Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall

You've seen the amazing window design at Carnegie's Modern Mercantile PGH, owned and operated by George Arnold and Larry Scott. In this program, George and Larry explain how to translate the principles and elements of window design into your own home environment. Learn how to make the most of your living space and belongings to Read More

Our collection of books is always growing and changing. When new books come in, older books must find new homes! When librarians remove older books from our collections, we call it "weeding" - and just like weeding a garden, it helps keep our collection healthy, relevant, and engaging. This week (July 19-24), we're giving away Read More

TICKETS Enjoy Stage 62 all summer long with a 3-part outdoor concert series!  Building on the success of last year’s pilot show, Songs from the Steps will take place on the steps in front of the beautiful Music Hall entrance with audience seating in the parking lot. Each concert will highlight a wide variety of Read More

The Pittsburgh Festival Opera presents the first of three outdoor summer concerts featuring emerging talent of the Hans and Leslie Fleischner Young Artists Program. Enjoy this fresh take on your favorite arias, duets, trios, ensembles and Broadway standards. Revel in tomorrow’s stars under the stars. Concert begins at 7:30pm Tickets: $10 - $50 Purchase Tickets Here Read More

TICKETS Enjoy Stage 62 all summer long with a 3-part outdoor concert series!  Building on the success of last year’s pilot show, Songs from the Steps will take place on the steps in front of the beautiful Music Hall entrance with audience seating in the parking lot. Each concert will highlight a wide variety of Read More

Join your neighbors at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall for a four-part conversation about how we experience race in the US. We'll read & discuss Mira Jacob's Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations, a 2020 graphic novel which explores diversity through conversations between the author and her six year old mixed-race son. Read More

Drag Academy kicks off pride month with an epic show starring Plastique Tiara from Rupaul's Drag Race, Season 11 and hosted by Pittsburgh's own Monongahaley. Tickets include pre-show reception and VIP tickets are available for an exclusive post-show meet and greet. Masks are required for attendees who are unable to provide proof of vaccination. Masks Read More

This is an In Person and Online event! This event will be held live and in person in the Music Hall at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall. Come early to tour our national treasure Captain Thomas Espy Post and the Lincoln Gallery. Speak with reenactors and take in a 19th century military drill Read More

Come quill with us! We'll work with some different types of quilling strips to make beautiful flowers and designs. The sky is the limit as you use your imagination to make an initial or a wreath-shape on canvas. All supplies will be provided. This program will meet in person, in the Library's Lincoln Gallery. Registration Read More

Get vaccinated! The Allegheny County Health Department is offering free one-dose vaccines for anyone who wants one, ages 18+. The CDC says that fully vaccinated individuals may now go unmasked. If you're not yet vaccinated, don't miss this free opportunity! No registration is required.

The Collective is an intimate process-based theater academy teaching the foundations of acting through song, character development, and text. Each month this summer, The Collective will host one unique 2-week intensive focusing on the process of Performance, Development, and Showcasing   June / The Performance Project (ages 14-18) - June 14th through June 25th - Read More

Come fly with us! Pick up your paper airplane kit at the Library starting on May 17, experiment with some different designs during the week, and then join us on Saturday for some outdoor test flights! Whose airplane will fly the farthest? Please click here to register.

Sunday, May 16, 2021 7:00pm TICKETS It’s been a long, cold, lonely winter without live music at the Carnegie Carnegie but things are about to heat up! We’re kicking off Listen Locally OUTSIDE! with Jimmy Adler Band. With 4 CDs to his credit, Pittsburgh-based blues guitarist and singer, Jimmy Adler has recorded many original songs Read More

Get ready to party like it's your Earth Day! Join the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall for a fun family festival about ecology, sustainability, and nature! Make your very own seed balls and sidewalk chalk! Create catch-all boxes out of recycled book pages with Modern Mercantile, and shop a selection of their eclectic Read More

Streaming Live on Thursday, April 1 at 7:30pm A long-awaited return to the stage is finally here! The Jazz Conspiracy Swingtet will perform LIVE from the Carnegie Carnegie, bringing their Thursday night dance hall experience directly to you! Pull on your bobby socks for a living room dance party with TJC’s 9-piece “Little” Big Band Read More