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Acrylic painting of winter trees in blues and whites

Winter Blues: Paintings by Sheila Hawthorne Klotz

All Day 1/27 - 1/31
Sharpsburg
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Kids, Teens, Adults
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...

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.

People speaking French together

French Conversation Group

Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Reading Room (Scott Family Reading Room) at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
Language
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Are you looking for a fun and casual way to practice your French? Join our French Conversation Group! Designed for intermediate to advanced French speakers, this group offers a wel...

Full
Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Reading Room (Scott Family Reading Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Language
Required
Seats Remaining: 11
Event Details:

Are you looking for a fun and casual way to practice your French? Join our French Conversation Group!

Book cover of In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

Sharpsburg Sleuths Book Club

Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Sharpsburg
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Sharpsburg Sleuths Mystery Book Club:

Meeting monthly at the Sharpsburg location, this group reads mysteries, thrillers, and true crime.

Event Details:

This month we're reading the true crime classic In Cold Blood by Truman Capote.Copies will be available at the circulation desk. Zoom available for those who prefer to meet virtual...

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Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Seats Remaining: 8

Sharpsburg Sleuths Mystery Book Club

Meeting monthly at the Sharpsburg location, this group reads mysteries, thrillers, and true crime.

Event Details:

This month we're reading the true crime classic In Cold Blood by Truman Capote.

Disclaimer(s)

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).

People speaking French together

French Conversation Group

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Reading Room (Scott Family Reading Room) at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
Language
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Are you looking for a fun and casual way to practice your French? Join our French Conversation Group! Designed for intermediate to advanced French speakers, this group offers a wel...

Register Now
Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Reading Room (Scott Family Reading Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Language
Required
Seats Remaining: 8
Event Details:

Are you looking for a fun and casual way to practice your French? Join our French Conversation Group!

DIY Lab Appt (Cameron)

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
DIY Lab
Program Type:
Technology
Age Group:
Adults
Library Branch: DIY Lab
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Technology
A close up photo of hands in red nail polish knitting with tan yarn.

Mid-Week Knitters

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Reading Room (Scott Family Reading Room) at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Come spend the afternoon with us while we knit, crochet, and chat! 

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

Come spend the afternoon with us while we knit, crochet, and chat! 

Disclaimer(s)

Drop-Ins

Drop-ins welcome as space permits.

Photo of State Rep. Mandy Steele

Rep. Steele Mobile Office Hours

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Sharpsburg
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Stop by every Wednesday for help with:Senior Bus PassesProperty TaxRent RebateUnemploymentState Departments - Revenue, Treasury, Human Services, PennDOTConstituent Services Advisor...

Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Age Group: Adults
Event Details:

Stop by every Wednesday for help with:

Photo of 2 kids working on art projects at the library

Afterschool Art

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 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. Yo...

Register Now
Required
Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 11
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. 

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.

A group of multicultural teens prepare food in a kitchen

What's Cooking

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Sharpsburg
Program Type:
Movie
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Learn how to make delicious and easy snacks and meals with Mr. Finley once a month at our teen cooking program! For middle and high school students in grades 6-12.This month we're ...

Register Now
Required
Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Movie
Required
Seats Remaining: 7
Event Details:

Learn how to make delicious and easy snacks and meals with Mr. Finley once a month at our teen cooking program! 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).

A group of multicultural babies and caregivers.

Wiggle Time

Thursday, January 30, 2025 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: 10
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).

DIY Lab

DIY Lab Appt (Kari)

Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 12:00pm - 2:00pm
DIY Lab
Program Type:
Technology
Age Group:
Adults
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 ...

Full
Required
Library Branch: DIY Lab
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Technology
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
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.

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.

Birdseye view of lapops and mobile devices

Winter Code Club for Tweens

Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
DIY Lab at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
STEAM, Technology
Code Club:

Event Details:

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

Full
Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: DIY Lab
Program Type: STEAM, Technology
Required
Seats Remaining: 6

Code Club

Event Details:

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

Disclaimer(s)

Your Registration

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

A close up photo of multi-colored yarn skeins.

Crochet n' Things

Thursday, January 30, 2025 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...

Register Now
Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Reading Room (Scott Family Reading Room)
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 17
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.

Soul of Pittsburgh book cover

Community Ink: Ed Simon

Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room) at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
History
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Ed Simon joins us to discuss the paradoxes of our region in his new book: The Soul of Pittsburgh: Essays on Life, Community and History  Ed Simon is the Executi...

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Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History
Required
Seats Remaining: 43
Event Details:

Ed Simon joins us to discuss the paradoxes of our region in his new book: The Soul of Pittsburgh: Essays on Life, Community and History

 

Disclaimer(s)

Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

child holding a book about frogs in front of face

Spanish & English Storytime

Friday, January 31, 2025 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...

Register Now
Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Preschool
Program Type: Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 34
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).

Miss CC helps kids add colorful spots to a white dog.

Chinese & English Storytime

Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room) at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
Language, Literacy, Storytime
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Preschool, Kids
Event Details:

Explore the Chinese language through bilingual songs, books, and playful experiences. This program is designed for kids in grades preschool - 2nd grade with their caregivers. This ...

Cancelled
Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Preschool, Kids
Program Type: Language, Literacy, Storytime
Event Details:

Explore the Chinese language through bilingual songs, books, and playful experiences. This program is designed for kids in grades preschool - 2nd grade with their caregivers. This program occurs on the first Saturday of the month.

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).

a paint marker sits on the table next to cardboard hearts colored with red and pink patterns.

Heart-a-palooza

Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 11:00am - 1:00pm
Community Room at Sharpsburg
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, STEAM
Age Group:
Preschool, Kids, Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Heart-a-palooza is an all-ages drop-in program where we will create hearts with an assortment of art materials! We will have several stations set up and you can do 1 or all of them...

Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Preschool, Kids, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, STEAM
Event Details:

Heart-a-palooza is an all-ages drop-in program where we will create hearts with an assortment of art materials! We will have several stations set up and you can do 1 or all of them - or you can cozy up on the rug and read some books together!

Disclaimer(s)

Drop-Ins

Drop-ins welcome as space permits.

Supplies

All supplies provided.

Kids getting ready for a dragon parade.

Lunar New Year Celebration

Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room) at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
History, Language
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Preschool, Kids, Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Celebrate and learn about the Lunar New Year! This annual celebration organized by the Asian community of the Fox Chapel area features a wide variety of different festival act...

Full
Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Preschool, Kids, Teens, Adults
Program Type: History, Language
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Celebrate and learn about the Lunar New Year! This annual celebration organized by the Asian community of the Fox Chapel area features a wide variety of different festival activities.

Legs on tip toes

Simple Movement Through Somatics

Monday, February 3, 2025 at 10:30am - 12:00pm
Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room) at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
Health
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join certified person trainer, Tom Capriotti for a 1-hour somatics session. Somatics engages the nervous system in an active learning process that consists of slow, focused, intent...

Register Now
Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health
Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:

Join certified person trainer, 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).

Photo of a diverse group of kids reading in a library

Brain Food Book Tasting

Monday, February 3, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Community Room at Sharpsburg
Program Type:
Book Club, Literacy
Age Group:
Kids
Event Details:

Share your love of reading in our monthly book club for elementary students! Join Ms. Sara and other kid readers for a delectable spread of books to sample, savor, and discuss. Eac...

Register Now
Required
Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Book Club, Literacy
Required
Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:

Share your love of reading in our monthly book club for elementary students! Join Ms. Sara and other kid readers for a delectable spread of books to sample, savor, and discuss.

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).

Your Registration

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

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

Teen Art Studio

Monday, February 3, 2025 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 ...

Register Now
Required
Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 7
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.

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

Monday, February 3, 2025 at 6:00pm - 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, a st...

Register Now
Required
Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Preschool
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Literacy, Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 3
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.

Toddler reading a book

Wiggle Storytime

Tuesday, February 4, 2025 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, ...

Register Now
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, 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.

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

Little Hands PreK Storytime

Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:45am
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...

Register Now
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.