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
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