Allegheny Land Trust Presents: Nature Nearby: Birding in Your Backyard
Allegheny Land Trust Presents: Nature Nearby: Birding in Your Backyard
Finding Deep Roots Presents: Genealogy Workshop
Association of Financial Educators presents Estate Planning and Long Term Care Planning
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Hybrid Event
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Book Bannings in Prison: The Fight Against Censorship
Hybrid Event
Book Bannings in Prison: The Fight Against Censorship
This special event features Moira Marquis, Senior Manager of the Freewrite Project for PEN America, and Stevie Wilson, an incarcerated writer in Pennsylvania. Moira and Stevie will be talking about the challenges that book bans create for incarcerated people, as well as the movements devoted to fighting censorship behind bars. This event is sponsored by … Continued
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Storytime: Family Fun
Storytime: Family Fun
Join us for stories, songs and action rhymes. During this 30 minute program, families will meet new friends and develop early literacy skills. For children ages birth to five years and their caregivers.
Storytime: Family Fun
Storytime: Family Fun
Join us for stories, songs and action rhymes. During this 30 minute program, families will meet new friends and develop early literacy skills. For children ages birth to five years and their caregivers.
28 events,
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Union Project Presents Wheel Mobile
Union Project Presents Wheel Mobile
Union Project’s Wheel Mobile is a vehicle equipped with clay, tools, a potter’s wheel, and a Raku kiln. This mobile studio extends UP’s ceramics programming by bringing clay anywhere there’s a road and provide wheel throwing, hand-building, and Raku firing demonstrations and activities. Recommended for all ages.
Kids Choice
Kids Choice
Choose your own adventure! Continue a Kids Club activity; explore the supplies, toys and games in the children's space; or teach other kids something you love. Children's Services staff will be there to support you. For kids in grades K-5.
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30 Books in 30 Minutes: Banned Books Week
30 Books in 30 Minutes: Banned Books Week
For Banned Books Week, staff race against the clock to share their favorite banned book recommendations as we celebrate the Freedom to Read! Recommended for adults.
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Allegheny County Park Rangers Presents Mr. McSlithers, Eastern Rat Snake
Allegheny County Park Rangers Presents Mr. McSlithers, Eastern Rat Snake
Meet our Educational Animal, an Eastern Black Rat Snake named Mr. McSlithers. Learn about his habitat, diet and everyday life. Get up close to learn about his unique adaptations.
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Incubator Productions Presents Turn Your Think Into Ink! – Cartooning Basics
Incubator Productions Presents Turn Your Think Into Ink! – Cartooning Basics
Cartoonify your world. Learn the basic principles of cartooning including character design and storytelling with simple drawings.
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Awaken Pittsburgh Presents Creating Mindful Moments for Families
Awaken Pittsburgh Presents Creating Mindful Moments for Families
We will share and practice mindfulness tools and talk about what helps us to manage the internal and external chaos of daily family life.
Playdate at the Library
Playdate at the Library
Children learn and grow through play! Playdate is a time for families to grow their community, enjoy toys, games and supplies in the children's space and connect with our Children's Services staff. For children ages birth to five years and their caregivers.
Hybrid Event
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Job Search/Resume: Build Your Best Resume
Hybrid Event
Job Search/Resume: Build Your Best Resume
This class will cover the main sections of a resume, teach patrons about how to overcome applicant tracking systems (ATS), and provide some sample and “bad” resumes to help illustrate what’s been covered. This program takes place in the Job & Career Education Center on the 2nd floor.
Free
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Old Flame Presents Mending 101
Old Flame Presents Mending 101
Learn how to repair your clothes with Old Flame Mending! This class will cover the basics: button replacement, sewing up seams, fixing tears, and patching.
Free
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Creative Citizen Studios Art Workshop
Creative Citizen Studios Art Workshop
This interactive arts program is designed for adults with intellectual & developmental disabilities (caregivers welcome). Workshop participants are invited to explore their artistic talents through art history and various art techniques with an art instructor from Creative Citizen Studios. Registration required; experience not necessary. Please inform the library and class instructor of special accommodations prior … Continued
Free
Storytime: Family Fun
Storytime: Family Fun
Join us for stories, songs and action rhymes. During this 30 minute program, families will meet new friends and develop early literacy skills. For children ages birth to five years and their caregivers.
25 events,
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Fact or Fiction Civics Trivia Event
Fact or Fiction Civics Trivia Event
Join us for a spirited and fast-paced trivia competition where participants will test their knowledge on voting rights, historical elections, civic engagement, and more! Our goal is to create an engaging and educational experience for adults who are eager to learn more about our democracy in a fun, communal setting. Whether you participate as an … Continued
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Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse Presents Create & Learn
Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse Presents Create & Learn
Flex your creativity and resourcefulness with Creative Reuse! Explore an array of unique reused materials and learn how to create beautiful works of art, craft projects, and anything you can dream up while saving useful materials from the landfill.
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Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority Presents Color-Changing Chemistry
Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority Presents Color-Changing Chemistry
Become a scientist who makes water safe to drink for our city! Create crazy color-changing potions in a hands-on exploration of water chemistry and water treatment. Recommended for grades K-5.
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Allegheny Land Trust Presents Nature Nearby: Gardening with Native Plants
Allegheny Land Trust Presents Nature Nearby: Gardening with Native Plants
This program explores the benefits to utilizing native plants in your landscape. Learn what native plants attract butterflies, bees, birds and other native wildlife.
Storytime: Family Fun
Storytime: Family Fun
Join us for stories, songs and action rhymes. During this 30 minute program, families will meet new friends and develop early literacy skills. For children ages birth to five years and their caregivers.
30 events,
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Incubator Productions Presents Ink This! Comic Book Art Workshop
Incubator Productions Presents Ink This! Comic Book Art Workshop
Cartoonify your world. Learn the basic principles of cartooning including character design and storytelling with simple drawings.
Virtual Event
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Why Vote the Whole Ballot in 2024?
Virtual Event
Why Vote the Whole Ballot in 2024?
The presidential race isn’t the only important race on your ballot in November. Whatever your issues – environment, healthcare, 2nd amendment, housing, LGBTQIA+ rights, racial justice, jobs and minimum wage, immigration, student debt, voting rights, open primaries, community/police relations, or access for people with disabilities – you’ll find candidates who address them at the state and local … Continued
Free
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Cue Perry Presents Arts Workshop
Cue Perry Presents Arts Workshop
Join library card artist Cue Perry in this 60-minute intro to drawing, painting, color theory and more!
7 events,
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Fall 2024 Job Fair
Fall 2024 Job Fair
Job Fair participants will have the opportunity to speak with more than 20 hiring representatives from higher education, banking, health care and other employers, along with community resource organizations to provide information about opportunities and available services. Note: Registration is for participants. If you would like to have a table at this event, please contact … Continued
Free
Playdate at the Library
Playdate at the Library
Children learn and grow through play! Playdate is a time for families to grow their community, enjoy toys, games and supplies in the children's space and connect with our Children's Services staff. For children ages birth to five years and their caregivers.
Storytime: Family Fun
Storytime: Family Fun
Join us for stories, songs and action rhymes. During this 30 minute program, families will meet new friends and develop early literacy skills. For children ages birth to five years and their caregivers.
23 events,
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Author Event: An Afternoon with Jason Kirin
Author Event: An Afternoon with Jason Kirin
Join us as Jason guides us through his book: From the Furnace, with Love. A Pittsburgh true crime story, biography, and memoir written from the perspective of a surviving family member.
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Incubator Productions Presents Get Published! Comics and Cartoons
Incubator Productions Presents Get Published! Comics and Cartoons
Have you ever wanted to publish your cartoons and make $ while doing so? Join us to learn the Myths and Methods of the comics industry.
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Music @ Main: Bring Your Own Record “Show and Tell”: An LP and 45 Listening Session
Music @ Main: Bring Your Own Record “Show and Tell”: An LP and 45 Listening Session
Bring a record to show and tell: one album, one cut, and why it matters to you. We'll have favorites to share, too. All are welcome, whether or not you have a record to bring! This program takes place in the North Wing Music Room.
4 events,
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Chatham Baroque in Your Neighborhood
Chatham Baroque in Your Neighborhood
With music as the vehicle, the musicians share their instruments, and knowledge of music and culture. The playful and lively sessions encourage children, and their accompanying adults, to become active and enthusiastic listeners.
Playdate at the Library
Playdate at the Library
Children learn and grow through play! Playdate is a time for families to grow their community, enjoy toys, games and supplies in the children's space and connect with our Children's Services staff. For children ages birth to five years and their caregivers.
Music @ Main: Gadget Playground
Music @ Main: Gadget Playground
Explore the Music Department’s musical gadgets, share your skills with fellow electronic music enthusiasts, and learn from Richard Nicol, Founder and Lead Instrument Designer at Pittsburgh Modular Synthesizers. This program takes place in the North Wing Music Room.
22 events,
Hybrid Event
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Workforce and Economic Development and AI Panel Discussion
Hybrid Event
Workforce and Economic Development and AI Panel Discussion
Join us for a panel discussion with CMU’s NSF-funded AI Institute for Societal Decision Making (AI-SDM) to discuss the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Generative AI on industries across the Pittsburgh region. Note: This program is a livestream event that will be recorded for later access. Attendees are welcome to join in-person, which takes place in the South Wing Reading Room on the second floor of CLP-Main … Continued
Free
Canceled Kids Choice
Canceled Kids Choice
Choose your own adventure! Continue a Kids Club activity; explore the supplies, toys and games in the children's space; or teach other kids something you love. Children's Services staff will be there to support you. For kids in grades K-5.
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Canceled Digital Skills: Gadget Lab
Canceled Digital Skills: Gadget Lab
Drop in and learn how to use your tablet, iPad, smartphone, laptop computer or other digital device. At this informal help session, you can ask us about your device or the apps and programs installed on it, including Microsoft and Google tools. We will review the CIPA and NCIPA legislation and how the library uses … Continued
Free
42 events,
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Isaac Bower Studio Presents Cojiform
Isaac Bower Studio Presents Cojiform
Cojiform is an interactive sculpture system that allows people of all ages and abilities to access the flow, meaning, and delight found in creative process.
Virtual Event
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The Disability Vote Matters
Virtual Event
The Disability Vote Matters
Attendees will learn their rights and about accommodations available to people with disabilities for mail in voting, in person voting, and what to do if they encounter accessibility issues. Note: This program is a livestream event that will be recorded for later access. The link to join the livestream will be sent in the RSVP confirmation … Continued
Free
27 events,
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Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse Presents Create & Learn
Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse Presents Create & Learn
Flex your creativity and resourcefulness with Creative Reuse! Explore an array of unique reused materials and learn how to create beautiful works of art, craft projects, and anything you can dream up while saving useful materials from the landfill.
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Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures “Words & Pictures” – Jamar Nicholas
Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures “Words & Pictures” – Jamar Nicholas
Register to attend IN-PERSON or WATCH ONLINE. The video link for the livestreamed event will be emailed to all registrants on the day of the lecture. The captioned video will be available to view for one week, expiring on October 24, 2024. In Leon: Worst Friends Forever, Leon struggles with a super ego — and … Continued
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Jane Addams Peace Award Author Event: Dr. Michael Genhart
Jane Addams Peace Award Author Event: Dr. Michael Genhart
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, together with the Jane Addams Peace Association, is honored to welcome Dr. Michael Genhart, author of Spanish is the Language of My Family, a finalist title in the 2024 Jane Addams Peace Association book award. Join us as the author shares his picture book about a young boy preparing for his school's Spanish … Continued
27 events,
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Pumpkin Party
Pumpkin Party
Celebrate Halloween at the Carrick Library! Stop by the library for Halloween-themed crafts, candy, spooky books, scary movies and more! Halloween costumes are encouraged.
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Union Project Presents Wheel Mobile
Union Project Presents Wheel Mobile
Union Project’s Wheel Mobile is a vehicle equipped with clay, tools, a potter’s wheel, and a Raku kiln. This mobile studio extends UP’s ceramics programming by bringing clay anywhere there’s a road and provide wheel throwing, hand-building, and Raku firing demonstrations and activities. Recommended for all ages.
Library Lounge: Tabletop Gaming
Library Lounge: Tabletop Gaming
Meet and play tabletop games with other game enthusiasts. We'll have games on hand to choose from or bring one to share.
19 events,
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Incubator Productions Presents Turn Your Think Into Ink! – Cartooning Basics
Incubator Productions Presents Turn Your Think Into Ink! – Cartooning Basics
Cartoonify your world. Learn the basic principles of cartooning including character design and storytelling with simple drawings.
Storytime: Family Fun
Storytime: Family Fun
Join us for stories, songs and action rhymes. During this 30 minute program, families will meet new friends and develop early literacy skills. For children ages birth to five years and their caregivers.
28 events,
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Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures “Poets Aloud” – Victoria Chang
Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures “Poets Aloud” – Victoria Chang
REGISTER to save your seat. This lecture is livestreamed and available to view on the Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures YouTube channel for one week. “Chang thrives at embodying and vocalizing universal feelings of anxiety, joy, grief, fear, and wonder. Further, it’s as if readers of her poetry are invited to visit a theater designed to … Continued
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Community Cultures Presents Fermented Foods for Health
Community Cultures Presents Fermented Foods for Health
Learn about the benefits of fermented foods and how to introduce them into your diet and lifestyle. This lecture-based, introductory class will go over 10 different fermented foods.
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Finding Deep Roots Presents Genealogy Workshop
Finding Deep Roots Presents Genealogy Workshop
Our genealogy workshop is a dynamic and interactive program designed to empower participants with the skills, resources, and knowledge needed to explore their family history, create pedigree charts, and connect with their ancestral roots in a supportive community environment.
21 events,
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Monster Mash Bash: Family Halloween Party
Monster Mash Bash: Family Halloween Party
Celebrate Halloween at the Lawrenceville Library! Join us for dancing, tricks, treats and spooky fun.
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Halloween Party
Halloween Party
Drop by for a ghostly good time at CLP-West End! Wear your favorite costume and join us to celebrate Halloween with spooky crafts, snacks and music!
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Mad Science Presents Electricity
Mad Science Presents Electricity
Take a tour on the electron freeway! The class will learn about conductors, insulators, transistors, and other elements in the world of circuit electricity. After learning the basics, students will be challenged to electroplate a nickel with copper.
17 events,
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Allegheny County Park Rangers Presents Birds and Nests
Allegheny County Park Rangers Presents Birds and Nests
Where and why do birds build nests? How can we tell the difference between an oriole nest and a robin nest? Through interactive activities and exploration, participants will discover the diversity of bird homes.
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Author Event: An Evening with Elwin Cotman
Author Event: An Evening with Elwin Cotman
Pittsburgh writer Elwin Cotman will be reading from his most recent story collection, Weird Black Girls.
Teen Choice
Teen Choice
Join us for Teen Choice where you can choose your own creative adventure! Teen Choice is a time to continue working on the activity from the previous week’s Teen Time; explore something new using the supplies and games on hand in the Teenspace; or sharing your passion and teaching other teens about something you love. No matter … Continued
22 events,
Playdate at the Library
Playdate at the Library
Children learn and grow through play! Playdate is a time for families to grow their community, enjoy toys, games and supplies in the children's space and connect with our Children's Services staff. For children ages birth to five years and their caregivers.
23 events,
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Finding Deep Roots Presents Genealogy Workshop
Finding Deep Roots Presents Genealogy Workshop
Our genealogy workshop is a dynamic and interactive program designed to empower participants with the skills, resources, and knowledge needed to explore their family history, create pedigree charts, and connect with their ancestral roots in a supportive community environment.
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Local History Day
Local History Day
Local History Day is an exciting event that celebrates the rich history and culture of the Pittsburgh region and beyond. The event brings together libraries, archives, historical societies, and community groups from the area to share their resources and knowledge with attendees. This year’s theme focuses on the connections between the past and present, and … Continued
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Chatham Baroque in Your Neighborhood
Chatham Baroque in Your Neighborhood
With music as the vehicle, the musicians share their instruments and knowledge of music and culture. The playful and lively sessions encourage children, and their accompanying adults, to become active and enthusiastic listeners.
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