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10/07/25 @ 4:30pm - 10/07/25 @ 5:30pm Craft Room (Rockwell Foundation Children's Art Room) Cooper-Siegel Drop-ins welcome as space permits. Registration is required. Registration starts: 12/31/1969 @ 7:00pm Registration end: 10/07/2025 @ 4:30pm Join us for fun, hands-on projects that explore science, technology, engineering, art, and math concepts through hands-on experiences. Some weeks will have projects to make at the library and then take home, while other weeks will be more focused on experiments to try out at the library. For kids in grades K-6.*Note: this program is an updated version of our Make-n-Take program.Weekly activitiesSeptember 9: Fuse Bead SpinnersSeptember 16: Cloud Spotter Science ExperimentSeptember 23: Origami PuppetsSeptember 30: Fox PaintingOctober 7: Metallic Paint Leaf PrintsOctober 14: Squeegee Ghosts with Miss AlisonOctober 21: Bristle Bot RobotsOctober 28: Bee Bots Ghostly MazeNovember 4: Special Take and Make Kit - DIY Constellation ProjectorNovember 11: Fall Watercolors with Miss AlisonNovember 18: Rock Cactus GardenNovember 25: Tiny House Carboard ChallengeDecember 2: Cinnamon Stick Tree OrnamentDecember 9: Clay Snowmen 

10/08/25 @ 6:00pm - 10/08/25 @ 7:00pm Community Room Sharpsburg Please register online or call the library at 412-828-9520 (SCL). Registration is required. Registration starts: 12/31/1969 @ 7:00pm Registration end: 10/08/2025 @ 6:00pm Relax your body and calm your mind with our monthly Intro to Meditation program, led by certified master practicioner Karilynn Stroje! We'll learn a little bit about the science behind meditation at the beginning of each session before practicing guided meditation for the rest of the time. This program is for adults and meets monthly on the 2nd Wednesday.Participants will be able to choose to sit on the floor on in a chair.This volunteer-led program is FREE - donations appreciated. Library parking is limited. If the library lot is full, we recommend parking at the 13th Street municipal lot. We're also conveniently located on the 91 and 1 bus routes. 

10/09/25 @ 1:00pm - 10/09/25 @ 4:00pm DIY Lab Formats our lab supports: photographs, documents up to 8.5″ x 11″, negatives/Film ( 35mm, 4” x 5”, medium and 8” x 10”), 35mm slides, audio cassette tapes, VHS cassette tapes, Hi8, 8, and Digital8 video cassette tapes.The DIY Lab does not support: betamax, reel to reel audio, 8mm and 16mm film, and slides in any format other than 35mm. Adults 21+ only please. Registration is required. Registration starts: 12/31/1969 @ 7:00pm Registration end: 10/09/2025 @ 1:00pm This event is for a 1-on-1 Digitize It Yourself (D.I.Y.) Lab appointment. During the appointment, you can transfer and store your analog memorabilia, such as photos, slides, audio and video cassettes, into a digital format for safekeeping.Before making your appointment, please review our late/cancelation/no-show policy.Our volunteers donate their personal time to this work, thereforeyou are expected to arrive for your lab appointment at the appointment time or to notify the library at least 24 hours in advance of your appointment if you cannot keep it.if you arrive 20 minutes or more after your scheduled time, your appointment will be canceled. Please call the library if you are running late or need to cancel your appointment.if you fail to show up twice, within 12 months, you will be dismissed from the opportunity to use our DIY Lab.Click here for information on formats and equipment. 

10/09/25 @ 12:00pm - 10/09/25 @ 2:00pm Community Room Sharpsburg Adults 21+ only please. Welcome to Sharpsburg, neighbors! Our friends at Hello Neighbor will be hosting Beginning English Class twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Through these lessons, you will learn to express your needs, ask and answer basic questions, and talk about your families, homes, health, and work.Each class session is 2 hours long. Class is FREE to participants. For adults 18+.To register, contact the instructor Zhenya directly by calling 412-654-1742 OR emailing zhenya@helloneighbor.ioThere will be an English assessment for each participant at the time of registration.Library parking is limited. If the library lot is full, we recommend parking at the 13th Street municipal lot. We're also conveniently located on the 91 and 1 bus routes.