The Rocky Horror Show
2015-11-12 00:00 - 2015-11-21 00:00 (America/New_York) | PA
November 12-21, 2015
Innocent Brad and Janet find themselves seeking shelter at a mysterious old castle on a dark and stormy night, where they encounter transvestite Dr. Frank N Furter, his “perfect” creation Rocky, and an assortment of other crazy creatures.
Music and Lyrics by Richard O’Brien ; Book by Richard O’Brien
Presented through special arrangement Samuel French.
Thu. to Sat., Nov. 12-14 and 19-21 at 8 pm Sat. Nov. 14 and 21

Civil War Lecture Series - Kris White: The Valley Forge Winter
2015-11-14 00:00
Saturday, November 14, 2015, 1:00pm
Kris White ~~The Valley Forge Winter-The Christmas of 1862 in the Army of the Potomac
The year 1862 had started with high hopes for the Federal Army of the Potomac. The army had once been within 8 miles of the Confederate Capital of Richmond, and an end to the war was seemingly within their grasp. By Christmas of 1862 the army had been battered and defeated on numerous fields by Robert E. Lee, the worst coming in December, at Fredericksburg. The winter marked the lowest morale point for the army. We will examine how far the Union morale plummeted that December, and how the men coped with being away from home at Christmas, as well as the celebrations they enjoyed, in camp, during the 1862 holiday season.
Light refreshments served. Registration not required. Free and open to the public. 2nd Saturday Lecture Series made possible by the Massey Charitable Trust.

The Nutcracker
2015-12-04 00:00 - 2015-12-13 00:00
December 4-6, 11-13, 2015
Carnegie Performing Arts Center presents this timeless classic!

Carnegie Celebrates the Season
2015-12-05 00:00
December 5, 2015
Presented by Borough of Carnegie and ACFL&MH

Voces Solis - Magnificat
2016-01-03 00:00
Voces Solis – Magnificat: Contemporary Lessons and Carols
Listen Locally: The 115th Anniversary Season
Sunday, January 3, 2016 at 3pm
Kick off our Listen Locally 115th Anniversary Season with an annual holiday tradition and our seasonal gift to the community!
Elite a capella choir Voces Solis performs an inspiring program of contemporary and classical choral music to greet this New Year. Experience first hand the renowned acoustics of our historic Music Hall, and enjoy the talents of these local singers.

The Sisters
2016-01-07 00:00 - 2016-01-16 00:00
The Sisters (Richard Alfieri’s modern adaptation of Chekhov’s Three Sisters)
Cup-A-Jo Productions
The Sisters is a re-imagining of Chekov’s classic Three Sisters. The story of these three sisters and the way they are forced to face themselves in the wake of their father’s death speaks to how we all seek to reconcile our pasts with our futures. By moving the action of the play from a provincial town in Russia during the early 1900′s to a more recent past the play becomes a much more visceral and confrontational drama full of pop-psychology and family woes. This production is set to take place in a historic library as an homage to Chekov and in an effort to use an unconventional space to immerse audiences in a more satisfying mash-up of old and new aesthetic and ideas that is emblematic of the play itself.
Thursday-Saturday, January 7-9 and 14-16, 2016
Cup-A-Jo Productions seeks to function as a collaboration of Pittsburgh artists working through different mediums to explore the boundaries of theatre, creating a more visceral experience for its audience.

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
2016-02-05 00:00 - 2016-02-14 00:00
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 stage one of America’s feistiest characters.
Music by Shelly Markham ; Lyrics by Judith Viorst ; Book by Judith Viorst. Presented through special arrangement with Dramatic Publishing.
Fri. Feb 5 and 12 at 7:30 pm Sat. Feb 6 at 12 and 4 pm Sat. Feb. 13 and Sun. Feb. 14, 2016 at 2 pm

Presidential Recollections
2016-02-13 00:00
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 a Time Warner Cable commercial in 2014. Currently he speaks at the events across the country He was invited to participate in the Remembrance Day parades for the past three Novembers in Gettysburg. It is with a profound honor that he tells the story of one of America’s greatest military leaders and Ken takes it very seriously to reaffirm Grant’s place of honor among the most respected people of our nation’s history. Light refreshments served. Registration not required. Free and open to the public. 2nd Saturday Lecture Series made possible by the Massey Charitable Trust.

Lincoln Portrait
2016-02-15 00:00
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 Music Director Francesco Lecce-Chong, the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra presents a full program culminating in Copland’s tribute to our 16th President. The piece incorporates some of Lincoln’s most stirring oratory. Joining the ranks of distinguished orators, KDKA’s Lynne Hayes-Freeland will narrate.
The performance begins at 7 pm, and tickets are $15 Adults, $5 Children 12 and under. Adult tickets will be $20 Day of Event. Includes light dessert reception in the Lincoln Gallery following the performance.
Prior to the concert, from 2-7pm, visit our national treasure of a Civil War room, the Captain Thomas Espy Post of the Grand Army of the Republic (recognized as the most intact of its kind in the country), as well as our rare collection of 100 Abraham Lincoln photographs.
Limited free parking is available on site. Free shuttle service from municipal lot Main Street (Mary and Pine Streets) will run before and after the concert and reception.
Make the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall your family’s yearly Presidents Day tradition!
This event is made possible through the generosity of Dollar Bank and the A.W. Mellon and Charitable Trust of The Pittsburgh Foundation.

The Pirates of Penzance
2016-03-04 00:00 - 2016-03-13 00:00
March 4-13, 2016
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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, having completed his 21st year, is released from his apprenticeship to a band of tender-hearted pirates. He meets Mabel, the daughter of Major-General Stanley, and the two young people fall instantly in love. Frederic soon learns, however, that he was born on 29 February, and so, technically, he only has a birthday each leap year. His indenture specifies that he remain apprenticed to the pirates until his 21st birthday and that he must serve for another 63 years. Bound by his own sense of duty, Frederic’s only solace is that Mabel agrees to wait for him faithfully.
Under the music direction of Guy Russo, and stage direction of Sean Lenhart.
Performance Schedule:
Friday March 4, 8:00 PM – followed by an opening night reception!
Saturday March 5, 8:00 PM
Sunday March 6, 2:30 PM
Thursday March 10, 8:00 PM – full subtitles
Friday March 11, 8:00 PM
Saturday March 12, 8:00 PM
Sunday March 13, 2:30 PM
Ticket Pricing:
General Admission (Early-bird) $20.00
Group 10+ (Early-bird) $15.00
Seniors or Students (Early-bird) $16.00
PreTeen $12.00
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Shiloh: the Battle that Changed the War
2016-03-12 00:00
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 lead the Union to victory — U.S. Grant and W.T. Sherman. Join us as we encounter Sherman in Farley’s field; Prentiss’ men holding fast in the Hornet’s Nest; Grant surrounded by dead and dying; and Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston bleeding to death in a leafy hollow leaving one to ask how long and at what cost would this War endure? Join Gary as we seek to answer these questions.
Light refreshments served. Registration not required. Free and open to the public. 2nd Saturday Lecture Series made possible by the Massey Charitable Trust.

Beauty and the Beast
2016-03-18 00:00 - 2016-03-20 00:00
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 lift.
Performance Schedule:
Friday and Saturday March 18 and 19 at 8pm, Sunday March 20 at 2pm
Tickets are available at the door on the day of the event. $15.00 Adult, $12.00 Children and Seniors
For more information on Group Sales or other information, please call 412-279-8887.

"Photographic Pittsburgh" Brown Bag Lecture
2016-03-30 00:00
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 will be provided.
Free and open to the public.

Love I Hear: The Lyrics of Stephen Sondheim
2016-04-02 00:00
People’s Natural Gas Presents
Love, I Hear: The Lyrics of Stephen Sondheim
Performed by Gavan Pamer
Saturday, April 2, 2016 at 7:30pm
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“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 Sondheim, sung by Gavan Pamer and accompanied by Kathleen Billie (piano) and Freya Samuels (cello).
Sondheim’s influence on the American musical theater landscape is indisputable, encompassing more than a half-century of contributions, with nearly every accolade imaginable, including a Pulitzer Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. His best known works as lyricist and composer include, among others: “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum”, “Company”, “Follies”, “A Little Night Music”, “Sweeney Todd”, “Sunday in the Park with George” and “Into the Woods”. His lyrical credits additionally include “West Side Story” and “Gypsy”.
In the company of exceptional musicians, Gavan Pamer (music director for last year’s Music Hall performance of The Civil War, and an accomplished performer in his own right) will perform well-known favorites, including: “Something’s Coming” from West Side Story, and “Not While I’m Around” from Sweeney Todd–as well as some of Sondheim’s lesser-known standouts, such as “Live Alone and Like It” from the movie “Dick Tracy”.
This performance begins at 7:30pm. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door on the day of the event, and $15 for students.
Shuttle service provided from Main Street municipal parking lot (between Mary and Pine Streets) in Carnegie, PA.
Please join us for a light dessert reception in our 2nd Floor Lincoln Gallery after the performance.
This concert is made possible through the generosity the A.W. Mellon and Charitable Trust of The Pittsburgh Foundation.
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(Be sure to catch resident theater company, Stage 62, perform Sondheim’s Assassins in the Music Hall on May 10-22. For tickets, visit http://www.stage62.com/)

The Early Mays
2016-04-16 00:00
Peoples Natural Gas Presents:
The Early Mays
Saturday, April 16, 2016 at 5pm

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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 the Grand Army of the Republic (Civil War veteran’s group), 110 years of the Captain Thomas Espy Posts residency at the ACFL&MH, and the Library & Music Halls 115th year of service and programming.
The Early Mays burst on to the folk music scene in 2014 with a #2 debut on the National Folk-DJ charts and the WYEP Artist of the Year award. Rhythmic, evocative, dark and wistful, their Appalachian-inspired folk songs are built on deep country sensibilities, masterful ballad singing and a sweet old-time sound.
The Mays will present a program of traditional American fiddle tunes and ballads, early country songs (and flatfoot dance!); featuring gorgeous vocal harmonies, award-winning fiddle playing, banjo, guitar and harmonium.
Seating is general admission. In celebration of our Civil War programming, all tickets to hear this outstanding ensemble are priced at the very special rate of $5. It is advised to purchase tickets in advance.
Complimentary shuttle service will be available, with pick up located at the Citizen’s Bank parking lot located Chartiers Avenue and West Main Street. Click Here for Parking Map!
Civil War Programming at the ACFL&MH is made possible through the generosity of the Massey Charitable Trust. For more information about the ACFL&MH, Music Hall events, and our Civil War programming, please visit www.carnegiecarnegie.org
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Annual Civil War Living History Day
2016-04-16 00:00
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 Victorian Tea. Programming is made possible through generous funding from the Massey Charitable Trust. Limited parking at the library. Use the free shuttle from the Citizen’s Bank lot at Chartiers Avenue and West Main Street. Click here for a detailed itinerary. For more information on the Victorian Tea, click here.

24 Hour Play Fest
2016-04-17 00:00
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 Pittsburgh area to explore just what can happen when creativity is on a time crunch.
Performance on April 17th, 7:00pm in the Music Hall
Tickets $20.00 at the door.

About

This is a benefit to present the moving musical Dani Girl to an international audience at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland in the summer of 2016! With your help, a talented and dedicated completely Pittsburgh based cast and crew will travel to Scotland to perform this musical at the most famous theater festival in the world!
Producer/Director: Stephen Santa
Music Director: Debbie Boughner
Stage Manager: Mia Rosenfeld
Assistant Director/Marketing: Drew Praskovich

Cast: Rob James, Natalie Hatcher, Conner Gillooly, Becki Toth

The Authors:
Michael Kooman (music) and Christopher Dimond (book & lyrics) received the 2013 Fred Ebb Award, a 2010 Jonathan Larson Grant and are the first recipients of the Lorenz Hart Award. Between them, they have received the Burton Lane Award, the Harold Adamson Award, the KC/ACTF Musical Theatre Award, a NYFA Fellowship, and numerous ASCAP Plus awards. They are graduates of Carnegie-Mellon University.

For more information about the musical, Dani Girl, and this ambitious project, visit www.danigirlfringe.com
Learn more about the largest arts festival in the world, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, at www.edfringe.com

The Little Mermaid
2016-04-22 00:00 - 2016-04-24 00:00
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 Christian Anderson has enchanted generations of children.
Performance Schedule:
Friday and Saturday, April 22 and 23 at 8pm. Sunday April 24 at 2pm.
Tickets available at the door on the day of the event. $15.00 Adult $12.00 Children and Seniors
For more information on Group Sales or other information, please call 412-279-8887.

"Preparing Your Car for Potential Emergencies." Brown Bag Lunch Lecture
2016-04-27 00:00
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 supplies to transform an emergency situation into a minor inconvenience? This brief but comprehensive lecture will provide an overview of learning how to plan ahead, gathering & packing supplies for your car, and much more! Please plan on joining us for a hands-on, lively and open forum discussion of these ideas.
Coffee, tea and water will be provided. Free and open to the public.

C Street Brass
2016-04-30 00:00
Peoples Natural Gas Presents:
C Street Brass
Saturday, April 30, 2016 at 7:30pm

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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 eve of the Library & Music Hall’s 115th anniversary with an an eclectic set comprised of classical, standard and original works. These artists bring a true joy to performance that is a perfect fit for the renowned acoustics of the Music Hall.
Tickets are reserved orchestra seating, and will be $20 in advance, $25 at the door on the day of the event, and $15 for students.
Complimentary shuttle service will be available from the Carnegie Municipal Lot on Main Street (between Mary and Pine Streets).
A beer and wine cash bar in the Basement Studio will be available after the performance.
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Assassins
2016-05-12 00:00 - 2016-05-22 00:00
May 12-22, 2016
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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 to Lee Harvey Oswald, writers Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman bend the rules of time and space, taking us on a nightmarish roller coaster ride in which assassins and would-be assassins from different historical periods meet, interact and inspire each other to harrowing acts in the name of the American Dream.
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim ; Book by John Weidman
Presented through special arrangement with Music theatre International (MTI).
Performance Schedule:
Thu. to Sat. May 12-14 and 19-21 at 8 pm
Sun. Matinees May 15 and 22 at 2 pm
Tickets: Adults: $20, Students/Seniors: $15
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Sugar and Spice
2016-06-04 00:00 - 2016-06-05 00:00
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.
Tickets available at the door. $15 Adults, $12 Students and Seniors. Group rates also available, please call (412) 279-8887.

Jesus Christ Superstar
2016-07-21 00:00 - 2016-07-31 00:00
July 21-31, 2016
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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 emotional intensity, thought-provoking edge and explosive theatricality. Propelled by a stirring score, by turns driving and majestic, satirical and tender, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR illuminates the transcendent power of the human spirit with a passion that goes straight to the heart.
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber ; Lyrics by Tim Rice
Presented through special arrangement with Rodgers & Hammerstein.
Performance Schedule:
Thu. to Sat. Jul. 21-23 and 28-30 at 8 pm
Sun. Matinees Jul. 24 and 31 at 2 pm
Tickets: Adults: $20, Students/Seniors: $15
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Love Your Library
2016-09-01 00:00 - 2016-09-30 00:00
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 Free Library. Among the reasons why are the warm sense of community and belonging that patrons and staff alike experience; the delight of preschoolers (along with that of their observers) “Shaking their Sillies Out” with Miss JoLynne or helping a woman who was struggling with a difficult custody issue to send an important fax before the Library actually opened.
September 2016 is an especially good month to love this Library. Any gift up to $500 given to the ACFL – between September 1 and September 30 – will be matched by a very generous $125,000 grant from the Jack Buncher Foundation.
Of course there’s a catch. All 46 libraries that are members of the Allegheny County Library Association are eligible to participate in this opportunity. The more people give throughout the county, the smaller the match….
That’s okay. Libraries are about two things: SHARING and EMPOWERMENT. We ask that you share your treasure with us this September. Your donation in any amount – whether you mail a check, drop off a cash donation at the circulation desk or give on line at www.carnegiecarnegie.org/online-donations/ will secure a pro-rated portion of that $125,000
Your generosity empowers us to provide better services and programs. In September, it empowers us even more! Every dollar counts around here. We who work at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library are deeply appreciative and diligent stewards of the community’s generosity.

West Side Stories
2016-09-11 00:00
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.

We Remember...
2016-09-25 00:00
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 preparing readers to better understand the Diary in the context of its times. After reading the book, participants will return on July 26 to discuss the Diary with Ms. Herman and each other. Contralto Daphne Alderson (see below) will join the second discussion.
The book discussions take place at the ACFL&MH from 10:00 a.m. until noon. Light refreshments will be served. This program is free, but participants (13 and older) must pre-register. Please call 412-276-3456, x2 to register. For a downloadable flyer, click here.
Participants in the book group will receive a free copy of The Diary of a Young Girl and one complimentary ticket to:
We Remember: A Tribute to the Inner Life of Anne Frank
Sunday, September 25, 2016 at 2:00 p.m.
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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 camp in 1945.
Deeply informed by Anne Frank’s remarkable and beloved Diary,as well as the eternal reverberations of the Holocaust, this carefully cultivated performance incorporates compositions by Gustav Mahler, Leo Smit, Michael Cohen, Harry Burleigh, and Pittsburgh composer Douglas Levine’s musical setting of Maya Angelou’s poem Alone.
A dessert reception with the performers follows the concert. Complimentary shuttle service will be available from the Carnegie Municipal Lot on Main Street (between Mary and Pine Streets).
Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door, and $5 for students.
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Listen Locally: the 115th Anniversary Season is made possible in part through the generosity of the A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust of The Pittsburgh Foundation.

We Remember: A Tribute to the Inner Life of Anne Frank
2016-09-25 00:00
We Remember: A Tribute to the Inner Life of Anne Frank
Sunday, September 25, 2016 at 2:00 p.m.
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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 camp in 1945.
Deeply informed by Anne Frank’s remarkable and beloved Diary,as well as the eternal reverberations of the Holocaust, this carefully cultivated performance incorporates compositions by Gustav Mahler, Leo Smit, Michael Cohen, Harry Burleigh, and Pittsburgh composer Douglas Levine’s musical setting of Maya Angelou’s poem Alone.
A dessert reception with the performers follows the concert. Complimentary shuttle service will be available from the Carnegie Municipal Lot on Main Street (between Mary and Pine Streets).
Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door, and $5 for students.
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Listen Locally: the 115th Anniversary Season is made possible in part through the generosity of the A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust of The Pittsburgh Foundation.

To Carnegie with Love
2016-10-01 00:00
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 With Love
Saturday, October 1, 2016 at 7:30 p.m.
To Carnegie with Love is the ACFL&MH’s annual benefit to support the restoration and revitalization of the historic landmark Library & Music Hall.
Bell’Art (Ashley Freeburn, violin; Jack Kurutz, piano; Billie Jo Miller; piano; Raquel Winnica Young, mezzo soprano and Lenny Young, oboe) will be joined by guest artists Tracy Mortimore on double bass, Ben Bogart on bandoneon and dancers from PGHTango. Bell’Art is also collaborating with projection designer Joe Seamans to make To Carnegie with Love a truly multi-media event. Seamans work on Quantum Theater’s 2015 production of The Winter’s Tale was brilliant, unexpected and absolutely integral to the production!
The performance will be followed by an elegant after-concert supper throughout the ACFL&MH’s facility.
Tickets are $125 ($80 tax-deductible) for reserved orchestra seats and $75 ($30 tax-deductible) for open balcony seating. New curtains and rigging in for the Music Hall are making their debut with To Carnegie with Love!
There is limited on site parking at the ACFL&MH. Shuttle service is available from the free parking lot on East Main Street (across from Carnegie Coffee Company. Additional parking is available in the adjacent Dollar Store lot,)
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Pittsburgh Savoyards Trial by Jury
2016-10-07 00:00 - 2016-10-16 00:00
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. 7-9 and 13-16, 2016 at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall at 300 Beechwood Ave, Carnegie, Pa 15106. Longtime music director and conductor Guy Russo will lead the ensemble and orchestra, and stage director Jim Critchfield will bring both operas to life, giving them a fresh Pittsburgh-themed interpretation in honor of the city bicentennial. Both one-acts, the comic operas will be performed together each night as a double feature.
Adult general admission tickets will be $25 each at the box office, with discounted admission available for children, students and seniors. Those who order tickets by Oct.6 can take advantage of the special early bird discount. Local non-profit organizations have the opportunity to apply for limited blocks of free tickets to any of the performances.
Interested organizations can direct inquiries to information@pittsburghsavoyards.org or call 412-734-8476. If the number of applications exceeds the amount of available tickets, non-profits with an educational mission will take precedence.

Sebastian's Tale Book Launch
2016-10-18 00:00
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 meet the author of this delightful novel and buy a signed book for yourself and those special tweens in your life.
Space is limited. If you would like to attend, please email gneustadt@comcast.net to make a reservation.
This event is Free
