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Watson Institute Student Showcase

All Day 4/22 - 4/27
Sharpsburg
Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Age Group: Kids, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:
Art work made by students at the Watson Institute School for Children with Autism will be on view daily during library hours through 5/3.   ...

Spanish & English Storytime

10:30am - 11:00am
Cooper-Siegel
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Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Preschool
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 34
Event Details:
Join us for a playful storytime in both Spanish and English with interactive books, rhymes, and songs. Storytimes are a great way to build early literacy skills, practice social skills, and gain background knowledge that will support your child as th...

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Parent/Caregiver

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults; please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program.

Registration

Please register online or call the library at 412-828-9520 (CSCL) or 412-781-0783 (SCL).

Mah Jong Class

10:30am - 12:30pm
Cooper-Siegel
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Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: McLaughlin (Harry W. McLaughlin Jr Room)
Age Group: Adults
Event Details:
Learn how to play Mah Jong with area pro, Dorothy Drennen. This 3-week session will include three robust classes plus a detailed handout with Mah Jong tips and tricks. Each student will need the 2024 Mah Jong card from the National Mah Jong...

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Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

Registration

Please register online or call the library at 412-828-9520 (CSCL) or 412-781-0783 (SCL).

Your Registration

Please remember to cancel your registration if you cannot attend so that others may enjoy this program.

Open Mah Jong Play

1:30pm - 3:30pm
Cooper-Siegel
Registration
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: STEAM
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 16
Event Details:
Join other Mah Jong enthusiasts for a weekly game or two! The library has 3 sets but can host more players if participants can bring their own sets. Everyone will need to own the 2024 National Mah Jong League card. ...

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Drop-Ins

Drop-ins welcome as space permits.

Registration

Please register online or call the library at 412-828-9520 (CSCL) or 412-781-0783 (SCL).

Your Registration

Please remember to cancel your registration if you cannot attend so that others may enjoy this program.

Sharpsburg Arbor Day Celebration

4:00pm - 6:00pm
Off Site
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Preschool, Kids, Teens, Adults
Event Details:
Join library staff at the Sharpsburg Arbor Day Celebration & Tree Giveaway at Kennedy Park! At our activity table, learn about tree rings and make tree ring art! You can also "speak for the trees" with environmental speech bubbles! Our frie...

1-on-1 Tech Help

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Cooper-Siegel
Full
Registration
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: McLaughlin (Harry W. McLaughlin Jr Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Technology
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:
Make a 60 minute appointment to get some help with your technology questions. Troubleshoot with an expert high schooler who will help with devices like cell phones (iphone and android), e-readers  (iPad, Chromebook), laptops, library apps (Hoopl...

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Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

Registration

Please register online or call the library at 412-828-9520 (CSCL) or 412-781-0783 (SCL).

Watson Institute Student Showcase

All Day 4/29 - 5/3
Sharpsburg
Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Age Group: Kids, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:
Art work made by students at the Watson Institute School for Children with Autism will be on view daily during library hours through 5/3.   ...

Chair Yoga

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Cooper-Siegel
Full
Registration
Payment
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health
Registration Required
Payment Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:
Join Jackie from Life In Motion Gym for this 4-week class suitable for all levels. No previous yoga experience necessary. A mix between chair and standing poses to focus on strength, balance, and flexibility. Modifications will be provided throughout...

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Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

Registration

Please register online or call the library at 412-828-9520 (CSCL) or 412-781-0783 (SCL).

Little Hands Art Storytime

1:30pm - 2:15pm
Sharpsburg
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Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Preschool
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Literacy, Storytime
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:
Our youngest friends are invited to imagine and create with Ms. Alison at this weekly art-integration storytime for PreK children and their caregivers. Each session will include stories and a hands-on developmentally appropriate art activity. Let'...

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Drop-Ins

Drop-ins welcome as space permits.

Parent/Caregiver

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults; please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program.

Registration

Please register online or call the library at 412-828-9520 (CSCL) or 412-781-0783 (SCL).

Supplies

All supplies provided.

Teen Scene

4:00pm - 7:00pm
Sharpsburg
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Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, STEAM
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:
The library has a brand new Teen Space just for grades 7th and up! Come play videogames – we have a Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5! There is also lots of creative technology resources on hand and a librarian who knows how to use them: make a beat,...

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Drop-Ins

Drop-ins welcome as space permits.

Registration

Please register online or call the library at 412-828-9520 (CSCL) or 412-781-0783 (SCL).

Supplies

All supplies provided.

Teen Scene

4:00pm - 7:00pm
Sharpsburg
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Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, STEAM
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:
The library has a brand new Teen Space just for grades 7th and up! Come play videogames – we have a Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5! There is also lots of creative technology resources on hand and a librarian who knows how to use them: make a beat,...

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Supplies

All supplies provided.

Painting Studio

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Sharpsburg
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Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:
Learn different painting techniques with Ms. Alison in our biweekly Painter Studio for kids in grades K-6! Wonderful watercolor painting! Join us!   ...

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Drop-Ins

Drop-ins welcome as space permits.

Supplies

All supplies provided.

Art After Dark

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Sharpsburg
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Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:
Art is for everyone! Art After Dark is our monthly adult art workshop series with Alison -- all skill levels welcome! We aim to create a space where adults feel safe to play, try, fail and succeed. We encourage each other and cooperate to learn toget...

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Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

Supplies

All supplies provided.

Evening Book Group

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Cooper-Siegel
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Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 19

Evening Book Group

This long-standing monthly book group is always looking for new members! We read mostly adult fiction and have a great time learning what we liked and didn’t like about each month's book. Stop in or call the library to get a copy of the current month's book.

Event Details:
This month we're reading The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry. Stop in to get a copy of the book. Please park in the back of the library and use the doors to the far right. ...

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Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

Hybrid Program

You can attend in-person OR virtually. Please register either way. You'll receive a Zoom link to attend online.

Sharpsburg Library Closed

All Day
Sharpsburg
Closing
Branches:
Sharpsburg
Description:
Sharpsburg Community Library will be closed to allow time for the installation of new computers.  ...

Cooper-Siegel Opening at 1PM

10:00am - 1:00pm
Some Branches
Closing
Branches:
Cooper-Siegel, DIY Lab
Description:
Cooper-Siegel Community Library will open at 1PM to allow time for the installation of new computers.  ...

Wiggle Storytime

10:30am - 11:00am
Cooper-Siegel
Cancelled
Registration
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:
Children ages 2 and under and their caregivers are invited to join us every week for a wiggly, giggly program featuring fingerplays, bounces, tickles, and shakers. We will be inside in our program room on the lower-level so that we have room to sprea...

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Drop-Ins

Drop-ins welcome as space permits.

Parent/Caregiver

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults; please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program.

DIY Lab Appt (Kari)

12:00pm - 2:00pm
DIY Lab
Cancelled
Registration
Library Branch: DIY Lab
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Technology
Event Details:
This event is for a 1-on-1 Digitize It Yourself (D.I.Y.) Lab appointment. During the appointment, you can transfer and store your analog memorabilia, such as photos, slides, audio and video cassettes, into a digital format for safekeeping. Before ...

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Accepted DIY Lab Formats

Formats our lab supports: photographs, documents up to 8.5″ x 11″, negatives/Film ( 35mm, 4” x 5”, medium and 8” x 10”), 35 mm slides, audio cassette tapes, VHS cassette tapes, 8, Hi8 and digital 8 video cassette tapes

Formats our lab cannot support: betamax, reel to reel audio, 8 and 16mm film and slides in any format other than 35 mm

Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

Poetry Workshop

12:00pm - 2:00pm
Cooper-Siegel
Cancelled
Registration
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: McLaughlin (Harry W. McLaughlin Jr Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Literacy
Event Details:
This twice-monthly workshop focuses on nourishing and sustaining your creative practice. No experience writing or workshopping poetry? No problem! We'll spend some time reading and discussing poetry, as well as writing together in response to prompts...

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Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

Registration

Please register online or call the library at 412-828-9520 (CSCL) or 412-781-0783 (SCL).

Special Star Wars Baby Yoda Take-n-Make kit

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Cooper-Siegel
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Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, STEAM
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:
Join us for fun, hands-on projects that explore science, technology, engineering, art, and math concepts through arts and crafts that you get to take home with you. For kids in grades K-6. Jan. 9: Paper Squishes Jan. 16: Fortune Teller Game ...

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Drop-Ins

Drop-ins welcome as space permits.

Celebrating Weird Couples!

6:30pm - 8:00pm
Cooper-Siegel
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Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Literacy
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 14
Event Details:
Something interesting tends to happen when two people fall in love and form a relationship. They don’t become more normal…they get weirder. Husband and wife team Brooke Barker and Boaz Frankel are the authors of LET'S BE WEIRD TOGETHER, a rare relati...

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Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

Registration

Please register online or call the library at 412-828-9520 (CSCL) or 412-781-0783 (SCL).

Your Registration

Please remember to cancel your registration if you cannot attend so that others may enjoy this program.

Sharpsburg Sleuths Mystery Book Club

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Sharpsburg
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Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 10

Sharpsburg Sleuths Mystery Book Club

Meeting monthly at the Sharpsburg location, this group reads all mysteries all the time.

Event Details:
A parent dies at a school trivia night, but it may not have been the accident people believed in the domestic thriller Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty Copies will be available at the circulation desk. Zoom available for those who prefe...

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Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

After Library Closes

This program occurs after the library closes.

Registration

Please register online or call the library at 412-828-9520 (CSCL) or 412-781-0783 (SCL).

1-on-1 ESL Chat

11:00am - 12:00pm
Cooper-Siegel
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: McLaughlin (Harry W. McLaughlin Jr Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Language
Event Details:
One-on-One ESL Session. If you're interested, please email Lauren Williams at williamsl2@coopersiegelcommunitylibrary.org ...

Midweek Knitters

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Cooper-Siegel
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Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Reading Room (Scott Family Reading Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:
Join a group of knitters and crocheters for 2 hours of crafting and chatting. New knitters and crocheters welcome! Bring your current projects. Want to learn crochet? Finley, our crocheting Librarian, will be there to teach and have a fun monthly ...

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Drop-Ins

Drop-ins welcome as space permits.