Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is inviting local musicians to join more than 200 of their colleagues in having their work featured in the Library’s digital music collection. STACKS, the Library’s free streaming ever-growing, online collection, serves as a living document of Pittsburgh's vital, evolving music scene. Selected STACKS artists are not only promoted on the platform, they’re also paid a one-time stipend of $200 for…
On Sunday, September 17, 2023 at approximately 10:20 am a small fire was detected in a lower-level mechanical room at Carnegie Library’s Main campus in Oakland. The fire was quickly extinguished by Pittsburgh Fire and was contained to an isolated area. The building is safe and structurally sound, but portions of the Library’s internal systems, including the HVAC, IT network and public access elevator were…
Through Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s Teen Media Awards teen creators have invited us to examine what we think we know. They invite us to reflect on beauty, to dwell in complexity, and to celebrate joy where we find it. More than 100 young writers, visual artists, musicians, filmmakers and inventors in Allegheny County vied for honors in the Library’s 2023 Teen Media Awards. The Awards,…
Pittsburgh is a city of readers! Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh wrapped up its 2023 Summer Reading Program yesterday with its annual Summer Reading Extravaganza at the Library’s historic Oakland campus. At this free family-friendly outdoor festival attendees celebrated the conclusion of Summer Reading with a variety of programs and activities around this year’s theme, “Find Your Voice, and awarded one participant who correctly guessed the…
