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10 am
This event is in the "Preschool (Birth to 5)" group.

Craft & Crawl

10:30am - 11:00am
Preschool (Birth to 5)
Open
Required
Library Branch: Penn Hills Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Preschool (Birth to 5)
Required
Seats Remaining: 50
About This Program:

We provide the supplies and your little one creates the masterpiece! Designed for children birth to 3 years old. 

This event is in the "Preschool (Birth to 5)" group.

Mother Goose on the Loose

10:30am - 11:00am
Preschool (Birth to 5)
Library Branch: Penn Hills Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Preschool (Birth to 5)
About This Program:

Mother Goose is an early literacy program that supports your child's development through stories, songs, rhymes, movement, and more. Designed for children ages birth through 2 years old and their caregivers.

This event is in the "Preschool (Birth to 5)" group.

Music and Movement

10:30am - 11:00am
Preschool (Birth to 5)
Library Branch: Penn Hills Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Preschool (Birth to 5)
About This Program:

Come to the library to sing, move, dance, and make music together. Music & Movement is designed for children ages 1 to 4 years old and focused on developing gross motor skills. 

Most importantly, we will have fun!

This event is in the "Preschool (Birth to 5)" group.

Preschool Storytime

10:30am - 11:00am
Preschool (Birth to 5)
Library Branch: Penn Hills Library
Room: Children's Activity Room
Age Group: Preschool (Birth to 5)
About This Program:

Preschool Storytime is a 25-30 minute program filled with age - and developmentally - appropriate stories, songs, movement activities, and fingerplays that build your child's early literacy skills.

This event is in the "Preschool (Birth to 5)" group.

Toddler Storytime

10:30am - 11:00am
Preschool (Birth to 5)
Library Branch: Penn Hills Library
Room: Children's Activity Room
Age Group: Preschool (Birth to 5)
About This Program:

In this 25-30 minute storytime, we focus on a theme while enjoying age- and developmentally-appropriate stories, songs, movement activities, and fingerplays. This program is designed for children ages 2 to 3.5 years old and their caregivers.&nbsp

11 am
This event is in the "Preschool (Birth to 5)" group.

Music and Movement

11:30am - 12:00pm
Preschool (Birth to 5)
Library Branch: Penn Hills Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Preschool (Birth to 5)
About This Program:

Come to the library to sing, move, dance, and make music together. Music & Movement is designed for children ages 1 to 4 years old and focused on developing gross motor skills. 

Most importantly, we will have fun!

This event is in the "Preschool (Birth to 5)" group.

Not-So-Spooky Dance Party

11:00am - 11:30am
Preschool (Birth to 5)
Open
Required
Library Branch: Penn Hills Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Preschool (Birth to 5)
Required
Seats Remaining: 50
About This Program:

Families, wear your costumes out to the library for a fun dance party with instruments, props, and music! Registration is appreciated. 

This event is in the "School-Age (ages 6-11)" group.

Pumpkin Slime & Volcano Lab

11:00am - 11:30am
School-Age (ages 6-11)
Open
Required
Library Branch: Penn Hills Library
Room: Meeting Rooms AB
Age Group: School-Age (ages 6-11)
Required
Seats Remaining: 30
About This Program:

Join us for messy explosions and STEAM-based labs with our Fall pumpkins! Please register for each child attending. 

This event is in the "All Ages" group.

Trick or Treat at the Library

11:30am - 11:45am
All Ages
Library Branch: Penn Hills Library
Age Group: All Ages
About This Program:

Join us for Halloween at the Library! 

Trick or Treating in the library begins at 11:30am! Costumes are encouraged. 

This event is in the "All Ages" group.

Live Insect Zoo

11:45am - 1:30pm
All Ages
Library Branch: Penn Hills Library
Room: Teen Space
Age Group: All Ages
About This Program:

Bug Enthusiast Mary Gall will have her live insect zoo and bugs with her at the library! Stop by her table for an up close look and to learn more about these awesome animals! 

This event is in the "All Ages" group.

Pumpkin Painting

11:45am - 1:30pm
All Ages
Library Branch: Penn Hills Library
Room: Patio
Age Group: All Ages
About This Program:

Join us for Halloween at the Library! 

Pick a pumpkin from our pumpkin patch and enjoy pumpkin painting. Rain or shine! 

12 pm
1 pm
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Job and Career/Digital Skills Help

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Adults
Open
Required
Library Branch: Penn Hills Library
Room: Adult Library
Age Group: Adults
Required
Seats Remaining: 1
About This Program:

Do you have a difficult time applying to jobs online?  Updating a resume?

Do you want help with how to use your email, MS word, or just use a computer in general?

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Fiction Addiction Book Club

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: Penn Hills Library
Room: Meeting Rooms AB
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
About This Program:

Read and discuss a new fiction book every month at Fiction Addiction Book Club.  This month we will read The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Penn Forest Natural Burial Park (Offsite)

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Adults
Open
Required
Library Branch: Penn Hills Library
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health and Wellness
Required
Seats Remaining: 27
About This Program:

Penn Forest Natural Burial Park is Pennsylvania’s first exclusively green burial ground and is committed to creating a beautiful burial park where nature is at the forefront.  It also has a nature preserve and farm on the ground.

2 pm
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Yoga

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: Penn Hills Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health and Wellness
About This Program:

Join us on Friday afternoons, refresh your mind and renew your body with Yoga.  No registration Required. 

3 pm
4 pm
5 pm
This event is in the "School-Age (ages 6-11)" group.

Slime Science!

5:00pm - 5:45pm
School-Age (ages 6-11)
Open
Required
Library Branch: Penn Hills Library
Room: Children's Activity Room
Age Group: School-Age (ages 6-11)
Required
Seats Remaining: 28
About This Program:

Experiment with mixing different ingredients to make slime many ways in this slime lab! 

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Scrabble

5:00pm - 8:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: Penn Hills Library
Room: Meeting Rooms AB
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Conversation Groups
About This Program:

Like Scrabble?  Join us for a few games every Tuesday at the Penn Hills Library.  No registration required. 

This event is in the "School-Age (ages 6-11)" group.

Art in Motion: Roller Ball Art

5:00pm - 5:45pm
School-Age (ages 6-11)
Open
Required
Library Branch: Penn Hills Library
Room: Children's Activity Room
Age Group: School-Age (ages 6-11)
Required
Seats Remaining: 25
About This Program:

Make art based in STEAM concepts as we use gravity and motion to make unique art!

6 pm
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Mortuary Science: History and Practice

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Adults
Open
Required
Library Branch: Penn Hills Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Presentation
Required
Seats Remaining: 35
About This Program:

Learn what Mortuary Science is, its history, how to become one, and what Mortuary Scientist do today.  

This event is in the "Adults" group.

All About Henna: History and How to

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Adults
Open
Required
Library Branch: Penn Hills Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Class, Presentation
Required
Seats Remaining: 8
About This Program:

Participants will get a brief education about the history and culture of Henna. Then we will see how to make our own paste using various ingredients.

This event is in the "Adults" group.
Library Branch: Penn Hills Library
Room: Meeting Rooms AB
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
About This Program:

Join us as we sample a different cookbook each month.  Share a dish with everyone from the group or just come and talk shop about cooking and baking.