Fluent Friends: Practice Speaking English with Literacy Pittsburgh
2026-06-02 10:00 - 11:30, 2026-06-18 17:30 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Join our open-to-all English Conversation Practice Group — a friendly and welcoming space where people from all backgrounds can come together to practice speaking English in a relaxed, supportive environment. Whether you’re a beginner or more advanced, this group is about building confidence, improving fluency, and connecting with others through conversation. No pressure, no judgment — just real talk and real people. Everyone is welcome!

This group meets every first Tuesday of the month from 10:00-11:30am, and every third Thursday of the month from 5:30-7:00pm. Registration is not required — just drop in!

The Holocaust: A conversation with historian Richard Murphy
2026-06-02 19:00 - 20:30 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Join military historian Richard Murphy for an informal discussion on the Holocaust. We’ll learn about the lead-in to the Holocaust and the factors that allowed it to happen, explore the experiences of the millions of people who were imprisoned and murdered, and consider the lasting consequences of this historical atrocity.

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

Attending this program is an excellent way to build your understanding of the Holocaust in preparation for our June 9 program, “My Dad’s Story: Remembering the Holocaust, with Sue Tresatti and Richard Murphy,” in which Sue Tresatti will share the story of her father Norman Roth, who survived imprisonment by Nazis in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps as a teenage boy.

The Congruent Self: Community Starts With You, Part 1
2026-06-03 19:00 - 20:30 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Join licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Candice Coughenour for this two-part workshop series that explores the concept of congruency: the alignment between your thoughts, feelings, and actions, and how it shapes your relationship with yourself and others.

Designed as a reflective and supportive space, this series invites you to explore and reflect on your relationship to yourself and others as you move toward greater clarity, honesty, and alignment in your everyday life. You’ll receive a guided workbook, take-home reflections, and a resource list to support continued growth beyond this workshop.

In Part 1 (Wednesday, June 3), we will focus on building awareness of your inner world and identifying where you may feel out of sync.

In Part 2 (Wednesday, June 17), we will expand that awareness into relationships, practicing ways to communicate and connect more authentically.

Because space is limited, registration is required. Please register for each of the two sessions separately. Ages 18+ only, please. Click here to register for Part 1, and click here to register for Part 2.

Disclaimer: This workshop is designed for learning and self-reflection and is not therapy. While we’ll explore concepts related to personal growth and relationships, this is not a space for individualized mental health treatment or support. If you need deeper or ongoing support, working with a licensed therapist is recommended.

Ukulele Strum-Along
2026-06-04 18:00 - 20:00
Come strum with us! Join Amber Rozel of Steel City Ukuleles for a free introduction to the simple, versatile instrument known as the ukulele. Learn just a few simple chords, and you’ll be able to play hundreds of songs – no prior experience needed, and you don’t need to own your own ukulele! Meet other uke-enthusiasts and join our strum-along group!

The event will start with a special lesson for first-timers at 6:00 PM, followed by a more advanced Beginner+ lesson from 6:45-7:15. If you already know your way around a ukulele, join us from 7:15-8:00 for our group jam!

This group is intended for teens and adults. Registration is appreciated – please click here to register!

Carnegie Modular Railroaders
2026-06-06 13:30 - 15:00
Join the Carnegie Modular Railroaders, an all-ages group for anyone interested in model railroading! The mission of the Carnegie Modular Railroaders is to inspire and educate model railroaders of all ages through hands on learning, collaborative layout building, and shared exploration of the hobby.

The Carnegie Modular Railroaders meet one or two Saturdays a month at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall. Our topic for June is landscaping.

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

For more information, please contact Nick Yackovich at 412-667-0929 or nicholas.yackovich@comcast.net.

Mindful Yoga with Leah Shuck
2026-06-08 18:00 - 19:00 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Join certified yoga instructor Leah Shuck for a gentle, slower flow yoga practice every second and fourth Monday evening!

Mindful yoga is a rewarding way to exercise while reducing stress and centering your mind. Please bring a yoga mat, a bottle of water, and something to use as a strap (an old scarf, belt, or necktie work just fine!). You are also welcome to bring a block, blanket, bolster, etc if you wish. If you don’t have a yoga mat, we have a few available to borrow.

This is a pay-what-you-can class where participants can pay $0-$15, with a suggested donation of $10 per class. All participants must sign a waiver at each session.

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

Animals of America: Environmental writers Andrew Moore & Jason Bittel in conversation with Char Ross
2026-06-08 19:00 - 20:30 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Join environmental writers Andrew Moore (The Beasts of the East: The Fall and Rise of America’s Eastern Wilderness and Pawpaw: In Search of America’s Forgotten Fruit) and Jason Bittel (Grizzled: Love Letters to 50 of North America’s Least Understood Animals) for a lively conversation about wildlife, ecosystems, and the role of humans in both threatening and protecting them.

In conversation with Master Naturalist and environmental educator Char Ross, Andrew and Jason will explore the consequences of human development of the wilds of North America, consider the efforts to restore once-thriving ecosystems, and celebrate the incredible diversity of the fascinating animal species who share our continent.

An audience Q&A will follow the moderated discussion. Copies of both books will be available for sale courtesy of Woolly Bear Books & Gifts.

Registration is appreciated, but walk-ins are welcome – please click here to register. Everyone who pre-registers will be entered into a drawing to win a free copy of The Beasts of the East and Grizzled!

Andrew Moore is a writer, journalist, and public speaker. His new book, The Beasts of the East: The Fall and Rise of America’s Eastern Wilderness, will be published by Mariner Books on June 2nd, 2026. He is also the author of Pawpaw: In Search of America’s Forgotten Fruit, a James Beard Foundation Award finalist in Writing & Literature. His work has appeared in the Washington Post, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and The Daily Yonder. He lives in Pittsburgh.

Jason Bittel is a National Geographic Society Explorer and Knight Science Journalism Project Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In addition to writing for adult readers at National Geographic, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Popular Science Magazine, New Scientist Magazine, and elsewhere, he has published four kids’ books: Mountain: Go On a Grand Tour of the Highest Places on Earth (2024), The Frozen Worlds (2023), Animals Lost And Found (2022) and How To Talk To A Tiger…And Other Animals: How Critters Communicate In The Wild (2021). Grizzled: Love Letters to 50 of North America’s Least Understood Animals, was published on March 3, 2026.

Char Ross is a Pennsylvania Master Naturalist, Certified Environmental Educator recognized through PAEE and NAAEE, and an educator at Frick Environmental Center.

Kitchen Dancing: Freeform movement for adults 50+
2026-06-09 17:30 - 18:30, 2026-06-23 17:30 - 18:30 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
If you dance around the kitchen while cooking, this program is for you!

Come and get moving to an eclectic mix of music in a safe, non-judgmental space. In this self-paced, free-form dance class for 50s+, we keep fit while having fun! Express yourself, find your inner rhythm, and remember that there’s no wrong way to dance!

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

My Dad’s Story: Remembering the Holocaust, with Sue Tresatti and Richard Murphy
2026-06-09 19:00 - 21:30 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
More than 1.6 million people were imprisoned in Nazi concentration camps between 1933 and 1945. One of them was Norman Roth.

Tonight, join Norman’s daughter Sue Tresatti for the heartrending story of her father’s imprisonment in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps as a teenage boy. Upon arrival at Auschwitz, Norman’s life was spared for labor but his mother, younger sister, and younger brother were murdered in the gas chambers. Hear about how Norman survived years of horror and escaped to the West from behind the Iron Curtain, eventually settling in Pittsburgh.

Doors open at 6:15pm. Military researcher and WWII historian Richard Murphy provides historical context. An audience Q&A will follow the presentation. A reception with light refreshments will follow this program.

Co-sponsored by the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh. Registration is required – please click here to register.

Space to Create: A Meet-Up for Artists
2026-06-11 13:00 - 16:00 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Find your creative community at our monthly meet-up for artists, Space to Create!

No agenda or lessons – just a block of unstructured time to gather in the Library’s spacious downstairs Studio, work on your art, and encounter like-minded creators.

This group meets on the second Thursday of each month from 1-4pm. All artists are welcome, but please register in advance if you plan to bring supplies that could be messy! Please click here to register.

Paperback Platoon Book Club: "I Could Live Here Forever"
2026-06-11 18:30 - 19:30 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Calling all women veterans and family members: join us to connect with other women through a love of reading!

Paperback Platoon is a book club for women filled with veterans, service members, and their families. Our goal is to build connection with each other through a shared interest and love for reading. This group meets on the second Thursday of each month from 6:30-7:30 PM.

Our title for this meeting is I Could Live Here Forever by Hanna Halperin. Copies of the book will be available for checkout at the Library’s circulation desk.

Join our BookClubs.com page or our Facebook group for more details or to register!

Civil War Gaming: "Bobby Lee: The Civil War in Virginia, 1861-1865"
2026-06-13 11:00 - 13:00 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Join Pittsburgh wargamers Paul Lawson and Brian Palmer for a free introduction to historical tabletop wargaming! Command your troops and experience the strategy and tactics of the battles that determined our nation’s future.

Today we play through the 1863 scenario of the game Bobby Lee: The Civil War in Virginia, 1861-1865. Bobby Lee is a low-complexity wargame designed by Tom Dalgliesh and suitable for ages 12+. No experience is necessary. Please join us!

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

2nd Saturday Civil War Series: The World Will Never See the Like - The Gettysburg Reunion of 1913 with John L. Hopkins
2026-06-13 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

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

John L. Hopkins will join us to talk about his book, The World Will Never See the Like: The Gettysburg Reunion of 1913, which The Wall Street Journal called “a compelling, poignant and sometimes heartbreaking account of the biggest gathering of the Blue and Gray since the Civil War.”

It’s a story of 53,000 old comrades and former foes reunited and of the tension, even half a century later, between competing narratives of reconciliation and remembrance. For seven days the old soldiers lived under canvas in the stifling heat in a 280-acre encampment run by the U.S. Army. They swapped stories, debated still-simmering controversies about the battle, and on July 3 the survivors of Pickett’s Division and the Philadelphia Brigade shook hands across the wall on Cemetery Ridge.

Hopkins is a retired communication and public relations professional with more than three decades of experience in higher education, nonprofit, and agency settings. He was born and raised in New York City, earned a bachelor’s degree from Williams College, and was transplanted with his family to the Midwest 30 years ago. This is his first book.

Juneteenth and Black Liberty: A Talk with Dr. Edda Fields-Black
2026-06-15 19:00 - 20:30 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Join Pulitzer Prize-winner Dr. Edda Fields-Black for a discussion of the holiday that celebrates Black liberation in the US: Juneteenth!

Dr. Edda L. Fields-Black is an award-winning historian, artist, and public humanities scholar whose specializes in technology and labor in West Africa and the US South. Her passion is uncovering voices that are not recorded in written sources and have not been previously heard and telling stories that heretofore have not been told.

In this special talk, Dr. Fields-Black will discuss her research on Harriet Tubman and the Combahee River Raid, documented in her Pulitzer Prize-winning 2024 book COMBEE: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War. She will explore the connections between Harriet Tubman and other Black abolitionists with the freedom that defines Juneteenth as a holiday.

Copies of COMBEE will be on sale, courtesy of Woolly Bear Books & Gifts.

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

Knife Sharpening with Dennis Snedden: Whetstone Tips, Tools, & Techniques
2026-06-16 19:00 - 20:30 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Look sharp – it’s a hands-on workshop on sharpening and caring for your knives! A well-sharpened edge is much safer and more effective than a dull one, and with a little guidance, anyone can learn to keep their knife edges in excellent condition. Experienced sharpener Dennis Snedden will teach participants how to keep their own knives sharp and ready to use.

Each participant should bring two or three 5″-10″ kitchen knives (non-serrated); a diamond, oil, or water stone (if you have one); a honing rod or steel (if you have one); your knife edge questions; and a will to learn! You will learn the best and safest techniques for honing a fine edge. Come with dull knives – leave with safer, sharper, functional edges!

No ceramic knives, hair or sewing scissors, please.

A suggested donation of $15 will be put towards funding the 2026 kids’ Summer Reading Program. Space is limited, so please click here to register! 18 years and older, please.

The Congruent Self: Community Starts With You, Part 2
2026-06-17 19:00 - 20:30 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States

Time Travelers Historical Fiction Book Group: "Summer of '69" by Elin Hilderbrand
2026-06-18 11:00 - 12:00 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Join the Library’s historical fiction book group! We explore different eras of history, share our thoughts and responses, and make new friendships as we share a different historical fiction title each month.

This group meets on the third Thursday of the month at 11:00am.

The title for this meeting will be Summer of ’69 by Elin Hilderbrand. Copies of the book will be available at the Library’s checkout desk.

Registration is appreciated, but not required – please click here to register.

Meeple Meet-Up: Euro-Gaming for Adults
2026-06-20 10:00 - 16:00 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Do you like Terraforming Mars? Settlers of Catan? Agricola? Ark Nova? Or other “Euro” or Euro-flavored strategy games with wooden meeples, worker placement, tableau building, and so forth? Come to the Library for an afternoon of board gaming!

You can also come if you are interested in learning how to play Euro board games.

This event is for gamers ages 18+.

Registration is not required to attend, but it is recommended, and those who register will get a link to our Discord server for any pre-game day discussions or suggestions.

Carnegie Celebrates Juneteenth!
2026-06-20 11:00 - 13:00 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Join us for food, art, education, and fun as we celebrate the holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States: Juneteenth!

Come enjoy delicious soul food; show off your skill tossing beanbags and horseshoes; get creative with arts and crafts; bop to the music while socializing, and more!

This fun festivity offers something for all ages, and will take place outdoors if weather permits. Please come celebrate with us!

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

Craft Night at the Movies with Carnegie Crafters: "The Birdcage" (1996)
2026-06-20 18:00 - 21:30 | 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 the Carnegie Crafters! We share advice and inspiration, chat with new friends, and work on our projects in a supportive group setting.

Tonight, join us for a Craft Night at the Movies! Enjoy crafting while we watch The Birdcage (1996), with Robin Williams and Nathan Lane.

Doors open at 6:00 PM, and the movie will start at 7:00 PM.

No craft? No problem! You are welcome to join, but keep in mind that that the lights will be on. Please email carnegiecrafters@gmail.com with any questions.

Registration is not required – all are welcome!

Mindful Yoga with Leah Shuck
2026-06-22 18:00 - 19:00 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Please note: this session will meet in the Lincoln Gallery, not the Studio as usual.

Join certified yoga instructor Leah Shuck for a gentle, slower flow yoga practice every second and fourth Monday evening!

Mindful yoga is a rewarding way to exercise while reducing stress and centering your mind. Please bring a yoga mat, a bottle of water, and something to use as a strap (an old scarf, belt, or necktie work just fine!). You are also welcome to bring a block, blanket, bolster, etc if you wish. If you don’t have a yoga mat, we have a few available to borrow.

This is a pay-what-you-can class where participants can pay $0-$15, with a suggested donation of $10 per class. All participants must sign a waiver at each session.

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

African American Muslims in Pittsburgh: A historical lecture with Sarahjameela Martin
2026-06-23 19:00 - 20:30 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Join Sarahjameela Martin, president of the Muslim Women’s Association of Pittsburgh, for a fascinating peek into the history of Pittsburgh’s Black Muslim community. Learn about the Black Americans who migrated to Pittsburgh from the South, and their determination to create a home for their Islamic faith in their new city. The first mosque established in the state of Pennsylvania was Al-Masjid al-Awwal, located in Pittsburgh’s historic Hill District, and is still a vibrant and thriving center for worship and community today.

Registration is appreciated, but walk-ins are welcome. Please register below.
