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Donora Death Fog: A Look Back

7:00pm - 8:30pm
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Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History
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Seats Remaining: 39
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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 18+ only please.

Virtual Event

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

Memory (Memoir + History) Book Club

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Cooper-Siegel
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Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Reading Room (Scott Family Reading Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club, History
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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 18+ only please.

After Library Closes

This program occurs after the library closes.

Guyasuta Kennel Club

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: 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...

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

The History of Pittsburgh Architecture

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: History
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Seats Remaining: 20
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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. Together with the region's dramatic and varied topography, this architect...

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From Attic to Archives: 4 Week Workshop

6:30pm - 8:30pm
Cooper-Siegel
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Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: DIY Lab
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History, Technology
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Seats Remaining: 6
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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 provide a basic overview of personal archives and memory boxes. How...

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Adults Only

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

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Memory (Memoir + History) Book Club

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

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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. Machado tackles dark and difficult subjects with a sharp wit and inqui...

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Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

After Library Closes

This program occurs after the library closes.

Author Talk: Zach Brodt

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: History, Lecture
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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 Columbian Exposition, the first major step in demonstrating that Pittsburgh was m...

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Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

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

From Attic to Archives: 4 Week Workshop

6:30pm - 8:30pm
Cooper-Siegel
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Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: DIY Lab
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History, Technology
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 6
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 provide a basic overview of personal archives and memory boxes. How...

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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.

From Attic to Archives: 4 Week Workshop

6:30pm - 8:30pm
Cooper-Siegel
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Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: DIY Lab
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History, Technology
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 6
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 provide a basic overview of personal archives and memory boxes. How...

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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.

From Attic to Archives: 4 Week Workshop

6:30pm - 8:30pm
Cooper-Siegel
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Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: DIY Lab
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History, Technology
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 6
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 provide a basic overview of personal archives and memory boxes. How...

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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.

Ulysses S Grant: His Life, His Myths

1:30pm - 3:30pm
Cooper-Siegel
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Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: History
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 42
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 successful general in our history and a man who was admired more than Abraham...

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Spies, Slaves, and Secrets

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: History, Lecture
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 50
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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. Hilliard will touch on Civil Wa...

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Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

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