Name: Carnegie Celebrates the Season
Start: 2026-12-05T09:00:00-05:00
Location: Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall

Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall

Join us for our annual holiday celebration! Everyone can enjoy crafts, cookies, caricatures and other fun activities in the downstairs Studio; our littlest guests are invited to a special playtime in the upstairs Lincoln Gallery; have your photo taken with costumed dancers from Carnegie Performing Arts Center’s production of The Nutcracker; and enjoy a screening of A Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) in the Music Hall.
Santa will be in the Library in front of the scenic fireplace for free pictures. Please note: everyone must check in at the Music Hall Lobby by 12:30 PM in order to receive a photo and gift bag.
Sponsored by Carnegie Borough, the ACFL&amp;MH, and the Carol Covi Children’s Event Committee. Free to all; registration is not required.

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Carnegie Celebrates the Season

Join us for our annual holiday celebration! Everyone can enjoy crafts, cookies, caricatures and other fun activities in the...

For decades, Gratitude Month has reminded AA members to express personal gratefulness for the gift of sobriety; to carry the message of A.A. to other alcoholics; and to express appreciation to all those who support their journey. Learn the history of AA, explore the concept of gratitude and appreciation, and hear about the power of AA from members of the organization in this free talk! Q&amp;A to follow.For the past ninety years, Alcoholics Anonymous has helped millions of people with alcohol addiction issues. <a href="https://theaadirectory.com/pennsylvania/carnegie" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">See the local AA meeting schedule here.</a><a href="https://theaadirectory.com/pennsylvania/carnegie" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://acfree.librarycalendar.com/event/aa-event-8936" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Registration is appreciated, but walk-ins are welcome. Please click here to register.</a>

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Just in time for Thanksgiving, it’s a hands-on workshop on sharpening and caring for your knives! A well-sharpened edge is much safer and more effective than a dull one, and with a little guidance, anyone can learn to keep their knife edges in excellent condition. Experienced sharpener Dennis Snedden will teach participants how to keep their own knives sharp and ready to use.Each participant should bring two or three 5″-10″ kitchen knives (non-serrated); a diamond, oil, or water stone (if you have one); a honing rod or steel (if you have one); your knife edge questions; and a will to learn! You will learn the best and safest techniques for honing a fine edge. Come with dull knives – leave with safer, sharper, functional edges!No ceramic knives, hair or sewing scissors, please.18 years and older, please. A suggested donation of $15 will be put towards funding the 2027 Summer Reading Program. <a href="https://acfree.librarycalendar.com/event/knife-sharpening-dennis-snedden-whetstone-tips-tools-techniques-8270" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Space is limited, so please click here to register!</a>

Local Event: Knife Sharpening with Dennis Snedden: Whetstone Tips, Tools, & Techniques

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Good balance is an important part of maintaining independence and confidence as we age. Join us for a program focused on improving strength, stability, coordination, and balance while learning practical ways to help prevent falls.&nbsp;&nbsp;You’ll learn:
<ul><li>Simple exercises to improve balance and strength</li><li>Techniques to help reduce the risk of falls</li><li>Ways to improve confidence when walking and moving</li><li>Strategies that may help reduce reliance on assistive devices, such as canes, when appropriate</li><li>Practical tips for staying active, steady, and independent</li></ul>
Small steps can make a big difference in staying strong, steady, and confident at any age! Light refreshments will be provided.<a href="https://acfree.librarycalendar.com/event/comforcare-presents-balance-9147" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Registration is appreciated, but walk-ins are welcome. Please click here to register!</a>

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Join the Library’s historical fiction book group! We explore different eras of history, share our thoughts and responses, and make new friendships as we share a different historical fiction title each month.This group meets on the third Thursday of the month at 11:00am.The title for this meeting will be The Chanel Sisters by Judith Little. Copies of the book will be available at the Library’s circulation desk.<a href="https://acfree.librarycalendar.com/event/historical-fiction-book-group-5587" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Registration is appreciated, but not required – please click here to register.</a>

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Join the Pittsburgh Classic Movie Club for a holiday-themed series celebrating the great James Stewart!Tonight: You Can’t Take It With You (1938), directed by Frank Capra. Stewart learns a lesson about the value of family love and togetherness instead of money, in this heart-warming classic that’s perfect for the Thanksgiving season. Co-starring Jean Arthur and Lionel Barrymore.Don’t miss the other films in this series:
<ul><li><a href="https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/pittsburgh-classic-movie-club-james-stewart-series-bell-book-and-candle-1958/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">October 26: Bell, Book and Candle (1958)</a></li><li><a href="https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/pittsburgh-classic-movie-club-james-stewart-series-the-shop-around-the-corner-1940/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">December 28: The Shop Around the Corner (1940)</a></li></ul>
<a href="https://acfree.librarycalendar.com/event/pittsburgh-classic-movie-club-tba-7835" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Registration is appreciated, but walk-ins are welcome. Please click here to register!</a>

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Come strum with us! Join Amber Rozel of Steel City Ukuleles for a free introduction to the simple, versatile instrument known as the ukulele. Learn just a few simple chords, and you’ll be able to play hundreds of songs – no prior experience needed, and you don’t need to own your own ukulele! Meet other uke-enthusiasts and join our strum-along group!
The event will start with a special lesson for first-timers at 6:00 PM, followed by a more advanced Beginner+ lesson from 6:45-7:15. If you already know your way around a ukulele, join us from 7:15-8:00 for our group jam!
<a href="https://acfree.librarycalendar.com/event/ukulele-strum-along-5625" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">This group is intended for teens and adults. Registration is appreciated – please click here to register</a>.

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Join us for community conversations about diversity &amp; inclusion!
This Fall, we’re reading and discussing National Book Award finalist <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/734476/martyr-national-book-award-finalist-by-kaveh-akbar/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar</a>.
From Penguin Random House: “Cyrus Shams is a young man grappling with an inheritance of violence and loss: his mother’s plane was shot down over the skies of the Persian Gulf in a senseless accident; and his father’s life in America was circumscribed by his work killing chickens at a factory farm in the Midwest. Cyrus is a drunk, an addict, and a poet, whose obsession with martyrs leads him to examine the mysteries of his past—toward an uncle who rode through Iranian battlefields dressed as the angel of death to inspire and comfort the dying, and toward his mother, through a painting discovered in a Brooklyn art gallery that suggests she may not have been who or what she seemed. …Kaveh Akbar’s Martyr! is a paean to how we spend our lives seeking meaning—in faith, art, ourselves, others.”
Copies of the book are available for checkout at the Library’s circulation desk. Pick up your copy any time the Library is open!
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