Stage 62 Alexander is having a bad day. A terrible day. A horrible day. To be quite honest, it’s a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. But then, everybody has bad days, sometimes. In this delightful adaptation of her popular book, Judith Viorst sets Alexander’s rather trying life to music and brings to the Read More

Kenneth J. Serfass, retired Gunnery Sgt. USMC presents “Presidential Recollections” Saturday, February 13, 2016, 1:00 pm Ken has been appearing publicly as General Grant since 2009, performing in a History channel production in 2010, “Lee & Grant” , in 2013 for an HBO series, “Family Tree” in an episode set at a reenactment along with Read More

Aaron Copland's Lincoln Portrait Sponsored by Dollar Bank Monday, February 15, 2016 at 7pm Join us for the 2nd performance of our “Listen Locally: The 115th Anniversary” series! This annual Presidents Day performance of Copland’s “Lincoln Portrait” is a new tradition at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall. Under the baton of new Read More

March 4-13, 2016 Click here to purchase Pittsburgh Savoyards tickets The Pittsburgh Savoyards bring you The Pirates of Penzance: or, The Slave of Duty. This comic opera in two acts is regarded as one of the finest of Gilbert & Sullivan's works, and masterfully staged by this 78-year theatrical company! The story concerns Frederic, who, Read More

March 12, 2016, 1:00pm Gary Augustine joins our rank of distinguished speakers to talk on "Shiloh: the Battle that Changed the War." In early April 1862, large Union and Confederate Armies clashed along the banks of the Tennessee River at a location known as Pittsburgh Landing. Out of this carnage two Union generals emerged who would eventually Read More

March 18-20, 2016 The ACFL&MH's resident company presents this charming ballet at the Music Hall. Based on the Charles Perrault fairytale, Beauty's father enrages a Beast by plucking a rose, and Beauty takes his place as a prisoner inside the Beast's castle. In time she discovers that the Beast is under a spell that only true love can Read More

March 30, 2016, Noon - 12:45pm Marilyn Holt, Head of the Pennsylvania Department, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh will talk about the Pittsburgh Photographic Library, a vast collection of photographs and other graphic illustrations which document over 200 years of Pittsburgh history. Selective examples from this collection will be shown and discussed. Coffee, tea and water Read More

People's Natural Gas Presents Love, I Hear: The Lyrics of Stephen Sondheim Performed by Gavan Pamer Saturday, April 2, 2016 at 7:30pm Click Here for Tickets! “Love, I Hear: The Lyrics of Stephen Sondheim” explores a personal journey of the highs and lows of love and relationships, as told through the brilliant lyrics of Stephen Read More

Peoples Natural Gas Presents: The Early Mays Saturday, April 16, 2016 at 5pm   Click Here For Tickets! The Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall welcomes The Early Mays as the capstone event of its 10th Annual Civil War Living History Day program. The ACFL&MH is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the founding of Read More

April 16, 2016 Join us for our 10th Annual Civil War Living History Day! Programming focuses on the founding of the Grand Army of the Republic in 1866. Activities include the Lincoln Gallery of photographs, ongoing tours of the Capt. Thomas Espy Post, lectures, re-enactors, encampments and drills, tours of Chartiers Cemetery, crafters and vendors, and a Read More

April 17, 2016, at 7pm 24 Hour Play Fest: A Fundraiser for Dani Girl at the Fringe Playwrights, directors and more than 20 actors will gather on one day to create six, one-act plays in 24 hours. It’s an exercise in theatrical survival, one that brings together a huge community of theatre professionals throughout the Read More

April 22-24, 2016 The ACFL&MH's resident company presents this children's play at the Music Hall. Far out at sea lives the Little Mermaid where the sea is as blue as cornflowers. When she rescues a prince from drowning, the Little Mermaid begs the Sea Witch for help to win his love. This fairytale by Hans Read More

April 27, 2016 Noon - 12:45 pm Speaker: Bill Pascale, Emergency Preparedness Expert We have all seen cars on the side of the road that have broken down or have watched news reports of drivers that are stranded in terrible weather conditions on our highways.  Are you prepared?  Do you have the skills, knowledge, and Read More

Peoples Natural Gas Presents: C Street Brass Saturday, April 30, 2016 at 7:30pm   Click here for tickets. The Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall brings back this dynamic brass quintet to the historic Music Hall! Quite easily the standout performance of last year's successful ACFL&MH Benefit event, C Street Brass returns on the Read More

May 12-22, 2016 Click Here for Stage 62 Tickets! Presented by ACFL&MH resident theater company, Stage 62, Assassins lays bare the lives of nine individuals who assassinated or tried to assassinate the President of the United States, in a one-act historical "revusical" that explores the dark side of the American experience. From John Wilkes Booth Read More

June 4 and 5, 2016 The Carnegie Performing Arts Center, an ACFL&MH resident company, presents this eclectic annual student showcase, entitled Sugar and Spice. Students of this local dance school will display their command of versatile dance styles in an entertaining program of ballet, tap, jazz, modern and lyrical dance. Performances: Saturday, June 4 at 8pm. Sunday, June 5 at 2pm. Read More

July 21-31, 2016 Click Here for Stage 62 Tickets! The first rock opera, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR depicts the meteor-like rise of Jesus as a parallel to contemporary celebrity worship. As his radical teachings are evermore embraced, Judas increasingly questions the enlightened motives of this new prophet, resulting in betrayal. Christ's final days are dramatized with Read More

Love Your Library Any and all Gifts in September, 2016 will be Matched! A patron came to the circ desk recently and confided, “I’ve always loved libraries.”  She had just moved to Carnegie, and continued, “But this one is really special!” We agree. It is a pleasure to come to work at the Andrew Carnegie Read More

Sunday, September 11, 2016 - 1:00 - 3:00 PM Join West Side Stories for its inaugural Literary Reading Series at the historic Carnegie Carnegie! West Side Stories is partnering with the Carnegie Salvation Army. Please bring a donation of non-expired/non-perishable food items, diapers (all sizes) or personal hygiene items.

A 13-year-old wrote and the world listened.... A Summer Reading Experience for teens (and older). The Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall is presenting a multi-disciplinary program inspired by Anne Frank’s The Diary of a Young Girl.  On June 28 Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh educator Rachel Herman will launch the program with a discussion Read More

We Remember: A Tribute to the Inner Life of Anne Frank Sunday, September 25, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. Click Here For Tickets! This memorable concert pairs contralto Daphne Alderson and pianist Norma Meyer in their moving musical tribute to the young girl whose indomitable spirit survived and soared beyond her death in a Nazi concentration Read More

To Carnegie with Love is a musical love letter to the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall's 115 years of service and programming.  Bell’Art Ensemble has put together a program that is a journey through music’s Romantic era – Bizet, Rachmaninoff, Dvorak  and Schumann.  It concludes with the ultimate expression of romantic love: Tango! To Carnegie Read More

Pittsburgh Savoyards Start 79th Season with Bicentennial Celebration Opera Company Puts Pittsburgh Spin on Classic Gilbert and Sullivan, Puccini PITTSBURGH, PA – The Pittsburgh Savoyards prepare to launch a new season of topsy-turvy fun with Gilbert and Sullivan’s Trial by Jury, followed by Giacomo Puccini’s opera Gianni Schicchi.  The production is set to run Oct. Read More

Sebastian's Tale Book Launch  - Tuesday, October 18, 2016 | 6:00 PM  -  8:00 PM Book Party Launch for Sebastian's Tale: A Skunk Tales Trilogy Book by Dylan Weiss. Join Sebastian's world where outlandish adventures take you on an extraordinary journey of discovery transcending time and place with appeal to readers of all ages. Come Read More