Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall

2nd Saturday Civil War Series: The Civil War as the Watershed Event in United States History, with David Albert
2023-01-14 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
In Person in the Lincoln Gallery at ACFL&MH

Facebook: www.facebook.com/CarnegieCarnegie No Account Required!

Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9370579279 Meeting ID: 937 057 9279

More than just a 4 year war that cost our country hundreds of thousands oflives, the Civil War wrought many other changes that affected the countryforever. From the elimination of slavery, changes in the status of women, a shiftin power from the states to the federal government, advances in medicine,manufacturing, agriculture, transportation and banking, to the face of waritself, the United States before and after these 4 climactic years wassignificantly different.

David Albert is a retired Air Force officer who has been studying the Civil Warfor more than 50 years. He was a Civil War docent at the Alabama Departmentof Archives and History for many years, co-taught the Civil War elective at theAir Force Command and Staff College, presented courses for Elderhostel, andcurrently teaches courses at Pitt, CMU and LaRoche in their lifelong learningprograms for seniors. He’s a member of the Greater Pittsburgh Civil WarRoundtable and a proud graduate of Penn State.

2nd Saturday Lectures made possible by the Massey Charitable Trust

Red Flags: How to Avoid Scamming & Fraud
2023-01-19 14:00 - 15:00 | PA
Telephone and computer scams are everywhere! Consumers lost over $5.8 billion to scams in 2021 alone.

Are you worried about scamming & fraud? What are the latest scams targeting seniors? How can you protect yourself and loved ones? Cyndie Caroli of the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office offers a guide to the red flags of scams and fraud.

Registration is appreciated, but walk-ins are welcome. Extra door prize ticket for the first twenty people!

Please click here to register.

Pop Classics: "Bridget Jones's Diary"
2023-01-19 19:00 - 21:00 | 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 talk about and watch the movies that most influenced pop culture over the last few decades.

Tonight we’ll view Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001), directed by Sharon Maguire. The single Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) must navigate the affections of two men: her boss at a publishing company (Hugh Grant) and her childhood acquaintance (Colin Firth). Based on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, which celebrates its 210th publishing anniversary this month!

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

Hands-On Personal Budgeting
2023-01-21 11:00 - 13:00 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
A clear personal budget is the first step to financial independence! Join Tim Holeczy of WesBanco for a close-up look at your cash flow, income, and expenses, and learn how you can balance your spending and revenue to keep yourself afloat.

Bring your financial documents – pay stubs, bank statements, rental information, and any other recurring expenses you have – and you’ll leave with a personalized budget and know how to stick to it!

Registration is appreciated but walk-ins are welcome. To register, please click here.

Embracing Our Differences: 'Gender Queer'
2023-01-23 19:00 - 20:30 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Our social justice discussion group resumes with a conversation about Maia Kobabe’s comic memoir Gender Queer. Gender Queer follows Maia Kobabe (who uses e/em/eir pronouns) in eir journey of identity, self-acceptance, and love. It also serves as a helpful introduction to gender identity – what it means, how it works, how to think about it. Gender Queer has been the target of numerous book bans since its publication in 2019 – in fact, it has been the most targeted title in the United States for the past two years.

Copies of the book are available at the Library’s checkout desk. Free digital copies are also available via the Hoopla app. Please join us!

Registration is appreciated, but walk-ins are welcome. To register, please click here.

Computer skills for English learners with Literacy Pittsburgh: Google Calendar
2023-01-25 10:00 - 12:00 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Join Literacy Pittsburgh for this series of computer classes, just for English language learners!

In this class, you’ll learn all about Google Calendar. You’ll create a Google account, if needed. Learn about different calendar viewing options and settings. Practice creating new meetings, inviting people to meetings, and deleting your meetings.

Don’t miss part three of this series: Google Drive (February 8).

To register, please click here.

Listen Locally Downstairs with Benny Benack II Quartet
2023-01-26 19:00 | PA
Pittsburgh’s sax-man, Ben Benack, offers up an evening of smokin’ jazz! Benny Benack, Jr. is a legend in the Pittsburgh jazz and nightclub scene – a band leader well known for his virtuosic musicianship and charismatic audience appeal. The band’s frontman is no stranger to the music world. His father, Benny Benack, was a Pittsburgh band leader and at the forefront of the Pittsburgh jazz scene in the 60s-80s. Ben continues the family tradition with musical virtuosity and versatility.Join us in our newly improved Studio, an intimate space with a club-vibe venue! Complimentary snacks. Beer and wine by donation.

$10 in Advance$15 at the DoorSOLD OUT

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Rangoli and the Pongal/Sankaranthi festival
2023-01-28 10:00 - 12:30 | PA
Learn about the Indian festival of Pongal/Sankaranthi, explore the cultural significance of beautiful rangoli patterns, and learn to make your very own rangoli art! Join Priya of Getitfromnature Arts for this all-ages, hands-on workshop.

Registration is appreciated. Please click here to register.

Listen Locally with Dr. Zoot
2023-02-04 20:00 | PA
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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Computer skills for English learners with Literacy Pittsburgh: Google Drive
2023-02-08 10:00 - 12:00 | PA
Join Literacy Pittsburgh for this series of computer classes, just for English language learners!

In this class, you’ll learn about cloud storage and Google Drive. Learn what you can include in a Google Drive, how to create and manage folders in Drive, and how to collaborate with others by sharing files and folders or changing permission settings.

To register, please click here.

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 | PA
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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2nd Saturday Civil War Series: Monument Vandalism and Destruction during the Civil War and Postbellum Period with Abbi Smithmyer
2023-02-11 13:00 - 14:00 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
In Person in the Lincoln Gallery at ACFL&MH

Facebook: www.facebook.com/CarnegieCarnegie No Account Required!Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9370579279 Meeting ID: 937 057 9279

As North and South became engulfed in civil war, soldiers and civilians constructed and collected fragments of monuments and memorials. These monuments invoked emotional reactions due to their conflicting meaning and significance, which led to their vandalism during the Civil War and postbellum period. Destruction of monuments at places like Bull Run, Vicksburg, and Yorktown were figurative attacks on the United States and the Confederacy and they stood as literal and representative symbols that connected nineteenth-century Americans to the past.

Although many think of the vandalism of Civil War monuments as a current event, this talk will explore the destructive nature of nineteenth-century Americans towards the constructed battlefield. The talk will illuminate how the vandalism and destruction of Civil War memorials is not a new phenomenon, but rather, these actions are as old as the conflict itself. Furthermore, the study of these pieces of material culture helps us better understand the beliefs and hopes of those living throughout the Civil War era.

Currently a doctoral candidate studying history at West Virginia University where she also received her master’s degree, Abbi Smithmyer grew up in Butler, Pennsylvania, attending school at Slippery Rock University for her undergraduate studies. Her dissertation combines cultural, memory, and material culture studies to explore the ways monuments faced vandalism and destruction during and shortly after the Civil War. Her research has been published in the American Nineteenth Century History, the Southern Historian, as well as Emerging Civil War. While teaching classes on U.S. History at WVU, Abbi’s knowledge of the Civil War era has been bolstered by multiple summers at various historical sites and battlefields including the Seminary Ridge Museum, Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park, Petersburg National Battlefield, and most recently at Manassas National Battlefield Park.

2nd Saturday lectures are made possible by the Massey Charitable Trust

Here's to Thornburg History - with Steve Salvador
2023-02-16 19:00 - 20:00 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Discover the unique Borough of Thornburg from the borough’s historian Steve Salvador! Steve will share photographs, videos, stories, and research about Carnegie’s neighbor to the north.

Come learn all about Thornburg, including information on the Thornburg family ancestry & farmland; the early years of the Historic District; the Craftsman Houses and architects; Thornburg School and Community Center; the Village Players; the Community Club; and some gone-but-not-forgotten locations like the trolley, country club, golf course, and coal mine.

Copies of Alice Crist Christner’s book Here’s to Thornburg History will be available for purchase.

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

Art with Heart: Valentine's Day plaques
2023-02-18 11:00 - 12:00 | PA
Celebrate love this February with this special craft program! Led by Kristin Cortese of Not Forgotten C-Art, we’ll learn to create beautiful yarn-wrapped hearts using wood and nails. These lovely plaques are one-of-a-kind creations and make wonderful gifts for your loved ones!

Note: This program has been rescheduled due to illness. Because it will now fall after Valentine’s Day, other designs such as flowers and stars will also be available.

Registration is appreciated. Please click here to register.

Carnegie Crafters
2023-02-18 14:00 - 15:00 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Calling all knitters, crocheters, embroiderers, and fiber artists of every kind! Come join the first meeting of our new group Carnegie Crafters! We’ll share advice and inspiration, chat with new friends, and work on our projects in a supportive group setting.

This will be a monthly gathering. At this first meeting, we will discuss the best time to hold future meetings.

Registration is appreciated! Please click here to register.

Virtual Museum Visit: Carnegie Birthplace Museum in Scotland
2023-02-21 13:00 - 14:30 | PA
Learn about the namesake of so many libraries – and our borough! – from Scottish educators at Andrew Carnegie’s birthplace museum in Dunfermline, Scotland. Learn about Carnegie’s early life and explore the cottage where he was born. Great for all ages!

This is a virtual event. Please click here to register.

Embracing Our Differences: 'I've Been Here All the While' - An author visit with Alaina E. Roberts
2023-02-21 19:00 - 20:00 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Honor Black History Month with a visit from Professor Alaina E. Roberts, author of the award-winning I’ve Been Here All the While: Black Freedom on Native Land.

From the publisher: “Perhaps no other symbol has more resonance in African American history than that of ’40 acres and a mule’—the lost promise of Black reparations for slavery after the Civil War. In I’ve Been Here All the While, we meet the Black people who actually received this mythic 40 acres, the American settlers who coveted this land, and the Native Americans whose holdings it originated from.”

Come learn about an overlooked but fascinating chapter of American history in this meeting of our social justice discussion group, “Embracing Our Differences.”

Registration is appreciated, but walk-ins are welcome. To register, please click here.

Cooking 101 with the Salvation Army
2023-02-22 11:00 - 13:00 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Join Bethany Bray of the Salvation Army for a free hands-on cooking class, just for beginners! Today we’ll learn to make an Eggplant Pasta Bake and Chicken Buddha Bowls!

Spaces are limited, and registration is required. Please click here to register.

Listen Locally Downstairs with the Maureen Renihan Trio
2023-02-23 19:00 | PA
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 | PA
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 | PA
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 | PA
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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Carnegie Cinema presents: "King Richard"
2023-02-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Join us for free films on the big screen in our luxurious Music Hall!Tonight, we celebrate Black History Month with a screening of King Richard (2021). Explore the fascinating true story of tennis champions Venus & Serena Williams – and their father & coach, Richard (Will Smith, who won a Best Actor Oscar for this role).Registration is appreciated, but walk-ins are welcome. To register, please click here.

Carnegie Crafters
2023-02-28 16:30 - 18:30 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Calling all knitters, crocheters, embroiderers, and fiber artists of every kind! Come join our new group Carnegie Crafters! We’ll share advice and inspiration, chat with new friends, and work on our projects in a supportive group setting.

Registration is appreciated! Please click here to register.

All About Orchids
2023-03-04 11:00 - 12:00 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Although beautiful and stunning, orchids can be intimidating to the friendliest of plant lovers. Please join the Orchid Society of Western Pennsylvania (OSWP) for a free showcase of some of the loveliest orchid varieties that cannot be purchased at our local box stores but are cultivated by experienced and reputable growers.

Ms. Demetria Marsh will walk us through the optimum care and growing conditions for orchids in our homes here in Pittsburgh. An experienced grower and cultivator of orchids for decades, Ms. Marsh will highlight some distinctive species of plants and will share her secrets for reblooming success!

A drawing for an orchid plant and two tickets for the upcoming “Orchid Obsession” show (March 18-19th) will be raffled off after the event. All are welcome!

Registration is appreciated, although walk-ins are welcome. To register, please click here.
