelphia (at 58th and Baltimore).
“Built in the 1900s, the Blanche A. Nixon Library requ