According to the Harvard Graduate School of Education, loneliness affects a significant portion of the population and poses serious health risks. Libraries play a critical role in addressing this problem and ours is no exception. In fact, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh offers two types of programs for connecting with your neighbors over a cup of coffee.
Coffee and Conversation is a casual drop-in session where you can chat with library staff and each other. Sometimes the meetings start with a theme, just to make meeting new people a little easier. But once people start talking, the topics people share cover a wide range of interests.
If you’d like to connect with groups as well as individuals, you’ll enjoy Coffee + Connect at CLP – Downtown. Each session features a representative from a local community organization to share the programs and services they have to offer throughout the Pittsburgh area. Gwen’s Girls, Literacy Pittsburgh, and Vote Riders are just a few of the community groups that have been featured.
Not a coffee fan, or prefer to bring our own? The Library offers other programs where you can socialize with your neighbors while making crafts, tabletop gaming, or watching a movie. Movies are especially great for when you’d like to be around people, but don’t feel like talking!
Making connections in our fast-paced, busy world can be difficult. That’s why the library offers such a wide variety of ways to plug in to your neighborhood network. For more information and social options at your favorite CLP location, check out our events calendar.
You can sign up for a free library card here.
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If you’re looking for more book suggestions, we’re happy to recommend them to you! Use this Book Recommendation form to send us some information about what you like to read and we’ll curate a list just for you.
If you have any additional questions, you can contact a librarian through Facebook or Instagram. You can also call us at 412-622-3114 or email us at info@carnegielibrary.org.