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SUMMARY:Summer Reading Extravaganza
DESCRIPTION:Save the date for CLP’s Summer Reading Extravaganza\, a family-friendly outdoor festival for all ages! Enjoy an afternoon of music\, storytelling\, games\, crafts\, food trucks and so much more! \nJoin us for performances and workshops by:\n\nDig into A Garden for Lili with award-winning author and illustrator Melissa Iwai! Her storytime and interactive presentation will showcase the celebration of urban gardening and the ways food connects our communities. Free signed copies of Melissa’s book will be distributed to attendees. (1 per household\, while supplies last)\nSquonk will perform their new show\, Joy Machine\, a large-scale music spectacle\, inviting the audience to power the performance with their energy — activating a playground of immersive sculptures\, fanciful instruments\, and kinetic machines alongside Squonk’s raucous live band. It will be both a celebration and an invitation: a shared act of creation\, joy\, and civic engagement.\nBurghblooms presents a Bouquet Bar workshop\, where you can learn facts about local flowers and create a mini floral bouquet.\nThe Frick Pittsburgh invites patrons to get creative and contribute to a collaborative mural showcasing the Summer Reading “GROW” theme.\nJoin Inky the Cat and Albert the Dog on their thrilling adventure as they attempt to solve the Mystery of the Purrrsburg Library at Pittsburgh Puppet Works‘ presentation of Inky’s Library Mystery puppet show!\n\nEnjoy activities and experiences presented by CLP partners\, including:\n\nAnimal Friends Therapets\nAttack Theatre\nBurghblooms\nCarnegie Museum of Natural History\nCenter for Creative Reuse\nCitiParks\nDuolingo\nEat n’ Park\nFace Paint Pittsburgh\nFund My Future\nHello Bistro\nNextGen:Pgh\nO’Ryan the O’Mazing\nPhipps Conservatory\nPitt Kids’ Thinking Lab\nPittsburgh Arts & Lectures\nPittsburgh Public Schools\nPittsburgh Toy Lending Library\nPSU Extension Master Gardener Program of Allegheny County\nReading is FUNdamental\nReading Ready Pittsburgh\nThe Black Urban Gardeners and Farmers of Pittsburgh\nThe Frick Pittsburgh\nThe Hood Garden\nThe Pittsburgh Zoo\nWQED\n\nSatisfy your cravings and support the Library with food and sweet treats for purchase from:\n\nBeedle’s Ice Cream\nEl Rincon Oaxaqueño\nFat Cat Mac Attack\nHot Ash Pizza\nKona Ice\nMr. Bulgogi\nNicky’s Hot Dogs\nPita My Shawarma\nThe BoonSeek\nThe Roaming Bean\nVaya Mexican Street Food
URL:https://carnegielibrary.org/event/summer-reading-extravaganza/
LOCATION:CLP – Main (Oakland)\, 4400 Forbes Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15213\, United States
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