BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - ECPv6.17.5.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://carnegielibrary.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20280312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20281105T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270119T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270119T190000 DTSTAMP:20261109T184016Z CREATED:20261013T142525Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261109T184016Z UID:10008259-1800381600-1800385200@carnegielibrary.org SUMMARY:Book Club DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lively discussion on The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel. \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n In the Catalog\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n The Secret to Superhuman Strength\n Alison Bechdel \n \n\n From the author of Fun Home\, a profoundly affecting graphic memoir of Bechdel’s lifelong love affair with exercise\, set against a hilarious chronicle of fitness fads in our times. \n \n \n From the Catalog\n \n \n \n Graphic Novel \n \n \n \n \n \n Libby\n \n \n \n eBook \n \n \n \n \n Hoopla\n \n \n \n eBook URL:https://carnegielibrary.org/event/book-club-14/ LOCATION:CLP – Hazelwood\, 5006 Second Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15207\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegielibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/the-secret-to-superhuman-strength-1080x600-1.jpg GEO:40.4083381;-79.9436358 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CLP – Hazelwood 5006 Second Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15207 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=5006 Second Avenue:geo:-79.9436358,40.4083381 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270120T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270120T130000 DTSTAMP:20261109T184538Z CREATED:20261022T173045Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261109T184538Z UID:10009126-1800446400-1800450000@carnegielibrary.org SUMMARY:Smithfield Critics Book Discussion Group DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lively discussion on The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak. \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n In the Catalog\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n The Island of Missing Trees\n Elif Shafak \n \n\n Two teenagers\, a Greek Cypriot and a Turkish Cypriot\, meet at a taverna on the island they both call home. In the taverna\, hidden beneath garlands of garlic\, chili peppers and creeping honeysuckle\, Kostas and Defne grow in their forbidden love for each other. \n \n \n From the Catalog\n \n \n \n Book \n \n \n \n \n \n Libby\n \n \n \n eAudio \n \n \n \n eBook URL:https://carnegielibrary.org/event/smithfield-critics-book-discussion-group/ LOCATION:CLP – Downtown\, 612 Smithfield Street\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15222\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegielibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/the-island-of-missing-trees-1080x600-1.jpg GEO:40.4417491;-79.9971122 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CLP – Downtown 612 Smithfield Street Pittsburgh PA 15222 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=612 Smithfield Street:geo:-79.9971122,40.4417491 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270120T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270120T183000 DTSTAMP:20261109T185238Z CREATED:20261020T194142Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261109T185238Z UID:10009139-1800466200-1800469800@carnegielibrary.org SUMMARY:Pride and Joy Book Club DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to join us for Pride and Joy Book Club\, a Book Club focused on reading LGBTQ+ titles. This month\, join us for a lively discussion on Sunburn by Chloe Michelle Howarth. This book discussion is a hybrid event. You can join in person in the Director’s Office Conference Room on the first floor\, or virtually using the link provided in your registration confirmation email.\nSome copies of the title will be available at the New & Featured desk on the first floor at CLP-Main.\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n In the Catalog\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Sunburn\n Chloe Michelle Howarth \n \n\n Its the early 1990s in the small town of Crossmore\, Ireland\, and Lucy knows what she’s expected to do. Fall in love with the son of the farmer next door\, marry him\, pray for children\, and never\, under any circumstances reveal the truth–that she doesn’t think marriage or motherhood or staying in Crossmore is for her. That the reason she knows this\, is because of her close friend\, Susannah. For years\, Lucy buries her obsession\, until one summer\, right before graduation\, when her friendship with Susannah escalates. Now\, Lucy will do anything to keep their secret safe. Their relationship is both the best and worst thing that’s ever happened to her–Lucy loves Susannah\, but every day\, it feels like Crossmore\, Lucy’s mother\, and their social mores are closing in. And when Susannah decides she no longer wants to hide\, Lucy must make a devastating choice. \n \n \n From the Catalog\n \n \n \n Book \n \n \n \n \n \n Hoopla\n \n \n \n eAudio \n \n \n \n \n Libby\n \n \n \n eAudio \n \n \n \n eBook URL:https://carnegielibrary.org/event/pride-and-joy-book-club-8/ LOCATION:CLP – Main (Oakland)\, 4400 Forbes Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15213\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegielibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/sunburn-1080x600-1.jpg GEO:40.4431957;-79.949915 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CLP – Main (Oakland) 4400 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15213 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=4400 Forbes Avenue:geo:-79.949915,40.4431957 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270120T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270120T190000 DTSTAMP:20261109T191152Z CREATED:20261015T180737Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261109T191152Z UID:10008556-1800468000-1800471600@carnegielibrary.org SUMMARY:Book Club : The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lively discussion on The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue. \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n In the Catalog\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n The Pull of the Stars\n A Novel\n Emma Donoghue \n \n\n In an Ireland doubly ravaged by war and disease\, Nurse Julia Power works at an understaffed hospital in the city center\, where expectant mothers who have come down with the terrible new Flu are quarantined together. Into Julia’s regimented world step two outsiders–Doctor Kathleen Lynn\, a rumoured Rebel on the run from the police\, and a young volunteer helper\, Bridie Sweeney. \n \n \n From the Catalog\n \n \n \n Book \n \n \n \n \n \n Hoopla\n \n \n \n eBook \n \n \n \n \n Libby\n \n \n \n eAudio \n \n \n \n eBook URL:https://carnegielibrary.org/event/book-club-18/ LOCATION:CLP – Brookline\, 708 Brookline Boulevard\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15226\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegielibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/the-pull-of-the-stars-1080x600-1.jpg GEO:40.3943929;-80.021447 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CLP – Brookline 708 Brookline Boulevard Pittsburgh PA 15226 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=708 Brookline Boulevard:geo:-80.021447,40.3943929 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270121T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270121T150000 DTSTAMP:20261109T195448Z CREATED:20261019T162733Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261109T195448Z UID:10008917-1800540000-1800543600@carnegielibrary.org SUMMARY:Cookbook Book Club - The Hygge Life by Gunnar Karl Gíslason DESCRIPTION:Join us for a new cookbook club with the Library! At select CLP locations\, we will talk cookbooks\, share stories and cultures and explore all things culinary. This month will feature The Hygge Life by Gunnar Karl Gíslason. \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n In the Catalog\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n The Hygge Life\n Embracing the Nordic Art of Coziness Through Recipes\, Entertaining\, Decorating\, Simple Rituals\, and Family Traditions\n Gunnar Karl Gíslason \n \n\n Equal parts cookbook and lifestyle guide\, this cozy little book shows you how to cultivate comfort and contentment and embrace life’s small pleasures with the Danish practice of hygge. \n \n \n From the Catalog\n \n \n \n Book \n \n \n \n \n \n Libby\n \n \n \n eBook URL:https://carnegielibrary.org/event/cookbook-book-club-the-hygge-life-by-gunnar-karl-gislason/ LOCATION:CLP – Squirrel Hill\, 5801 Forbes Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15217\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegielibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/the-hygge-life-1080x600-1.jpg GEO:40.4384436;-79.9227127 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CLP – Squirrel Hill 5801 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15217 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=5801 Forbes Avenue:geo:-79.9227127,40.4384436 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270121T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270121T193000 DTSTAMP:20261112T161151Z CREATED:20261030T141015Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261112T161151Z UID:10009343-1800554400-1800559800@carnegielibrary.org SUMMARY:CLP + The Frick Book Club DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special\, virtual discussion on Jazz by Toni Morrison with The Frick Pittsburgh and learn about the Jerry Pinkney exhibit at The Frick. \nAttendees can join virtually using the link provided in your RSVP confirmation email. \nThis event is part of our Black History Month 2027 programming. \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n In the Catalog\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Jazz\n A Novel\n Toni Morrison \n \n\n In the winter of 1926\, when everybody everywhere sees nothing but good things ahead\, Joe Trace\, middle-aged door-to-door salesman of Cleopatra beauty products\, shoots his teenage lover to death. At the funeral\, Joe’s wife\, Violet\, attacks the girl’s corpse. \n\nFrom the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner\, a passionate\, profound story of love and obsession that brings us back and forth in time\, as a narrative is assembled from the emotions\, hopes\, fears\, and deep realities of Black urban life. \n \n \n From the Catalog\n \n \n \n Book \n \n \n \n \n \n Libby\n \n \n \n eAudio \n \n \n \n eBook URL:https://carnegielibrary.org/event/clp-the-frick-book-club/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Book Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegielibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/jazz-1080x600-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270122T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270122T113000 DTSTAMP:20261109T195842Z CREATED:20261013T160652Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261109T195842Z UID:10008268-1800613800-1800617400@carnegielibrary.org SUMMARY:Friday Edition Book Club DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lively discussion on Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt.\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n In the Catalog\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Remarkably Bright Creatures\n A Novel\n Shelby Van Pelt \n \n\n After Tova Sullivan’s husband died\, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium\, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope\, which she’s been doing since her eighteen-year-old son\, Erik\, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago. Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus\, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn’t dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors–until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova. Ever the detective\, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova’s son disappeared. And now Marcellus must use every trick his old invertebrate body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it’s too late. \n \n \n From the Catalog\n \n \n \n Book \n \n \n \n \n \n Other Formats\n \n \n \n Large Print \n \n \n \n Audiobook CD \n \n \n \n Audiobook MP3 \n \n \n \n \n Hoopla\n \n \n \n eAudio \n \n \n \n eBook \n \n \n \n \n Libby\n \n \n \n eAudio \n \n \n \n eBook URL:https://carnegielibrary.org/event/friday-edition-book-club-7/ LOCATION:CLP – Woods Run\, 1201 Woods Run Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15212\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Social Gatherings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegielibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/remarkably-bright-creatures-1080x600-1.jpg GEO:40.476239;-80.0302122 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CLP – Woods Run 1201 Woods Run Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15212 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1201 Woods Run Avenue:geo:-80.0302122,40.476239 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270126T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270126T190000 DTSTAMP:20261109T201428Z CREATED:20261020T183448Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261109T201428Z UID:10009106-1800986400-1800990000@carnegielibrary.org SUMMARY:Book Club DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lively discussion on The Fairbanks Four: Murder\, Injustice\, and the Birth of a Movement by Brian O’Donoghue. Attendees are welcome to join in-person or virtually using the link provided in your RSVP confirmation email.\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n In the Catalog\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n The Fairbanks Four\n Murder\, Injustice\, and the Birth of A Movement\n Brian O’Donoghue \n \n\n The Central Park Five meets Killers of the Flower Moon in The Fairbanks Four\, the true but untold story of four young Indigenous men in Fairbanks\, Alaska who were wrongly convicted of murdering a white teenager\, and the journalist determined to rally the community and undo the damage done by a broken justice system. \n \n \n From the Catalog\n \n \n \n Book \n \n \n \n \n \n Hoopla \n \n \n \n eAudio \n \n \n \n eBook \n \n \n \n \n Libby\n \n \n \n eAudio \n \n \n \n eBook URL:https://carnegielibrary.org/event/book-club-17/ LOCATION:CLP – East Liberty\, 130 S. Whitfield Street\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15206\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegielibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/the-fairbanks-four-1080x600-1.jpg GEO:40.460864;-79.926522 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CLP – East Liberty 130 S. Whitfield Street Pittsburgh PA 15206 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=130 S. Whitfield Street:geo:-79.926522,40.460864 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270128T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270128T190000 DTSTAMP:20261112T160004Z CREATED:20261016T182017Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261112T160004Z UID:10008823-1801159200-1801162800@carnegielibrary.org SUMMARY:Family & Local History Book Club - The Mixed Marriage Project by Dorothy Roberts DESCRIPTION:Join us for a book discussion connected to family history themes. This program takes place in the Family & Local History Department (3rd floor). \nThis event is part of our Black History Month 2027 programming. \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n In the Catalog\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n The Mixed Marriage Project\n A Memoir of Love\, Race\, and Family\n Dorothy Roberts \n \n\n As a 21-year-old graduate student\, Dorothy Roberts’ father dedicated himself to the study of interracial marriage and her mother soon became his full-time partner in that work. Decades later\, Roberts discovers that her father’s research didn’t begin with her parents’ love story\, it came long before it. This forces her to wrestle with her father’s intentions\, her own views about interracial relationships\, and where she fits in that story. Rather than finish the book her father never published\, Roberts immerses herself in their archive of interviews to trace the story of her parents and to better understand her own. \n \n \n From the Catalog\n \n \n \n Book \n \n \n \n \n \n Libby\n \n \n \n eAudio \n \n \n \n eBook URL:https://carnegielibrary.org/event/family-local-history-book-club-the-mixed-marriage-project-by-dorothy-roberts/ LOCATION:CLP – Main (Oakland)\, 4400 Forbes Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15213\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegielibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/the-mixed-marriage-project-1080x600-1.jpg GEO:40.4431957;-79.949915 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CLP – Main (Oakland) 4400 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15213 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=4400 Forbes Avenue:geo:-79.949915,40.4431957 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270128T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270128T193000 DTSTAMP:20261111T184705Z CREATED:20261019T133318Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261111T184705Z UID:10008900-1801161000-1801164600@carnegielibrary.org SUMMARY:Book Club DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lively discussion on The Insomniacs by Allison Winn Scotch. \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n In the Catalog\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n The Insomniacs\n Allison Winn Scotch \n \n\n The lives of four sleepless strangers intersect late at night as they attempt to solve not just their own anxieties but also the mysterious disappearance of one of their own. \n \n \n From the Catalog\n \n \n \n Book \n \n \n \n \n \n Libby\n \n \n \n eAudio \n \n \n \n eBook URL:https://carnegielibrary.org/event/book-club-41/ LOCATION:CLP – Lawrenceville\, 279 Fisk Street\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15201\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegielibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/the-insomniacs-1080x600-1.jpg GEO:40.467605;-79.959082 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CLP – Lawrenceville 279 Fisk Street Pittsburgh PA 15201 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=279 Fisk Street:geo:-79.959082,40.467605 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270128T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270128T193000 DTSTAMP:20261112T170513Z CREATED:20261103T195947Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261112T170513Z UID:10009424-1801161000-1801164600@carnegielibrary.org SUMMARY:Book Club DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lively discussion on Human Nature by Kate Marvel. \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n In the Catalog\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Human Nature\n Nine Ways to Feel About Our Changing Planet\n Kate Marvel \n \n\n Scientist Kate Marvel has seen the world end before\, sometimes several times a day. In the computer models she uses to study climate change\, it’s easy to simulate rising temperatures\, catastrophic outcomes\, and bleak futures. But climate change isn’t just happening in those models. It’s happening here\, to the only good planet in the universe. It’s happening to us. And she has feelings about that. Human Nature is a deeply felt inquiry into our rapidly changing Earth. In each chapter\, Marvel uses a different emotion to explore the science and stories behind climate change. As expected\, there is anger\, fear\, and grief–but also wonder\, hope\, and love. With her singular voice\, Marvel takes us on a soaring journey\, one filled with mythology\, physics\, witchcraft\, bad movies\, volcanoes\, Roman emperors\, sequoia groves\, and the many small miracles of nature we usually take for granted. \n \n \n From the Catalog\n \n \n \n Book \n \n \n \n \n \n Hoopla\n \n \n \n eAudio \n \n \n \n eBook \n \n \n \n \n Libby\n \n \n \n eAudio URL:https://carnegielibrary.org/event/book-club-47/ LOCATION:CLP – Allegheny\, 1230 Federal Street\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15212\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegielibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/human-nature-1080x600-1.jpg GEO:40.4563927;-80.006615 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CLP – Allegheny 1230 Federal Street Pittsburgh PA 15212 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1230 Federal Street:geo:-80.006615,40.4563927 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270202T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270202T130000 DTSTAMP:20261109T204454Z CREATED:20261013T145807Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261109T204454Z UID:10008266-1801569600-1801573200@carnegielibrary.org SUMMARY:Tuesday Deluxe Edition Book Club DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lively discussion on The Reformatory by Tananarive Due.\nThis event is part of our Black History Month 2027 programming.\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n In the Catalog\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n The Reformatory\n A Novel\n Tananarive Due \n \n\n A gripping\, page-turning novel set in Jim Crow Florida that follows Robert Stephens Jr. as he’s sent to a segregated reform school that is a chamber of terrors where he sees the horrors of racism and injustice\, for the living\, and the dead.\n\nThe Reformatory is a haunting work of historical fiction written as only American Book Award-winning author Tananarive Due could\, by piecing together the life of the relative her family never spoke of and bringing his tragedy and those of so many others at the infamous Dozier School for Boys to the light in this riveting novel. \n \n \n From the Catalog\n \n \n \n Book \n \n \n \n \n \n Other Formats\n \n \n \n Audiobook \n \n \n \n Large Print \n \n \n \n \n Libby\n \n \n \n eAudio \n \n \n \n eBook URL:https://carnegielibrary.org/event/tuesday-deluxe-edition-book-club-8/ LOCATION:CLP – Woods Run\, 1201 Woods Run Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15212\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Social Gatherings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegielibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/the-reformatory-1080x600-1.jpg GEO:40.476239;-80.0302122 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CLP – Woods Run 1201 Woods Run Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15212 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1201 Woods Run Avenue:geo:-80.0302122,40.476239 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270202T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270202T190000 DTSTAMP:20261109T205545Z CREATED:20261020T191752Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261109T205545Z UID:10009128-1801591200-1801594800@carnegielibrary.org SUMMARY:Mystery Book Club DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lively discussion on Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley. This book discussion is a hybrid event. You can join in person in the Director’s Office Conference Room on the first floor\, or virtually using the link provided in your registration confirmation email. Some copies of the title will be available at the New & Featured desk on the first floor at CLP-Main.\nThis title is available for checkout in our Catalog\, and also as an eBook on Hoopla.\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n In the Catalog\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Devil in A Blue Dress\n An Easy Rawlins Novel\n Walter Mosley \n \n\n Easy Rawlins\, a tough World War II veteran and detective\, is hired by a financier and gangster to locate Daphne Monet\, a search that leads him from elegant boardrooms to the raucous jazz joints of late 1940s Los Angeles. \n \n \n From the Catalog\n \n \n \n Book \n \n \n \n \n \n Hoopla\n \n \n \n eBook \n \n \n \n \n Libby\n \n \n \n eBook URL:https://carnegielibrary.org/event/mystery-book-club-9/ LOCATION:CLP – Main (Oakland)\, 4400 Forbes Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15213\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegielibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/devil-in-a-blue-dress-1080x600-1.jpg GEO:40.4431957;-79.949915 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CLP – Main (Oakland) 4400 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15213 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=4400 Forbes Avenue:geo:-79.949915,40.4431957 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270203T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270203T190000 DTSTAMP:20261111T185027Z CREATED:20261018T204111Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261111T185027Z UID:10008891-1801677600-1801681200@carnegielibrary.org SUMMARY:Book Club DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lively discussion on The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw. \nThis event is part of our Black History Month 202 programming. \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n In the Catalog\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n The Secret Lives of Church Ladies\n Deesha Philyaw \n \n\n The Secret Lives of Church Ladies explores the raw and tender places where Black women and girls dare to follow their desires and pursue a momentary reprieve from being good. The nine stories in this collection feature four generations of characters grappling with who they want to be in the world\, caught as they are between the church’s double standards and their own needs and passions. \n \n \n From the Catalog\n \n \n \n Book \n \n \n \n \n \n Hoopla\n \n \n \n eAudio \n \n \n \n \n Libby\n \n \n \n eAudio URL:https://carnegielibrary.org/event/book-club-27/ LOCATION:CLP – Hill District\, 2177 Centre Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, 15219\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegielibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/secret-lives-of-church-ladies-1080x600-1.jpg GEO:40.4454367;-79.9767578 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CLP – Hill District 2177 Centre Avenue Pittsburgh 15219 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2177 Centre Avenue:geo:-79.9767578,40.4454367 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270203T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270203T193000 DTSTAMP:20261109T205857Z CREATED:20261103T193926Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261109T205857Z UID:10009423-1801679400-1801683000@carnegielibrary.org SUMMARY:Book Club DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lively discussion on An American Marriage by Tayari Jones. \nThis event is part of our Black History Month 2027 programming. \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n In the Catalog\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n An American Marriage\n Tayari Jones \n \n\n Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive\, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together\, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. Roy is arrested and sentenced to twelve years for a crime Celestial knows he didn’t commit. Though fiercely independent\, Celestial finds herself bereft and unmoored\, taking comfort in Andre\, her childhood friend\, and best man at their wedding. As Roy’s time in prison passes\, she is unable to hold on to the love that has been her center. After five years\, Roy’s conviction is suddenly overturned\, and he returns to Atlanta ready to resume their life together. \n \n \n From the Catalog\n \n \n \n Book \n \n \n \n \n \n Hoopla\n \n \n \n eAudio \n \n \n \n eBook \n \n \n \n \n Libby\n \n \n \n eAudio \n \n \n \n eBook URL:https://carnegielibrary.org/event/book-club-45/ LOCATION:CLP – Allegheny\, 1230 Federal Street\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15212\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegielibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/an-american-marriage-1080x600-1.jpg GEO:40.4563927;-80.006615 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CLP – Allegheny 1230 Federal Street Pittsburgh PA 15212 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1230 Federal Street:geo:-80.006615,40.4563927 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270206T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270206T113000 DTSTAMP:20261109T210750Z CREATED:20261015T202355Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261109T210750Z UID:10008688-1801909800-1801913400@carnegielibrary.org SUMMARY:Nonfiction Book Club : Positive Obsession: the Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler by Susana M. Morris DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lively discussion on Positive Obsession: the Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler by Susana M. Morris. \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n In the Catalog\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Positive Obsession\n The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler\n Susana M. Morris \n \n\n A magnificent cultural biography that charts the life of one of our greatest writers\, situating her alongside the key historical and social moments that shaped her work. \n \n \n From the Catalog\n \n \n \n Book \n \n \n \n \n \n Hoopla\n \n \n \n eBook \n \n \n \n \n Libby\n \n \n \n eAudio \n \n \n \n eBook URL:https://carnegielibrary.org/event/nonfiction-book-club-the-chaos-machine-by-max-fischer-3/ LOCATION:CLP – Brookline\, 708 Brookline Boulevard\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15226\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegielibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/positive-obsession-1080x600-1.jpg GEO:40.3943929;-80.021447 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CLP – Brookline 708 Brookline Boulevard Pittsburgh PA 15226 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=708 Brookline Boulevard:geo:-80.021447,40.3943929 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270206T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270206T150000 DTSTAMP:20261109T212554Z CREATED:20261018T210018Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261109T212554Z UID:10008895-1801922400-1801926000@carnegielibrary.org SUMMARY:Book club DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lively discussion on There’s Only One Sin in Hollywood by Rasheed Newson. \nThis event is part of our Black History Month 2027 programming. \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n In the Catalog\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n There’s Only One Sin in Hollywood\n A Novel\n Rasheed Newson \n \n\n Xavier C. Barlow\, one of Hollywood’s young Black stars taking the industry by storm in the late 1950s\, is Skyline Studios’s ambitious attempt to rival Sidney Poitier’s burgeoning success. His arrival into the industry is calculated\, his charm is magnetic\, and his seductive screen presence appeals to both audiences and celebrities across generations. But years later\, after Xavier dies at the height of his fame\, Aaron Touissant–Skyline’s designated backlot fixer who helps the studio’s stars stay as deep in the closet as humanly possible–is finally ready to expose the powerful culprits responsible for his untimely death. Written as part-confessional\, part-cris de coeur from Aaron’s panoramic lens\, There’s Only One Sin in Hollywood is a searing portrait of the movie industry as a manicured minefield and a compelling journey into the queer history of Los Angeles. \n \n \n From the Catalog\n \n \n \n Book \n \n \n \n \n \n Libby\n \n \n \n eBook \n \n \n \n eAudio URL:https://carnegielibrary.org/event/book-club-31/ LOCATION:CLP – Homewood\, 7101 Hamilton Ave\, Pittsburgh\, 15208\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegielibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/theres-only-one-sin-in-hollywood-1080x600-1.jpg GEO:40.455284;-79.899213 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CLP – Homewood 7101 Hamilton Ave Pittsburgh 15208 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=7101 Hamilton Ave:geo:-79.899213,40.455284 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270208T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270208T190000 DTSTAMP:20261110T145127Z CREATED:20261016T201733Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261110T145127Z UID:10008871-1802109600-1802113200@carnegielibrary.org SUMMARY:Book Club - Far Sector by N.K. Jemisin & Jamal Campbell DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lively discussion on Far Sector by N.K. Jemisin & Jamal Campbell. \nThis event is part of our Black History Month 2027 programming. \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n In the Catalog\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Far Sector\n N. K. Jemisin \n \n\n For the past six months\, newly chosen Green Lantern Sojourner “Jo” Mullein has been protecting the City Enduring\, a massive metropolis of 20 billion people. The city has maintained peace for over 500 years by stripping its citizens of their ability to feel. As a result\, violent crime is virtually unheard of\, and murder is nonexistent. But that’s all about to change. \n \n \n From the Catalog\n \n \n \n Graphic Novel \n \n \n \n \n \n Hoopla\n \n \n \n eBook \n \n \n \n \n Libby\n \n \n \n eBook URL:https://carnegielibrary.org/event/book-club-far-sector-by-n-k-jemisin-jamal-campbell/ LOCATION:CLP – South Side\, 2205 East Carson Street\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15203\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegielibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/far-sector-1080x600-1.jpg GEO:40.4286817;-79.9742727 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CLP – South Side 2205 East Carson Street Pittsburgh PA 15203 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2205 East Carson Street:geo:-79.9742727,40.4286817 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270209T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270209T190000 DTSTAMP:20261110T160352Z CREATED:20261027T190116Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261110T160352Z UID:10009284-1802196000-1802199600@carnegielibrary.org SUMMARY:Book Club DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lively discussion on The Trees by Percival Everett. Attendees are welcome to join in-person or virtually using the link provided in your RSVP confirmation email.\nThis event is part of our Black History Month 2027 programming.\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n In the Catalog\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n The Trees\n A Novel\n Percival Everett \n \n\n Percival Everett’s The Trees is a page-turner that opens with a series of brutal murders in the rural town of Money\, Mississippi. When a pair of detectives from the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation arrive\, they meet expected resistance from the local sheriff\, his deputy\, the coroner\, and a string of racist White townsfolk. The murders present a puzzle\, for at each crime scene there is a second dead body: that of a man who resembles Emmett Till.\n\nThe detectives suspect that these are killings of retribution\, but soon discover that eerily similar murders are taking place all over the country. Something truly strange is afoot. As the bodies pile up\, the MBI detectives seek answers from a local root doctor who has been documenting every lynching in the country for years\, uncovering a history that refuses to be buried. In this bold\, provocative book\, Everett takes direct aim at racism and police violence\, and does so in a fast-paced style that ensures the reader can’t look away. The Trees is an enormously powerful novel of lasting importance from an author with his finger on America’s pulse. \n \n \n From the Catalog\n \n \n \n Catalog \n \n \n \n \n \n Hoopla\n \n \n \n eAudio \n \n \n \n \n Libby\n \n \n \n eAudio \n \n \n \n eBook URL:https://carnegielibrary.org/event/book-club-34/ LOCATION:CLP – Mt. Washington\, 315 Grandview Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15211\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegielibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/the-trees-1080x600-1.jpg GEO:40.4335161;-80.010471 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CLP – Mt. Washington 315 Grandview Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15211 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=315 Grandview Avenue:geo:-80.010471,40.4335161 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270209T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270209T193000 DTSTAMP:20261110T164651Z CREATED:20261011T202938Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261110T164651Z UID:10008235-1802197800-1802201400@carnegielibrary.org SUMMARY:Cookbook Club DESCRIPTION:Join us for a new cookbook club with the Library! At select CLP locations\, we will talk cookbooks\, share stories and cultures and explore all things culinary. This month will feature Cheryl Day’s Treasury of Southern Baking by Cheryl Day. \nThis event is part of our Black History Month 2027 programming. \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n In the Catalog\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Cheryl Day’s Treasury of Southern Baking\n Cheryl Day \n \n\n Cheryl Day\, one of the South’s most respected bakers\, a New York Times bestselling author\, and co-owner–with her husband\, Griff–of Savannah’s acclaimed Back in the Day Bakery\, is a direct descendent of this storied Southern baking tradition. Literally: her great-great-grandmother was an enslaved pastry cook famous for her biscuits and cakes. Now Cheryl brings together her deep experience\, the conversations she’s had with grandmothers and great-aunts and sister-bakers\, and her passion for collecting local cookbooks and handwritten recipes in a definitive collection of over two hundred tried-and-true recipes that celebrate the craft of from-scratch Southern baking. \n \n \n From the Catalog\n \n \n \n Book \n \n \n \n \n \n Hoopla\n \n \n \n eBook \n \n \n \n \n Libby\n \n \n \n eBook URL:https://carnegielibrary.org/event/cookbook-club-3/ LOCATION:CLP – East Liberty\, 130 S. Whitfield Street\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15206\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegielibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/cheryl-days-treasury-of-southern-baking-1080x600-1.jpg GEO:40.460864;-79.926522 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CLP – East Liberty 130 S. Whitfield Street Pittsburgh PA 15206 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=130 S. Whitfield Street:geo:-79.926522,40.460864 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270209T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270209T193000 DTSTAMP:20261019T164658Z CREATED:20261019T164656Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261019T164658Z UID:10008921-1802197800-1802201400@carnegielibrary.org SUMMARY:Poetry Book Club DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion of poetry by Kevin Young. Reading materials will be provided at the book club\, all you have to bring is an open mind! \nThis event is part of our Black History Month 2026 programming. URL:https://carnegielibrary.org/event/poetry-book-club-6/ LOCATION:CLP – Squirrel Hill\, 5801 Forbes Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15217\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegielibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Book-Club-6_1080x600.jpg GEO:40.4384436;-79.9227127 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CLP – Squirrel Hill 5801 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15217 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=5801 Forbes Avenue:geo:-79.9227127,40.4384436 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270210T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270210T130000 DTSTAMP:20261111T185433Z CREATED:20261020T181031Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261111T185433Z UID:10009095-1802260800-1802264400@carnegielibrary.org SUMMARY:Three Rivers Readers Book Club DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lively discussion on What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker by Damon Young. Our book club discusses books about Pittsburgh\, taking place in Pittsburgh\, and by Pittsburgh authors. Attendees are welcome to join in-person or virtually using the link provided in your RSVP confirmation email.\nThis event is part of our Black History Month 2027 programming.\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n In the Catalog\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker\n A Memoir in Essays\n Damon Young \n \n\n For Damon Young\, existing while Black is an extreme sport. The act of possessing black skin while searching for space to breathe in America is enough to induce a ceaseless state of angst where questions such as “How should I react here\, as a professional black person” and “Will this white person’s potato salad kill me” are forever relevant.\n\nWhat Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker chronicles Young’s efforts to survive while battling and making sense of the various neuroses his country has given him. \n \n \n From the Catalog\n \n \n \n Book \n \n \n \n \n \n Hoopla\n \n \n \n eAudio \n \n \n \n eBook \n \n \n \n \n Libby\n \n \n \n eAudio \n \n \n \n eBook URL:https://carnegielibrary.org/event/three-rivers-readers-book-club-6/ LOCATION:CLP – Downtown\, 612 Smithfield Street\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15222\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegielibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/what-doesnt-kill-you-makes-you-blacker-1080x600-1.jpg GEO:40.4417491;-79.9971122 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CLP – Downtown 612 Smithfield Street Pittsburgh PA 15222 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=612 Smithfield Street:geo:-79.9971122,40.4417491 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270210T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270210T150000 DTSTAMP:20261110T173817Z CREATED:20261016T192906Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261110T173817Z UID:10008857-1802268000-1802271600@carnegielibrary.org SUMMARY:Book Club - Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lively discussion on Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed. \nThis event is part of our Black History Month 2027 programming. \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n In the Catalog\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Mumbo Jumbo\n Ishmael Reed \n \n\n It is the 1920s in New York City and an epidemic known as Jes Grew is sweeping the nation–a dancing plague\, irresistible\, joyful\, and undeniably Black. Naturally\, the powers-that-be are having none of it. A repressive conspiracy is operating in the shadows\, and it is dead set on squelching Jes Grew and its Carriers–Black artists and musicians–by any means necessary.\n\nSo begins the classic novel by Ishmael Reed\, the iconic satirist whose contributions to American literature have drawn praise from the likes of James Baldwin and Harold Bloom. Mumbo Jumbo is an ingenious deconstruction of Western civilization–a cinematic collage that mixes portraits of historical figures and incidents with sound bites on subjects ranging from ragtime to Greek philosophy. Now with a new introduction by the author\, this timeless and crucial work of twentieth-century fiction is ready to be discovered by a new generation of readers. \n \n \n From the Catalog\n \n \n \n Book \n \n \n \n \n \n Hoopla\n \n \n \n eBook \n \n \n \n \n Libby\n \n \n \n eBook URL:https://carnegielibrary.org/event/book-club-mumbo-jumbo-by-ishmael-reed/ LOCATION:CLP – Sheraden\, 720 Sherwood Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15204\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegielibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/mumbo-jumbo-1080x600-1.jpg GEO:40.4552007;-80.0565352 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CLP – Sheraden 720 Sherwood Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15204 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=720 Sherwood Avenue:geo:-80.0565352,40.4552007 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270210T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270210T160000 DTSTAMP:20261110T174700Z CREATED:20261019T153946Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261110T174700Z UID:10008912-1802271600-1802275200@carnegielibrary.org SUMMARY:Book Club - Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lively discussion on Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi. \nThis event is part of our Black History Month 2027 programming. \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n In the Catalog\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Homegoing\n Yaa Gyasi \n \n\n Ghana\, eighteenth century: two half sisters are born into different villages\, each unaware of the other. One will marry an Englishman and lead a life of comfort in the palatial rooms of the Cape Coast Castle. The other will be captured in a raid on her village\, imprisoned in the very same castle\, and sold into slavery. \n \n \n From the Catalog\n \n \n \n Book \n \n \n \n \n \n Libby\n \n \n \n eAudio \n \n \n \n eBook URL:https://carnegielibrary.org/event/book-club-homegoing-by-yaa-gyasi/ LOCATION:CLP – Squirrel Hill\, 5801 Forbes Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15217\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegielibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/homegoing-1080x600-1.jpg GEO:40.4384436;-79.9227127 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CLP – Squirrel Hill 5801 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15217 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=5801 Forbes Avenue:geo:-79.9227127,40.4384436 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270211T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270211T130000 DTSTAMP:20261110T175620Z CREATED:20261008T181105Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261110T175620Z UID:10008105-1802347200-1802350800@carnegielibrary.org SUMMARY:Book Club DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lively discussion on Deacon King Kong by James McBride\nThis event is part of our Black History Month 2027 programming.\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n In the Catalog\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Deacon King Kong\n James McBride \n \n\n In September 1969\, a fumbling\, cranky old church deacon known as Sportcoat shuffles into the courtyard of the Cause Houses housing project in south Brooklyn\, pulls a .38 from his pocket\, and\, in front of everybody\, shoots the project’s drug dealer at point-blank range.\n\nThe reasons for this desperate burst of violence and the consequences that spring from it lie at the heart of Deacon King Kong \, James McBride’s funny\, moving novel and his first since his National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird . In Deacon King Kong \, McBride brings to vivid life the people affected by the shooting: the victim\, the African-American and Latinx residents who witnessed it\, the white neighbors\, the local cops assigned to investigate\, the members of the Five Ends Baptist Church where Sportcoat was deacon\, the neighborhood’s Italian mobsters\, and Sportcoat himself.\n\nAs the story deepens\, it becomes clear that the lives of the characters–caught in the tumultuous swirl of 1960s New York–overlap in unexpected ways. When the truth does emerge\, McBride shows us that not all secrets are meant to be hidden\, that the best way to grow is to face change without fear\, and that the seeds of love lie in hope and compassion. \n \n \n From the Catalog\n \n \n \n Book \n \n \n \n \n \n Other Formats \n \n \n \n Audiobook CD \n \n \n \n Audiobook MP3 \n \n \n \n Large Print \n \n \n \n \n Libby\n \n \n \n eAudio \n \n \n \n eBook URL:https://carnegielibrary.org/event/book-club-10/ LOCATION:CLP – West End\, 47 Wabash St\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15220\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Social Gatherings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegielibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Deacon-King-Kong_1080x600.jpg GEO:40.4400574;-80.034045 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CLP – West End 47 Wabash St Pittsburgh PA 15220 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=47 Wabash St:geo:-80.034045,40.4400574 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270211T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270211T183000 DTSTAMP:20261110T180513Z CREATED:20261019T142929Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261110T180513Z UID:10008909-1802367000-1802370600@carnegielibrary.org SUMMARY:Page Turners Book Club DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lively discussion on Dèy by Edwidge Danticat . This program takes place in the Director’s Office Conference Room on the first floor. Some copies of the title will be available at the New & Featured desk on the first floor at CLP-Main. \nThis event is part of our Black History Month 2027 programming. \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n In the Catalog\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Dèy\n A Novel\n Edwidge Danticat \n \n\n A vivid\, timely story\, moving from Haiti to Brooklyn to Miami\, of a woman whose sense of self and family are called into question when she gets caught in a random act of violence one sunny Florida day. \n \n \n From the Catalog\n \n \n \n Book \n \n \n \n \n \n Libby\n \n \n \n eBook \n \n \n \n eAudio URL:https://carnegielibrary.org/event/page-turners-book-club-9/ LOCATION:CLP – Main (Oakland)\, 4400 Forbes Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15213\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegielibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/dey-1080x600-1.jpg GEO:40.4431957;-79.949915 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CLP – Main (Oakland) 4400 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15213 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=4400 Forbes Avenue:geo:-79.949915,40.4431957 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270211T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270211T190000 DTSTAMP:20261110T181800Z CREATED:20261019T140655Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261110T181800Z UID:10008906-1802368800-1802372400@carnegielibrary.org SUMMARY:Cookbook Club DESCRIPTION:Join us for a new cookbook club with the Library! At select CLP locations\, we will talk cookbooks\, share stories and cultures and explore all things culinary. This month will feature Our South by Ashleigh Shanti. \nThis program will take place in the Oversized Books Room on the second floor. \nThis event is part of our Black History Month 2027 programming. \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n In the Catalog\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Our South\n Black Food Through My Lens\n Ashleigh Shanti \n \n\n Our South takes readers on a mouthwatering journey through Appalachia and beyond\, revealing the depth and diversity of Southern cooking through the eyes of a rising culinary star. Perfect for fans of other regional Southern cookbooks like the Mosquito Supper Club cookbook or soul food cookbooks like Jubilee\, Our South stands as a testament to the rich tapestry of Black culinary traditions\, offering a contemporary exploration of Black Southern foodways that’s both personal and universal. \n \n \n From the Catalog\n \n \n \n Book \n \n \n \n \n \n Libby\n \n \n \n eBook URL:https://carnegielibrary.org/event/cookbook-club-20/ LOCATION:CLP – Main (Oakland)\, 4400 Forbes Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15213\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegielibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/our-south-1080x600-1.jpg GEO:40.4431957;-79.949915 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CLP – Main (Oakland) 4400 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15213 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=4400 Forbes Avenue:geo:-79.949915,40.4431957 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270213T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270213T113000 DTSTAMP:20261110T190935Z CREATED:20261020T163729Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261110T190935Z UID:10009068-1802514600-1802518200@carnegielibrary.org SUMMARY:Book Club: All the Sinners Bleed DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lively discussion on All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby. \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n In the Catalog\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n All the Sinners Bleed\n S. A. Cosby \n \n\n Titus Crown is the first Black sheriff in the history of Charon County\, Virginia. In recent decades\, quiet Charon has had only two murders. But after years of working as an FBI agent\, Titus knows better than anyone that while his hometown might seem like a land of moonshine\, cornbread\, and honeysuckle\, secrets always fester under the surface.\n\nThen a year to the day after Titus’s election\, a school teacher is killed by a former student and the student is fatally shot by Titus’s deputies. As Titus investigates the shootings\, he unearths terrible crimes and a serial killer who has been hiding in plain sight\, haunting the dirt lanes and woodland clearings of Charon.\n\nWith the killer’s possible connections to a local church and the town’s harrowing history weighing on him\, Titus projects confidence about closing the case while concealing a painful secret from his own past. At the same time\, he also has to contend with a far-right group that wants to hold a parade in celebration of the town’s Confederate history.\n\nCharon is Titus’s home and his heart. But where faith and violence meet\, there will be a reckoning. \n \n \n From the Catalog\n \n \n \n Book \n \n \n \n \n \n Libby\n \n \n \n eAudio \n \n \n \n eBook URL:https://carnegielibrary.org/event/book-club-the-christmas-guest-3/ LOCATION:CLP – Carrick\, 1811 Brownsville Road\, Pittsburgh\, 15210 CATEGORIES:Book Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegielibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/All-the-Sinners-Bleed_1080x600.jpg GEO:40.3969918;-79.9875492 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CLP – Carrick 1811 Brownsville Road Pittsburgh 15210;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1811 Brownsville Road:geo:-79.9875492,40.3969918 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270213T130000 DTSTAMP:20261110T201250Z CREATED:20261020T171722Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261110T201250Z UID:10009078-1802520000-1802523600@carnegielibrary.org SUMMARY:Cookbook Club DESCRIPTION:  \nJoin us for a new cookbook club with the Library! At select CLP locations\, we will talk cookbooks\, share stories and cultures and explore all things culinary. This month will feature Every Nation Has Its Dish: Black Bodies & Black Food In Twentieth-Century America. \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n In the Catalog\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Every Nation Has Its Dish\n Black Bodies & Black Food in Twentieth-century America\n Jennifer Jensen Wallach \n \n\n Jennifer Jensen Wallach’s nuanced history of black foodways across the twentieth century challenges traditional narratives of “soul food” as a singular style of historical African American cuisine. Wallach investigates the experiences and diverse convictions of several generations of African American activists\, ranging from Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois to Mary Church Terrell\, Elijah Muhammad\, and Dick Gregory. While differing widely in their approaches to diet and eating\, they uniformly made the cultivation of “proper” food habits a significant dimension of their work and their conceptions of racial and national belonging. Tracing their quests for literal sustenance brings together the race\, food\, and intellectual histories of America. \n \n \n From the Catalog\n \n \n \n Book \n \n \n \n \n \n Hoopla\n \n \n \n eBook \n \n \n \n \n Libby\n \n \n \n eBook URL:https://carnegielibrary.org/event/cookbook-club-the-food-axis-cooking-eating-and-the-architecture-of-american-houses-3/ LOCATION:CLP – Downtown\, 612 Smithfield Street\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15222\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegielibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/every-nation-has-its-dish-1080x600-1.jpg GEO:40.4417491;-79.9971122 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CLP – Downtown 612 Smithfield Street Pittsburgh PA 15222 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=612 Smithfield Street:geo:-79.9971122,40.4417491 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270216T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270216T190000 DTSTAMP:20261111T182121Z CREATED:20261013T151220Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261111T182121Z UID:10008260-1802800800-1802804400@carnegielibrary.org SUMMARY:Book Club DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lively discussion on American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America’s First Paramedics by Kevin Hazzard. \nThis event is part of our Black History Month 2027 programming. \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n In the Catalog\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n American Sirens\n The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America’s First Paramedics\n Kevin Hazzard \n \n\n Up until 1968\, if you suffered a medical crisis\, your chances of survival were minimal. That all changed with the Freedom House EMS in Pittsburgh\, a group of Black men who became America’s first paramedics and set the gold standard for emergency medicine around the world\, only to have their legacy erased–until now. Born from the vision of a Nobel Prize-nominated physician\, the needs of a country in pain\, and the ashes of Pittsburgh’s downturn in the 1960s\, Freedom House brought together a group of young\, uneducated Black men to forge a new frontier in health care. Their job was grueling\, the rules made up as they went along\, and their mandate nearly impossible: prove to a skeptical public and the politicians that paramedics were a noble and valuable endeavor and\, most importantly\, that they themselves were worthy professionals performing a crucial public service. Despite the long odds and attempts to shut them down\, they succeeded spectacularly. In American Sirens\, acclaimed journalist and paramedic Kevin Hazzard tells a dramatic story of heroes and villains\, of brutal attempts to stifle hope\, and the resilience of a community that fought back. He follows a rich cast of characters that includes John Moon\, an orphan who found his calling as a paramedic; Peter Safar\, the Nobel Prize-nominated physician who invented CPR and realized his vision for a trained ambulance service; and Nancy Caroline\, the idealistic young doctor young doctor who turned a scrappy team into an international leader. At every turn they battled racism–from the community\, the police\, and the government. Never-before revealed in full\, this is a rich and troubling hidden history of the Black origins of America’s paramedics\, a special band of dedicated essential workers\, who stand ready to serve day and night on the line between life and death for every one of us. \n \n \n From the Catalog\n \n \n \n Book \n \n \n \n \n \n Libby\n \n \n \n eBook \n \n \n \n eAudio URL:https://carnegielibrary.org/event/book-club-15/ LOCATION:CLP – Hazelwood\, 5006 Second Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15207\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegielibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/American-Sirens_1080x600.jpg GEO:40.4083381;-79.9436358 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CLP – Hazelwood 5006 Second Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15207 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=5006 Second Avenue:geo:-79.9436358,40.4083381 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR