Upcoming Events

Summary: Cynthia Hill, from Third Day Luxury Soaps & Garden, will teach you to make your own organic SPF 30 sunscreen from herbs, pure vegetable and nut butters and titanium oxide.

Summary: Jim O’Brien, Pittsburgh’s famous sports author, will discuss significant sports venues and events in the Oakland area, which was once the "playground" of Pittsburgh. Book signing to follow.

Summary: Personal shopper and blogger Bernadette Ulsamer presents handy guidelines for dressing to flatter your individual shape and personal style.

Summary: Luke Och, from the Crested Duck Charcuterie, an artisan meat market in the Beechview neighborhood, and baker behind the Birdsong Bread blog, will teach you to make sausage from scratch and the buns to go with it.

Summary: Pittsburgh native and journalist Frank Garland tells the story of Pittsburgh Pirate Willie Stargell. Book signing to follow.

Summary: Learn about Indian spices, including their use as aromatic flavor enhancers and for nutritional and preservative purposes. Anoo, author of a Kerala cookbook, will demonstrate how much spice to use and when, as well as how to store spices.

Summary: Join veteran journalists Sharon Walsh and Bill Heltzel of PublicSource, an independent and nonprofit local investigative journalism website, as they describe techniques for collecting background information by delving in public records.