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Memory (Memoir + History) Book Club

Wednesday, May 15, 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:

In May, we will learn not just a series of dates and names, but how it felt to live in Medieval England. Mortimer’s Guide goes beyond drily listing people and battles so often asso...

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

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:

In May, we will learn not just a series of dates and names, but how it felt to live in Medieval England.

Disclaimer(s)

Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

After Library Closes

This program occurs after the library closes.

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Guyasuta Kennel Club

Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room) at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
History
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

In 1930, a small group of Pittsburgh gambling racketeers opened a dog racing track in an O’Hara Township amusement park and called it the Guyasuta Kennel Club. They were plagued wi...

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

In 1930, a small group of Pittsburgh gambling racketeers opened a dog racing track in an O’Hara Township amusement park and called it the Guyasuta Kennel Club. They were plagued with trouble from the get-go.

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).

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The History of Pittsburgh Architecture

Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room) at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
History
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Pittsburgh is a veritable museum of American architecture, with outstanding examples of almost every building form and style found in our country from the late 18th century on. Tog...

Register Now
Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History
Required
Seats Remaining: 19
Event Details:

Pittsburgh is a veritable museum of American architecture, with outstanding examples of almost every building form and style found in our country from the late 18th century on.

Disclaimer(s)

Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

Your Registration

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

genealogy research

From Attic to Archives: 4 Week Workshop

Thursday, June 13, 2024 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm
DIY Lab at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
History, Technology
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join Stephanie Zimble and Cameron Smith for a 4-week workshop on personal history, genealogy, and preservation. Week 1 Personal History-- What to Save: Stephanie will pr...

Register Now
Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: DIY Lab
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History, Technology
Required
Seats Remaining: 5
Event Details:

Join Stephanie Zimble and Cameron Smith for a 4-week workshop on personal history, genealogy, and preservation.

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.

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Memory (Memoir + History) Book Club

Wednesday, June 19, 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:

A harrowing and creative memoir centering on an abusive same-sex relationship. Machado radically utilizes the second-person narrative in this dire yet radically inventive account. ...

Register Now
Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Reading Room (Scott Family Reading Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club, History
Required
Seats Remaining: 11

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:

A harrowing and creative memoir centering on an abusive same-sex relationship. Machado radically utilizes the second-person narrative in this dire yet radically inventive account.

Disclaimer(s)

Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

After Library Closes

This program occurs after the library closes.

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Author Talk: Zach Brodt

Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room) at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
History, Lecture
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

In this presentation, based on his recent book From the Steel City to the White City, Zachary Brodt will explore Western Pennsylvania’s representation at Chicago’s Columbian E...

Register Now
Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History, Lecture
Required
Seats Remaining: 44
Event Details:

In this presentation, based on his recent book From the Steel City to the White City, Zachary Brodt will explore Western Pennsylvania’s representation at Chicago’s Co

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).

genealogy research

From Attic to Archives: 4 Week Workshop

Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm
DIY Lab at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
History, Technology
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join Stephanie Zimble and Cameron Smith for a 4-week workshop on personal history, genealogy, and preservation. Week 1 Personal History-- What to Save: Stephanie will pr...

Register Now
Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: DIY Lab
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History, Technology
Required
Seats Remaining: 5
Event Details:

Join Stephanie Zimble and Cameron Smith for a 4-week workshop on personal history, genealogy, and preservation.

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.

genealogy research

From Attic to Archives: 4 Week Workshop

Thursday, June 27, 2024 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm
DIY Lab at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
History, Technology
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join Stephanie Zimble and Cameron Smith for a 4-week workshop on personal history, genealogy, and preservation. Week 1 Personal History-- What to Save: Stephanie will pr...

Register Now
Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: DIY Lab
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History, Technology
Required
Seats Remaining: 5
Event Details:

Join Stephanie Zimble and Cameron Smith for a 4-week workshop on personal history, genealogy, and preservation.

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.

genealogy research

From Attic to Archives: 4 Week Workshop

Thursday, July 11, 2024 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm
DIY Lab at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
History, Technology
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join Stephanie Zimble and Cameron Smith for a 4-week workshop on personal history, genealogy, and preservation. Week 1 Personal History-- What to Save: Stephanie will pr...

Register Now
Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: DIY Lab
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History, Technology
Required
Seats Remaining: 5
Event Details:

Join Stephanie Zimble and Cameron Smith for a 4-week workshop on personal history, genealogy, and preservation.

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.

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Memory (Memoir + History) Book Club

Wednesday, July 17, 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:

In July, we get to enjoy Deirdre Mask's The Address Book (2020). Mask looks at the fate of streets named after Martin Luther King Jr., the wayfinding means of ancient Romans, and h...

Register Now
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:

In July, we get to enjoy Deirdre Mask's The Address Book (2020).

Disclaimer(s)

Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

After Library Closes

This program occurs after the library closes.

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Haunted Roads of Western PA

Wednesday, July 24, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Community Room at Sharpsburg
Program Type:
History, Lecture
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

There are ghostly travelers who forever wander the lonely roads of Western Pennsylvania. A creeping fog rises from Blue Mist Road, and stories of car crashes, lynchings and even st...

Register Now
Required
Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History, Lecture
Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

There are ghostly travelers who forever wander the lonely roads of Western Pennsylvania. A creeping fog rises from Blue Mist Road, and stories of car crashes, lynchings and even strange beasts haunt this isolated stretch outside Pittsburgh.

Disclaimer(s)

Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

Your Registration

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

Ulysses S Grant with Horse

Ulysses S Grant: His Life, His Myths

Saturday, September 14, 2024 at 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room) at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
History
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Celebrate Ulysses S. Grant's birthday with an engaging afternoon with Kenneth Serfass, an acclaimed US Grant impressionist. You'll learn more about what made Grant the most success...

Register Now
Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: History
Required
Seats Remaining: 42
Event Details:

Celebrate Ulysses S. Grant's birthday with an engaging afternoon with Kenneth Serfass, an acclaimed US Grant impressionist.

Disclaimer(s)

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.

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Spies, Slaves, and Secrets

Tuesday, September 17, 2024 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room) at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
History, Lecture
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Author Robert Hilliard will present a 50-minute slide presentation where you'll learn more about the similarities between the US at the outbreak of the Civil War and the Iron ...

Register Now
Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History, Lecture
Required
Seats Remaining: 50
Event Details:

Author Robert Hilliard will present a 50-minute slide presentation where you'll learn more about the similarities between the US at the outbreak of the Civil War and the Iron Curtain in Europe during the Cold War.

Disclaimer(s)

Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

Your Registration

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