Robinson Run: The Story of a Frontier Community with historian Brady Crytzer
2025-09-08 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Join Robert Morris University professor Brady J. Crytzer for an engaging exploration of the American Revolution-era history of Robinson Run! Brady has published seven books about this period of history in Western Pennsylvania, and is currently researching the stories of three families who settled along Robinson Run, in what was then the frontier of America.

Tonight he shares those stories: the lives of these settlers, their meetings with groups of Native Americans living in the area, how they engaged with and responded to the American Revolution and the Whiskey Rebellion, and more. Copies of Brady’s books will be available for purchase and signing.

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

Cultural Education with JFCS: Learn About Accessing Health Insurance - Resources for medical, vision, and dental insurance
2025-09-09 12:00 - 14:00 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Join JFCS for a series of cultural education classes for immigrants! Learn more about life in the United States, connect with resources, and meet new people! Each session is followed by one hour of socializing and conversation from 1:00-2:00 PM. Arabic language interpretation is provided! In this session, we’ll learn about how to access health insurance, including resources for medical, vision, and dental insurance.

All sessions are in the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall at 300 Beechwood Avenue in Carnegie. Please enter through the ramp door on the side of the building.

Registration is not required. Please join us!

الجلسة الثانية: تعرف على كيفية الحصول على التأمين الصحي

مصادر للتأمين الطبي والبصري وطب الأسنان

من الساعة 12:00 ظهرًا إلى الساعة 2:00 ظهرًا يوم 9 سبتمبر

Kids' Chess Club: Beginners
2025-09-11 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-09-18 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-09-25 16:00 - 18:00 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Kids ages 8 and up are invited to join us for a weekly beginner-level Chess Club! Chess pro Kevin Thompson will teach the basics of chess, no experience necessary.

Registration is recommended, but you do not have to attend every week to register.

Paperback Platoon Book Club: "People We Meet on Vacation"
2025-09-11 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.

For our first meeting, we’ll discuss People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry. Copies of the book are available for checkout at the Library’s circulation desk.

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

NEW DATE!! Studio Jazz Series: The Jessica Lee Quartet, "Music with a Message"
2025-09-11 19:00 | PA
NEW DATE!Please note: Jessica Lee’s concert, originally scheduled for Thursday, July 31, has been rescheduled to Thursday, September 11 at 7:00 PM due to unforeseen circumstances. We hope to see you then!

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Join the Jessica Lee Quartet—featuring vocalist Jessica Lee, pianist Rick Gallagher, and percussionists Alex Shallenberger and Noel Quintana—for an evening of powerful storytelling through music.

Music with a Message invites audiences to explore the unique meanings and poetic depth behind some of the most beloved songs in the jazz and blues songbooks. Woven throughout the evening, you’ll also hear Jessica’s original compositions, each paired with synergistic stories and lyrics that speak to the heart.

With a voice shaped by jazz, blues, rhythm and blues, and inspirational influences, Jessica Lee brings emotional depth and clarity to every performance. A nationally touring artist, she is known for producing shows with innovative, customized themes for festivals, arts centers, and concert venues across the country. Her recorded songs have appeared on international vocal compilations, and she has released five solo albums—with more live recordings on the way. Learn more at jessicaleejazz.com.Beer and wine by donation. Outside alcohol/BYOB is not permitted.Doors open at 6:30 pm || Concert begins at 7:00 pm

TICKETS:$20 in Advance$25 at the Door$10 Under 18 & Students w/ ID

All ticket sales are final.

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2nd Saturday Civil War Series: Western Pennsylvania in the Maryland Campaign with Matt Borders
2025-09-13 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&MHZoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9370579279 Meeting ID: 937 057 9279

Prior to the Conscription Act of 1863, Pennsylvania was the largest contributor to the Federal war effort in terms of manpower. There are few better examples of this than the 1862 Maryland Campaign. Pennsylvania put 81 different regiments or batteries into the field for the Maryland Campaign and organized thousands of militia on the homefront in anticipation of a potential invasion.

Western Pennsylvania had a huge role to play in this effort. Fully 20 different Pennsylvania units that fought in the Army of the Potomac during the Maryland Campaign were either entirely or partially from Western Pennsylvania. Join us as we investigate the participation of Western Pennsylvania in the Maryland Campaign, where they fought, and who they fought with.

A graduate of Michigan State and Eastern Michigan University, Matthew Borders holds a BA in United States History with a focus in the American Civil War and a MS in Historic Preservation. Following graduation, he taught at Kalamazoo Valley Community College before accepting a position with the National Park Service’s American Battlefield Protection Program. He worked as the historian for the ABPP for six years, during which time he became a certified battlefield guide at Antietam National Battlefield and Harpers Ferry National Historic Site. He is also the President of the Frederick County Civil War Roundtable and a founding member of the Antietam Institute.

Currently, Matthew is a Park Ranger at Monocacy National Battlefield in Frederick, Maryland. He, along with fellow guide Joe Stahl, had published four books in their Faces of Union Soldiers series. These works look at Federal soldiers at a variety of battles, their stories, and their regiments.

Cultural Education with JFCS: Budgeting - Tools, tips, and staying safe from scams
2025-09-16 12:00 - 14:00 | PA
Join JFCS for a series of cultural education classes for immigrants! Learn more about life in the United States, connect with resources, and meet new people! Each session is followed by one hour of socializing and conversation from 1:00-2:00 PM. Arabic language interpretation is provided! In this session, we’ll learn about budgeting, including tools, tips, and how to stay safe from scams.

All sessions are in the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall at 300 Beechwood Avenue in Carnegie. Please enter through the ramp door on the side of the building.

Registration is not required. Please join us!

الجلسة الثالثة: وضع الميزانية

الأدوات والنصائح والحماية من عمليات الاحتيال

من الساعة 12:00 ظهرًا إلى الساعة 2:00 ظهرًا يوم 16 سبتمبر

"Wild for Austen": An author visit with Devoney Looser
2025-09-16 19:00 - 20:30 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Celebrate the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth with Devoney Looser, professor of English at Arizona State University and the author of Wild for Austen: A Rebellious, Subversive, and Untamed Jane (St Martin’s Press, 2025)!

Jane Austen’s books are considered some of the best novels ever published in English, but her reputation as the epitome of propriety and politeness fails to tell the full story. With expertise, authority, warmth, and humor, Looser offers a riveting tour of Austen’s writings, biography, and how she was viewed in her time – from her family’s involvement in the abolition and women’s suffrage movements to early sightings of her ghost and the film adaptations that never were.

Packed with compelling new details that the true Austenphile will find irresistible, Wild for Austen is a welcome reassessment of this iconic creative mind and its place in her society. Copies of the book will be available for purchase.

Devoney Looser (Regents Professor of English at Arizona State University) is the author of several books, including Sister Novelists: The Trailblazing Porter Sisters, Who Paved the Way for Austen and the Brontës and The Making of Jane Austen. A Guggenheim Fellow and an NEH Public Scholar, Looser has published essays in The Atlantic, New York Times, Salon, Slate, The TLS, and The Washington Post. She is a life member of the Jane Austen Society of North America and played roller derby under the name Stone Cold Jane Austen.

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

Free Legal Advice Clinic with the Allegheny County Bar Foundation's Pro Bono Center
2025-09-17 16:30 - 18:30 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Join us for a Free Legal Advice Clinic! Attorneys from the Allegheny County Bar Foundation’s Pro Bono Center will be available for thirty-minute appointments to provide free legal advice.

To request an appointment, please call the library directly at 412-276-3456, or email Library Director Walker Evans. Be prepared to share your name, contact information, and the topic of your legal questions.

Spots are limited, so don’t wait to schedule your appointment! We look forward to seeing you on September 17th!

Vitalant Community Blood Drive
2025-09-22 12:00 - 17:30 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood. Be part of the solution with Vitalant’s community blood drive!

When you give blood, platelets or plasma, we’ll thank you with a special Halloween treat! Select from one of two glow-in-the-dark T-shirts and get it in time for Halloween. Plus, you’ll be entered for a chance to win one of two $10,000 gift cards! (Details here.)

Donors must be at least 16 years old and weigh at least 110 pounds. Click here to reserve an appointment slot.

Questions? Please call Kathy from Vitalant at 412-444-6563.

Cultural Education with JFCS: Know Your Rights - Staying safe from legal scams and how to interact with the police
2025-09-30 12:00 - 14:00 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Join JFCS for a series of cultural education classes for immigrants! Learn more about life in the United States, connect with resources, and meet new people! Each session is followed by one hour of socializing and conversation from 1:00-2:00 PM. Arabic language interpretation is provided! In this session, we’ll learn about knowing and asserting your rights, including information about staying safe from legal scams and how to interact with the police.

All sessions are in the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall at 300 Beechwood Avenue in Carnegie. Please enter through the ramp door on the side of the building.

Registration is not required. Please join us!

الجلسة الرابعة: تعرف على حقوقك

تقدم معلومات حول كيفية البقاء آم نًا من عمليات الاحتيال القانونية

والتفاعل مع الشرطة

من الساعة 12:00 ظهرًا إلى الساعة 2:00 ظهرًا يوم 30 سبتمبر

Pittsburgh Silent Film Festival: "The Freshman" (1925), with live organ accompaniment by Eric Cook
2025-09-30 19:00 - 21:00 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
The Pittsburgh Silent Film Festival presents The Freshman (1925), directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor, and screened with live musical accompaniment provided by Eric Cook on theater organ!

The Freshman features the beloved silent film icon Harold Lloyd as a hapless first-year college student whose dream of becoming popular on campus leads him to try out for the football team – but his plans go repeatedly awry. Can our nerdy young hero find success on the gridiron? Lloyd’s most successful film of the 1920s, The Freshman inspired a wave of college films in its wake.

The film will be introduced by film scholar Shane Bliss, whose essays have appeared in the book Thoughts on the Thin Man (2014) and issue #2 of The Pre-Code Companion (2015). Shane is currently writing a book on the careers and filmographies of silent film actors whose films are mostly lost.

Admission is free; donations are gratefully accepted! Pre-registration is appreciated, but walk-in attendees are more than welcome. If you wish to register, please click here!

PLAY, LEARN, GROW: Playtime & Parent-Child Workshop
2025-10-03 10:15 - 11:30, 2025-10-10 10:15 - 11:30, 2025-10-17 10:15 - 11:30, 2025-10-24 10:15 - 11:30 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Join us for a FREE 5-week, play-based workshop series, specially designed for children 3 and under and their parents/caregivers! Registration is required for this event series; please register each child who will be in attendance!

During each 75-minute session, children and their caregivers will have an opportunity to play together, connect with other families, and talk with experts in different areas of your child’s development.

Weekly topics will include: music and movement, early literacy, child development, nutrition, among others. Partner organizations include Literacy Pittsburgh, the Alliance for Infants & Toddlers (AFIT), and more.

If you register for this series, we ask that you please commit to attending at least 3 of the 5 weekly sessions. If you are unable to attend this workshop series at this time, another series is in the works for early 2026.

English Language Learners: Do you need language interpretation? Please let us know when registering!

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Carnegie Crafters - Craft Night at the Movies: "Practical Magic" (1998)
2025-10-04 18:00 - 21:00 | 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 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 Practical Magic (1998), with Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman.

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!

Anne Frank, Otto Frank, and the Holocaust: with Father John Neiman
2025-10-06 19:00 - 20:30 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
When John Neiman first read The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, he couldn’t have anticipated the lifelong impact that this iconic account of the persecution of European Jews would have on him. Unable to forget Anne’s words, he wrote a letter to her surviving father, Otto Frank, in 1974 and the two men soon became close friends. Otto’s steadfast belief in the goodness and dignity of all people would later inspire John to join the priesthood of the Roman Catholic Church.

Tonight, Father John offers a rare opportunity to learn about the Franks and their experiences during the Holocaust from a source close to the family. Please join us as we experience this important connection with history – a powerful reminder that hatred and dehumanization can lead to the darkest of places, but that the power of hope and belief in goodness can inspire us to acts of kindness and beauty.

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

Ukulele Strum-Along
2025-10-09 18:00 - 20:00 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, 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 uke-enthusiasts and join our strum-along group!

The event will start with a special lesson for first-timers at 6:00 PM. If you already know your way around a ukulele, join us at 6:45 to play along!

This group is intended for teens and adults. Please click here to register!

Paperback Platoon Book Club: "Broken Country"
2025-10-09 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.

For our October meeting, we’ll discuss Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall.

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

Civil War Gaming: Battle Cry - Cedar Creek
2025-10-11 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 Cedar Creek scenario of the game Battle Cry. Battle Cry is a low-complexity wargame published by Avalon Hill and suitable for ages 10+. 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: "After I am Gone..." The Battle for Gen. Philip Sheridan's Legacy & Memory with Jonathan Noyalas
2025-10-11 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

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

Following the death of General Philip H. Sheridan in the summer of 1888, fierce debates arose over how Sheridan, regarded as one of the Union’s “three great generals” during the Civil War and a divisive figure, should be remembered. “After I am Gone,” based on Jonathan A. Noyalas’s forthcoming book, General Philip H. Sheridan: Life, War, and Memory (Routledge), will examine how Sheridan’s allies, including his widow Irene, Union veterans, political figures, and artists including Carl Augustus Heber and Gutzon Borglum, worked to counter General Sheridan’s critics who claimed that Sheridan sought glory for himself at the expense of his troops and present him as a gallant general who cared for his soldiers and forged an unbreakable bond with them.

Jonathan A. Noyalas is director of Shenandoah University’s McCormick Civil War Institute and a history professor at Shenandoah. He is the author or editor of seventeen books and over one hundred articles, essays, chapters, and reviews which have appeared in a variety of scholarly and popular publications. Prof. Noyalas has consulted on a wide array of public history projects with groups including the National Park Service, American Battlefield Trust, and Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District. He has appeared on C-SPAN’s American History, NPR’s “With Good Reason,” and PCN. Noyalas is the recipient of numerous awards for his teaching and scholarship, including Shenandoah University’s Exemplary Teaching Award for the First Year Seminar and the State Council for Higher Education in Virginia’s Outstanding Faculty Award.

AARP presents: Understanding Social Security
2025-10-13 18:00 - 19:00 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Do you understand how Social Security works? Have you wondered who is eligible for Social Security payments?

Join Mike Rosenberg of the AARP for this free Understanding Social Security workshop. This workshop focuses on building a basic understanding of Social Security, exploring how claiming decisions affect payments and identifying resources that can help you along the way. It can help you build confidence in making the right decisions for your personal situation.

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

Darkness at the Edge of Victory: Discovering Pittsburgh’s Liberators of Nazi Concentration Camps - with Richard Murphy
2025-10-13 19:00 - 20:30 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
By the end of World War II, Nazi Germany had established over a thousand concentration camps, where millions of Jews, Communists, gay Germans, and others were incarcerated and eventually killed. Allied soldiers spent months liberating the prisoners of these camps following the end of the War. Some of those soldiers had come to Europe from the communities of Western Pennsylvania.

Tonight, local veteran and researcher Richard Murphy shares the harrowing but inspiring stories of the Pittsburgh-area World War II service members who helped liberate the Nazi concentration camps as the war ended. Richard’s original research sheds light on the heroic acts and traumatic experiences of these service members.

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

Historical Fiction Book Group: "The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club" by Martha Hall Kelly
2025-10-16 11:00 - 12:00 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Join us for the first meeting of the Library’s new historical fiction book group! We’ll 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.

For this meeting, we’ll discuss The Martha’s Vineyard Beach and Book Club by Martha Hall Kelly. This stirring World War II tale follows a pair of sisters who start a wartime book club for women, creating connection and hope in a perilous time. Copies of the book are available at the Library’s checkout desk.

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

Carnegie Carnegie Studio Jazz Series - James Johnson III Jazz Ensemble
2025-10-16 19:00 | PA
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James Johnson III is a versatile musician who effortlessly navigates various musical genres. His journey began at Pittsburgh’s High School for the Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA) under the mentorship of jazz legend Roger Humphries, which laid the foundation for his remarkable career. He has performed regularly with jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal and has graced prestigious venues worldwide. His impressive list of collaborations includes jazz luminaries such as George Coleman, James Moody, Geri Allen, Bob James, Kenny Garrett, Benny Golson, Mulgrew Miller, Bob Mintzer, and Kenny Werner.

Johnson creatively utilizes every sound around him to blend elements of improvisation with notated music, blurring the lines between remarkable improvisation and outstanding compositions. This unique approach results in a style of music that transcends the traditional boundaries of both.

A respected figure in the music industry, James serves as an Artist in Residence at the University of Pittsburgh School of Music. He is also a faculty member at the Afro-American Music Institute, a Pittsburgh institution dedicated to preserving the heritage of African American music. His second solo album, ‘Between,’ was released in 2019.

James is a familiar presence in our intimate performance space, the Studio, where he has collaborated with various ensembles for the Carnegie Carnegie Studio Jazz Series. This upcoming night of jazz is set to be special, as James will perform with his own ensemble. Be sure to secure your tickets early for this performance—you won’t want to miss it!Beer and wine by donation. (Ages 21+) Outside alcohol/BYOB is not permitted.Doors open at 6:30 pm || Concert begins at 7:00 pm

TICKETS:$20 in Advance$25 at the Door$10 Under 18 & Students w/ ID

All ticket sales are final.

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Let's Talk Medicare 101
2025-10-20 18:00 - 19:00 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Join Bryan Martindale of Humana to learn about the basics of Medicare and what options you have. We’ll cover Medicare Parts A and B; eligibility requirements; costs and premiums; Medicare Advantage; extra benefits; doctor and hospital choices; and the annual enrollment period.

Bring your friends and your questions! A free sandwich dinner will be provided.

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

Meeple Meet-Up: Euro-Gaming for Adults
2025-10-25 12:00 - 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. Please click here to register!
