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

Winter Family Storytime

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:

Families, join us for fun stories, songs, and books! Designed for ages birth to 5 years old, but all ages and siblings are welcome. This storytime focuses on creating a shared experience and bond around books.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Penn Hills Painters' Meetup

10:00am - 12:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: Penn Hills Library
Room: Meeting Rooms AB
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
About This Program:

Work on your own paintings with your own supplies in the company and encouragement of others. 

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 years old and their caregivers. 

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.

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 "Adults" group.

Graphic Novel Book Club

11:00am - 12:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: Penn Hills Library
Room: Lower Level Tables
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
About This Program:

Join us as we discuss the art and storytelling in various graphic novels. Whether you read graphic novels all the time, or have never read them before, we hope you give it a try!

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

Mystery Book Club Party

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

Join us to discuss a new mystery book every month. 

This month, instead of reading a book we will have our holiday party!

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Art Lab: Gnomes

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Adults
Open
Required
Library Branch: Penn Hills Library
Room: Meeting Rooms AB
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 2
About This Program:

Join us every month as we work in different art mediums. This month we will try our hand at making "festive gnomes."

Registration is required.

This event is in the "Children" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "All Ages" group.

Kwanzaa Celebration

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Children, Adults, All Ages
Open
Required
Library Branch: Penn Hills Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children, Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Party/Social Event
Required
Seats Remaining: 25
About This Program:

Celebrate Kwanzaa as Yamoussa Camara and Camara Drum and Dance present an exciting afternoon of West African music and dance from Guinea, West Africa.

Dance, learn, and celebrate together with us.

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:

Bring your own yoga mat and towel to this free class.

There will be a limited number of mats to borrow.

This event is in the "Children" group.

Explore Process Art!: Salt Art

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Children
Open
Required
Library Branch: Penn Hills Library
Room: Children's Activity Room
Age Group: Children
Required
Seats Remaining: 30
About This Program:

Explore, experiment, and create freely! In this open-ended art session, the focus is on the fun of the process, not the final product! 

This program is developmentally-appropriate for children of all ages and families. Join us!

3 pm
This event is in the "Teens" group.

Beaded Jewelry

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Teens
Library Branch: Penn Hills Library
Room: Teen Space
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
About This Program:

For anyone in grades 6 - 12. To sign up for text reminders for all Teen Programs, please text TEENSPH to 412-240-6540.

Make beaded necklaces and friendship bracelets!

This event is in the "Teens" group.
Library Branch: Penn Hills Library
Room: Teen Space
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
About This Program:

For anyone in grades 6 - 12. To sign up for text reminders for all Teen Programs, please text TEENSPH to 412-240-6540.

Decorate mini terracotta pots to look like gingerbread houses!

This event is in the "Teens" group.

Teen Makerspace: Heat Press

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Teens
Library Branch: Penn Hills Library
Room: Teen Space
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, STEM
About This Program:

For anyone in grades 6 - 12. To sign up for text reminders for all Teen Programs, please text TEENSPH to 412-240-6540.

Join us every week in December to experiment with a different piece of technology! This week, play around with our heat press and iron-on designs.

4 pm
5 pm
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Scrabble

5:00pm - 8:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: Penn Hills Library
Room: Adult Library
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Games
About This Program:

Like Scrabble? Join us for a few games every Tuesday at the Penn Hills Library.  

This event is in the "Teens" group.
Library Branch: Penn Hills Library
Room: Teen Space
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Conversation Groups
About This Program:

For anyone in grades 6 - 12. To sign up for text reminders for all Teen Programs, please text TEENSPH to 412-240-6540.

Join us once a month in this safe, inclusive environment where everyone is welcome to be themselves. This month, join us to design holiday cards for your loved ones!

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

Fandom Art: Squishmallow Painting

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: 21
About This Program:

Stop at the library to design art including your favorites with us! 

For the month of December, we will paint Squishmallows. 

6 pm
This event is in the "Children" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "All Ages" group.

Bald Eagle and Family

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Children, Adults, All Ages
Open
Required
Library Branch: Penn Hills Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children, Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Presentation
Required
Seats Remaining: 30
About This Program:

Don, Plant Manager of the Irvine Plant for US Steel in West Mifflin, will present an exciting talk about the bald eagle family that has nested at the Plant for the last few years.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Art Lab: Gnomes

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Adults
Waitlist
Required
Library Branch: Penn Hills Library
Room: Meeting Rooms AB
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
About This Program:

Join us every month as we work in different art mediums. This month we will try our hand at making "festive gnomes."

Registration is required.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Renaissance City Choir

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Adults
Open
Required
Library Branch: Penn Hills Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Performance
Required
Seats Remaining: 18
About This Program:

Join us for a lively holiday concert performed by Pittsburgh’s LGBTQIA+ choir; Renaissance City Choir!

Registration is required.