CLP Spotlights: Demi Kolke from Kenny’s
Welcome to #CLPSpotlights, our monthly series highlighting individuals and organizations that make a difference in their community. This month, we interviewed Demi Kolke from Kenny’s, a community and cultural celebration space in … Continued
You Should Know These Five Black Authors With Pittsburgh Connections
Explore the works of these five contemporary Black authors currently living in Pittsburgh. Get to know their humor, fiction, memoir and poetry by checking out a book from your local Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh location!
Summer Film Tie-Ins
With summer reading comes summer blockbusters! Whether you’re beating the heat in your local Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh branch or in your neighborhood movie theater, we’ve got you covered. In keeping with CLP’s Summer Reading theme of Read Five!, here are five books to read before or after seeing each of these highly anticipated summer movies, that complement the films in different ways.
Family Histories and Family Sagas
Thanks to current technology and digitization, uncovering your family saga is easier than ever. Check out these resources to learn more.
Beyond Pride Month: LGBTQIA+ History in Its Own Words
Just like any of the big monthly celebrations – Black History month, Women’s History month, etc. – Pride month should be a starting point for exploration and interest rather than a self-contained celebration. Here are some suggestions for putting more queer history into your feed and your daily life, along with connections to our collection.
CLP – Woods Run: 125 Anniversary Celebration — July 8, 2021
In 1916, the Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny City determined a need for a branch library to serve the diverse population of the western most extremity of Allegheny City. Conrad … Continued
Graphic Novel eBooks Available From Hoopla
Already binged every television show? Kids all caught up on Dork Diaries and Diary of a Wimpy Kid? Are you on the hold list for the next book in your … Continued
Pride Month and LGBTQIA+ Resources at CLP
It’s Pride Month again—and normally we’d be updating our online booklists with some of the titles we’ve added in the last year. It hasn’t been a normal year (to say the least), so we haven’t quite managed to do that (yet). But we’re happy to share some new titles here and to point out other ways to locate books on LGBT+ topics.
Read 5 Books Together This Summer Using Hoopla eBooks, Video and eAudio!
Summer Reading 2021 kicks off on Sunday, June 13. We are challenging everybody to read five books this summer and support the young folks in our lives to read five … Continued
Summer Is Coming
Summer really is coming! Here are some things to look forward to as the season approaches.