Upcoming Events

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

Summary: Rina Ferrarelli will read from The Bread We Ate, published by Guernica in 2012, a collection of tales of the tribe, four generations of Italian immigrants, herself included, “scattered/ across states and provinces, /three countries.”

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.

Summary: Child Care in Black and White: Working Parents and the History of Orphanages tells the story of families here in Pittsburgh at the turn of the last century who used orphanages as a form of childcare during times of crisis. Book signing to follow.

Summary: Bill Steigerwald discusses his book Dogging Steinbeck, which reconsiders John Steinbeck's Travels with Charley as a fictionalized account of an American journey. Book signing to follow.

Summary: This workshop explores how people can change their relationship with sweets and provides practical tools for dealing with sugar cravings.