Scan your old photographs, documents, slides, and more for free at Community Scan Day! Staff will teach you how to use a portable scanner to digitize your items at CLP locations. If you’d like to donate digital copies to the CLP Digital Community Collection, a staff member will walk you through the donation process. Appointments … Continued
Having Our Say: Special guests share their stories of survival, healing, triumph, aging, trauma and the process of living. Light refreshments will be served.
Join Appalachian quiltmaker and storyteller Griffin Nordstrom for a hands-on exploration of quilting at CLP-West End. Griffin’s work explores themes of reuse through craft and reinterpreting history through a contemporary lens, and these workshops invite you to do the same. Participants will learn about a variety of quilting styles while contributing to a collaborative community … Continued
Join us to learn how to make a creative craft, learn about our resources, and connect with others in the community. Bring your current project or use our basic supplies provided while they last.
Learn more about CLP’s Archives and Special Collections, all of which are open to all researchers! We’ll share some of our favorite treasures in the collection, teach visitors the best way to handle these unique items, and show you how to request to use them. Come to the Family & Local History Department on the … Continued
Join us for an afternoon of choral singing with 2 Pittsburgh girl choirs: Melodia (grades K-2) and Harmonia (grades 3-5). The performance will take place on the second floor of Main Library, in the South Wing Reading Room.
Join Dr. Jessica Ghilani from the Pitt Disinformation Lab for a workshop about how to take care of yourself when using social media. Dr. Ghilani is a Communication professor who will overview digital hygiene, social media safety, and etiquette to help support healthy online habits for tweens and teens.
Learn the basics for fixing your well-loved shirts, pants, and sweaters. We’ll have plenty of needles, thread, fabric, and a few fun tools to try out, plus support to get through your mending pile or try a new technique. Bring a garment with a rip or a tear, or practice on our samples! Artist-In-Residence Vic … Continued
Get curious! At Super Science, kids in K-5th grade will have a chance to get excited about a science topic. A read aloud is paired with hands-on, high quality STEM activities promoting scientific inquiry and wonder about science. For kids in grades K-5.
Join us for stories, songs and action rhymes. During this 30 minute program, families will meet new friends and develop early literacy skills. For children ages birth to five years and their caregivers.
Children learn and grow through family play! Playdate is a time for families to grow their community; enjoy toys, games and supplies in the children’s space; and connect with Children’s Services staff. For children birth to 5 years and their caregivers.
Join us to enjoy some coffee and snacks and meet a representative from a local community organization to learn more about their services.
Enjoy choice cuts from the deep legacy of Pittsburgh jazz recordings. This program takes place in the North Wing Music Room.
Let’s “freewrite” together! Use prompts and questions for reflection to spur writing, then share in a non-judgmental atmosphere. Leave with a new piece of writing you can work on later. Celebrate the joy of creating!
Join us to learn how to make a creative craft, learn about our resources, and connect with others in the community. Bring your current project or use our basic supplies provided while they last.
