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4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213 United States Get Directions
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – Main has several interior spaces used for programs and special events. This map provides a visual overview of those areas in the building.
First Floor:
    • Children's Department
    • Director's Office Conference Room
    • Graphic Novels Room
    • Quiet Reading Room
    • TeenSpace
Second Floor:
    • Free to the People Gallery
    • Job & Career Education Center
    • North Wing Music Room
    • South Wing Reading Room
Third Floor:
    • Third Floor Conference Room
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Event Series We Learn: Korean – Advanced Level

We Learn: Korean – Advanced Level

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

We Learn learning circles are volunteer-facilitated peer learning groups. Learning circles meet in person but use a hybrid model with online learning materials. Please click the register button to visit the registration site and see more details about what the facilitator has planned. Click here to register on the P2PU website.

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Event Series We Learn: Korean – Intermediate Level

We Learn: Korean – Intermediate Level

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

We Learn learning circles are volunteer-facilitated peer learning groups. Learning circles meet in person but use a hybrid model with online learning materials. Please click the register button to visit the registration site and see more details about what the facilitator has planned. Click here to register on the P2PU website.

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Event Series We Learn: Korean – Beginner Level

We Learn: Korean – Beginner Level

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

We Learn learning circles are volunteer-facilitated peer learning groups. Learning circles meet in person but use a hybrid model with online learning materials. Please click the register button to visit the registration site and see more details about what the facilitator has planned. Click here to register on the P2PU website.

A grassy area in the woods that used to be a cemetery, many headstones still in the space.

Homestead Cemetery Stories Behind the Stones

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

Historians share tales of labor leaders, battlefield patriots, civil rights activists and pioneering sports heroes buried in the cemetery in Munhall, PA. This program will take place in the South Wing Reading Room. For adults.

Event Series Super Science

Super Science

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

Get curious! At Super Science, kids in K-5th grade will have a chance to get excited about a science topic. A read aloud is paired with hands-on, high quality STEM activities promoting scientific inquiry and wonder about science. For kids in grades K-5.

Two young children, about two and four, enjoy a puppet show.
Event Series Storytime: Family Fun

Storytime: Family Fun

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

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.

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Event Series Zine Hangout

Zine Hangout

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

Calling all zine and book-makers! It's time to get together, share stories, build community, and make a zine! This workshop will allow you to work on your zine page, comic, or art book while chatting with other creators. We will serve light refreshments and have staplers, trimmers, drawing supplies, paper, adhesives, scissors, scraps, scanners, photocopies … Continued

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Event Series WORKshop: Career Ready

WORKshop: Career Ready

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

We are here to help you with getting a resume started, placing the finishing touches on a cover letter, or providing tips on interviewing. This is a no appointment needed drop in session that takes place in the Job & Career Education Center on the 2nd floor at the Main Library.

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Event Series Storytime: Preschool Pals

Storytime: Preschool Pals

CLP - Main (Oakland) 4400 Forbes 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. Held in the nonfiction room in the children's department.

Mystery Book Club

CLP - Main (Oakland) 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Hybrid Hybrid Event

Join us for a lively discussion on Blackwater Falls by Ausma Zehanat Khan. This book discussion is a hybrid event. You can join in person in the Director's Office Conference Room on the first floor, or virtually using the link provided in your registration confirmation email. Some copies of the title will be available at … Continued

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Event Series Teen Choice

Teen Choice

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

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

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How to Generate Client/Marketing Lists

CLP - Main (Oakland) 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Hybrid Hybrid Event

In this class we will examine how to locate ideal customers and gather relevant data into a spreadsheet for marketing purposes. This program takes place in the Job & Career Education Center on the 2nd floor.

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