Upcoming Event
Zumba with Emonie!
Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, United StatesJoin licensed Zumba instructor Emonie Smith for an hour of dance fitness! Get moving to Latin, pop, and international music as you improve cardiovascular fitness and strengthen your core - while burning calories and having fun! $10 requested donation per person. All participants must sign a liability waiver. Participants under 18 must have a parent Read More
Robinson Run: The Story of a Frontier Community with historian Brady Crytzer
Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, United StatesJoin 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. Read More
Cultural Education with JFCS: Learn About Accessing Health Insurance – Resources for medical, vision, and dental insurance
Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, United StatesJoin 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 Read More
Kids’ Chess Club: Beginners
Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, United StatesKids 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”
Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, United StatesCalling 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 Read More
NEW DATE!! Studio Jazz Series: The Jessica Lee Quartet, “Music with a Message”
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! 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 Read More
2nd Saturday Civil War Series: Western Pennsylvania in the Maryland Campaign with Matt Borders
Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, United StatesIn 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 Read More
Cultural Education with JFCS: Budgeting – Tools, tips, and staying safe from scams
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, Read More
“Wild for Austen”: An author visit with Devoney Looser
Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, United StatesCelebrate 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 Read More
Free Legal Advice Clinic with the Allegheny County Bar Foundation’s Pro Bono Center
Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, United StatesJoin 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 Read More
Kids’ Chess Club: Beginners
Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, United StatesKids 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.
Vitalant Community Blood Drive
Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, United StatesEvery 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 Read More
Kids’ Chess Club: Beginners
Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, United StatesKids 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.
Cultural Education with JFCS: Know Your Rights – Staying safe from legal scams and how to interact with the police
Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, United StatesJoin 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 Read More
Pittsburgh Silent Film Festival: “The Freshman” (1925), with live organ accompaniment by Eric Cook
Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, United StatesThe 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 Read More
PLAY, LEARN, GROW: Playtime & Parent-Child Workshop
Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, United StatesJoin 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 Read More
Carnegie Crafters – Craft Night at the Movies: “Practical Magic” (1998)
Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, United StatesCalling 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 Read More
Anne Frank, Otto Frank, and the Holocaust: with Father John Neiman
Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, United StatesWhen 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 Read More
Ukulele Strum-Along
Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, United StatesCome 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
Paperback Platoon Book Club: “Broken Country”
Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, United StatesCalling 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 Read More
PLAY, LEARN, GROW: Playtime & Parent-Child Workshop
Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, United StatesJoin 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 Read More
Civil War Gaming: Battle Cry – Cedar Creek
Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, United StatesJoin 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 Read More
2nd Saturday Civil War Series: “After I am Gone…” The Battle for Gen. Philip Sheridan’s Legacy & Memory with Jonathan Noyalas
Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, United StatesIn 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 Read More
AARP presents: Understanding Social Security
Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, United StatesDo 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 Read More