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Come join in celebrating international culture while raising money to support the African and Haitian communities that desperatly need aid. This will be a night of elegance and fun and the opportunity to taste different cultures through food, dance and fashion. All proceeds from this gala will go to select charities working in West Africa and Haiti on providing health and education services. Donations will be accepted at the event. Formal or traditional cultural attire required.

The Free Library of Philadelphia is pleased to announce an Author Events series with writer, Julia Alvarez. Ms. Alvarez writes lyrical, politically insightful works that reveal her passion for people who shape history. Born in New York and raised until the age of 10 in the Dominican Republic, she artfully renders “the threshold experiences of the new immigrant, where the past is not yet a memory and the future remains an anxious dream” (New York Times Book Review). This event is sponsored by Al Día NewsMedia. Ticketsare $15 General Admission, $7 for students, and can be purchased online here.