Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall

On April 26, 1986, an explosion shook the Chernobyl nuclear power 
plant near Pripyat, Ukraine. Since that moment, the lasting effects of 
the disaster have defined existence in the region, with most people 
evacuating and many thousands sickened by the radiation of the worst 
nuclear disaster to date.&nbsp;
Today, we gather for a day of commemoration marking the fortieth 
anniversary of this tragedy. Join us for poetry, art, dance, stories 
from affected individuals, and an expert panel discussion on the four 
decades since.
Schedule of Events
<ul>
<li>11:00 AM: Screening of The Babushkas of Chernobyl (2015), dir. Anne Bogart &amp; Holly Morris</li>



<li>12:30 PM: Screening and discussion of Chernobyl: 30 Years Later by Michael Haritan</li>



<li>1:00 PM: Kyiv Ukrainian Dance Ensemble performs an original dance based on Michael Haritan’s photograph Gasmask Doll</li>



<li>1:30 PM: Musical performance by Ridna Shkola children’s choir</li><li>1:40 PM: Panel discussion on the disaster’s effects on health, radiology, geopolitics, and culture, featuring:
<ul><li><ul>
<li>Dr Yuri Nikiforov, vice chair of the Department of 
Pathology and director of the Division of Molecular Pathology at the 
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine</li>



<li>Dr Steven Miner, an expert on Russian and Eastern European history from Ohio University</li>



<li>Darius Allman, a Fire/HAZMAT Lieutenant and the Radiological Officer for the City of Pittsburgh</li>



<li>Olya Feldberg, a researcher whose work focuses on the role of the Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine-Russian relations and Russian politics</li>
</ul>
</li></ul>
</li>



<li>2:30 PM: Discussion of the environmental recovery of the Chernobyl area</li>
</ul>
Throughout the event, attendees are invited to view photographs of 
the Chernobyl area by Michael Haritan accompanied by original poetry 
written by students at Carlow University; explore food and craft 
offerings from vendors; and construct a LEGO scale model of Chernobyl’s 
Reactor #4 (a completed set of the model will go to one raffle winner).
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Local Event: Chernobyl 40 Years Later: A Day of Commemoration

Allegheny County

Chartiers Valley

Pennsylvania

Chernobyl 40 Years Later: A Day of Commemoration

On April 26, 1986, an explosion shook the Chernobyl nuclear power 
plant near Pripyat, Ukraine. Since that moment, the lasting...

Join us for a Free Legal Advice Clinic on Thursday, April 30, from 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM!
Attorneys from the Allegheny County Bar Foundation’s Pro Bono Center 
will be available for thirty-minute appointments to provide free legal 
advice.
To request an appointment, please call the library directly at 412-276-3456, or <a href="mailto:evansw2@einetwork.net">email Library Director Walker Evans</a>. Please be prepared to share your name, contact information, and the topic of your legal questions.
Spots are limited, so don’t wait to schedule your appointment! We look forward to seeing you on April 30!

Local Event: Free Legal Advice Clinic with the Allegheny County Bar Foundation’s Pro Bono Center

Free Legal Advice Clinic with the Allegheny...

Join us for a Free Legal Advice Clinic on Thursday, April 30, from 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM!
Attorneys from the Allegheny County Bar...

Free Legal Advice Clinic with the Allegheny County Bar Foundation’s Pro Bono Center

Join Janine Hauck of <a href="https://www.palyme.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">PA Lyme Resource Network</a> to learn the best ways to avoid tick bites this year! The “Dare 2B Tick Aware” program aims to improve the use of prevention strategies, reduce tick bites, and improve early diagnosis, using the most current research available to standardize prevention messages across the state.We’ll explore Pennsylvania tick statistics; how to identify different kinds of ticks; where ticks live; how they behave; Lyme and other tick-borne diseases; recognizing the early symptoms of these diseases; how to prevent tick bites; and what to do if you’re bitten by a tick.<a href="https://acfree.librarycalendar.com/event/pa-lyme-resource-network-presents-dare-2b-tick-aware-6361" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Registration is appreciated, but walk-ins are welcome. Please click here to register.</a><a href="https://acfree.librarycalendar.com/event/pa-lyme-resource-network-presents-dare-2b-tick-aware-6361" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a>Janine Hauck was an avid outdoors person, gardener, and dancer until she contracted Lyme Disease in 2019. She never saw a tick on her or a bullseye rash, nor did she feel a tick bite. When she first noticed something was wrong, she went from doctor to doctor to no avail, until she was finally diagnosed with chronic Lyme and Anaplasmosis, almost two years after her initial symptoms. She is now in her fourth year of trying to recover and longs for the day when she can be as active and fit as she once was. Hardly a day goes by that she does not think about ticks. Janine has spent a lot of time learning about ticks and tick-borne illnesses. One of the things she learned is there are a lot of misconceptions out there regarding ticks and Lyme disease. She decided getting certificated by PA Lyme to go out and talk about ticks, their habitat and prevention would be a good thing to do. It is Janine’s hope that no one suffers like herself and other chronic Lyme patients, especially in her home state of Pennsylvania where there are a great deal of ticks and Lyme disease is on the rise.

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PA Lyme Resource Network presents: Dare 2B Tick Aware

Join the Pittsburgh Classic Movie Club for a celebration of the great femmes fatales&nbsp;of cinema!&nbsp;Tonight: The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946), directed by Tay Garnett. When femme fatale Cora Smith (Lana Turner) falls in love with drifter Frank Chambers (John Garfield), there’s only one way for them to be together: murder her husband.<a href="https://acfree.librarycalendar.com/event/pittsburgh-classic-movie-club-presents-noir-femme-fatales-postman-always-rings-twice-1946" 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 Pittsburgh Classic Movie Club for a celebration of the great femmes fatales of cinema! Tonight: The Postman Always...

Pittsburgh Classic Movie Club presents Noir Femmes Fatales: “The Postman Always Rings Twice” (1946)

The Andrew Carnegie Free Library &amp; Music Hall presents a public education program on reforming Pennsylvania’s redistricting process. <a href="https://www.fairdistrictspa.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Fair Districts PA</a> speakers Kate Ellison and Sarah Stulga will explain PA’s current redistricting process, demonstrate how it has undermined democracy, and then offer a solution to the problem. Kate and Sarah will also discuss legislation, roadblocks in Harrisburg and Fair Districts PA’s strategy going forward. Ideas for how individuals and organizations can advocate for change will be shared.<a href="https://www.fairdistrictspa.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Fair Districts PA</a>&nbsp;is a non-partisan coalition of citizens and organizations seeking to reform PA redistricting rules by ensuring that the process is impartial, transparent, and accountable.<a href="https://acfree.librarycalendar.com/event/fair-districts-pa-7417" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Registration is appreciated, but walk-ins are welcome. Please click here to register.</a>

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Join military historian Richard Murphy for an informal discussion on the Holocaust. We’ll learn about the lead-in to the Holocaust and the factors that allowed it to happen, explore the experiences of the millions of people who were imprisoned and murdered, and consider the lasting consequences of this historical atrocity.<a href="https://acfree.librarycalendar.com/event/holocaust-primer-richard-murphy-7193" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Registration is appreciated, but walk-ins are welcome. Please click here to register.</a><a href="https://acfree.librarycalendar.com/event/holocaust-primer-richard-murphy-7193" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a>Attending this program is an excellent way to build your understanding of the Holocaust in preparation for our June 9 program, “<a href="https://acfree.librarycalendar.com/event/sue-tresatti-6778" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">My Dad’s Story: Remembering the Holocaust, with Sue Tresatti and Richard Murphy</a>,” in which Sue Tresatti will share the story of her father Norman Roth, who survived imprisonment by Nazis in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps as a teenage boy.

Local Event: The Holocaust: A conversation with historian Richard Murphy

The Holocaust: A conversation with historian...

Join military historian Richard Murphy for an informal discussion on the Holocaust. We’ll learn about the lead-in to the...

The Holocaust: A conversation with historian Richard Murphy

Join environmental writers <a href="https://www.andrewmoorewriter.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Andrew Moore</a>&nbsp;(The Beasts of the East: The Fall and Rise of America’s Eastern Wilderness&nbsp;and Pawpaw: In Search of America’s Forgotten Fruit) and <a href="https://www.bittelmethis.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Jason Bittel</a>&nbsp;(Grizzled: Love Letters to 50 of North America’s Least Understood Animals) for a lively conversation about wildlife, ecosystems, and the role of humans in both threatening and protecting them.In conversation with Master Naturalist and environmental educator Char Ross, Andrew and Jason will explore the consequences of human development of the wilds of North America, consider the efforts to restore once-thriving ecosystems, and celebrate the incredible diversity of the fascinating animal species who share our continent.An audience Q&amp;A will follow the moderated discussion. Copies of both books will be available for sale courtesy of <a href="https://woollybearbooks.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Woolly Bear Books &amp; Gifts</a>. Registration is appreciated, but walk-ins are welcome – <a href="https://acfree.librarycalendar.com/event/andy-moore-and-jason-bittel-author-event-7079" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">please click here to register.</a><a href="https://acfree.librarycalendar.com/event/andy-moore-and-jason-bittel-author-event-7079" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a>Andrew Moore&nbsp;is a writer, journalist, and public speaker. His new book, The Beasts of the East: The Fall and Rise of America’s Eastern Wilderness, will be published by Mariner Books on June 2nd, 2026. He is also the author of Pawpaw: In Search of America’s Forgotten Fruit, a James Beard Foundation Award finalist in Writing &amp; Literature. His work has appeared in the Washington Post, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and The Daily Yonder. He lives in Pittsburgh.Jason Bittel&nbsp;is a National Geographic Society Explorer and Knight Science Journalism Project Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In addition to writing for adult readers at National Geographic, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Popular Science Magazine, New Scientist Magazine, and elsewhere, he has published four kids’ books: Mountain: Go On a Grand Tour of the Highest Places on Earth&nbsp;(2024), The Frozen Worlds&nbsp;(2023), Animals Lost And Found&nbsp;(2022) and How To Talk To A Tiger…And Other Animals: How Critters Communicate In The Wild&nbsp;(2021). Grizzled: Love Letters to 50 of North America’s Least Understood Animals, was published on March 3, 2026.Char Ross&nbsp;is a Pennsylvania Master Naturalist, a member of the Pennsylvania Association of Environmental Educators, an educator at Frick Environmental Center, and a Resident Naturalist at Discovery School Day Camp.

Local Event: Animals of America: Environmental writers Andrew Moore & Jason Bittel in conversation with Char Ross

Animals of America: Environmental writers...

Join environmental writers Andrew Moore (The Beasts of the East: The Fall and Rise of America’s Eastern Wilderness and Pawpaw:...

Animals of America: Environmental writers Andrew Moore & Jason Bittel in conversation with Char Ross

Pittsburgher Sue Tresatti shares the heartrending story of her father Norman Roth, who survived imprisonment by Nazis in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps as a teenage boy. Military researcher Richard Murphy provides historical context.A reception with light refreshments will follow this program. <a href="https://acfree.librarycalendar.com/event/sue-tresatti-6778" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Registration is required – please click here to register.</a>

Local Event: My Dad’s Story: Remembering the Holocaust, with Sue Tresatti and Richard Murphy

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Pittsburgher Sue Tresatti shares the heartrending story of her father Norman Roth, who survived imprisonment by Nazis in the...

My Dad’s Story: Remembering the Holocaust, with Sue Tresatti and Richard Murphy

Look sharp – 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.A suggested donation of $15 will be put towards funding the 2026 kids’ Summer Reading Program. <a href="https://acfree.librarycalendar.com/event/knife-sharpening-dennis-snedden-whetstone-tips-tools-techniques-7220" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Space is limited, so please click here to register!</a>&nbsp;18 years and older, please.

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Knife Sharpening with Dennis Snedden: Whetstone...

Look sharp – it’s a hands-on workshop on sharpening and caring for your knives! A well-sharpened edge is much safer and more...

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Walker Evans

Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area

Eric Heyl

Upper St. Clair

Dormont-Brookline

Robinson-Moon

Pittsburgh

Baldwin-Whitehall

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Bring your family and friends to the Purcellville Music and Arts Festival on Saturday, April 25 from noon to 7 p.m. rain or shine. This free, family-friendly event will be held at Fireman’s Field Park and inside the Bush Tabernacle Skating Rink at 250 South Nursery Avenue.

Enjoy a full day of live music and performances across multiple stages, along with an art exhibit, games, chalk art, and a variety of interactive activities. Browse offerings from local vendors featuring handcrafted goods, food, beverages, and more. There will be fun for all ages, including face painting, glitter tattoos, sidewalk chalk art, and t-shirt or tote bag decorating. Local non-profits will also be on-site sharing information and resources. Special activities will highlight and celebrate the 250th anniversary of America’s independence. 
Inside the Bush Tabernacle Skating Rink—transformed into the Art Hall—you’ll find more than 30 works of art, live performances, art demonstrations, and hands-on activities including quilt square decorating and an Instrument Petting Zoo. Be sure to pick up a festival scavenger hunt booklet and complete it for a chance to win a prize! 
Thank you to the sponsors of the festival: Renewal by Andersen, The Back Nine Golf Leesburg, Northern Virginia Orthodontics, Bank of Clarke Foundation, Longhouse Architects, Valley Energy, the Bush Tabernacle Skating Rink, MotoMember, and OHM Productions. If you or your business are interested in sponsoring this event, please email <a href="mailto:events@purcellvilleva.gov">events@purcellvilleva.gov</a>. 
The Purcellville Music and Arts Festival is jointly hosted by the Purcellville Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, the Purcellville Arts Council, and the Town of Purcellville. For more information about the Purcellville Music and Arts Festival please visit <a href="https://www.purcellvillemusicandartsfestival.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.purcellvillemusicandartsfestival.com</a> and follow PVilleMusicArts on Facebook.

Local Event: Purcellville Music and Arts Festival

Loudoun County

Leesburg

Virginia

Purcellville Music and Arts Festival

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