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Sponsored by the Renee Crown Honors Program, the play began its showing Tuesday night and will run through Thursday in room 220 of Carnegie Library. Audience members at the first show laughed and looked on in awe (and some confusion) as the cast performed a host of weird and slightly off-beat scenes. (Daily Orange, NY)
Students search for identity in independent play, "Little Person" Mar 4, 2009
Sponsored by the Ren;e Crown Honors Program, the play will run for three nights, from Tuesday to Thursday, in room 220 of Carnegie Library. The five skits combine dancing, singing, visual presentations, audience interaction and YouTube videos to form a collaborative theater experience. (Daily Orange, NY)
Learning about trees Mar 3, 2009
This tree will be planted on the north side of the old Carnegie Library building, where the Sonoma Valley Visitors Bureau now resides ... A new, free self-guided, tree-and-bird tour map of the Plaza is now available at Sonoma Valley Visitors Bureau which is located in the old Carnegie Library next to the City Hall. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Lake Region Library Board hopes policy, cameras help stem undesirable behavior Mar 3, 2009
Even the old Carnegie Library was just across the street from what was the high school and now is Central Middle School. Chattin worked at the old library for eight years and has served in the new library for five and has a fair amount of experience with the after school routines of 10 to 13 year-olds. (Devils Lake Daily Journal, ND)
New Granada Theater benefits from slots Feb 27, 2009
Its central location, near the Hill District's new Carnegie Library branch and a proposed Kuhn's grocery, could make it a perfect anchor for future development, History & Landmarks officials said. In the past, there has been talk about converting the upper floors of the theater into loft apartments with perhaps space for artists on the ground floor, in keeping with the building's history. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Turlock bikers get OK for park Feb 25, 2009
The council voted 5-0 to delay a vote on authorizing the use of eminent domain to take two properties on Florence Street near the historic Carnegie Library until the March 10 meeting. Ash Pirayou, one of the property owners, said the city gave him an "unfair, low-ball offer" to buy his property and sent that offer in an unsigned e-mail. (Modesto Bee, CA)
Book brigade Feb 25, 2009
They duplicated an event in 1913, when volunteers carried the 3,200-volume collection from Second and Ferry to the new Carnegie Library at Third and Ferry. Although it was raining on Monday and many students wore no rain gear, most said they were having fun. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Carnegie Library of Homestead gets $150,000 grant Feb 19, 2009
Allegheny County Council President Rich Fitzgerald came to the Carnegie Library of Homestead yesterday bearing a significant gift -- a $150,000 check from the county Department of Economic Development ... Mr. Lloyd also announced a new web site and new ticket sales service for the Carnegie Library Music Hall, which will be easier for those who want tickets to use and will increase the music hall's profits by about $1,000-$1,500 per show. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Poetry Forum utters its final verse Feb 13, 2009
On a blustery rainy night, the Carnegie Library Lecture Hall was more crowded than usual, the audience largely of Dr. Hazo's generation and familiar with his work. The poet himself greeted many of them at the door as though they were guests at his own home. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Old Stone Inn nominated for historic status Feb 11, 2009
Yesterday, Carnegie Library archivist Greg Priore confirmed that the archives contain a ledger of accounts from The Old Stone Tavern from 1793-1796. He said the ledger did not contain an address except for Pittsburgh. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
A full week of Abe activities Feb 8, 2009
The free event will start at 11:30 a.m. at the Woods Run branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 1201 Woods Run Ave. Visit the library Web site at www ... The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville branch will have family-friendly Lincoln-themed activities starting at 4:30 p.m. The event is appropriate for children ages 7 and up ... The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh's Beechview branch will offer "Lincoln, a 200th Birthday Celebration" at 5:30 p.m. The library is at 1910 Broadway... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Workshop helps clean water for Third World Feb 8, 2009
Last fall, the Braddock Pot Shop -- a ceramics workshop operated by the Braddock Carnegie Arts Program in the basement of the Carnegie Library -- took on an additional role: North America's first water filter factory. At Mayor John Fetterman's urging, AmeriCorps agreed to make a former volunteer a full-time employee in the factory to produce ceramic cones that filter bacteria from water. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Humidity problems threaten book collection Feb 8, 2009
(AP) - Leaders of the foundation that raised $4 million to restore the Jeffersonville Carnegie Library to house a valuable, rare book collection are planning an appeal to keep the collection and fix problems threatening it. Officers of The Remnant Trust, a public educational foundation, have said the Warder Park library's recurring temperature and humidity problems could damage the 1,000-volume collection. (FOX19.com, OH)
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