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Winter Blues: Paintings by Sheila Hawthorne Klotz

All Day 1/6 - 1/11
Sharpsburg
Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Age Group: Kids, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Sheila Hawthorne Klotz has been passionate about art since her school days and made it more than a hobby about a decade ago. She works in several media, mainly watercolor, acrylics, collage, and Gyotaku.

Crochet n' Things

6:00pm - 8:00pm
Cooper-Siegel
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Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Reading Room (Scott Family Reading Room)
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
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Seats Remaining: 18
Event Details:

Come hang out with us as we crochet, knit, or do any other fun yarn craft!

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After Library Closes

This program occurs after the library closes.

Drop-Ins

Drop-ins welcome as space permits.

Supplies

All supplies provided.

Cooks and Books

7:00pm - 9:00pm
Cooper-Siegel
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Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Food and Cooking
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Seats Remaining: 8

Cooks and Books

Join your fellow cookbook-obsessed-peeps as we read, cook, chat and EAT! We'll meet once a month on the 2nd Thursday from 7-9 PM. Each month, we'll read the same cook book or choose a common ingredient or cuisine. We'll each cook something to share and gather to eat and talk!

Event Details:

This month we're enjoying recipes from Nothing Fancy: Unfussy Food for Having People Over by Alison Roman.

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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.

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: 35
Event Details:

Join us for a playful storytime in both Spanish and English with interactive books, rhymes, and songs.

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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).

Booked for Lunch

12:00pm - 1:00pm
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: 12

Booked for Lunch

This group reads both fiction and nonfiction titles of all genres and formats and meets monthly in-person.

Stop in or call the library to get a copy of the current month's book.

Event Details:

In January, we are reading The Postcard by Anne Berest

Disclaimer(s)

Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

PALS Meet-up

10:00am - 12:00pm
Off Site
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Kids, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Health
Event Details:

Please note that the January PALS meet-up will take place at Rivers Academy.

Winter Blues: Paintings by Sheila Hawthorne Klotz

All Day 1/13 - 1/18
Sharpsburg
Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Age Group: Kids, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Sheila Hawthorne Klotz has been passionate about art since her school days and made it more than a hobby about a decade ago. She works in several media, mainly watercolor, acrylics, collage, and Gyotaku.

Simple Movement Through Somatics

10:30am - 12:00pm
Cooper-Siegel
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Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:

Join certified person trainer, Tom Capriotti for a 1-hour somatics session.

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Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

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).

Painting Studio

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Sharpsburg
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Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
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Seats Remaining: 11
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Learn different painting techniques with certified art instructor Ms. Alison in our monthly Painting Studio for grades K-5! Session meets on the 2nd Monday of the month.

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Drop-Ins

Drop-ins welcome as space permits.

Supplies

All supplies provided.

Teen Book Tasting

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Sharpsburg
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Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Book Club, Literacy
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Seats Remaining: 8
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Share your love of reading in our monthly book club for teens! Join Ms. Sara and other readers for a delectable spread of books to sample, savor, and discuss. Each month we will have several curated tables, including graphic novels.

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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.

Wiggle Storytime

10:15am - 11:00am
Cooper-Siegel
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Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 80
Event Details:

Get up and get moving during our toddler storytime (for children ages 18-36 months) and their caregivers. This interactive storytime features books, fingerplays, bounces, scarves, shakers, and a parachute.

Disclaimer(s)

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.

Little Hands PreK Storytime

10:30am - 11:45am
Sharpsburg
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Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Preschool
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Literacy, Storytime
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Seats Remaining: 12
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Our youngest friends are invited to imagine and create with Ms. Alison at this weekly arts-integration storytime for PreK children and their caregivers. Each session will include stories and a hands-on developmentally appropriate art activity.

Disclaimer(s)

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.

Sing Me a Storytime

11:15am - 11:45am
Cooper-Siegel
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Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 29
Event Details:

Join us for snuggly, giggly fun that features songs, rhymes, and stories for babies (ages 0-18 months) and their caregivers.

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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
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Library Branch: DIY Lab
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Technology
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Seats Remaining: 1
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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.

Disclaimer(s)

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.

Make-n-Take

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: 76
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.

Weekly activities are:

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Drop-Ins

Drop-ins welcome as space permits.

French Conversation Group

5:00pm - 6:00pm
Cooper-Siegel
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Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Reading Room (Scott Family Reading Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Language
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:

Are you looking for a fun and casual way to practice your French? We are launching a new French Conversation Group!

Therapets with Bandit

10:30am - 11:30am
Cooper-Siegel
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Library
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Preschool, Kids, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Health
Event Details:

Head to the library to get some therapeutic pets in with Jessica and her pup, Bandit. Bandit is a 7 YO charming and chill Portuguese Water Dog who loves all the pets, squeezes and attention.

French Conversation Group

11:00am - 12:00pm
Cooper-Siegel
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Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Reading Room (Scott Family Reading Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Language
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 16
Event Details:

Are you looking for a fun and casual way to practice your French? We are launching a new French Conversation Group!

Rep. Steele Mobile Office Hours

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Sharpsburg
Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Age Group: Adults
Event Details:

Stop by every Wednesday for help with:

Afterschool Art

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
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Join certified art instructor Ms. Alison for a multi-media art studio with a nurturing environment where ALL are encouraged to find the joy in creating art! For grades K-5. 

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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.

Your Registration

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

Dungeons & Dragons

4:30pm - 6:30pm
Sharpsburg
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Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Literacy
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Seats Remaining: 6
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Embark on an epic quest with our Dungeons & Dragons campaign! Whether you're a newbie or a veteran player, there's room for you in our adventuring party, led by experienced game master Mr. Finley!

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Registration

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

Supplies

All supplies provided.

Artists Assemble!

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: 8
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Bring an art project you're working on - knitting, crochet, coloring, drawing, etc. - and hang out with your fellow artists and crafters.

This is a meet-up program - not an art class.

Disclaimer(s)

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.

Tome Raiders Nonfiction Book Club

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Cooper-Siegel
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Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Reading Room (Scott Family Reading Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club, History
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 5

Tome Raiders

Curious? Always learning? Love hearing human stories? The Tome Raiders Book Club is for you!

Join us as we delve into the broad and weird world of nonfiction through selected memoirs and historical books. Every 3rd Wednesday from 6:30pm to 7:30pm, we will dive into a nonfiction book, from the reclusive mountains of Idaho in Tara Westover's Educated to the stunning life story of Viola Davis in her memoir Finding Me.

Event Details:

This month we're reading All the Beauty in the World: the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me by Patrick Bringley 

Disclaimer(s)

Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

After Library Closes

This program occurs after the library closes.

Wiggle Time

10:30am - 11:00am
Sharpsburg
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Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Literacy, Storytime
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:

Children 2 and under and their caregivers are invited to join Ms. Megan every week for a wiggly, giggly program featuring fingerplays, bounces, tickles, and shakers.

Disclaimer(s)

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).