Written by Tribune-Review For Union Civil War veterans, April 1865 started a time of healing and renewal. We often forget that there were no social safety nets for these men who so nobly served the call to arms to defend the Union. Not until 1930 was there a Veterans Administration as we know it today. Read More
Written by Maggie Forbes Thank you to all who attended our talk by bestselling author of Carnegie’s Maid, Marie Benedict! It was a lovely evening celebrating Andrew Carnegie’s 134th birthday in Carnegie Hall of the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall. Benedict shared interesting stories and tidbits from the life of Andrew Carnegie, but Read More
Written by Stephanie Hacke For Rachel Moore, The Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall is everything she imagines a library to be. And she’s ready and poised to help it grow into an even bigger community hub that connects people throughout Carnegie and beyond. “What an exciting, wonderful space that this community has been Read More
Written by Stephanie Hacke Connecting the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, located at the top of a steep hillside, to Carnegie’s business district below has long been a dream for many. The Library Park project includes the addition of a serpentine walkway, new trees and shrubs and 117-feet of mosaic benches. “You will Read More
Written by Matthew Guerry The opening of Library Park at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall is being pushed back so that a “potentially hazardous” outcrop of rock on the library’s hillside might be removed. Library Executive Director Maggie Forbes said the removal and accompanying landscaping will add $167,000 to the cost of Read More
Written by Matthew Guerry Mosaics assembled by members of the community for the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall’s planned Library Park project are nearly complete. The library’s series of workshops drew over 300 participants. Depicting scenes and people from local history, the mosaics will form a 117-foot mural that will be set in Read More
Written by Christina Sheleheda For Maggie Forbes, the Presidents Day concert at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall is special. “I don’t think there is any Presidents Day programming like the Carnegie Carnegie’s,” said Forbes, the executive director of the landmark building overlooking Downtown Carnegie. “It is a musical celebration. Not too many Read More
Written by Matthew Peaslee As a thank you to the community, the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall on April 2 will host an open house featuring Carlynton student art, a U.S. Air Force jazz band and more. The Carnegie library previously hosted an open house in October 2015 to show off its interior Read More
Written by Jim Spezialetti A trip to the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall in Carnegie could soon include a visit to a new park. The library and music hall — more than a century old — have undergone upgrades while maintaining the historic look of the buildings. Library executive director Maggie Forbes said Read More
Written by Rick Willis The bank account of the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall in Carnegie fell to just $136 in the 1980s. “The money just ran out decades ago. The endowment just ran out,” said Maggie Forbes, executive director of the library, a National Historic Landmark. Forbes has since overseen the rebuilding Read More