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Poetry Workshop

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 12:30pm - 2:30pm
James I Mitnick Program Room: A at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
Literacy
Age Group:
Adults

This group meets every other week and focuses on nourishing and sustaining your creative practice. No experience writing or reading poetry? No problem!

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: James I Mitnick Program Room: A
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Literacy
Registration Required
Event Details:

This group meets every other week and focuses on nourishing and sustaining your creative practice. No experience writing or reading poetry? No problem!

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 (SCL).

A photo from above of four kids sitting at a wooden table and doing art.

Play Lab

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Verne C. Koch Room at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, STEAM
Age Group:
Kids

Join us for fun, hands-on projects that explore science, technology, engineering, art, and math concepts through hands-on experiences.

Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Verne C. Koch Room
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, STEAM
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for fun, hands-on projects that explore science, technology, engineering, art, and math concepts through hands-on experiences.

Disclaimer(s)

Drop-Ins

Drop-ins welcome as space permits.

Book cover of The Framed Women of Ardemore House by Brandy Schillace

Sharpsburg Sleuths Book Club

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
SCL Fiction Area at Sharpsburg
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Sharpsburg Sleuths Book Club:

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

It's Autism Acceptance Month!

Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: SCL Fiction Area
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Sharpsburg Sleuths Book Club

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

It's Autism Acceptance Month!

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 (SCL).

A group of multicultural babies and caregivers.

Wiggle Time

Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:00am
SCL Community Room at Sharpsburg
Program Type:
Literacy, Storytime
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers

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.

Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: SCL Community Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Literacy, Storytime
Registration Required
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 (SCL).

Photo of several hijab wearing women around a table, an ESL instructor stands in the front of the room with lessons on a screen

Beginning English Class with Hello Neighbor

Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
SCL Community Room at Sharpsburg
Program Type:
Language, Literacy
Age Group:
Adults

Welcome to Sharpsburg, neighbors!

Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: SCL Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Language, Literacy
Event Details:

Welcome to Sharpsburg, neighbors!

Disclaimer(s)

Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

makerspace

Makerspace Walk-In Hours

Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Manley-Dozzi Makerspace at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, STEAM, Technology
Age Group:
Teens, Adults

Makerspace open hours.  Please drop by and learn what the makerspace has to offer.

Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Manley-Dozzi Makerspace
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, STEAM, Technology
Event Details:

Makerspace open hours.  Please drop by and learn what the makerspace has to offer.

Disclaimer(s)

Drop-Ins

Drop-ins welcome as space permits.

A close-up photo of multi-colored yarns.

Craft n' Things

Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Reading Room (Scott Family Reading Room) at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens, Adults

Come hang out with a group of crafters and work on your own project! Whether it's crochet, knitting, cross stitch, embroidery, sewing, drawing, or something else, all are welcome! 

Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Reading Room (Scott Family Reading Room)
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Come hang out with a group of crafters and work on your own project! Whether it's crochet, knitting, cross stitch, embroidery, sewing, drawing, or something else, all are welcome! 

Disclaimer(s)

After Library Closes

This program occurs after the library closes.

Drop-Ins

Drop-ins welcome as space permits.

child holding a book about frogs in front of face

Spanish & English Storytime

Friday, May 1, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Verne C. Koch Room at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Preschool

Join us for a playful storytime in both Spanish and English with interactive books, rhymes, and songs.

Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Verne C. Koch Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Preschool
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
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 (SCL).

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

Chinese & English Storytime

Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Verne C. Koch Room at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
Language, Literacy, Storytime
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Preschool, Kids

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.

Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Verne C. Koch Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Preschool, Kids
Program Type: Language, Literacy, Storytime
Registration Required
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 (SCL).

Mishka is a tan and brown elk hound mix wearing a teal scarf. She's sitting in front of the magazines at the library.

Read with Mishka the Therapy Dog

Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
SCL Community Room at Sharpsburg
Program Type:
Literacy
Age Group:
Preschool, Kids

Dogs are the best listeners! Mishka is a certified therapy dog, who is looking forward to hearing some great tales. Mishka and her person, Ms.

Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: SCL Community Room
Age Group: Preschool, Kids
Program Type: Literacy
Registration Required
Event Details:

Dogs are the best listeners! Mishka is a certified therapy dog, who is looking forward to hearing some great tales. Mishka and her person, Ms.

Disclaimer(s)

Drop-Ins

Drop-ins welcome as space permits.

Photo of Articuno Pokemon card. Articuno is an ice blue bird.

Pokemon Club

Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
SCL Community Room at Sharpsburg
Program Type:
Literacy
Age Group:
Kids

Learn to play the Poke Catch TCG game with our teen Pokemon trainers, Torrin & Emmett!

Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: SCL Community Room
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Literacy
Registration Required
Event Details:

Learn to play the Poke Catch TCG game with our teen Pokemon trainers, Torrin & Emmett!

Disclaimer(s)

Drop-Ins

Drop-ins welcome as space permits.

makerspace

Makerspace Walk-In hours

Monday, May 4, 2026 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Manley-Dozzi Makerspace at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, STEAM, Technology
Age Group:
Teens, Adults

Makerspace open hours.  Stop in and learn how the makerspace works and what it has to offer.

Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Manley-Dozzi Makerspace
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, STEAM, Technology
Event Details:

Makerspace open hours.  Stop in and learn how the makerspace works and what it has to offer.

Disclaimer(s)

Drop-Ins

Drop-ins welcome as space permits.

Toddler reading a book

Wiggle Storytime

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Verne C. Koch Room at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers

Get up and get moving during our toddler and preschool storytime (for children ages 2-5) and their caregivers. This interactive storytime features books, fingerplays, bounces, scarves, shakers, and a parachute.

Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Verne C. Koch Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Event Details:

Get up and get moving during our toddler and preschool storytime (for children ages 2-5) 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.

Registration

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

Toddler reading a book

Sing Me a Storytime

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 at 11:15am - 11:45am
Verne C. Koch Room at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers

Join us for snuggly, giggly fun that features songs, rhymes, and stories for babies and toddlers (ages birth - 2 years) and their caregivers.

Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Verne C. Koch Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for snuggly, giggly fun that features songs, rhymes, and stories for babies and toddlers (ages birth - 2 years) and their caregivers.

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 photo from above of four kids sitting at a wooden table and doing art.

Play Lab

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Verne C. Koch Room at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, STEAM
Age Group:
Kids

Join us for fun, hands-on projects that explore science, technology, engineering, art, and math concepts through hands-on experiences.

Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Verne C. Koch Room
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, STEAM
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for fun, hands-on projects that explore science, technology, engineering, art, and math concepts through hands-on experiences.

Disclaimer(s)

Drop-Ins

Drop-ins welcome as space permits.

A group of multicultural babies and caregivers.

Wiggle Time

Thursday, May 7, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:00am
SCL Community Room at Sharpsburg
Program Type:
Literacy, Storytime
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers

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.

Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: SCL Community Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Literacy, Storytime
Registration Required
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 (SCL).

Photo of several hijab wearing women around a table, an ESL instructor stands in the front of the room with lessons on a screen

Beginning English Class with Hello Neighbor

Thursday, May 7, 2026 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
SCL Community Room at Sharpsburg
Program Type:
Language, Literacy
Age Group:
Adults

Welcome to Sharpsburg, neighbors!

Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: SCL Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Language, Literacy
Event Details:

Welcome to Sharpsburg, neighbors!

Disclaimer(s)

Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

makerspace

Makerspace Walk-In Hours

Thursday, May 7, 2026 at 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Manley-Dozzi Makerspace at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, STEAM, Technology
Age Group:
Teens, Adults

Makerspace open hours.  Please drop by and learn what the makerspace has to offer.

Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Manley-Dozzi Makerspace
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, STEAM, Technology
Event Details:

Makerspace open hours.  Please drop by and learn what the makerspace has to offer.

Disclaimer(s)

Drop-Ins

Drop-ins welcome as space permits.

A close-up photo of multi-colored yarns.

Craft n' Things

Thursday, May 7, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Reading Room (Scott Family Reading Room) at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens, Adults

Come hang out with a group of crafters and work on your own project! Whether it's crochet, knitting, cross stitch, embroidery, sewing, drawing, or something else, all are welcome! 

Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Reading Room (Scott Family Reading Room)
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Come hang out with a group of crafters and work on your own project! Whether it's crochet, knitting, cross stitch, embroidery, sewing, drawing, or something else, all are welcome! 

Disclaimer(s)

After Library Closes

This program occurs after the library closes.

Drop-Ins

Drop-ins welcome as space permits.

child holding a book about frogs in front of face

Spanish & English Storytime

Friday, May 8, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Verne C. Koch Room at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Preschool

Join us for a playful storytime in both Spanish and English with interactive books, rhymes, and songs.

Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Verne C. Koch Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Preschool
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
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 (SCL).

the lion

Booked For Lunch Book Club

Friday, May 8, 2026 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Verne C. Koch Room at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Booked for Lunch:

This group reads both fiction and nonfiction titles of all genres and formats and meets on the 2nd Friday of every month. Stop in or call the library to get a copy of the current m...

May is our Historical Fiction month, so we will be reading The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali.

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Verne C. Koch Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Booked for Lunch

This group reads both fiction and nonfiction titles of all genres and formats and meets on the 2nd Friday of every month. Stop in or call the library to get a copy of the current month's book. 

May is our Historical Fiction month, so we will be reading The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali.

Disclaimer(s)

Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

A photo of teens making funny faces while sitting on a hill.

Teen After Hours

Friday, May 8, 2026 at 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Verne C. Koch Room at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
Movie, Music
Age Group:
Teens

Join us for a fun time after hours at the library for our Middle School Teens! Play games, sing karaoke, eat pizza, and more! Use the back entrance for this program.

Interested in helping out? Bring a snack to share!

Full
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Verne C. Koch Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Movie, Music
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for a fun time after hours at the library for our Middle School Teens! Play games, sing karaoke, eat pizza, and more! Use the back entrance for this program.

Interested in helping out? Bring a snack to share!

Disclaimer(s)

After Library Closes

This program occurs after the library closes.

Registration

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

Photo of hands and Magic the Gathering cards

Magic the Gathering Commander League

Saturday, May 9, 2026 at 12:00pm - 2:00pm
SCL Community Room at Sharpsburg
Program Type:
Literacy
Age Group:
Teens

Join former professional Magic the Gathering player Mike Patnik for our Commander League! Beginners and experienced players welcome! 

Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: SCL Community Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Literacy
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join former professional Magic the Gathering player Mike Patnik for our Commander League! Beginners and experienced players welcome! 

Disclaimer(s)

Drop-Ins

Drop-ins welcome as space permits.

makerspace

Makerspace Walk-In hours

Monday, May 11, 2026 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Manley-Dozzi Makerspace at Cooper-Siegel
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, STEAM, Technology
Age Group:
Teens, Adults

Makerspace open hours.  Stop in and learn how the makerspace works and what it has to offer.

Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Manley-Dozzi Makerspace
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, STEAM, Technology
Event Details:

Makerspace open hours.  Stop in and learn how the makerspace works and what it has to offer.

Disclaimer(s)

Drop-Ins

Drop-ins welcome as space permits.