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Ukulele Strum-Along

Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, United States

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 Read More

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Get to Know Ramadan

Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, United States

Join members of the Attawheed Islamic Center for a fun exploration of Ramadan! You'll learn about the history of this important month, the significance of the Quran in Ramadan, the effects of fasting, and a day in the life of a Muslim during Ramadan. Come learn about this period observed by over two billion people Read More

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Solar Eclipse Watch party

Join us for Solar Eclipse information, snacks, and activities! Free solar glasses will be available will supplies last. Registration is appreciated. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER!

Comedies of the 1930s

Comedies of the 1930s: “It Happened One Night”

Join the Pittsburgh Classic Movie Club for "Comedies of the 1930s," a special four-part series celebrating some of history's funniest flicks! Tonight: "It Happened One Night" (1934), directed by Frank Capra. When headstrong socialite Ellie Andrews (Claudette Colbert) winds up stranded with newspaper reporter Peter Warne (Clark Gable), the stage is set for ridiculous hijinks Read More

Book discussion group: “The Donora Death Fog: Clean Air and the Tragedy of a Pennsylvania Mill Town”

Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, United States

October 1948 saw a deadly ecological disaster befall the little mill town of Donora: a toxic smog that blanketed the town for six days and left twenty-one people dead and made hundreds more ill. Author Andy McPhee tells the fascinating story of how this tragedy came to pass, how the workers and residents of Donora Read More

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Middle Eastern Cooking

Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, United States

Join Kenana Albani for a hands-on guide to Middle Eastern cooking! Tonight's recipe will be a dish with rice and peas. No experience is necessary. Limited spots are available - please click here to register!

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Embracing Our Differences: “They Called Us Exceptional,” discussion session 1

Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, United States

Join us for community conversations about diversity & inclusion! This Spring, we're reading and discussing They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies that Raised Us by Prachi Gupta. This unflinching personal memoir examines the experience of Indian American families, exploring ideas of success, exceptionalism, and compassion. Author Celeste Ng (Little Fires Everywhere) called this book Read More

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Earth Day at the Carnegie Carnegie

Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, United States

Join us for a day of all-ages fun as we have a blast with our fourth annual Earth Day celebration, sponsored by Landau Building Company! Come enjoy: Plus, don't miss a fascinating talk at 1:00 PM from Brian Charlton of the Donora Smog Museum about the toxic 1948 industrial smog that killed twenty people in Read More

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Comedies of the 1930s

Comedies of the 1930s: “A Night at the Opera”

Join the Pittsburgh Classic Movie Club for "Comedies of the 1930s," a special four-part series celebrating some of history's funniest flicks! Tonight: "A Night at the Opera" (1935), directed by Sam Wood and Edmund Goulding. The Marx Brothers are in fine form as they scheme to bring together a pair of opera-singing lovers. Plenty of Read More

Embracing Our Differences: “They Called Us Exceptional,” discussion session 2

Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, United States

Join us for community conversations about diversity & inclusion! This Spring, we’re reading and discussing They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies that Raised Us by Prachi Gupta. This unflinching personal memoir examines the experience of Indian American families, exploring ideas of success, exceptionalism, and compassion. Author Celeste Ng (Little Fires Everywhere) called this book Read More

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Knife Sharpening: Whetstone Tips, Tools, & Techniques

Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, United States

Join Dennis Snedden for 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. Each participant should bring two or three 5"-10" kitchen knives (non-serrated); a Read More

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Chickens in the Carnegie Carnegie!

Chickens in the Carnegie Carnegie!

Learn about the care and keeping of chickens with this special 3 week series! Patrice from Mystic Mamas will bring chickens to the Library each week as we explore the lifecycles of chicken and urban farming.  Week 1 will explore chickens in the city including urban farming and the life cycle of a chicken.  Week Read More

Comedies of the 1930s

Comedies of the 1930s: “The Thin Man”

Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, United States

Join the Pittsburgh Classic Movie Club for "Comedies of the 1930s," a special four-part series celebrating some of history's funniest flicks! Tonight: "The Thin Man" (1934), directed by W.S. Van Dyke. Married detectives Nick and Nora take on the murder of an eccentric inventor's mistress in this comic murder mystery based on the novel by Read More

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Mother’s Day Sculpture Night

Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, United States

Celebrate Mother’s Day by completing a guided themed sculpture to keep or to gift. Join Selva Priya Sahadevan of Getitfromnature Arts for this family focused, hands-on workshop. Limited seats are available! Please click here to register.

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Chickens in the Carnegie Carnegie!

Chickens in the Carnegie Carnegie!

Learn about the care and keeping of chickens with this special 3 week series! Patrice from Mystic Mamas will bring chickens to the Library each week as we explore the lifecycles of chicken and urban farming.  Week 1 will explore chickens in the city including urban farming and the life cycle of a chicken.  Week Read More

2nd Saturday Civil War Series: A Civil War Road Trip of a Lifetime with John Banks

Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, United States

In Person in the Lincoln Gallery at ACFL&MHFacebook: www.facebook.com/CarnegieCarnegie No Account Required!Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9370579279 Meeting ID: 937 057 9279 Over more than a year, John Banks crisscrossed the country, exploring battlefields, historic houses, forts, and more. He rode on the back of an ATV with his "psychotic connection" in Mississippi, went under the spell of an Read More

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Middle Eastern Cooking with Kenana

Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, United States

Note: This event will be rescheduled for June due to instructor availability - a new date will be announced here soon! Join Kenana Albani for a hands-on guide to Middle Eastern cooking! Tonight, we’ll learn to make Lahma bi Sahen, a traditional dish made with ground lamb, potato, tomato, parsley, onion, and spices. No experience Read More

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Ukulele Strum-Along

Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, United States

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 Read More

Free
Chickens in the Carnegie Carnegie!

Chickens in the Carnegie Carnegie!

Learn about the care and keeping of chickens with this special 3 week series! Patrice from Mystic Mamas will bring chickens to the Library each week as we explore the lifecycles of chicken and urban farming.  Week 1 will explore chickens in the city including urban farming and the life cycle of a chicken.  Week Read More

Celebrating Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, United States

Come celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month! This event will feature a welcome note from Kanak Iyer, President of the Asian American Chamber of Commerce Pittsburgh; remarks by Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato, Pittsburgh mayor Ed Gainey, and Representative Arvind Venkat, MD; and stories of the immigrant experience and the home countries of residents Read More

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Comedies of the 1930s

Comedies of the 1930s: Twentieth Century

Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, United States

Join the Pittsburgh Classic Movie Club for "Comedies of the 1930s," a special four-part series celebrating some of history's funniest flicks! Tonight: Twentieth Century (1934), directed by Howard Hawks. In this screwball romantic comedy, Broadway and Hollywood collide as a failing producer seeks career help from his former-lover-turned-movie-star. With John Barrymore and Carole Lombard. Registration Read More

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Free Legal Advice

Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, United States

Sign up for a thirty minute appointment for free legal advice with attorneys from the Allegheny County Bar Foundation's Pro Bono Center! To request an appointment, please call us at 412-276-3456 or email evansw2@einetwork.net. Please be prepared to share your name, contact information, and the topic of your legal questions.

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Ukulele Strum-Along

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 Read More

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Summer Reading Kick-Off!

Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, United States

Join us at the Carnegie Carnegie for an exciting Kick-Off for our kids' Summer Reading Program! There will be games, crafts, and treats provided. If the weather is nice, we'll be outside—if it rains, we'll be in the Library. Come and get your family signed up for Summer Reading for a chance to win fun Read More

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