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Last year, Andrew CARDnegie discovered that “IT TAKES A LOT” to bring the Library’s diverse programming and services to the community, but is he ready for Give Big Pittsburgh 2019? Learn more...
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Find the perfect gift for the library lover on your list this holiday season. It’s a great way to make a statement and support Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.
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Community-based programs help passionate learners

Community-based learning, also called peer-to-peer learning, is a form of learning that takes place in the community, led by community members who are experts in that topic. Library-goers can now take advantage of this type of learning as part of its Learning Circles programming.
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Free Family Fun

Our friends at Single Mom Defined had a blast at one of our recent Family PlayShops!

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The Beautiful Ones
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The Great Pretender
Susannah Cahalan
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Little Weirds
Jenny Slate
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Miss Laila Armed and Dangerous
Joseph Manu
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On Swift Horses
Shannon Pufahl
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The Revisioners
Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

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Adventure by Proxy

Over the summer, my desire to travel lead me in a search for books to help me escape, in the literary sense.  I happily dived into Turn Right at Machu Picchu, a travel book written by Mark Adams that I was reading for book club. Adams has a humorous outlook on traveling which was compounded further when he confessed that his camping experience was pretty…