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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
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Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health
Registration Required
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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).

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.

DIY Lab Appt (Kari)

12:00pm - 2:00pm
DIY Lab
Cancelled
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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).

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.

Senior Craft & Chat

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Sharpsburg
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Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 11
Event Details:
Bring a craft you're working on or start a new project in this relaxed social program for senior adults. Crafts, conversation, and even a few laughs! Program meets biweekly on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday. Let's do some watercolor painting - inspired...

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Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

Drop-Ins

Drop-ins welcome as space permits.

Supplies

All supplies provided.

1-on-1 ESL Chat

10:30am - 11:30am
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 ...

Visit with Therapets: Jake

5:30pm - 7:00pm
Cooper-Siegel
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Age Group: Preschool, Kids, Teens, Adults
Event Details:
Enjoy a meet-n-greet with Animal Friends' Therapet, Jake! He's a 5-year-old, yellow Lab who loves tummy rubs and swimming. Kiddos can get a trading card with all his stats to take home. No registration required - Jake will be wandering around the lib...

Crochet n' Things

6:00pm - 7:00pm
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
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 19
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 regularly donated yarn and we'll have extra crochet hooks and knitting n...

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Drop-Ins

Drop-ins welcome as space permits.

Supplies

All supplies provided.

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.

First Friday - Late Hours

6:00pm - 9:00pm
Sharpsburg
Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Preschool, Kids, Teens, Adults
Event Details:
Stop by the library during First Fridays each month! We'll be open for browsing, borrowing, and hanging out from 6 to 9pm. Please note that patron computers will not be available during First Fridays, but we will be able to print from our email. ...

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After Library Closes

This program occurs after the library closes.

First Friday Fun: May the 4th

6:00pm - 9:00pm
Sharpsburg
Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Kids, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:
Drop in during First Friday to make a Star Wars related project. Activity TBD. This project is recommended for school age kids through adults. It will take at least 15 minutes. ...

Coloring Book Club

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: 9
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. Did you know May is National Pet Month! Let's color animals! ...

Disclaimer(s)

Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

Drop-Ins

Drop-ins welcome as space permits.

Supplies

All supplies provided.

Midweek Knitters

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Cooper-Siegel
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Registration
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.

Speculative Fiction 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: 6

Speculative Fiction Book Club

This bimonthly book club at Sharpsburg focuses on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative fiction genres.

Event Details:
This month's theme is Hopepunk SF. We're reading the epistolary time travel novella This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone. Copies will be available at the circulation desk. Zoom is available for those wh...

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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).

Crochet n' Things

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Cooper-Siegel
Register Now
Registration
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Reading Room (Scott Family Reading Room)
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 20
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 regularly donated yarn and we'll have extra crochet hooks and knitting n...

Disclaimer(s)

Drop-Ins

Drop-ins welcome as space permits.

Supplies

All supplies provided.

Cooks and Books

7:00pm - 8:30pm
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, Food and Cooking
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 8

Cookbook Club

Join your fellow cookbook-obsessed-peeps as we read, cook, chat and EAT! We'll meet once a month on the 2nd Thursday from 7-8:30 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:
In April we're enjoying food by the great Madhur Jaffrey with 5 of her canonical cookbooks: Invitation to Indian Cooking Vegetarian India: a Journey Through the Best of Indian Home Cooking  Simple Indian Cookery: Step by Step to Everyo...

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).

Your Registration

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

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: 20

Booked for Lunch

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

It is a hybrid book club so you may attend in person or connect from home via Zoom.

You will automatically receive the Zoom link when you register.

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

Event Details:
In May we will be discussing The World Played Chess by Robert Dugoni   ...

Disclaimer(s)

Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

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. ...

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.