Events in September 2012

Summary: Dr. Miles Richards discusses George Washington's 1770 and 1784 visits to Western Pennsylvania as a private citizen and landowner and the problems he faced as an absentee landlord.

Summary: An evening with local author Dorit Brauer who shares stories and excerpts from her book, Girls Don't Ride Motorbikes, A Spiritual Adventure into Life's Labyrinth.

Summary: Inspired by Henry David Thoreau’s Walden, David M. King dropped out of school in 1983, and spent the next year hitchhiking, sleeping in cemeteries and homeless shelters and living in a teepee. King will discuss how the experience changed his life.

Summary: Celeste Gainey's chapbook, In the Land of Speculation & Seismography, was published by Seven Kitchens. Jane McKinley's first book, Vanitas, was published in 2011 by Texas Tech University Press.

Summary: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh: Job & Career Education Center proudly presents the Skills for Success Speaker Series. The series features presentations by experts on topics ranging from job and career planning to financial education.