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Afterschool Art

Wednesday, November 20, 2024 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Community Room at Sharpsburg
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Kids
Event Details:

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.  ...

Required
Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:

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. 

All supplies provided.

Disclaimer(s)

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.

An open book with a spoon and fork branching out of pages. Text below reads: Story Supper - for littlest readers & their grown-ups - a Fox Families Care program

Story Supper

Wednesday, November 20, 2024 at 5:45pm - 7:00pm
Community Room at Sharpsburg
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Literacy, Storytime
Age Group:
Preschool
Event Details:

Nurture your littlest reader's mind and body with Story Supper, our monthly family literacy program in partnership with Fox Families Care! Every program includes creative play, ...

Required
Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Preschool
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Literacy, Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

Nurture your littlest reader's mind and body with Story Supper, our monthly family literacy program in partnership with Fox Families Care!

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.

Supplies

All supplies provided.

Your Registration

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

Spy_Cover

Memory (Memoir + History) Book Club

Wednesday, November 20, 2024 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Reading Room (Scott Family Reading Room) at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
Book Club, History
Age Group:
Adults
Memory Book Club:

Curious? Always learning? Love hearing human stories? The Memory (Memoir + History) Book Club is for you! Join us as we delve into the broad and weird world of nonfiction throug...

Event Details:

Discover an amazing true tale of Cold War espionage in The Spy and the Traitor  by Ben Macintyre. Follow the daring journey of Oleg Gordievsky, a double agent who reshaped his...

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Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Reading Room (Scott Family Reading Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club, History
Required
Seats Remaining: 12

Memory Book Club

Curious? Always learning? Love hearing human stories? The Memory (Memoir + History) 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:

Discover an amazing true tale of Cold War espionage in The Spy and the Traitor  by Ben M

Disclaimer(s)

Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

After Library Closes

This program occurs after the library closes.

A group of multicultural babies and caregivers.

Wiggle Time

Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Community Room at Sharpsburg
Program Type:
Literacy, Storytime
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers
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. Engaging young...

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Required
Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Literacy, Storytime
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).

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Fall Code Club for Tweens

Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
DIY Lab at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
STEAM, Technology
Age Group:
Kids, Teens
Code Club:

Event Details:

Learn to Code this fall with our game style learning software, Fiero Code! Code Club is for Tweens and Teens up to 9th grade!!  This is a series lasting five weeks where we...

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Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: DIY Lab
Age Group: Kids, Teens
Program Type: STEAM, Technology
Required
Seats Remaining: 5

Code Club

Event Details:

Learn to Code this fall with our game style learning software, Fiero Code!

Disclaimer(s)

Registration

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

A close up photo of multi-colored skeins of yarn.

Crochet n' Things

Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Reading Room (Scott Family Reading Room) at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Come hang out with us as we crochet, knit, or do any other fun yarn craft! Finley is here to teach you crochet and if you don't have any supplies, don't worry! The library is re...

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Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Reading Room (Scott Family Reading Room)
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

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

Disclaimer(s)

After Library Closes

This program occurs after the library closes.

Drop-Ins

Drop-ins welcome as space permits.

Supplies

All supplies provided.

child holding a book about frogs in front of face

Spanish & English Storytime

Friday, November 22, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room) at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Preschool
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 sk...

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Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Preschool
Program Type: Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 35
Event Details:

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

Disclaimer(s)

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).

Legs on tip toes

Simple Movement Through Somatics

Monday, November 25, 2024 at 10:30am - 12:00pm
Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room) at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
Health
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join fitness pro and nutritionist, Tom Capriotti for a 1-hour somatics session. Somatics engages the nervous system in an active learning process that consists of slow, focused, in...

Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health
Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

Join fitness pro and nutritionist, Tom Capriotti for a 1-hour somatics session.

Disclaimer(s)

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).

a color photograph of the 3 sister bridges in Pittsburgh, PA

Young Architects

Monday, November 25, 2024 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Community Room at Sharpsburg
Program Type:
STEAM
Age Group:
Kids
Event Details:

Young architects are invited to design, build, and tinker with Ms. Alison in this building program for grades K-5. Sessions meet monthly on the 4th Monday. Each month, we'll provid...

Required
Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: STEAM
Required
Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:

Young architects are invited to design, build, and tinker with Ms. Alison in this building program for grades K-5. Sessions meet monthly on the 4th Monday.

Disclaimer(s)

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.

An abstracted flower watercolor painting featuring bright oranges and reds and yellows

Art After Dark

Monday, November 25, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Community Room at Sharpsburg
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults
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, ...

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Required
Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 10
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.

Disclaimer(s)

Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

Supplies

All supplies provided.

Leavers book cover

Evening Book Group

Monday, November 25, 2024 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room) at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
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'...

Event Details:

This month we're reading The Leavers by Lisa Ko. 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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Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
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 Leavers by Lisa Ko. Stop in to get a copy of the book.

Disclaimer(s)

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.

Toddler reading a book

Wiggle Storytime

Tuesday, November 26, 2024 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room) at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers
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 a...

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Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Storytime
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 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.

Toddler reading a book

Sing Me a Storytime

Tuesday, November 26, 2024 at 11:15am - 11:45am
Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room) at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers
Event Details:

Join us for snuggly, giggly fun that features songs, rhymes, and stories for babies (ages 0-18 months) and their caregivers. This interactive storytime provides ways to explore lit...

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Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 30
Event Details:

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

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.

A mother's hand guides her young son as he paints with a paintbrush on paper.

Little Hands Art Storytime

Tuesday, November 26, 2024 at 2:00pm - 2:45pm
Community Room at Sharpsburg
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Literacy, Storytime
Age Group:
Preschool
Event Details:

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 s...

Required
Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Preschool
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Literacy, Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:

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.

A photo from above of four kids sitting at a wooden table and doing art.

Make-n-Take

Tuesday, November 26, 2024 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room) at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, STEAM
Age Group:
Kids
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 gra...

Register Now
Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, STEAM
Required
Seats Remaining: 79
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.

Disclaimer(s)

Drop-Ins

Drop-ins welcome as space permits.

Theater Chairs

Plays Off the Stage

Tuesday, November 26, 2024 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Reading Room (Scott Family Reading Room) at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
Literacy
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join us for an evening of super-casual play reading! No acting experience needed! Just an interest in theater and language and an open mind!     We'll start with ...

Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Reading Room (Scott Family Reading Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Literacy
Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:

Join us for an evening of super-casual play reading! No acting experience needed! Just an interest in theater and language and an open mind!    

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.

A close up photo of two hands knitting.

Mid-Week Knitters

Wednesday, November 27, 2024 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Reading Room (Scott Family Reading Room) at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join a group of knitters and crocheters for 2 hours of crafting and chatting. New knitters and crocheters welcome!  We also have donated yarn and other supplies if you so n...

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Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Reading Room (Scott Family Reading Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
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! 

We also have donated yarn and other supplies if you so need!

Disclaimer(s)

Drop-Ins

Drop-ins welcome as space permits.

Supplies

All supplies provided.

Both Locations Closed

All Day 11/28 - 11/29
Cooper-Siegel, Sharpsburg, DIY Lab

Both locations will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Closing
Branches:
Cooper-Siegel, Sharpsburg, DIY Lab
Description:

Both locations will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Breakfast With The Grinch

Breakfast With The Grinch

Sunday, December 1, 2024 at 10:30am - 12:00pm
Off Site
Program Type:
Fundraiser
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Preschool, Kids, Teens
Event Details:

Oh dear...  The Grinch isn't happy about the holidays coming...   The only thing that could make him feel worse would be forcing him to have breakfast with the Wh...

Required
Payment
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Preschool, Kids, Teens
Program Type: Fundraiser
Required
Payment Required
Seats Remaining: 30
Event Details:

Oh dear...  The Grinch isn't happy about the holidays coming...  

The only thing that could make him feel worse would be forcing him to have breakfast with the Whos in Whoburg (Sharpsburg).

Disclaimer(s)

Outside Program

This Children's program will be held outside in the library's Welcome Garden, weather permitting.

Registration

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

Witness for the Prosecution

Film Series

Sunday, December 1, 2024 at 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room) at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
Movie
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join Cooper-Siegel and the Pittsburgh Classic Movie Club for a 3-part fall film series: Classics with a Twist through the library's free streaming service, Kanopy. Sunday, 9/...

Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Movie
Required
Seats Remaining: 30
Event Details:

Join Cooper-Siegel and the Pittsburgh Classic Movie Club for a 3-part fall film series: Classics with a Twist through the library's free streaming service,

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).

Rainbow stack of books with a space background.

Reading Rockets: K-2 Book Club

Sunday, December 1, 2024 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Craft Room (Rockwell Foundation Children's Art Room) at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
Book Club, Literacy
Age Group:
Kids
Event Details:

Join us for a special book club designed for kids entering grades K-2! Reading books is even more fun when we can talk about the stories with friends.  How does it work? ...

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Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Craft Room (Rockwell Foundation Children's Art Room)
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Book Club, Literacy
Required
Seats Remaining: 29
Event Details:

Join us for a special book club designed for kids entering grades K-2! Reading books is even more fun when we can talk about the stories with friends. 

How does it work?

Disclaimer(s)

Registration

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

Legs on tip toes

Simple Movement Through Somatics

Monday, December 2, 2024 at 10:30am - 12:00pm
Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room) at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
Health
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join fitness pro and nutritionist, Tom Capriotti for a 1-hour somatics session. Somatics engages the nervous system in an active learning process that consists of slow, focused, in...

Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health
Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

Join fitness pro and nutritionist, Tom Capriotti for a 1-hour somatics session.

Disclaimer(s)

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).

A teenaged boy creates art with an array of recycled materials.

Teen Art Studio

Monday, December 2, 2024 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Sharpsburg
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

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

Required
Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 8
Event Details:

Join certified art instructor Ms. Alison for a monthly multi-media art studio with a nurturing environment where ALL are encouraged to find the joy in creating art! For middle and high school students in grades 6-12. 

Disclaimer(s)

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.

Photo of detailed coloring page and colored pencils

Coloring Book Club

Monday, December 2, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Community Room at Sharpsburg
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Chill out and color with us! We'll have a theme or specific coloring book every month in this meet up program for adults.  All supplies provided. This staff-led program ...

Required
Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:

Chill out and color with us! We'll have a theme or specific coloring book every month in this meet up program for adults. 

All supplies provided.

This staff-led program is FREE - donations appreciated.

Disclaimer(s)

Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

Drop-Ins

Drop-ins welcome as space permits.

Supplies

All supplies provided.