Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall

Listen Locally with Dr. Zoot
2023-02-04 20:00 (America/New_York)
Buckle up for a musical journey with Dr. Zoot! This seven-piece band with horns, keyboard, drums, bass, guitar, and vocals effortlessly switch gears to play a variety of music styles spanning decades. The band’s distinctive sound maintains its contemporary feel while reaching back across the years to link with the greats who have come before them. Dr. Zoot will put the audience In the Mood (ala The Glenn Miller Orchestra), starting with the music of the ’40s with favorites of the era, such as Frank Sinatra. From the 1940s, swing into the golden age of rock ‘n’ roll and Motown classics of the 50’s-the ’60s. Dr. Zoot delivers hits by greats from The Temptations to The Beatles. Keep it cool as the band wraps up with music from the 70s, including Kool & The Gang and more! PARKING: Onsite parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis. On-street and public lot parking are free on evenings and weekends. Look for the shuttle stop sign at the corner of Pine & East Main across from Carnegie Coffee Company. The yellow school bus will run on a continuous loop beginning at 7:30 pm and will return you to Main Street after the concert. This performance will be held in the Music Hall. $20 in Advance.$25 at the Door.

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Stage 62 presents Freckleface Strawberry
2023-02-11 11:00, 2023-02-11 15:00, 2023-02-12 15:00, 2023-02-18 11:00, 2023-02-18 15:00, 2023-02-19 15:00
February 11 – 19, 2023Saturdays at 11:00 am & 3:00 pm | Sundays at 3:00 pm

Freckleface Strawberry The Musical, based on the beloved New York Times best-selling book by celebrated actress, Julianne Moore, is a fun and touching family musical. Specifically created to perform for young audiences, families can step inside of the book’s pages with Freckleface and friends as they learn to “love the skin they’re in.”

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Listen Locally Downstairs with the Maureen Renihan Trio
2023-02-23 19:00
You won’t want to miss this evening of Rodgers and Hart-inspired music with Jazz songbird Maureen Renihan and her trio! With a voice reminiscent of Billie Holiday and affection for jazz standards, Maureen takes the microphone, along with Jonathan DiGiulan on guitar and Paul Thompson on bass.Join us in our newly improved Studio venue is an intimate space with a club-vibe! Complimentary snacks. Beer and wine by donation.

$10 in Advance$15 at the Door

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LA TI DO & Pittsburgh CLO present "Hero: The Boy From Troy"
2023-02-24 20:00
Hero: The Boy from Troy

The Story of Young John Lewis

Book by Nambi E. Kelley, Music and Lyrics by Joe Plummer

Gallery of Heroes newest offering HERO: THE BOY FROM TROY tells the story of a young John Lewis and how his heroes in the Civil Rights movement inspired him to protest injustice and get into ‘good trouble.’

John Lewis’s story is told as a musical journey through the decades; joined by his faithful congregation of chickens, he meets his heroes Rosa Parks and Dr. King and learns how he too can take a stand. Raising chickens as a boy on his family’s farm, John dreams of being a preacher when he sees how ministers like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. can fight for what is right. On a harrowing road trip through the South with his Uncle Otis, John’s eyes and mind are opened to the injustices of segregation and racism that must be fought – but how? Questions are raised, good trouble is found…what answers will you and your students take away?

The play is preceded with spoken word and poetry by Haley Clancy and songs performed by Hope Anthony.

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Carnegie Performing Arts Center presents Cinderella - The Children's Play
2023-02-25 19:00
February 25 & 26The famous fairy tale by Charles Perrault. A young Cinderella has her dream come true thanks to her magical fairy godmother.

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Carnegie Performing Arts Center presents Cinderella – The Children’s Play
2023-02-26 14:00
February 25 & 26

The famous fairy tale by Charles Perrault. A young Cinderella has her dream come true thanks to her magical fairy godmother.

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Listen Locally Downstairs: “The Great Women of Jazz!” with Jessica Lee and Mark Strickland Jazz Duo
2023-03-16 19:00
NEW DATE!

Following a crowd-favorite performance of The Great Women of Jazz, Jessica and Mark pick up where they left off this summer as we celebrate Women in Music Month!The evening is an intimate musical journey exploring the songs and stories of the great women of jazz. Spanning from the early years of the Blues to the Jazz Era to Rhythm & Blues, Jessica and Mark celebrate great women musicians and their contributions to the genre. The show wraps up with their interpretations of original music written by Jessica and friends with messages for our current times and challenges and our hopes for future days.Our newly improved Studio venue is an intimate space with a club-vibe! Complimentary snacks. Beer and wine by donation.

$10 in Advance$15 at the Door

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Listen Locally with Cello Fury
2023-03-31 20:00
Cello Fury’s cinematic, progressive rock sound appeals to a diverse audience. Composed of three cellists, Simon Cummings, Nicole Myers, and Cecilia Caughman, and drummer David Throckmorton, their original music combines the cello’s symphonic sounds with a driving rock beat. The group delivers a fun, high-energy show that will appeal to the whole family. It is an excellent introduction to live music for young audience members, and seasoned concert-goers will especially appreciate the Music Hall’s exquisite acoustics.This performance will be held in the Music Hall. $20 in Advance$25 at the Door

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Listen Locally Downstairs with the Thomas Wendt Trio
2023-04-13 19:00
Join Pittsburgh’s fantastic go-to jazz drummer in the Studio for a blend of Great American Songbook standards and Jazz compositions by many of the Masters such as Benny Golson, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington and Cedar Walton. Thomas is joined by Mark Strickland on guitar and Chris McGraw on bass. Join us in our newly improved Studio, an intimate space with a club-vibe! Complimentary snacks. Beer and wine by donation.

Outside alcohol/BYOB is not permitted.

$10 in Advance$15 at the Door

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Carnegie Performing Arts Center presents Snow White - The Children's Ballet
2023-04-29 19:00
April 29 & 30The timeless story of a beautiful princess, an evil queen, and seven friendly Dwarves.

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Carnegie Performing Arts Center presents Snow White – The Children’s Ballet
2023-04-30 14:00
April 29 & 30

The timeless story of a beautiful princess, an evil queen, and seven friendly Dwarves.

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A Night to Remember: Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra Comes to Carnegie Carnegie Hall
2023-06-10 19:30
The Andrew Carnegie Free Library is pulling out all the stops for its 2023 annual benefit! It will be the last benefit before the Music Hall closes for renovations in January 2024.Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra is comprised of the region’s finest and busiest jazz musicians. However, this fabulous 17-piece ensemble rarely performs as a full band. In terms of both PJO’s sound and size, the acoustically superb Music Hall is the rare perfect fit! Anqwenique Wingfield, one of Pittsburgh’s most versatile vocalists — equally at home interpreting jazz, opera, classical music and soul — joins PJO for the evening.

Almost as memorable as the concert, a party follows throughout the ACFL&MH’s 35,000 sq. ft historic landmark facility – in the Lincoln Gallery and the Studio. If the night is fine – and why wouldn’t it be – the party can spill out into the lovely Library Park. Tempting food and drink are part of the festivities. If you come early, join us at the Library’s circulation desk for a pre-concert glass of prosecco.

June 10 supports the Library & Music Hall’s wide range of services, programs and performances, while getting us that much closer to “Completing the Carnegie Carnegie.” We’ll be a little more dressed up than usual, but A Night to Remember also showcases the magic that can be found on a day in and day out basis.

Please join us! TICKETS:$150 for reserved orchestra seats ($100 tax-deductible)$75 for open balcony seating ($25 tax-deductible)

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I am unable to attend. Click HERE to make a tax-deductible gift.(Please indicate donation is for “ACFL&MH Benefit.”)

If you’d like to make your donation with a check, make it payable to ACFL&MH Challenge and mail it to:

Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall300 Beechwood AvenueCarnegie, PA 15106

PARKING: Onsite parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis. We have also arranged for free parking and shuttle service from the Nortek Building located at 102 Broadway Street, Carnegie, PA 15106. To reach this additional parking location, cross Mansfield at the light. It is a five-story white building next to WesBanco. A free shuttle will take you to our building from this parking lot and return you to your car after the event.

Many thanks to our very generous sponsorsMenard*Dana & Susan Craig*Carnegie Coffee CompanyConnolly Steele & Company, Inc.Dollar BankStandard Clay Company*A-Air Company, Inc.BairdPhil & Cheryl BoydBuilding Control Systems Inc.CJL EngineeringThe Design AllianceEnscoe Long Insurance GroupFerry Electric CompanyIsabel FordClare GoetzChris & Kathy GreenMike Hatcher & Holly HampeJ.G. Drywall Company Inc.Joseph Testa Concrete ContractingThe Lackner GroupJoan Massella & Craig AllenJulia McCaffreyMoretti Moretti & FritzRocky Bleier Construction GroupRubicon Aviation GroupShapel General Contracting, Inc.TEDCO Construction CompanyUnited Safety Services, Inc.*Bob’s DinerCarnegie RadiatorGail NeustadtPNCSlater Funeral Service*WZUM Jazz Pittsburgh, Media Sponsor

A Night to Remember Event Committee

Phil & Cheryl Boyd, Co-ChairsVashishta & Mary BhaskarDana & Susan CraigRachel Enck & Evan Welsh Chris & Kathy GreenMike Hatcher & Holly HampeLisa MorettiGail NeustadtJoe & Lynn SmithStella Sienicki SzafranskiandJoe & Joni Negri

Veterans Day Ceremony
2023-11-11 13:00
The Veterans Day ceremony at the Carnegie Carnegie carries special resonance. The ACFL&MH is home to the Captain Thomas Espy Post of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR). The Grand Army of the Republic was the progenitor of all veterans’ groups in this country.

Congressman Chris Deluzio will serve as the master of ceremonies for the program. Congressman Deluzio, who represents PA’s 17th District, is a United States Naval Academy graduate and Iraq War veteran, a voting rights attorney and a union organizer.

The ACFL&MH is grateful to veterans from Carnegie’s American Legion Post 82, who have been part of the Library & Music Hall’s annual ceremony since its inception. Members of the 9th PA Reserves, a Civil War living history and re-enactment group, also participates in the program. Students from Carnegie Elementary will read poem as part of the ceremony.

This brief but moving ceremony takes place rain or shine. Join us for cookies and coffee in the Lincoln Gallery. . Consider staying for our “Second Saturday Civil War Series,” moved back to 2:00 pm. to accommodate the Veterans Day ceremony. Writer, historian and educator Codie Eash will speak about Abraham Lincoln’s visit to Gettysburg, commemorating the 160th Anniversary (November 19, 1863) of his deliverance of “The Gettysburg Address.”

Pittsburgh Festival Opera presents A Christmas to Remember featuring Greg Kunde
2023-12-22 18:30
Pittsburgh Festival Opera brings the power of world-class performances to humanize, energize and re-define opera as an experience that is up-close and personal, approachable, and relevant to today’s audiences.Regarded as one of the most accomplished singers on the international opera stage today, the American tenor Gregory Kunde appears regularly at the most prestigious opera houses around the world, working with conductors and orchestras of the highest caliber. Read more…Enjoy the signature event of the season in the Studio following the performance and featuring refreshments, fabulous food stations, auction items, silent auction, raffle, cash bar, and a very special surprise performance by everyone’s favorite jolly holiday performers. Limited availability.

$15 students with valid ID

$65 per person: concert only

$150 per person concert and Special Holiday Extravaganza

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HiFi: An Evening of Mid-Century Sound
2024-09-20 19:00 - 23:00 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
You’re invited to HiFi: An Evening of Mid-Century Sound! This year’s annual benefit offers an opportunity to show your support for the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall during a one-of-a-kind evening featuring the sounds and styles of the 1950s and ’60s.

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•• SCHEDULE OF EVENTS ••

**Don’t worry about parking or shuttles this year! Free valet service will be available to all HiFi guests at the main entrance of the Library & Music Hall.**

7PM – Cocktail Hour in the Library & Lobby

Doors open with signature cocktails, prosecco & hors d’oeuvres in the Library & Lobby

8PM – Concert in the Music Hall

The Half Step All Stars [Anthony Ambroso – Guitar, Jacob Pleakis – Piano, Anton DeFade – Bass, Brian Wolfe – Drums] take the stage alongside guest vocalists Kiki Sherman, Mariko Reid & Josh Verbanets

Featuring special guest MCs Daina Griffith & Jeremy Reynolds

Following Concert – After Party in the Lincoln Gallery & Studio

After the show, the party continues in the Lincoln Gallery & Studio featuring more music, food, drinks, dancing & fun opportunities to support the Library & Music Hall

**The Espy Post will also be open for tours throughout the evening.**

•• HiFi SPONSORS ••

Studio Sponsors

Dana & Susan Craig

Menard

UPMC Health Plan

Gallery Sponsors

Burns & Scalo

Connolly Steele Company

St. Clair Health

Bossa Nova Sponsors

A-Air

Baird – The Mancino Utz Group

Mary & Vashishta Bhaskar

Phil & Cheryl Boyd

CJL Engineering

Dollar Bank

Ferry Electric Company

Isabel Ford

Clare Goetz & Family

Chris & Kathy Green

Mike Hatcher & Holly Hampe

JG Drywall Co & Closet Pro

Lackner Group

Joan Massella & Craig Allen

Moretti, Moretti & Fritz

Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation

Pittsburgh Regional Transit

Pribanic & Pribanic

Rocky Bleier Construction Group

Standard Clay Company

United Safety Service

United States Steel Corporation

Jazz Sponsors

Bob’s Diner & Better Catering

Sean & Sherri Collins

The Design Alliance Architects

Enscoe Long Insurance Group

Maggie Forbes

Gail Neustadt

PNC Bank – Carnegie Branch

Rubicon Aviation Training

Joe & Lynn Smith

Szafranski-Sienicki Family

Steven Tkach

William Slater II Funeral Service

•• HiFi HOST COMMITTEE ••

Mary & Vashishta Bhaskar, Event Chairs

Sean & Sherri Collins

Dana & Susan Craig

Rachel Enck & Evan Welsh

Chris & Kathy Green

Mike Hatcher & Holly Hampe

Marissa Luznar

Joan Massella

Joe & Lynn Smith

Stella Sienicki Szafranski

•• HiFi DESIGN COMMITTEE ••

George Arnold

Barbara Johnson

Larry Scott

Thank you to this year’s event sponsors and supporters!

All event proceeds benefit the programs, events & activities of the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall in Carnegie, PA.
