Stage 62 presents Garfield: The Musical with Cattitude
2024-02-17 11:00 - 2024-02-18 15:00 (America/New_York) | PA
February 17 – 25Saturdays at 11:00 am & 3:00 pm | Sundays at 3:00 pm

Garfield, a chubby and sarcastic tabby cat, fantasizes about having the most amazing birthday in the history of birthdays… he deserves it for being the best cat ever! Unfortunately, all of his friends – Arlene, Odie, Jon, and even his nemesis, Nermal – seem to have forgotten. Feeling rejected, Garfield ventures out to find excitement, but he soon realizes that home is where the heart (and the food) is.​

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SOLD OUT - Listen Locally Downstairs: Mardi Gras with The Red Beans & Rice Combo
2024-02-13 19:00 | PA
The Red Beans & Rice Combo returns to the Studio with New Orleans and Mardi Gras tunes to celebrate the last weekend of Carnival Season in style.

These are serious musicians who don’t take themselves too seriously. The fun-loving trio is known for their danceable mix of New Orleans R&B, early rock & roll nuggets, and barroom ballads, with a jazzy dash of Tin Pan Alley, and a side of wit and humor.

So dust off your finest purple, green, and gold and bring your krewe Downstairs to the Carnegie Carnegie!Complimentary snacks. Beer and wine by donation.Doors open at 6:30 pm || Concert begins at 7:00 pm$20 in Advance$25 at the Door

Outside alcohol/BYOB is not permitted.All ticket sales are final.

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Middle Eastern Cooking: Learn to Make Fattoush!
2024-02-12 19:00 - 20:30 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Join Kenana Albani for a hands-on guide to Middle Eastern cooking!

Tonight, we’ll learn to make a traditional fattoush salad, with mint, tomatoes, cucumber, pomegranate molasses, and pita chips as croutons.

No experience is necessary for this free event. Limited spots are available and registration is required – please register here!

2nd Saturday Civil War Series: Men of Color, to Arms!: Frederick Douglass and USCT Recruiting with Kelly D. Mezurek
2024-02-10 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 Facebook: www.facebook.com/CarnegieCarnegie No Account Required! Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9370579279 Meeting ID: 937 057 9279On March 7, 1863, The Anglo-African published the now well-known address by Frederick Douglass concerning the recruitment of Black men for the U.S. military, “Men of Color, to Arms!”. Throughout the war, the newspaper shared both the deeds and words of Douglass as he sought to support, and sometimes criticize, the war effort as it related to African Americans. This talk will use the articles in The Anglo-African as a lens to explore Douglass’s contributions as he fought for Black enlistment, equal pay, and fair treatment, and how he supported other African American contributions during the Civil War.Kelly D. Mezurek is a historian whose work focuses on the Black men who served in the United States Colored Troops (USCT) and the Union navy, both during the American Civil War and in their lives as veterans in the late-nineteenth century. Her book, For Their Own Cause: The 27th United States Colored Troops (The Kent State University Press, 2016), is a 2017 Ohioana Book Award nonfiction finalist. She has also published essays on the USCT who served as prison guards and Black veterans who resided in Midwestern soldier’s homes.Mezurek, a professor of history, has been teaching in Northeastern Ohio universities for over twenty years. She is a member of the Ohio Humanities Speakers Bureau and served on the Ohio Civil War 150 Advisory Committee. She is currently working on an edited volume of private letters sent to and from Black soldiers and sailors during the Civil War.2nd Saturday Lectures made possible by the Massey Charitable Trust

Not Forgotten C-ART presents: Art with Heart
2024-02-09 14:00 - 16:00 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Celebrate love this February with this special craft program! Led by Laura Stuart of Not Forgotten C-Art, we’ll learn to create beautiful and unique Valentine’s Day crafts – one-of-a-kind creations that make wonderful gifts for your loved ones!

Limited spaces are available – please click here to register!

Black History Month: The Women of the Pittsburgh Courier
2024-02-08 19:00 - 20:00 | PA
Celebrate Black History with us this February!

Duquesne professor Dr. Pamela Walck shares the fascinating story of the women who helped make the Pittsburgh Courier into the most widely-circulated Black newspaper in America. Launched in 1907, the Pittsburgh Courier published weekly for nearly sixty years. During that time, the Courier became known for its dedicated news reporting, promotion of Black novelists and poets, and editorial support for social progress.

Dr. Walck is researching a book on the Courier‘s women writers and editors, focused on the paper’s years under publisher Jessie Vann.

Come learn about this vital chapter in Black American history!

Registration is appreciated, but walk-ins are welcome. To register, please click here.

Kids Cooking Class
2024-02-07 16:00 - 19:00, 2024-01-31 16:00 - 19:00, 2024-01-24 16:00 - 19:00 | PA
In partnership with Salvation Army’s Chartiers Valley Service Center, we will host a series of 3 cooking classes for kids age 8-12. Each week we will learn basic skills of cooking and make a dish. The last week of class, participants will work together to make a meal to share with Carnegie Senior Citizens.

Space is limited and registration is required! CLICK HERE TO REGISTER!

Storytime with Ms. Sue from the Post Office
2024-02-07 11:30 - 12:30 | PA
Join us for a special storytime with Ms. Sue, the Postmaster at the Carnegie Post Office!

Together we will learn how your mail gets delivered, address an envelope, and send your own valentine in the mail.

Kids of all ages are welcome to join!

Aaron Copland's Lincoln Portrait
2024-02-04 15:00 | PA
Join us for a symphonic tribute to Abraham Lincoln– Aaron Copland’s beloved work, Lincoln Portrait.

Renowned NFL player, veteran, actor and speaker Rocky Bleier will narrate the Copland piece. James Gourlay, well known to Pittsburgh audiences as the Music Director of River City Brass Band, will lead Duquesne University’s Wind Symphony.

Aaron Copland composed Lincoln Portrait in 1942, during the dark, frightening years of World War II. The orchestra score incorporates some of Lincoln’s most gripping oratory, with the narrator speaking over the music.

A dessert and coffee reception in the Lincoln Gallery follows the performance.Please note the time change to 3:00 pm.$20 in Advance$25 at the Door$5 for students with I.D. and children 12 and under.

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Visit the Captain Thomas Espy Post!Come early and tour our Civil War Room, a true national treasure. Tours will take place from 2:00 pm – 2:45 pm before the concert. Learn more here. Parking ShuttleA complimentary parking shuttle is provided for this concert. Onsite parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis. We have arranged for free parking and shuttle service from the East Main Street Lot. (TIP: for GPS directions, enter 132 E. Main St, Carnegie, PA 15106) Try our lot first. If it’s full, drop off your passengers, then go down the hill and make a left at the stop sign onto Main Street. The shuttle will bring you to our building between 2:30 pm – 3:00 pm and return you to your car after the event.

1, 2, 3 Play with Me!
2024-02-03 14:00 - 15:15, 2024-01-27 14:00 - 15:15, 2024-01-20 14:00 - 15:15, 2024-01-13 14:00 - 15:15, 2024-01-06 14:00 - 15:15 | PA
Each week, join our Children’s Librarian, Miss Sam, and a Community Based Expert as we explore Child Development through play based activities. By the end of the 5 workshops, we will have explored Early Literacy, Speech/Hearing/Language Development, Child Development, Nutrition, and Music/Movement. This is a play based program, so expect to play with your little ones! This program is entirely free of cost, but registration is required.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER!

Can’t make this event? That’s okay! Our next round of 1, 2, 3 Play with Me! will be Monday mornings in July!

Ukulele Strum-Along
2024-02-01 19:00 - 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!

Don’t have a ukulele? No problem – we’ll have plenty to share! Meet other uke-enthusiasts and join our new strum-along group!

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

NOTE: This class is full because we have a limited number of ukuleles to share. If you have your own ukulele, you are still welcome to bring it and join us!

Frederick Douglass: Advocate for Equality
2024-01-29 10:00 - 2024-02-24 12:00 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Frederick Douglass: Advocate for Equality features an exploration of the full trajectory of Douglass’s epic life from 1818 to 1895. In this traveling exhibition, viewers can learn about Douglass’s escape from slavery, his work as an abolitionist, and his tireless fight for equality for all individuals in the Jim Crow era. This exhibition explores Douglass’s impact and his life through his own words and in photographs and documents from the Gilder Lehrman Collection.

The exhibit will be on display, free and open to the public during regular library hours, in the Lincoln Gallery through February 24.

Chatham Baroque presents Through the Wood, Laddie
2024-01-27 19:30 | PA
Chatham Baroque presents Through the Wood, Laddie Music of Baroque Scotland and Acadia. A unique program featuring guests Chris Norman (wooden flutes and pipes) and Pascale Beaudin (soprano), both with roots in the Canadian Maritime provinces, brings to life music ranging from Baroque Scotland to French Canadian folk tunes from the Acadian tradition.Pascale Beaudin sopranoChris Norman, wooden flutes and pipesAndrew Fouts violinPatricia Halverson viola da gambaScott Pauley theorbo

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Movies in the Music Hall: "Oppenheimer"
2024-01-25 19:00 - 22:00 | PA
Join us for free films on the big screen in our luxurious Music Hall!

Tonight: “Oppenheimer” (2023). The epic saga examines the life of theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the inventor of the atomic bomb, from his early research to his role in the Manhattan Project to his downfall. Starring Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr, Matt Damon, and Florence Pugh.

This film is rated R.

Registration is appreciated, but walk-ins are welcome. To register, please click here.

2nd Saturday Civil War Series: Civil War Musicians in Camp & Field with Patrick Jones
2024-01-13 13:00 - 14:00 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
In Person in the Studio at ACFL&MH

Facebook: www.facebook.com/CarnegieCarnegie No Account Required!

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

Martial music played a vital role in Civil War armies. Basic daily activities – from when to wake up, go to sleep, and when to eat, were determined by some fifty short pieces of fife and drum music heard each day in camp. Music also served as a critical component of moving troops across a battlefield, alerting men when to charge the enemy or retreat from the field.

In this discussion, historian Patrick Jones will discuss the use of fifes and drums during the Civil War, as well as drum construction and makers. Patrick will also have original drums on hand for viewing, and will demonstrate calls and music of the period.

Patrick Jones is a member of the Camp Chase Fifes & Drums where he has studied and transcribed percussion notation from various historical fife and drum manuals. He has served primarily as Drum Sergeant for the past ten years. Along with Camp Chase, he also performs with, and instructs, the Fort Pitt Fife and Drum Corps.

Restoring historic drums, and building authentic reproductions, is also a passion of his. Through his website Rudiments & Rope, Patrick provides educational information about historical drums and their makers.

Patrick has taught 5th grade for 19 years at the Upper St. Clair School District, where for 14 years he also instructed the high school drumline.

2nd Saturday Lectures made possible by the Massey Charitable Trust

Celebrate the Festival of Pongal!
2024-01-13 10:00 - 12:30 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Join us for a celebration with fun and interactive story-telling and multi-cultural activities celebrating the Tamil Heritage Month and the Tamil Harvest & Thanksgiving Festival of Pongal (also celebrated as Sankaranti, Lohri, and Bihu in different parts of India). Pongal is when families, friends, and communities come together, expressing gratitude for nature, agriculture, and the bountiful harvest and sharing in special traditional foods, art, rituals, and games embracing the indigenous Tamil practices. Tamil people can trace their ancestry to the state of Tamil Nadu in Southern India and Ealam (Sri Lanka). The Tamil diaspora around the world includes large Tamil populations in 29 other countries including the USA with Tamil as one of their offical languages such as in Singapore.

Our Pongal celebration will feature a talk about this vibrant tradition; delicious examples of customary foods; a live dance performance by Nandanik Dance Troupe; a visit from Persis Naumann, founder of Kelir Books; and an opportunity to create beautiful Rangoli designs on canvas with Priya Arts.

Everyone is welcome to celebrate Pongal. People from many races, religions, classes, and castes celebrate the festival. Even though communities integrate their religious practices, it is not a religious festival. It is also intergenerational – from elders to young children, everyone has a place in the festival. So, gather your family and friends and come celebrate Pongal O Pongal with us!

All ages are welcome! Cultural story & art date with your child; cultural story & art date with your inner-child!

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

Listen Locally Downstairs with Pete & Scott - SOLD OUT!
2024-01-11 19:00 | PA
We’re kicking off 2024 with a Carnegie Carnegie favorite! Guitar and keyboard duo deliver a lively evening of pop & rock covers along with original works.Lead vocalist and guitar player Pete Hewlett landed his first recording contract with Phillips Mercury Records when he was 16. He went on to tour and record with the likes of Carly Simon, Billy Joel, Elton John and Amy Grant

On keyboards and vocals, Scott Anderson is an Emmy Award-winning composer, music director and producer. His 2006 Emmy was for composing the score for the documentary “From Pittsburgh to Poland: Lessons from the Holocaust.”Scott and Pete both won Emmys for their work on WQED’s “Live from Studio A: American Standards.”Our intimate Studio setting is a fantastic place to enjoy a beer, possibly hear a story or two from Scott and Pete’s travels, and of course, hear some terrific music!Complimentary snacks. Beer and wine by donation.Doors open at 6:30 pm || Concert begins at 7:00 pm$20 in Advance

Outside alcohol/BYOB is not permitted.All ticket sales are final.

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Teen Gaming Day
2023-12-28 11:00 - 16:00 | PA
Game Day! Video games, board games, puzzles and more!

Ages 12-18 can join us for Game Day in the Studio! Stop by for one game or spend the whole day with us. You can play a round of Mario Kart on the Switch or find time to finish a game of Monopoly. We’ll have pizza at Lunch and snacks throughout the day!

Registrations is encouraged! CLICK HERE TO REGISTER!

Listen Locally: The Benacks are Back!
2023-12-27 19:30 | PA
World-class jazz musicians Benny Benack II and Benny Benack III are bringing their horns to Carnegie Carnegie Hall! Father and son have the perfect mix of old school and new school blended seamlessly.

Saxophonist Benny Benack, II is a legend in the Pittsburgh jazz scene – a musician well known for his virtuosic musicianship and charismatic audience appeal. NYC-based Benny Benack III is a third-generation Pittsburgh Jazzman. Following in the footsteps of his trumpeter/bandleader grandfather and saxophonist/clarinetist father, “BB3” is his own brand of fiery trumpet player, smooth vocalist, and showman extraordinaire.

Who better than the Benacks to honor Executive Director Maggie Forbes with a farewell concert as she retires at the close of 2023?! Join us after the concert for a reception in the Studio hosted by ACFL&MH Board of Trustees to celebrate Ms. Forbes’ tenure and the tradition of great jazz at the Carnegie Carnegie.This performance will be held in the Music Hall$50 Orchestra Reserved Seating$35 Balcony General Seating

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Pittsburgh Festival Opera presents A Christmas to Remember featuring Greg Kunde
2023-12-22 18:30 | PA
Pittsburgh Festival Opera brings the power of world-class performances to humanize, energize and re-define opera as an experience that is up-close and personal, approachable, and relevant to today’s audiences.Regarded as one of the most accomplished singers on the international opera stage today, the American tenor Gregory Kunde appears regularly at the most prestigious opera houses around the world, working with conductors and orchestras of the highest caliber. Read more…Enjoy the signature event of the season in the Studio following the performance and featuring refreshments, fabulous food stations, auction items, silent auction, raffle, cash bar, and a very special surprise performance by everyone’s favorite jolly holiday performers. Limited availability.

$15 students with valid ID

$65 per person: concert only

$150 per person concert and Special Holiday Extravaganza

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Movies in the Music Hall: Barbie (2023)
2023-12-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Join us for free films on the big screen in our luxurious Music Hall!

Tonight, we present Barbie (2023), directed by Greta Gerwig. When Barbie’s seemingly perfect life is upended, she must travel to the real world and find herself. Starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling.

Registration is appreciated, but walk-ins are welcome. To register, please click here.

"Iron Flame" Book Party
2023-12-20 17:00 - 19:00 | PA
Calling all Riders! Join the Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall for a book party to celebrate the release of Iron Flame, Rebecca Yarros’s sequel to bestselling novel Fourth Wing. Our book party will feature arts and crafts, discussion, obstacle courses, and the ultimate Empyrian series trivia game.

Together, we will enter Basgiath by crossing our Parapet, conquering the Gauntlet, and win War Games!

There may be spoilers for Iron Flame included in discussion and trivia.

Please click here to register!

An Evening with Dracula
2023-12-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Get ready for a hair-raising night as we bring you a free screening of the new short film Dracula The Monster (2023), directed by Chase Everette, and featuring Tod Browning’s Dracula (1931). New meets old, with Bela Lugosi’s classic depiction of Count Dracula complemented by this contemporary reimagining by an up and coming local filmmaker.

Registration is appreciated, but walk-ins are welcome. To register, please click here.

Carnegie Performing Arts Center presents The Nutcracker
2023-12-16 19:00 - 2023-12-17 14:00 | PA
December 9 – 17, 2023Saturdays at 7:00 pm | Sundays at 2:00 pmThe Nutcracker is the magical dream of Clara and her Nutcracker Prince as they travel through swirling snowflakes and waltzing flowers on their journey to the Candy Kingdom.

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