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  • Librarian holding a stuffed animal for a baby to touch.

    Storytime: Pajama Storytime

    CLP – Main (Oakland) 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

    Cuddle up with 30 minutes of stories, songs and action rhymes that develop early literacy skills in children. Pajamas optional! For children ages birth to five years and their caregivers.

  • An audience of young adults listen to a presentation by an unseen speaker in a library.

    Local Author Marianne Novy presents Adoption Memoirs: Inside Stories

    CLP – Squirrel Hill 5801 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

    Local author Marianne Novy will discuss her book, Adoption Memoirs: Inside Stories, which compares and contrasts 45 published memoirs by adoptees, adoptive parents, and birth mothers. Cases she discusses are mostly from 21st century adoptions in the United States, both same-race and transracial.

  • Author Adriana Ramirez next to cover of her book, The Violence

    Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures “Made Local” – Adriana Ramírez

    CLP – Main (Oakland) Lecture Hall 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

    Register to attend IN-PERSON or ONLINE. A powerful chronicle of Colombia’s descent into decades of civil war through the lens of an intimate, multi-generational tale of upheaval and betrayal. When presumed president-elect Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, champion of the working class and harbinger of a new era of progressive social change, is assassinated on the eve … Continued

  • Close up image on children using different colours in art class, shallow depth of field

    Little Artists

    CLP – Lawrenceville 279 Fisk Street, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

    Children learn and grow through art! Little Artists is a sensory experience for young children and their caregivers and a time to explore colors, shapes, textures, and materials. To encourage open experimentation and self-expression, this program focuses on the process of creation rather than the finished product. Exploration can get messy, so dress accordingly. For … Continued

  • Artists' paintbrushes of various sizes, bristle ends up, in cups.

    Little Artists

    CLP – Downtown 612 Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

    Little Artists is a sensory experience for experimenting and exploring colors, shapes, textures, and materials. Exploration can get messy, so dress accordingly. For children birth to 5 years and their caregivers.

  • Unidentifiable couple drinking coffee while having a walk on a sunny day.

    Library Lounge: Coffee and Conversation

    CLP – Main (Oakland) 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

    Join us for a fun and engaging social program! This event will take place in the Graphic Novels Room.

  • A group of children, between three and five, listen to a storytime presentation.

    Storytime: Preschool Pals

    CLP – Mt. Washington 315 Grandview Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

    Preschoolers and their caregivers will explore books, songs and rhymes to expand the imagination, inspire self-discovery and develop early literacy skills in this 30 minute program. For children ages 3 to 5 years and their caregivers.

  • We Learn: Survival Japanese (Tourist to Beginner Level)

    CLP – Downtown 612 Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

    Enjoy learning the basics of the Japanese language and culture from a certified, native Japanese instructor. We will learn greetings, etiquette and manners, survival phrases for traveling to Japan, visiting interesting tourist locations, and ordering food and shopping. We will also learn reading and writing – Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji, Emoji, Anime and Manga. Each session … Continued

  • Group of modern immigrant students learning irregular verbs of English Language in an ESL class.

    Let’s Speak English!

    CLP – Downtown 612 Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

    Join us to practice your English-speaking skills! You can freely practice with friendly neighbors in this relaxed social group. This group is for English language learners who want to practice with other learners.             

  • Three college-aged students have a friendly study session in the library.

    Let’s Read English!

    CLP – Downtown 612 Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

    Join us to practice your English-reading skills! We will read and discuss a the short story “Hello, My Name Is _____” by Jason Kim. This group is for English language learners who want to practice with other learners.  This event is part of our AANHPI Heritage Month 2026 programming.

  • An adult helps a child, about four, with reading skills in teh library.

    LDA of PA Presents Early Literacy Tutoring

    CLP – Brookline 708 Brookline Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

    LDA of PA is excited to offer its Early Literacy Instruction program for students in kindergarten through second grade at CLP – Hill District and CLP – Brookline. Pairing up to four students per tutor and utilizing multi-sensory reading tutoring techniques, this program teaches reading, spelling, and handwriting in fun, interactive, and multisensory ways. The … Continued

  • Child, about seven, watching experiments with colored liquids outside.

    Super Science: Weather

    CLP – Allegheny 1230 Federal Street, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

    Kids in K-5th grade will have a chance to learn about weather through a read aloud and hands-on activities.