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County Services Resource Fair
CLP - Knoxville 400 Brownsville Rd, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesJoin the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD), Allegheny County Department of Human Services (ACDHS) and other community providers as they provide Narcan as along with substance use and treatment information from local organizations. Participating organizations may include ACHD Overdose Prevention, DHS Drug & Alcohol, JADE Wellness, Pathways to Care & Recovery, Positive Pathways, AHN Perinatal HOPE Program, … Continued
Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures “Made Local” – Edda Fields-Black
CLP - Main (Oakland) Lecture Hall 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesRegister to attend in-person. The story of the Combahee River Raid, one of Harriet Tubman’s most extraordinary accomplishments, based on original documents and written by a descendant of one of the participants. Most Americans know of Harriet Tubman’s legendary life: escaping enslavement in 1849, she led more than 60 others out of bondage via the … Continued
County Services Resource Fair
CLP - Squirrel Hill 5801 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesJoin the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD), Allegheny County Department of Human Services (ACDHS) and other community providers as they provide Narcan as along with substance use and treatment information from local organizations. Participating organizations may include ACHD Overdose Prevention, DHS Drug & Alcohol, JADE Wellness, Pathways to Care & Recovery, Positive Pathways, AHN Perinatal HOPE Program, … Continued
Vivian Ann Davidson Hewitt Lecture: Dr. Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress
CLP - Main (Oakland) Lecture Hall 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesThis April, during National Library Week, April 7 - 13, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is proud to announce the establishment of the annual Vivian Ann Davidson Hewitt Lecture intended to honor and celebrate the first Black librarian at CLP, who served the Hill District community in the 1940s. The inaugural lecture will be presented by … Continued
ALSC 2024 Children’s Literature Lecture Featuring Rita Williams-Garcia:
“A Funny Thing About Memory”
CLP - Main (Oakland) Lecture Hall
4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, together with the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Computing and Information, is honored to welcome the Association for Library Service to Children’s (ALSC) 2024 Children’s Literature Lecture presented by bestselling and award-winning author Rita Williams-Garcia. Last held in Pittsburgh in 1989, the ALSC Children’s Literature Lecture is an annual event geared … Continued
University of Pittsburgh’s Asian Studies Center presents Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong’s Rendezvous with American History Book Discussion
CLP - Main (Oakland) 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesJoin The Asian Studies Center team from the University of Pittsburgh for a discussion of Yunte Huang’s biography Daughter of the Dragon about Anna May Wong and her struggles for stardom in Hollywood and her fight against the Asian American stereotypes. This program will take place in the South Wing Reading Room on the second … Continued
University of Pittsburgh’s Asian Studies Center presents Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong’s Rendezvous with American History Book Discussion
CLP - Squirrel Hill 5801 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesJoin The Asian Studies Center team from the University of Pittsburgh for a discussion of Yunte Huang’s biography Daughter of the Dragon about Anna May Wong and her struggles for stardom in Hollywood and her fight against the Asian American stereotypes. Recommended for adults. Contact the location to get free giveaway copies of the biography … Continued
Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures “Made Local” – Anna Monardo
CLP - Main (Oakland) Lecture Hall 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesRegister to attend in-person. To tell my family’s story, I could dig in anywhere—1915, 1950, 2024. I could begin in Italy, Pittsburgh, New York, or Nebraska. Begin with my parents, my grandparents, or me, and from every point of entry, our story is the same: three generations unhappy in love. After Italy: A Family Memoir … Continued
Archives & Special Collections Treasures
CLP - Main (Oakland) 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesLearn more about CLP's Archives and Special Collections, all of which are open to all researchers! We'll share some of our favorite treasures in the collection, teach visitors the best way to handle these unique items, and show you how to request to use them. Come to the Family & Local History Department on the … Continued
Recollection Studio Open House
CLP - Main (Oakland) 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesCome see what's new in the Recollection Studio, the Library's DIY digitization lab. We have new equipment for digitizing film-based media, and we're excited to show it off! The Recollection Studio is located on the 3rd floor.
Author Event: Pittsburgh’s Historic Ballparks with Mark Fatla
CLP - Allegheny 1230 Federal Street, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesPittsburgh has an incredible baseball history with great players, teams and historic moments, but few realize that Pittsburgh has often been in the lead in ballpark design and development. Mark Fatla, lifelong baseball fan and author of “Pittsburgh’s Historic Ballparks” (Arcadia Press, 2023) chronicles the nine ballparks that hosted major league baseball in Pittsburgh between … Continued
Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures “Made Local” – Liann Tsoukas & Rob Ruck
CLP - Main (Oakland) Lecture Hall 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesRegister to attend in-person. Joined in conversation with Edwina Kaikai Mal Goode (1908–1995) became network news’s first African American correspondent when ABC News hired him in 1962. Raised in Homestead and Pittsburgh, he worked in the mills, graduated from the University of Pittsburgh, and went on to become a journalist for the Pittsburgh Courier and later for … Continued