Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall

Pop Classics: "The Devil Wears Prada"
2022-11-03 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Join film buff Scott Nicolson for our series Pop Classics, where we watch and discuss the movies that most influenced pop culture over the last few decades.

Tonight we’ll view The Devil Wears Prada (2006), directed by David Frankel. Young journalist Andrea Sachs (Anne Hathaway) is thrilled to land a position as the assistant to legendary fashion editor Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep), but her demanding new boss proves to be a bigger challenge than she anticipated.

Registration is appreciated, although walk-ins are welcome. Please click here to register.

Listen Locally with Miss Freddye's Homecookin' Band
2022-11-04 20:00
Miss Freddye’s Homecookin’ Band is just that! They are cookin’ up music that’ll keep you coming back for more!While keeping it bluesy, award-winning vocalist Miss Freddye explores the genres of gospel, blues, classic rock, and even a hint of country and bluegrass along with her band. Hear Pittsburgh’s Lady of the Blues sing songs from her latest project!

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Discover Medicare
2022-11-05 10:30 - 12:00
Licensed insurance agent Bess Adams will make it easy for everyone to understand how Medicare works and how to get the most out of it. This Medicare-approved presentation will cover how and when to enroll, and supplemental coverage options. Rx coverage and more. No cost or obligation to attend.

Reserve your seat today by phone at 1-800-800-1999 or visit www.discovermedicare.com

"Traveling Our Road": An author visit with Dylan Weiss
2022-11-09 18:30 - 21:30 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Author Dylan Weiss (aka Gail Neustadt) shares and discusses her new book Traveling Our Road, which gently explores issues of illness, caregiving, communication, and love. Join us for an evening of storytelling, light bites, and book signings and sales.

Traveling Our Road is a complex story simplified for children of all ages. The “Road” becomes a central character shared by Dylan and DJ, both of whom are faced with tragic circumstances – DJ’s early onset Alzheimer’s disease, and Dylan’s role as a caregiver. Sustained by love and commitment, the author explains some of the challenges they face along their Road and the illustrator makes the story jump off its pages into your heart.

Replete with verbal and visual symbolism, the story invites children to consider how they might communicate with impaired loved ones.

Registration is appreciated, although walk-ins are welcome. Please click here to register.

Stage 62 presents "Urinetown"
2022-11-10 13:30 - 14:00, 2022-11-10 20:00, 2022-11-11 20:00, 2022-11-12 20:00, 2022-11-13 14:00, 2022-11-17 20:00, 2022-11-18 20:00, 2022-11-19 20:00 and 1 more date
Performances on November 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, & 19 at 8:00 pm and 13 & 20 at 2:00 pm

In a Gotham-like city, a terrible water shortage caused by a 20-year drought has led to a government-enforced ban on private toilets. The citizens must use public amenities regulated by a single malevolent company that profits by charging admission for one of humanity’s most basic needs. Amid the people, a hero decides that he’s had enough and plans a revolution to lead them all to freedom!

Inspired by the works of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, Urinetown is an irreverently humorous satire in which no one is safe from scrutiny. Praised for reinvigorating the very notion of what a musical could be, Urinetown catapults the “comedic romp” into the new millennium with its outrageous perspective, wickedly modern wit, and sustained ability to produce gales of unbridled laughter.

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Veterans Day Ceremony
2022-11-11 13:30 - 14:00
Please join Congressman Conor Lamb, members of Carnegie American Legion Post 82, members of the 9th Pennsylvania Reserves, elected officials, friends and colleagues at 1:30 pm on Veterans Day, Friday November 11. We are delighted that sixth graders from Carnegie Elementary school are participating in the program with brief poetry readings. The short, moving ceremony ends with a bugler playing Taps.

When we developed Library Park, a flagpole opposite the Library entrance became an essential part of the design. Since November 2017, a Veterans Day ceremony has become tradition at the Library & Music Hall.

As home to the Captain Thomas Espy Post No. 153 of the Grand Army of the Republic, Veterans Day has a special resonance at the Carnegie Carnegie. Founded in 1866 for veterans of the Union Armed Service, the G.A.R. laid the foundation for all veterans’ organizations to come. The Espy Post has been documented as the most intact G.A.R. post in the country.

The ceremony will be followed a coffee and cookies reception in the Lincoln Gallery. The Captain Thomas Espy Post will be open from 12:30 until 3:00.

The ceremony takes place rain or shine.

Making with Artsmiths of Pittsburgh: Fall Feasts
2022-11-12 11:00 - 12:00 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Join Jena Scheib of the Artsmiths of Pittsburgh for a closer look at the food that we gather to enjoy together this month. We’ll build, stamp, and create unique art recipes inspired by fall feasts. This program is funded by a Gismondi VITAL grant.

This class is intended for one adult with one child. Masks are optional if you are fully vaccinated.

Registration is required! Please click here to register.

2nd Saturday Civil War Series: Fraternity, Charity, and Loyalty: Politics & Memory at Pittsburgh's 28th National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic with Rich Condon
2022-11-12 14:00 - 15:00 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
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As thousands of onlookers descended on the City of Pittsburgh in September 1894, they did so with anticipation – a chance to see aging Union veterans of the War of the Rebellion alive and in the flesh. The thinning ranks of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) were gathering for their 28th National Encampment, and members from across the country prepared to meet old comrades once again.

The G.A.R. represented certain values for all of its members through their main principles, “Fraternity, Charity, Loyalty,” yet there were still many inequities to overcome for the organization’s African American membership. An event such as this was the perfect opportunity for those in attendance to discuss national issues at large, at a time when political and social strife intersected with how the late war would be remembered.

Rich Condon is a historian from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with a BA in public history from Shepherd University. For ten years he has worked with a multitude of sites and organizations including The Battle of Franklin Trust, Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Flight 93 National Memorial, and since Spring 2020 Rich has served as a park ranger at Reconstruction Era National Historical Park in Beaufort, South Carolina. He has written for Civil War Times, The American Battlefield Trust, as well as Emerging Civil War, and operates the Civil War Pittsburgh blog, which focuses on the interpretation of Western Pennsylvania’s role in the Civil War.

2nd Saturday Lectures made possible by the Massey Charitable Trust

Musical Storytelling
2022-11-14 11:15
Join PSO musicians, Assistant Conductor Moon Doh, and author Brittany Thurman for playful, interactive workshops featuring Brittany’s book Fly. Designed especially for children ages 3-5, each 45-minute workshop combines reading, music, and dance to tell the story of Africa and her quest to learn how to double Dutch. Put on some comfy clothes and discover how to “jump, fly, double Dutch to the sky!”

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LA TI DO Cabaret at the Carnegie Carnegie
2022-12-01 19:00
LA TI DO is collaborating in a year-long partnership with The Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall in Carnegie, PA to present a new quarterly performance series featuring Pittsburgh-themed cabarets with artists and special guests from the city and greater Pittsburgh region. This month features a holiday cabaret!

Join us for a pre-show reception in the Studio at 7:00 pm. Enjoy complimentary holiday treats. Special guests present holiday-themed readings to set the stage for the show. The cabaret performance begins at 8:00 pm. Beer and wine by donation.

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Carnegie Celebrates the Season
2022-12-03 10:00 - 13:00 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Our annual holiday celebration is back in person this year! Join us for crafts, ornament-making, holiday caricatures and refreshments in the Studio. Visit with Santa in front of the Library’s beautiful fireplace.

The ACFL&MH is delighted to bring this collaboration with Carnegie Borough’s Carol Covi’s Children’s Events Committee back into our lovely building.

Registration is appreciated, but walk-ins are welcome. Please click here to register.

Remembering Rennerdale: An Author Visit with Margaret Feitt
2022-12-06 19:00 - 20:00
Celebrate the 125th birthday of Rennerdale with local author Margaret Feitt, as she shares the history and lore of our Collier Township neighbor. Explore Rennerdale’s colonial-era origins, its connections to the railroad industry, and its historical architecture.

Copies of Margaret’s new book Remembering Rennerdale will be available for purchase.

Registration is appreciated, though walk-ins are welcome. Please click here to register!

Carnegie Performing Arts Center presents The Nutcracker
2022-12-10 14:00 - 16:00, 2022-12-10 19:00, 2022-12-11 14:00, 2022-12-11 19:00, 2022-12-17 19:00, 2022-12-18 14:00
Christmas time brings to life the magical story of a little girl named Clara and her handsome Nutcracker Prince as they battle an evil Rat King and sled through swirling snowflakes on their adventure to the Candy Kingdom.

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Teen Gaming Night
2022-12-10 17:00 - 19:00 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Calling all Teens! Join us for a teen game night. Bring a friend (or two, or three) and enjoy board games, food, and refreshments!

Registration is appreciated, but walk-ins are welcome. Please click here to register!

From Pittsburgh to the Moon
2022-12-15 19:00 - 20:00
Mike Hennessy, Manager of Learning & Programs at the new Moonshot Museum, will discuss Pittsburgh’s contributions to the future of space exploration. Meet the fleet of robotic landers and rovers, under construction on Pittsburgh’s Northside, that will return America to the lunar surface. Using astronomy visualization software, explore lunar craters, mountains, and “seas.” View real data from the lunar surface with 3D glasses! Explore the predictive power of science fiction in shaping visions for future lunar settlements.

The newly opened Moonshot Museum is the only museum in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to focus exclusively on space exploration. It offers an unprecedented opportunity to get up close to the workings of the 21st century space industry.

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Pop Classics: 'A Christmas Story'
2022-12-21 19:00 - 21:00
Join film buff Scott Nicolson for our series Pop Classics, where we watch and discuss the movies that most influenced pop culture over the last few decades.

Tonight we’ll view A Christmas Story (1983), directed by Bob Clark. Follow the 1940s-era misadventures of Ralphie Parker (Peter Billingsley), as Christmas approaches and he longs for one gift above all: a Red Ryder carbon action BB gun. Will his wishes come true?

Registration is appreciated, although walk-ins are welcome. Please click here to register.
