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Attic to Archives: 4 Week Workshop

6:30pm - 8:00pm
Cooper-Siegel
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: DIY Lab
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History, Technology
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Join Stephanie Zimble and Cameron Smith for a 4-week workshop on personal history, genealogy, and preservation.

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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).

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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
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Seats Remaining: 10

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

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Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

After Library Closes

This program occurs after the library closes.

From Attic to Archives: 4 Week Workshop

6:30pm - 8:00pm
Cooper-Siegel
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: DIY Lab
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History, Technology
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.

Haunted Roads of Western PA

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Sharpsburg
Full
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Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History, Lecture
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
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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.

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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.

Memory (Memoir + History) Book Club

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Cooper-Siegel
Register Now
Registration
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Reading Room (Scott Family Reading Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club, History
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 10

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:

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, The Wager 

Disclaimer(s)

Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

After Library Closes

This program occurs after the library closes.

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

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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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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: 49
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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.

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Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

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The Ghosts of Pittsburgh

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
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 50
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Pittsburgh has a North Side and a South Side and Haunted Pittsburgh will introduce you to its dark side.

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Author Talk: Ed Simon

6:00pm - 7:30pm
Cooper-Siegel
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Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 50
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Ed Simon joins us to discuss the paradoxes of our region in his new book: The Soul of Pittsburgh: Essays on Life, Community and History

 

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Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

The History of North Park

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Cooper-Siegel
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Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 45
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On February 11, 1927, Allegheny County Commissioners passed a resolution establishing North and South County Parks. North Park, at 3,094 acres, is the largest park in the system, more than 1000 acres greater than its sister, South Park.

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

Into the DIY Lab

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Cooper-Siegel
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Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: DIY Lab
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History, Technology
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:

Join Local History Librarian Cameron in the DIY Lab to learn about the resources we have to help you finish your personal archive projects.

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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.