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Open Mah Jong Play

1:30pm - 3:30pm
Cooper-Siegel
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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.

Purls of Wisdom

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Cooper-Siegel
Registration
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: McLaughlin (Harry W. McLaughlin Jr Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 25
Event Details:
Good things happen when you mix community with creativity. Join knitters of all ages and experience levels for Purls of Wisdom, Fox Chapel Area's knitting circle. Bring your current WIPs (works in progress) and enjoy conversation, community and ...

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Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

Drop-Ins

Drop-ins welcome as space permits.

What is Dragon Boating?

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Cooper-Siegel
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Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health, Lecture
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 13
Event Details:
Dragon Boating has been a hidden treasure of Pittsburgh for 22 years and this year, the Lunar Year of the Dragon, is the perfect time to experience it! Join members of the local Steel City Dragon Boat Association (SCDBA) to learn how this sport wh...

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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).

Sketches of Sharpsburg & Beyond: Carol Beth Yoffee

All Day 5/13 - 5/18
Sharpsburg
Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Age Group: Kids, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:
Carol Beth Yoffee is an urban sketcher who believes "a life filled with sharing art is a life fulfilled." After finishing sketching people in a scene, and someone recognizes themself in her work, she experiences joy from knowing they have become part...

Lavender Lounge

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Sharpsburg
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Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Health
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 9
Event Details:
You asked, we listened! LGBTQ+ adults are invited to our monthly Lavender Lounge with Calvin! Make friends, chat about queer issues, and make art! Let's get ready for PRIDE month and make some unique buttons and stickers! ...

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Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

Drop-Ins

Drop-ins welcome as space permits.

Supplies

All supplies provided.

İ Leamos Juntos! (We Read Together!)

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Cooper-Siegel
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Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club, Language
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 6
Event Details:
Join Diana Morales and others for a fun way to improve your Spanish! This group will meet virtually on Zoom the first Monday of each month for a fun book club where you'll read bilingual picture books together. Each participant will receive a link to...

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Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

Virtual Event

This program is virtual. Please register in order to receive the link to participate.

Donora Death Fog: A Look Back

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Off Site
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Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 39
Event Details:
Twenty-one people died over Halloween weekend in 1948 in Donora, a small mill town in southwestern Pennsylvania. The event led directly to the nation's first clean air act. Join author Andy McPhee for a fascinating webinar exploring the Donora D...

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Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

Virtual Event

This program is virtual. Please register in order to receive the link to participate.

DIY Lab Appt (Kari)

12:00pm - 2:00pm
DIY Lab
Full
Registration
Library Branch: DIY Lab
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Technology
Registration 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. 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
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Registration
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: McLaughlin (Harry W. McLaughlin Jr Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Literacy
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 5
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).

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.

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. Write a haiku inspired by the Sharpsburg Com...

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Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

Drop-Ins

Drop-ins welcome as space permits.

Supplies

All supplies provided.

Memory (Memoir + History) Book Club

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Cooper-Siegel
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Registration
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Reading Room (Scott Family Reading Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club, History
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 8

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.

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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 associated with grades school medieval history and gives us a classic, if ...

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Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

After Library Closes

This program occurs after the library closes.

DIY Lab Appt (Jim)

1:00pm - 4:00pm
DIY Lab
Full
Registration
Library Branch: DIY Lab
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Technology
Registration 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. Before ...

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.

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.

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.

Papermaking Workshop

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Cooper-Siegel
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Registration
Payment
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Payment Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:
Led by Katy DeMent, Pittsburgh crafter and Paper Lady, participants will explore papermaking history and processes by creating their own sheets of handmade paper. Folks will assist in the making of paper by hand and will enjoy beating fiber...

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.

Sketches of Sharpsburg & Beyond: Carol Beth Yoffee

All Day 5/20 - 5/25
Sharpsburg
Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Age Group: Kids, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:
Carol Beth Yoffee is an urban sketcher who believes "a life filled with sharing art is a life fulfilled." After finishing sketching people in a scene, and someone recognizes themself in her work, she experiences joy from knowing they have become part...

Art After Dark

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Sharpsburg
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Registration
Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 7
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...

Disclaimer(s)

Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

Supplies

All supplies provided.

DIY Lab Appt (Kari)

12:00pm - 2:00pm
DIY Lab
Register Now
Registration
Library Branch: DIY Lab
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Technology
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 1
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 ...

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.

FC Democrats

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Cooper-Siegel
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Adults
Event Details:
Everyone is welcome to join this monthly meeting of the Fox Chapel Democratic Committee. ...

Disclaimer(s)

Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

Midweek Knitters

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Cooper-Siegel
Register Now
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 ...

Disclaimer(s)

Drop-Ins

Drop-ins welcome as space permits.

DIY Lab Appt (Jim)

1:00pm - 4:00pm
DIY Lab
Full
Registration
Library Branch: DIY Lab
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Technology
Registration 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. Before ...

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.

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.

Guyasuta Kennel Club

6:30pm - 8:00pm
Cooper-Siegel
Cancelled
Registration
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. Mechanical problems and deadly accidents i...

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).