Welcome to the Sharpsburg Community Library
About
The Sharpsburg Community Library is a branch of the Cooper-Siegel Community Library offering a full range of library services: computers for public use, new fiction, non-fiction, DVDs and books on CD, programs for adults including art classes and book groups, and programs for children including story times, chess club, and STEAM programs. Items from other libraries may be requested and picked up at the library.
GSK Science in the Summer Camp
This FREE hands-on summer camp is sponsored by Glaxo Smith Kline and presented by the Carnegie Science Center. The theme of the camp is the Science of Me.
This camp meets on 4 consecutive days (7/22-7/25) for an hour. Participants are expected to attend at least 3 of the 4 days. There will be 2 daily sessions: one for incoming 2nd-3rd grade students (3-4pm) and one for incoming 4th-6th grade students (4:30-5:30pm).
Book Clubs
We offer 2 monthly genre book clubs and a special Summer Book Club in conjunction with Crisis Center North.
Summer Book Club meets the 1st Monday of the month at 7pm.
July: The Color Purple by Alice Walker
August: Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
Mystery Book Club meets the last Monday of the month at 7pm. Our sleuths read mystery, suspense, and sometimes true crime.
July: The Fall-down Artist by Thomas Lipinski
August: Shell Game by Sara Paretsky
Speculative Fiction Book Club meets the last Wednesday of the month at 7pm. Our adventuring party reads fantasy, science fiction, and any other genre that takes place in other realities.
July: The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
August: The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert
Green Grocer Produce Truck
Our friends at Green Grocer Pittsburgh visit every Monday from 3:30pm to 4:30pm. Buy fruits, vegetables, and herbs with cash, credit card, EBT, or farmer’s market vouchers.
Find their truck in our parking lot next to the Community Garden.
Green Grocer visits every week, rain or shine, except in the following conditions:
- Temperatures below 25 degrees Fahrenheit
- Flooding
- Lightning
Cancellations are posted on the Green Grocer Facebook page and the Sharpsburg Community Library Facebook page.
