Looking for some fun activities this Halloween season? We invite families to decorate a pumpkin to be part of our Booktacular Pumpkin Patch display in the library’s Children’s Department through the end of the month.
Register to pick up a pumpkin in the Children’s Department on Friday, October 14 10:00am. Then take your pumpkin home to decorate, as your favorite picture book character. Use paint, paper, ribbons, glitter, stickers or other adornments - and of course inspiration from your favorite stories - to decorate a superb squash. (Carved pumpkins get messy fast in the library, so we recommend saving the carving for your pumpkins at home!)
Drop your decorated pumpkins off at the Children’s Department on Friday, October 21 to be included in our Booktacular pumpkin display! Pumpkins will be displayed through October 31. Please register, 1 pumpkin per family, space is limited.
Grab the family and take a stroll through any of these spaces and enjoy one of six different back-to-school-themed picture books! A StoryWalk® places pages from a children’s picture book along a walking path so that children and their caregivers may enjoy nature and reading together.
Audubon Greenway (160 Magee Rd) The Scarecrow by Beth Ferry
Fern Hollow Nature Center (1901 Glen Mitchell Rd) Full of Fall by April Pulley Sayre
Henle Park (the corner of Beaver St & Ferry St) The Leaf Thief by Alice Hemming
Mary Roberts Rinehart Nature Park (1412 Beaver Rd) Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn by Kenard Pak
Ohio Township Nature Center (325 Nicholson Rd) The Very Last Leaf by Stef Wad
Find more details on the StoryWalk page!
The StoryWalk® Project was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, VT and developed in collaboration with the Kellogg-Hubbard Library. StoryWalk® is a registered service mark owned by Ms. Ferguson.
Get ready for more activity and fun with our Wise Walkers group!
Wise Walks is ideal for active 50+ adults who are interested in a lively and social exercise program. The group will meet at the library and walk between 1-3 miles before returning to the library. By popular demand, this program will continue year-round!
Walkers are encouraged to follow county and state health guidelines during the program, including masks and distancing, as applicable.
There is no need to sign up and new walkers are always welcome!
Join us for reading, singing, and learning together in this thirty-minute class for preschoolers.
Ages 4 - entering Kindergarten without a caregiver.
Registration required.
You are invited to practice French speaking skills in an informal discussion. This group is for individuals who have a intermediate knowledge of French.
The group meets both in-person and online. There is no need to register if you attend in-person.
If you would like to participate virtually via Zoom, please register below.
Welcome to Tea and Inspiration!
It’s a space where friends gather on the first Thursday of each month to read, reflect, and have elevated conversations. We explore a different theme each month.
Hoping to contribute to the betterment of the world and our com-munity, we share uplifting quotations gleaned from the world’s Scriptures and other wise sources —all over a cup of tea and a sweet tidbit.
So join your hosts, Sewickley neighbors Sharon Eakes, Grace Williams and Judith Washington. Contribute your reading and reflection. If you like, bring a quotation to add to the mix.
Dates & Themes:
Sept 1 Oneness of humanity
Oct 6 The human spirit
Nov 3 Art and inspiration
Dec 1 Social justice
Our Writer's Group is currently meeting online. Participants who can't meet online can attend in the library's Conference Room to be connected to the virtual meeting. Participants enjoy writing from prompts in an encouraging and supportive atmosphere.
The group will meet online via Zoom. You do not need an account to participate. If you'd like participate, please register using the link below.
REGISTER HERE
Thirty minutes of activities that includes music, creative movement and fun, all with one colorful parachute!
Ages 2-5 WITH ADULT.
Stop by the Children's Department to pick up a Fall themed Craft To-Go Kit! Supplies and instructions included.
These kits are geared for children preschool to 2nd grade.
Available while supplies last.
It's a Block Party! PLAY, BUILD, READ, and LEARN together with blocks. Develop hand-eye coordination and learn STEAM concepts. BIRTH - AGE 6.
No registration required.
Enjoy the silence, peace and stress release that is always free with this weekly meditation program.
Newcomers welcome. No registration required.
Certified Therapy Dogs LOVE to be read to! Come pick out a picture book of your choice and snuggle up with a furry reading companion. 
Join us for a 15-minute time slot to read to a dog.
Registration Required. Grades K-5
Certified Therapy Dogs LOVE to be read to! Come pick out a picture book of your choice and snuggle up with a furry reading companion.
Join us for a 15-minute time slot to read to a dog.
Registration Required. Grades K-5
Certified Therapy Dogs LOVE to be read to! Come pick out a picture book of your choice and snuggle up with a furry reading companion.
Join us for a 15-minute time slot to read to a dog.
Registration Required. Grades K-5
Certified Therapy Dogs LOVE to be read to! Come pick out a picture book of your choice and snuggle up with a furry reading companion.
Join us for a 15-minute time slot to read to a dog.
Registration Required. Grades K-5
Sewickley Public Library is hosting a family storytime outside at Ohio Township Nature Center. Stories, songs, and a craft kit to-go for the whole family.
Weekly registration required. Weather permitting: check our Facebook and Instagram accounts in case of inclement weather.
Make something this Monday!
We give you the supplies & the instruction -
all you gotta do is follow along!
Pick up the weekly project kit at the library between 12 - 6 pm,
in the Teen Department
New projects every Monday!
Open to students entering grades 6-12
Kits available while supplies last, first come, first served.
One per person.
Join the art educators from Sweetwater Center for the Arts for an art class at the library! This class will combine the art of storytelling with art! During these classes’ children will be introduced to different styles of art, and have the opportunity to use various art mediums and materials to create marvelous masterpieces based on our storybook theme! This month's book: Creepy Crayon by Aaron Reynolds.
Grades 2-5
Build your baby’s reading readiness skills through music, stories, and movement in this nationally acclaimed early literacy program for babies and toddlers.
For children 0-3-years old with a caregiver.
Weekly registration required.
Build your baby’s reading readiness skills through music, stories, and movement in this nationally acclaimed early literacy program for babies and toddlers.
For children 0-3-years old with a caregiver.
Weekly registration required.
Build your baby’s reading readiness skills through music, stories, and movement in this nationally acclaimed early literacy program for babies and toddlers.
For children 0-3-years old with a caregiver.
Weekly registration required.
All are invited to discuss an assortment of mystery mayhem with us in the Mystery Book Group! Whether it's a thriller, crime, spy, detective, or whodunit novel - we cover them all.
This month we're reading: The Postscript Murders by Elly Griffith
Meet up with us monthly on the second Tuesday.
No registration required.
A half hour of finger plays, songs, and stories for children 30 months to 48 months (2 ½ to 4), with a caregiver. Please, no older children.
Weekly registration required.
A half hour of finger plays, songs, and stories for children 30 months to 48 months (2 ½ to 4), with a caregiver. Please, no older children.
Weekly registration required.
This workshop goes beyond the basics in Microsoft Word, focusing on advanced options for a more dynamic document.
Registration required.
Looking to practice your Spanish speaking skills? Join our new Spanish Conversation group!
Meets the 2nd & 4th Wednesday of the month. No need to register to meet in person.
Virtual meeting link: Register here.
Join us twice a month for activities in the great outdoors
AND the great indoors!
Free and open to all students in grades 6-12
No registration needed
October INSIDE/OUT
October 12 - Splatter Painting (outside)
October 26 - Mystery Candy Taste Test (inside)*
*All candy will be nut-free
In the ancient hills and misty hollows of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, generations of locals have passed down stories of a woman with mysterious magical powers. People came from near and far to seek healing and protection through her strange rituals. Some even believed she could fly. Named Moll Derry and nicknamed the Witch of the Monongahela, her legend has been documented by writers and folklorists for more than two hundred years. She is intertwined in many regional tales, such as the Lost Children of the Alleghenies and Polly Williams and the White Rocks. Author Thomas White will separate fact from fiction in the many versions of Moll Derry and recount the history of folk magic and witchcraft in western Pennsylvania.
Thomas White is the university archivist and curator of special collections in the Gumberg Library at Duquesne University. He is also an adjunct lecturer in Duquesne's History Department and an adjunct professor of history at La Roche University.
Get ready for more activity and fun with our Wise Walkers group!
Wise Walks is ideal for active 50+ adults who are interested in a lively and social exercise program. The group will meet at the library and walk between 1-3 miles before returning to the library. By popular demand, this program will continue year-round!
Walkers are encouraged to follow county and state health guidelines during the program, including masks and distancing, as applicable.
There is no need to sign up and new walkers are always welcome!
Join us for reading, singing, and learning together in this thirty-minute class for preschoolers.
Ages 4 - entering Kindergarten without a caregiver.
Registration required.
You are invited to practice French speaking skills in an informal discussion. This group is for individuals who have a intermediate knowledge of French.
The group meets both in-person and online. There is no need to register if you attend in-person.
If you would like to participate virtually via Zoom, please register below.
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Viral Recipes in Real Life!
Obsesed with that delicious-looking recipe you saw online?
Join us as we try out the best of the best viral recipes,
from microwaveable wonders to one dish delights!
Open to all students in grades 6-12
No registration required
Put your building skills to work by building awesome Lego creations. We supply the Legos, you supply the creativity.
No registration required, just drop into the Children’s Department at any time during Lego Club to show off your skills!
Our Writer's Group is currently meeting online. Participants who can't meet online can attend in the library's Conference Room to be connected to the virtual meeting. Participants enjoy writing from prompts in an encouraging and supportive atmosphere.
The group will meet online via Zoom. You do not need an account to participate. If you'd like participate, please register using the link below.
REGISTER HERE
What do you REALLY know about your town?
Learn the secrets of Sewickley on this spooky walking tour.
Haunted houses, supernatural sites, true crime and more!
Led by local historian Meghan Snatchko
FREE and open to all ages 8+
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Little ones learn so much through movement! Join us to dance, jump, shake, clap & more! For children 1-3 years old with a caregiver.
Registration required.
It's a Block Party! PLAY, BUILD, READ, and LEARN together with blocks. Develop hand-eye coordination and learn STEAM concepts. BIRTH - AGE 6.
No registration required.
Enjoy the silence, peace and stress release that is always free with this weekly meditation program.
Newcomers welcome. No registration required.
Want to write but don't know how to get started? This workshop is for you! Learn a 5-step process that can kick-start your writing projects and help you get ready for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) this November.
Please register.
Brand new to chess and want to learn? How about a seasoned chess master? Come to learn, expand your knowledge, and just have fun in our Chess Club for kids in Grades 1-7.
The library will provide some chess sets.
Registration required.
Sewickley Public Library is hosting a family storytime outside at Ohio Township Nature Center. Stories, songs, and a craft kit to-go for the whole family.
Weekly registration required. Weather permitting: check our Facebook and Instagram accounts in case of inclement weather.
You are invited to practice French speaking skills in an informal discussion in our new, Evening French Group. This group is for individuals who have a intermediate knowledge of French.
The group meets both in-person and online. There is no need to register if you attend in-person.
If you would like to participate virtually via Zoom, please REGISTER HERE.
All are invited to the Sewickley Query Club's 2022-23 season
Enjoy the stimulating papers and discussion generated by the topic for the season:
The 1920s
The new season will get off to a roaring start with presentations by:
Janet Oellig: "'Joe Sent Me,' the Speakeasys of New York City"
Want to try a new DIY project?
Grab one of our DIY Crafts for Adults kits!
Find the supplies & instructions you need inside our kits to make your own craft project at home.
We'll feature a different project each month.
Stop by the Adult Reference Department to pick up your kit.
Available first come, first served. While supplies last.
Build your baby’s reading readiness skills through music, stories, and movement in this nationally acclaimed early literacy program for babies and toddlers.
For children 0-3-years old with a caregiver.
Weekly registration required.
Build your baby’s reading readiness skills through music, stories, and movement in this nationally acclaimed early literacy program for babies and toddlers.
For children 0-3-years old with a caregiver.
Weekly registration required.
Build your baby’s reading readiness skills through music, stories, and movement in this nationally acclaimed early literacy program for babies and toddlers.
For children 0-3-years old with a caregiver.
Weekly registration required.
Join your friends and catch your
favorite ANIME on the big screen!
Snacks, games & more!
Open to all students in grades 6-12!
A half hour of finger plays, songs, and stories for children 30 months to 48 months (2 ½ to 4), with a caregiver. Please, no older children.
Weekly registration required.
Falling leaves, autumn wreaths, and a....squirrel? We're getting a little nutty for October's Cardmaking Class!
Class size limited to 5 and registration required to secure your card packet. $10 materials fee payable at class.
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