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Welcome to the Cooper-Siegel Community Library Adult Services Page!

Events and Programs!

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  • Zumba 6-Week Workshop
    on October 12, 2025 at 6:58 am

    10/13/25 @ 1:00pm - 10/13/25 @ 2:00pm Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room) Cooper-Siegel We are not able to offer refunds for cancelations for paid programs. Adults 21+ only please. If this event is full, please stop in or call the library @ 412-828-9520 (CSCL) or 412-781-0783 (SCL) to be placed on a waiting list. Please remember to cancel your registration if you cannot attend so that others may enjoy this program. Registration is required. Registration starts: 08/29/2025 @ 9:09am Registration end: 10/06/2025 @ 1:00pm Join instructor, Shelby Camptella for a 6-week Zumba session! Zumba takes the work out of workout by mixing low-intensity and high-intensity moves for an interval-style dance party. Once the Latin and World rhythms take over you'll see why Zumba is exercise in disguise. Enjoy a total body workout combining cardio, muscle conditioning, balance and flexibility, boosted energy, and a serious dose of AWESOME when you finish.No experience necessary! This 6-week workshop is $35.As a trainer and group fitness instructor since 2014, health and wellness have always been important part of Shelby's life. She became a Zumba instructor because of her love for Latin music, having felt a connection to it all her life. She's most rewarded by the lively music and inspiring students to become the best versions of themselves! She makes sure her students enjoy themselves, get stronger, gain confidence, and dance their hearts out!

  • Game Night
    on October 12, 2025 at 6:58 am

    10/13/25 @ 6:00pm - 10/13/25 @ 7:30pm Community Room Sharpsburg Drop-ins welcome as space permits. Registration is required. Registration starts: 12/31/1969 @ 7:00pm Registration end: 10/13/2025 @ 6:00pm Suffering from board-om? Get your game on at the library! We'll have a selection of curated board and card games for you to play each month on the 2nd Monday - we'll vote what to play at the beginning of the session. If we have a large group, multiple different games may be happening simultaneously.This meet-up group is geared for adults and facilitated by a library patron.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.

  • Beginning English Class with Hello Neighbor
    on October 12, 2025 at 6:58 am

    10/14/25 @ 12:00pm - 10/14/25 @ 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.

  • Poetry Group
    on October 12, 2025 at 6:58 am

    10/14/25 @ 12:30pm - 10/14/25 @ 2:30pm Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room) Cooper-Siegel Adults 21+ only please. Drop-ins welcome as space permits. Please register online or call the library at 412-828-9520 (SCL). Registration is required. Registration starts: 09/10/2025 @ 4:35pm Registration end: 12/14/2025 @ 12:30pm This kind, energetic group meets every other week and focuses on nourishing and sustaining our creative practice. No experience writing or reading poetry needed! We spend time reading and discussing poetry, as well as writing together in response to prompts. Expect to receive and share meaningful, positive feedback. Bring a poem on paper (we can make copies) if you'd like to workshop your work. Anyone and everyone is welcome to come anytime. Registration requested but drops-in are certainly welcome!Kelley Beeson holds a Master of Fine Art in Poetry from the University of Notre Dame and a Master of Library and Information Science from The University of Pittsburgh. She is the recipient of the 2023 Lefty Blondie Press First Chapbook Award for her book Undress. Her work appears in Kestrel, Rogue Agent, The Gulf Tower Forecasts Rain: A Pittsburgh Poetry Anthology (City of Asylum), Kaliope, Pittsburgh City Paper, and is a Pushcart Prize nominee. She writes as a mad-proud member of the Madwomen in the Attic Writing Workshops since 1992.

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