Marlee Gallagher 
Written by Jon-Erik Gilot On April 17 and 18, the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall will host its annual Civil War symposium. In its seventh year, the symposium has grown from a local half-day event to attracting more than 200 attendees from across the nation who traveled to Carnegie for the 2025 symposium. Read More
Written by Jon-Erik Gilot In April, more than 200 Civil War and history enthusiasts from across the United States and Canada converged on the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall in Carnegie for our annual Civil War symposium. With an all-star lineup of historians speaking on the Maryland Campaign and the Battle of Antietam, Read More
Written by Mikayla Wobrak Another school year is almost in the books, but at the Carnegie Carnegie, the excitement is just beginning. Every summer, libraries across the country host Summer Reading programs to combat summer learning loss, or “the summer slide.” When school is out, students’ academic skills will often decline, resulting in lower test Read More
“One of Carnegie Borough’s star amenities, large regional audiences are drawn to the Music Hall each year for a variety of artistic and cultural performances. This historical landmark contributes to our community’s vibrancy and the advancement of the borough’s Municipal Plan with extraordinary programming that demonstrates incredible versatility that connects us to the world and Read More
Written by Walker Evans For most of my life, I’ve been interested in matters of scale — the extremes, from the unknowable vastness of our universe to the microscopic worlds of atoms and subatomic particles. There’s nothing any more or less “real” about these perspectives than the human scale where I live my life — Read More
Written by Mikayla Wobrak In March, we at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall would like to recognize Women’s History Month and celebrate the remarkable lives that women have lived as scientists, artists, teachers, inventors, activists, musicians, politicians and so much more. Picture book biographies are one of my favorite parts of our Read More
Written by Walker Evans Black history is American history. I’ve heard this refrain often, and the more I’ve grown and learned, the more obvious this truth becomes. There’s hardly an aspect of American history that doesn’t turn out to involve race in some way, once you scratch the surface. When I was younger, the fact Read More
We surpassed it! On behalf of our staff and board, thank you for supporting the Carnegie Carnegie in 2024. With your help, we raised more than $100,000 during our annual appeal. These funds directly support our mission and will go a long way in advancing our efforts to provide essential resources, educational and cultural opportunities, Read More
Written by Mikayla Wobrak On the 14th day of December, my library gave to me … a festive fete at the Carnegie Carnegie! Yes, you read that right: the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall and the Borough of Carnegie’s Carol Covi Children’s Events Committee are proud to announce our upcoming “Carnegie Celebrates the Read More
Written by Austin Krieger Photo courtesy of Heidi Matthews Halloween flew by this year, and there was no better place to celebrate it than at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall with the Sweaty Already String Band at “Listen Locally Downstairs: An Evening of Spooky Bluegrass & Murder Ballads!” The origin of bluegrass Read More