Patrons ages 55 and up are invited to have full use of the library before we open to the public. Use a computer, browse our collection, read the daily paper and get a jump start on your day with a cup of complimentary coffee.

Private Meeting

This class is a full half hour dedicated to working the legs, abs, and posterior. Weights are also used for the upper body, finishing up with an all-over stretch.

Mother Goose on the Loose uses a variety of activities to foster early literacy. Stories, rhymes, and songs with bells, scarves, and puppets too! For 0-3 year olds with a caregiver. No registration necessary. 

A half hour of fingerplays, songs, and stories for 2-year-olds with an adult. Please no older children.

Preschool Storytime!

Children ages 3 to 5 and their care givers can come on down to the Library for a 30 minute storytime every Wednesday at 9:30am or 10:30am. Children can enjoy stories, songs, rhymes and rhythms. This program runs at the same time as our new Storytime Tots, but is meant for children in (or about to enter) preschool.

No registration required, however storytimes will be limited to the maximum safe capacity of the meeting rooms. Parents and caregivers will need to stop at the CATS Reference desk the morning of storytime to obtain a ticket. Once tickets are gone, the storytime is full and no one else can be admitted.

 November 14, 21, 28 December 5 and 12

Storytime Tots*

A "wiggler" program of songs, action rhymes, and stories for parents, toddlers, and young preschoolers who might not be ready to be on their own in Preschool Storytime. This program runs at the same time as preschool storytime but is just a tad shorter.

No registration required, however storytimes will be limited to the maximum safe capacity of the meeting rooms. Parents and caregivers will need to stop at the CATS Reference desk the morning of storytime to obtain a ticket. Once tickets are gone, the storytime is full and no one else can be admitted.

November 14, 21, 28 December 5 and 12

Miss Judy will visit the Pre K classroom to share stories, sing songs, do fun activities and a craft with the children.

For more information

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Join us for stories, rhymes, games, crafts and other activities. Toddlers (ages 2 1/2 -4)

(Children who will be attending kindergarten in the fall of 2019)

This six week program will work on skills that kids need to be ready for kindergarten. These theme-based classes will feature picture books, sorting and classifying, calendar activities, rhyming, and songs.

Space is limited for this program. Please plan on attending all classes.

Registration begins at the library on Monday, October 22.

Dates: November 7/8 – December 12/13

When: Wednesdays or Thursdays at 10:00 am

Patron Birthday Party!

Come Celebrate this month's birthdays with your friends!

Storytime for toddlers, ages 2 - 3, with an attentive adult.  We'll share stories, songs and fingerplays followed by freeplay time.  Registration is required.

Like to try arts and crafts, or movement, music and song? Like to learn new things, listen to stories or just enjoy laughing with friends? All intellectually disabled adults (and their aides) are welcome to our Achievers Activity Group on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month.

This engaging group of adults meets on the second Wednesday of each month for coffee and great discussions. 

Newcomers always welcome!

New members are welcome as we discuss and meditate on Eckhart Tolle's works.  Meets weekly.  No registration required.  For more information contact Ken Herbold at 412-877-8287.

Have you recently moved to Mt. Lebanon from another country? Please join us for tea, refreshments, and conversation at Mt. Lebanon Public Library.

Learn about your community while you make new friends!
New women residents are welcome to practice their English while they learn about local activities and services available for themselves and their children. All women are welcome to meet their new neighbors from around the world, share information about our community, and learn more about the diverse cultures that enrich Mt. Lebanon.

Presented in cooperation with the Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council.

Speak and read in Spanish on a variety of topics. This dedicated group meets once a week. Newcomers of all abilities welcome!

Join us for stories, movement and music geared for babies and todders. Storytime is a great way to introduce growing children to books, social interaction and lifelong While designed for babies and toddlers, all ages are welcome!

Stories feature a different letter each week! For children 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 years old, with a caregiver. Wednesdays: September 12 through December 19 at 10:15am and 11:15am

Miss Judy will visit the Pre K classroom to share stories, sing songs, do fun activities and a craft with the children.

Bring your baby and have some fun singing, dancing and socializing with other little ones and Ms. Janice

Mother Goose on the Loose uses a variety of activities to foster early literacy. Stories, rhymes, and songs with bells, scarves, and puppets too! For 0-3 year olds with a caregiver. No registration necessary. 

A half hour of fingerplays, songs, and stories for 2-year-olds with an adult. Please, no older children.

We invite babies through 2 years olds (with caretaker) to chime right in to this music and dance class.  We will start by "Shaking Out Our Sillies."  We will read a few special barnyard animals realted board books.  Next, everyone will get the chance to break out the musical instruments for tons of fun.  Children will also get to hear, a never read before boardbook.  Your babies will love to move to move thier arems, hands, legs, feet and heads to the music!  

This week featured barnyard animal...REINDEER.

What a fun way to spend the morning together.

This is a 30 minute physical activity program to encourage young children to move, stretch, dance, and play games. The last 5 minutes we have Bubbles!

Please register once. This will allow us to contact you if there is a schedule change. 

Children of all ages are invited to join us for interactive musical play. It’s a fun way to learn early literacy skills with music, dancing, singing, and stories.

Preschool Storytime!

Children ages 3 to 5 and their care givers can come on down to the Library for a 30 minute storytime every Wednesday at 9:30am or 10:30am. Children can enjoy stories, songs, rhymes and rhythms. This program runs at the same time as our new Storytime Tots, but is meant for children in (or about to enter) preschool.

No registration required, however storytimes will be limited to the maximum safe capacity of the meeting rooms. Parents and caregivers will need to stop at the CATS Reference desk the morning of storytime to obtain a ticket. Once tickets are gone, the storytime is full and no one else can be admitted.

 November 14, 21, 28 December 5 and 12

Storytime Tots*

A "wiggler" program of songs, action rhymes, and stories for parents, toddlers, and young preschoolers who might not be ready to be on their own in Preschool Storytime. This program runs at the same time as preschool storytime but is just a tad shorter.

No registration required, however storytimes will be limited to the maximum safe capacity of the meeting rooms. Parents and caregivers will need to stop at the CATS Reference desk the morning of storytime to obtain a ticket. Once tickets are gone, the storytime is full and no one else can be admitted.

November 14, 21, 28 December 5 and 12

Ages 2-3 attend with a caregiver. No registration necessary. 

Join us for stories, songs and crafts! 

Come share books, songs, rhymes and stories all geared toward early literacy skills! This family storytime is geared toward children ages 5 and under. No registration is required.

Be prepared to move, dance, run around, and share stories and songs! For toddlers (18 months to 3 1/2 years old) and their parents - siblings are welcome too! A six week session will be held on Wednesdays, November 7-December 19, excluding Wednesday, November 21 due to Thanksgiving break. Registration is required.

After storytime stay and play with Miss Annie! Join in some fun with music, songs, free play and dance! This program will be held in the library after baby/toddler storytime.

Children, ages 3-5 years old, may join us for stories, music, rhymes, games, and craft with a "GIVING" theme. 

Please register online.

Tai Chi For Beginners

Tuition is $30 for the six week class. 

Be sure to put on your thinking cap for this fun, social and interactive time where we play games together.  Yes, you'll use your brain to solve puzzles and plot strategies, but you're also sure to have some laughs and enjoy the company of friends while playing!  Snacks provided.  Game Day happens the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month.  Come join the fun!

Children ages 5 and under are invited for an hour of open play! We have tunnels, cars, a kitchen set and more!

Join us every Wednesday from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. for adult Chess Club. No registration required.

Stories feature a different letter each week! Fro children 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 years old, with a caregiver. Wednesdays: September 12 through December 18 at 10:15am and 11:15am

This delightful group welcomes other card players to join them.  Right now they are playing 500 bid.  Come alone or bring a few friends.  Light refreshments are provided.

Mother Goose on the Loose uses a variety of activities to foster early literacy. Stories, rhymes, and songs with bells, scarves, and puppets too! For 0-3 year olds with a caregiver. No registration necessary. 

A storytime for our graduating toddlers. Longer stories, exciting new ryhmes and songs, but still all the fun! A series of six classes will be held on Wednesdays, November 7-December 19, excluding Wednesday, November 21 due to Thanksgiving break. For families with preschoolers ages 3 1/2 to 5 years old. Registration is required.

This seminar will examine personal and spiritual development.  Some of the material will be based on a book written by Dr. Valinsky, “Perennial Psychology of the Bible: The Internal Battle for Communion and Union with Divine Consciousness”.  The book is available from Amazon.com.  The book is not necessary for the seminar but is recommended.  The seminar will consist of lectures, discussion, and experimental exercises.  Please register for this event online or by calling the library at 412-828-9532.  10 sessions on Wednesdays from 11:30 to 12:30 beginning September 12th.  Free but donations are accepted.  

Dr. Valinsky, a psychologist, has been a practicing psychotherapist for fifty years.  He was Director of the Holistic Center of Pittsburgh, Director of the Psychological Services of the Pain Management Program at St. Francis Medical Center, consulting psychologist to the pain management program at Presbyterian University Hospital under the directorship of Dr. Rubin Tenicella, and Director of the Buffalo New York branch of the Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy where he taught courses in meditation and Yoga philosophy and psychology.  He currently has a private practice of psychotherapy in Oakmont Pennsylvania. 

He has studied various spiritual paths including Judaism (Kabballah), Christianity, Yoga, Native American, and the Sufi (Moslem) paths.  He has been a student of a Yoga master, Swami Rama, who initiated him into a meditation practice and a Native American (Lakota Sioux) medicine and Yuwipi man, Chief Luciano Perez, under whose role as the ceremonial leader he participated in Inipi and Yuwipi ceremonies and a vision quest.  His interest in spirituality grew out of his professional work as a psychologist to alleviate the suffering and also the absence of meaning and joy in the lives of many of the people who came to see him.  He has previously presented a meditation course at the Oakmont Library. 

Bring your delicious cookies, recipe cards to library for the 2nd annual Christmas Cookie contest.

Children ages 3 - 6 with a caregiver are welcome!

Come join us for stories, movement, songs and a craft!
Siblings with an attentive adult may listen to the fun too.

No registration required.

Join our conversation salon for a lively discussion of current topics and events of the day.  This group meets on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month.

Stay local and get vocal!

Join a wonderful group of knitters every Wednesday in the Sky Room at Moon Township Public Library. Knitters of all experience and skill levels are welcome for conversation and community as you work on whatever project you would like to bring.

Many helpful experts among the group if you need a refresher on how to pick up that dropped stitch.

For more information, please call the library at 412.269.0334.

Joins us for our movie matinee!  This month's movie will be "Mamma Mia!  Here We Go Again"!

Registration required one week prior to the movie.

Pittsburgh Threshold Choir is a member of the not-for-profit Threshold Choir network which honors an ancient tradition of women singing a cappella at the bedsides of people who are dying or experiencing a difficult life transition.  Any woman who enjoys singing and can carry a tune is welcome to explore membership by attending a practice.  Please contact 412-564-3664

Mighty Math- Math fun for preschoolers. Wednesdays: September 12 through December 19 at 1:15.

Join Ms. Dani in the cafe at Fresh Thyme Farmer's Market for a fun, family storytime! We'll share stories, sing songs, make a quick craft, and enjoy a delicious snack! Fun for the whole family!

No registration necessary - just show up ready for fun!

*This program will take place at Fresh Thyme Farmer's Market located at 665 Clairton Blvd (Route 51)*

No reservation is required.  Refreshments will be served.

Miss Judy will visit the Pre K classroom to share stories, sing songs, do fun activities and a craft with the children.

Keep Calm and Color On: An Adult Coloring Club - Holiday Edition

Everyone Welcome! Group meets the second Wednesday of each month from 2 - 3 p.m.

Holiday Coloring Pictures and colored pencils are supplied, but bring your own if you prefer. 

Please register as space is limited. 

Bring your knitting or crochet projects and join us for an hour of fellowship and information sharing.  Meets weekly, downstairs by the new fiction books.  No registration required.  Contact reference services with questions.

Got questions about your computer, tablet, or phone?  The Computer Tutor is here to help!  Residents of Metowers are invitied to join us in the computer lab for one on one computer help! 

Contact Scott Bryte at 412-726-5735 for details about supplies and fees.  Meets weekly.

Miss Judy will visit the Pre K classroom to share stories, sing songs, do fun activities and a craft with the children.

What is the Makerspace and what will it offer? Our goal is to engage our community in an interactive way. Open Monday through Thursday, 2:30-5:30 PM, at Northern Tier Library's Pine Center located in Pine-Richland High School, the Makerspace will encourage users to do arts, crafts, woodworking, sewing, and other projects. This space was made possible thanks to contributions by the Mae Dreier Memorial Fund and the Sprout Fund.

Welcome to our teen afterschool program. Come join us for movies, games, food, music, arts & crafts, open discussion, and more. There’s always free food!

Mix up your midweek with some fun and GAMES!

Board games, card games, RPGs, video games and MORE!
Bring your favorites - and your favorite gaming crew - or learn a new game while meeting new folks!

No registration required. Open to all students in grades 6-12.

Bring your little waddlers to the library for a time of crafting, playing, listening to music, and reading stories!! This program is appropriate for 2-4 year olds!

Registration is appreciated so we have enough supplies are available.

Hhheeeyyyyyy, it's time for KIDS' CLUB!  Children in Kindergarten through 5th grades are invited to this exciting, interactive, high-energy after school club that's sure to entertain.  Kid's Club activities include things like crafts, games, acting, guest performers, science experiments, cooking, and more.  No registration required.  

Explore the logic of coding! In this class, you'll build a game using Scratch, then practice scripting in the Terminal using Javascript, one of the most popular computer programming languages used today.  This is a four day Pittsburgh Filmmakers/ Pittsburgh Center of the Arts program.  Registrants must be able to attend all four sessions on December 3rd, 5th, 10th, and 12th.

For kids in 6th-8th grades. Registration Required and begins on November 5th at 9am.

This program is a part of our Matt's Maker Space Year of Making and was generously funded by Matt's Maker Space.

Come to the Library for a special time of music and dancing at the library. This will be a great time of movement and singing. This is open to children of all ages. 

Registration is appreciated so we have enough supplies are available.

Stop in the downstairs area of the library during this time to play with toys. We have puzzles, activity tables, blocks, games, and more! This is open to children of all ages.

Session 2 - Registration is closed (Waiting list is full)

This program is only for those children who have completed Session One, either currently attending Session 1 or those children who completed Crazy's Session One last spring.

If you are unsure if your child has previously completed Session One, please email Ms. Nicole at hardingn@einetwork.net with your child's full name. Thank you.

Overall: Join Bedtime Math’s Crazy 8s, a totally new kind of math club where you’ll build stuff, toss beach balls, make amazing mazes and more! You’ll have a blast with mischief-making activities like Beach Ball Party, Funny Money and Glow-in-the-Dark City. 
 
Weekly Sessions:

1. Glow-in-the-Dark City: Take geometry to the next level!  Learn to recognize some important 3-D shapes, then build a giant skyscraper of glowsticks and styrofoam balls. Flick off the lights to see your creations!
2. Crazy 8s Race: Play a brand new board game: roll dice to travel around a figure 8, and bring on your teammates when numbers match up. See who makes it to 8 x 8 first!
3. Funny Money: We’ll bet money you’ll love this one! Have fun comparing coins, buying prizes with them, and finally winning them in an extreme version of Rock, Paper, Scissors! 
4. Beach Ball Party: This is a party you won’t want to miss! You’ll use our star-studded beach ball to play volleyball, then go gaga chucking the ball against targets to score points.
5. Funky Fractals: Get funky with patterns and mazes! Create crazy patterns with wax sticks, and connect them to make a giant version. Then design your own waxy maze to stump your friends.
6. Walk on the Wild Side: How do ladybugs, crabs and lizards run so fast with all those extra legs? They use math! We’ll run, walk and gallop like animals to learn some fancy footwork.
7. Super-Cube Shuffle: Math and art collide when you use specially colored cubes to create cool designs. After a round of design copy mania, you’ll be a super-cube pro!
8. Epic Air Traffic Control: Build your own airport, complete with finger-light airplanes and glowstick runways. Use your math skills to land all the planes without crashing!

The library will close at 4:45PM for staff holiday party (computer sessions will end at 4:30pm).

Need help with your homework? Stop in the library to get help from Ms. Heather, a former teacher!! She can help with any project or assignment you may have!!

Cooking is fun and easy at the library in this hands on workshop. In this class we will make pizzelle cookies and other cookie fun. $ 1 material fee and registration is required.

If you enjoy baking then this the group for you. A cookie exchange is an excellenct way to get a wide variety of cookies in time for the holidays. Participants will be divied into groups of no more than ten and bake a dozen cookies for each member. Register at 724-226-3491 by December 3rd at 5 p.m. to participate. Please include a first and second choice of type of cookie to make.

Walk-in tuition is $5.00 per class.

Please bring a mat.

Join this fun, lively, creative group of card makers.  They  have learned how to embroider cards and will happily teach you.  They share ideas, encourage each other and have so much fun.  This is a great craft to take with you camping, on vacation, etc. because it is fast and doesn't require alot of supplies.  Come once, and you will probably be hooked!

This program is ideal for preschool children who are differently abled, may by on the Autism Spectrum, have Sensory Processing issues, or feel overwhelmed by noises or crowds.  This inclusive program of stories, songs, activities and free play is welcoming and will adapt to your child's needs.  Directly following the program children will have the opportunity to play while parents can chat and network. Preschoolers and their Families.

Online registration closes at 9:00 PM the day prior to the program. After this time, all registrations must take place via phone or in person at the circulation desk in the Children’s Department - 412-741-0937. 

Are you interested in the various mysteries of the mind investigated by parapsychology, or the fields of alternative and holistic healing?  Would you like to explore theories about the nature of consciousness, mind/body/spirit connections and your health, or intriguing archeological findings that don't fit existing historical paradigms?  This is a book "study" group discussion that will focus on the central themes of each book for two to three monthly sessions.  Facilitated by Richard Kajuth, EdS, DD, a former educational consultant, now retired from the Ohio Department of Education.  He has been a lifelong student of various esoteric subjects, is a certified yoga teacher, has taught meditation for health and well-being sessions, and is the editor of two current books on  Eastern philosophy and religion.  Meets monthly. No registration required.  Contact Richard Kajuth. 

Parachute Play @ Night – Thirty activity-filled minutes that include music, creative movement and fun, all with one colorful parachute! Wednesdays: September 12 through December 19 at 6:30pm

Join instructor Kara Steiner at the library for a free Zumba class every Wednesday evening!  You'll love this amazing dance fitness class!

Learn new moves and strategies and have fun playing with other kids.
 All levels of chess play are welcome, but all players should know how the pieces move.
 For kids in K-7th grade.
 

Families with children through 5th grade. Registration required.

Enjoy Bingo with a holiday twist!

New Program-Junior Librarians!

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a librarian? Do you think working in the children’s library would be exciting and fun? Then the junior librarian program is for you!

Whitehall Public Library welcomes students who want to volunteer. Student volunteers develop new skills and gain practical experience, as well as learn about the educational mission and vision of a public library. Junior librarians will work cooperatively as a team with staff members to complete projects and tasks in the children’s library. Volunteers must be entering grades 5-8. Junior librarians will meet the second Wednesday of the month from 6:30-7:30 pm.

We will be reading The Christmas Mystery by James Patterson this month at the Winery at Wilcox.

Two stolen paintings disappear from a Park Avenue murder scene – French detective Luc Moncrief is in for a merry Christmas.

Ready to move on from Monopoly? Broaden your board game horizons at CCM on the second Wednesday of the month. We will be teaching a new strategy-based game every month, and will have old favorites on hand as well. Bring a friend or meet a new one!

Ages 16 and up. No registration required.

The whole family can enjoy a night of building, creating and decorating your own holiday gingerbread house! Please bring one bag of candy to share with the group.  We will provide cartons, icing, graham crackers, holiday music and hot chocolate! Registration required and begins November 14. 

The Knitting and Crochet group meets on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month at 6:30 p.m. Bring projects that you are working on or pick up patterns for items that can be donated to people in need.

Join us at the Oakmont Library on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at 6:30pm for our new TED Talk A/V Book Club!  

In this unique book club, we will be choosing from a series of TED Books and watching the companion talk at every meeting.  These books, on a variety of scientific, educational, and health related topics, are short enough to read in one sitting, but full of big ideas!  Each book has a companion talk that is less than 20 minutes.  At our meetings, we will watch the talk and then discuss the book and the talk together!  From the TED site: TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues — in more than 100 languages.  

Join us on December 12 at 6:30pm as we read (and watch) The Laws of Medicine: Field Notes From an Uncertain Science by Siddhartha Mukherjee - Essential, required reading for doctors and patients alike: A Pulitzer Prize-winning author and one of the world’s premiere cancer researchers reveals an urgent philosophy on the little-known principles that govern medicine—and how understanding these principles can empower us all. Copies of this book will be available to pick up at the circulation desk of the library before the meeting.  

In January, our book will be The Mathematics of Love: Patterns, Proofs and the Search for the Ultimate Equation by Hannah Fry - In this must-have for anyone who wants to better understand their love life, mathematician Hannah Fry pulls back the curtain and reveals the hidden patterns—from dating sites to divorce, sex to marriage—behind the rituals of love.

Knitters of all levels welcome. Bring your yarn and needles to knit, stitch, learn, teach, and share!

Grades K-5.. Practice your reading skills with Ruby the miniature collie therapy dog! Register online. 

Ready to wind down after Parachute Play or just a long day living life? Join us for our new Pajama Storytime where you can relax to some good stories while rockin' your pjs! Wednesday: September 12 through December 19 at 7:00pm.

Calling all CAT PEOPLE!
Help your CAT celebrate the season with an hour of CHRISTMAS CAT CRAZINESS!

Create crafty presents for your kitty,
while enjoying cat-themed snacks, favorite cat videos, the CUTEST CAT TOURNAMENT, furry photo ops and MORE!

FREE and open to cat fanatics of all ages!
REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Come and join other programming enthusiasts for an evening of coiding - laptops will be available to practice coding skills using platforms like codeacademy and Scratch. Beginners and experts alike are welcome.

Registration is required for these free computer classes and begins on  November 15. Register online, in person at the Computer Center or by calling 412-366-8100, extension 131. Please call the Computer Center if you are registered for a class and are unable to attend.

Friends in Harmony will present a Holiday Concert including traditional carols and songs such as “We Need a Little Christmas,” “Sleigh Bells,” “A Celtic Christmas” and "O Chanukah, O Chanukah.”

Friends in Harmony is a small volunteer semi-professional choral group located in Pittsburgh. The members (Sherry, Director and Alto; Marty, Baritone/Bass; Ceinwen, First Soprano) have been together since 2000. They sing an eclectic mix of styles -- classical, popular, musical theatre, rock, jazz, madrigals, folk, sacred -- from all decades of the past century and earlier centuries as well. To learn more about Friends in Harmony, please visit the group's website at http://friendsinharmony.net/ or follow them on Twitter @HarmonyFriends.

Unwind a Knitting and Crocheting Club!   Everyone welcome!

Learn basic knitting and crocheting skills or come and work on your current project with likeminded friends.

Suggested supply list is available at the Library front desk.

Victorian Parlor Games*

Turn off the screen for an evening and enjoy some old-fashioned "parlor games". Learn to play Up-Jenkins, Lookabout, The Minister's Cat, and other hits from the 1800s. This is a program for people ages 6 through 106. 

Registration is required for this program and begins on December 1st. You may register online, in person at the children and teen service desk, or by calling 412-366-8100 ext.123

The Plant Wizard returns...

 Jonathan King, our Plant Wizard, will repot the library’s plants on Wednesday,   December  12th, from 7 – 9, and welcomes your help! Come repot the library’s plants   along with Jon, and in the process learn to repot your own. Sign up at the library desk.

Grades K-5.. Practice your reading skills with Ruby the miniature collie therapy dog! Register online. 

GRADES K-5. Practice your reading skills with Ruby the miniature collie therapy dog! Register online.