Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall

06/03/2026

A little preview of James Johnson III’s drumming expertise. 🥁 Meet us for Carnegie Carnegie Studio Jazz with James Johnson III Trio this Thursday, 7pm. This time James is joined by Cliff Barnes on keys 🎹 and Denzel Chizmar Olive on bass 🎸

Hope to see you there!

06/02/2026

Our June calendar is here! Be sure to check out all the amazing events and programs happening this month.

Paper copies of the calendar are available at the circulation desk, be sure to pick one up during your next visit!

06/02/2026

The best summers are spent at the Carnegie Carnegie! We have a month full of programs for the whole family.

Don't Forget: our Summer Reading program starts on June 13th with a kick-off party!! 📖🎉

Visit our website to learn more about our June programs! (We will add a link in the comments)

06/01/2026

Here's today's Arabic-English Bilingual Storytime, featuring the story "Ant's Amazing Journey to Hajj"!

06/01/2026

We're remembering Joe Negri, who helped make this a place for jazz.

Our Studio made its debut in 2011 with a Gala Tribute to Joe. He nicknamed the new space Maggie's Speakeasy, after our Executive Director at the time, Maggie Forbes. In 2017 he returned to the Music Hall to perform his own Mass of Hope, a benefit for the restoration of this building.

Many in Pittsburgh knew him as Handyman Negri from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Those who followed the music knew him as one of the city's finest guitarists and a generous teacher who spent decades passing the craft to younger players.

The jazz he helped start here still fills the Studio today: our Thursday-evening Carnegie Carnegie Studio Jazz Series, and the Emerging Artist Series we present with the Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra, pairing rising talent with established Pittsburgh players. That is the legacy he leaves us.

We're grateful for the start he gave us. Our thoughts are with his family and the many musicians he shaped.

05/21/2026

WESA's Bill O'Driscoll writes about Jason Bittel's new book "Grizzled: Love Letters to 50 of North America's Least Understood Animals": https://www.wesa.fm/arts-culture/2026-05-21/pittsburgh-author-jason-bittel-least-understood-animals

You can join Jason Bittel in conversation with author Andrew Moore and environmental educator Char Ross at the Library on June 8 for our program ANIMALS OF AMERICA: https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/animals-of-america-environmental-writers-andrew-moore-jason-bittel-in-conversation-with-char-ross/

Jason Bittel's "Grizzled" highlights curious facts about North American creatures from orcas to daddy longlegs.

05/16/2026

Hear the story of Robert Morris as told by author and historian Michael Aubrecht, from his new book The Letters of Robert Morris: Founding Father and Revolutionary Financier. Learn about the financier

05/15/2026

Check out this writeup on our Carnegie Modular Railroaders group, in the new issue of South Fayette Connect magazine!

05/14/2026

125 years! Thank you to everyone who joined us for our birthday party concert on May 1.

And to all those who asked, yes, May 1 is our official birthday. While our building construction started a few years prior, May 1, 1901 is the day our doors opened to the public, and we've been going ever since.

Some people have a birthday or a birthweek, but we're going to go ahead and have a whole birthyear, so if you missed the party, don't worry. We'll be finding ways to celebrate all year long.

Hope to see you at the Library & Music Hall soon 💖

Thanks to for the photos!