Week Calendar

Children ages 2 and under and their caregivers are invited to join us every week for a wiggly, giggly program featuring fingerplays, bounces, tickles, and shakers.

One-on-One ESL Session. If you're interested, please email Lauren Williams at williamsl2@coopersiegelcommunitylibrary.org

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.

Start drawing confidently and beautifully in colored pencil in this 5-week workshop! Each week, we'll watch a video-lesson by Craftsy artist and instructor, Susan Rubin.

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

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.

One-on-One ESL Session. If you're interested, please email Lauren Williams at williamsl2@coopersiegelcommunitylibrary.org

Explore science concepts through hands-on experiments led by Fox Chapel Area High School students. This program is geared towards kids in grades 3-5.

Oct. 22: Water

Nov. 19: Endangered Animals

Our youngest friends are invited to imagine and create with Ms. Alison at this weekly art-integration storytime for PreK children and their caregivers. Each session will include stories and a hands-on developmentally appropriate art activity.

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 2023 (and eventually the 2024) National Mah Jong League card.

Join local teen volunteers to play chess every first Saturday of the month! The teen volunteers are happy to teach kids who are new to playing chess. They are also excited to play games of chess with experienced players.

Learn different painting techniques with Ms. Alison in our biweekly Painter Studio for kids in grades K-6!

We are creating Winter Watercolors!

Looking for something to do after school? Drop in every Tuesday for Open Play & Create!

Join us for fun, hands-on projects that explore science, technology, engineering, art, and math concepts through arts and crafts that you get to take home with you. For kids in grades K-6.

Hang out, make friends, and express yourself with Mr. James! We'll have open Teen Space hours every Wednesday where you can use any of the equipment, including our Cricut cutting machine and iMac. For teens in grades 7-12.

Join Ms. Alison for a multi-media art studio with a nurturing environment where ALL are encouraged to find the joy in creating art! For grades K-6.

Hang out, make friends, and express yourself with Mr. James! Each week there will be different activities to try - from STEM to art to writing! This is a time for tweens in GR 4-6. Older teens should check out our Tuesday program.

You're registering to be a Taster for the 5-5:45 time slot.

You will receive a small taster's cup of each of the 15 competing chilis and tokens to vote on your favorite!

You're registering to be a Chef. Chefs will need to arrive by 4:45pm and can expect to leave around 7:30pm.

Join us for our annual Chili Cookoff held at Sharpsburg Council Chambers. There will be one Tasters Choice winner chosen by the public, and 1st, 2nd and 3rd place Chef winners chosen by a panel of judges.

Our friends at Roots of Faith are hosting a Community Resource Fair! Staff from Sharpsburg Community Library will be there to provide information about our programs and services and to connect with people one-on-one.

Nurture your littlest reader's mind and body with Story Supper, our monthly family literacy program in partnership with Fox Families Care!

You're registering to be a Taster for the 6-6:45 time slot. 

You will receive a small taster's cup of each of the 15 competing chilis and tokens to vote on your favorite!

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.

One-on-One ESL Session. If you're interested, please email Lauren Williams at williamsl2@coopersiegelcommunitylibrary.org

One-on-One ESL Session. If you're interested, please email Lauren Williams at williamsl2@coopersiegelcommunitylibrary.org

Come hang out with us as we crochet, knit, or do any other fun yarn craft!

Stop by the library during First Fridays each month! We'll be open for browsing, borrowing, and hanging out from 6 to 9pm.

Drop in during First Friday to make an illuminated manuscript letter in the style of the Book of Kells!

This project is recommended for school age kids through adults. It will take at least 15 minutes.

This month we're reading The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann. Stop in to get a copy of the book.