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
Written by Alice T. Carter Maggie Forbes is the executive director and campaign manager for the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall in Carnegie, unofficially known as the Carnegie Carnegie. She’s also its biggest fan. “The Library & Music Hall is a magical place — lovely library, acoustically superb music hall with great historic Read More
Written by Tribune-Review Diane Klinefelter has returned to her role of library director at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall after a three-year hiatus. She is returning to a position she held from October 2006 to March 2012 and maintaining her role as part-time curator of the Grand Army of the Republic’s Capt. Read More
Written by Donna S. Dreeland on so many levels, he said, all while connecting audiences of all ages. The music ties them together. In the early years of the 20th century, theaters had full orchestras to accompany the films they featured, he said. “That is how it was way back then. Only the dive-iest of Read More
Written by Donna S. Dreeland Each brass plate on an auditorium seat in the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall in Carnegie tells a story of support for a town and the arts. During the library’s major renovation in 2008, Maggie Forbes, executive director, was told that replacing the original seats in the hall Read More
Staff Report for the TribLive Former Andrew Carnegie Free Library Director Diane Klinefelter has been named to the new position of part-time curator for the facility’s treasured Civil War Room. She will assume the position in January. The position was made available through a grant and was announced by Executive Director Maggie Forbes. The library Read More
Written by Megan Guza Maggie Forbes will return to the site of her great accomplishment when she re-takes the helm of the Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall in Carnegie, for which she helped raise more than $7 million to save. Forbes accepted an offer from library officials last week after the search committee Read More
Written by Megan Guza A familiar face will return to head the Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall in Carnegie. Maggie Forbes, who served as executive director from 2003 to 2011, was approved by the library board of trustees on July 31 after being recommended by the library’s search committee. “She was one of Read More
Written by Doug Gulasy In her eight years at Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall — the last six as executive director — Maggie Forbes spearheaded the campaign that raised $7.5 million for the restoration and renovation of the 112-year-old building. When she stepped down in October 2011, the building was “weatherproof, structurally sound Read More