Something Old Something New, Part 2: Carnegie’s Monocle
Carnegie’s Monocle is an augmented reality experience for exploring the Main Carnegie Library in Oakland, Pittsburgh. Explore animations and ambient sound scattered throughout the library!
Celebrate Your Fandom at PhenomeCON!
Are you itching to dress up as your favorite character? Do you want to show off your Smash Bros skills or make new friends to discuss your latest fanfiction and fanart? Then check out PhenomeCON– Pittsburgh’s free, city-wide, teens-only fandom convention!
Bone Wars
In April of this year an unusual item appeared for sale on Ebay: the 15-foot, 68-million-year-old remains of a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex, discovered in Wyoming, for the “buy it now” … Continued
The Mistress of Spices: a Spice Fantasy
The Mistress of Spices by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni DB 87874 transports you immediately with a literary-sensory explosion of color, scent, and touch to an exotic land of spices. This exotic … Continued
Good Kings, Bad Kings – and excellent cast of characters in an engaging novel.
Good Kings, Bad Kings by Susan Nussbaum (DB77648) is the Consumer Health Coalition Bookclub pick for May of 2019. This is a book written for young adults, but is a very … Continued
Men’s Work/Women’s Work
Explore the contributions of working women in the 1950s through the Pittsburgh Photographic Library.
Get Ready for Summer Reading at the Library!
The sun is shining, the birds are chirping and school is winding down. That means it’s time for summer and Summer Reading at the Library!
Well I am in a hurry…
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (DB 89846) by Neil deGrasse Tyson is an excellent book. He goes through the entire history of the universe in a brilliant and funny … Continued
Effort Counts Twice
I have a twin sister who constantly gives me great things to include clothes, advice and book suggestions. Our book tendencies are opposite. I lean towards fiction while she leans … Continued
Something Old Something New, Part 1: Animated Soundscapes
This past fall the Carnegie Library Music Department was approached by CMU professor and musician Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh to host a series of sound installations by her undergraduate students. Annie … Continued