Every Friday is Five & Under Friday!
Five and under Friday returns September 20th at 11 AM!
Join us on Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. for Preschool Storytime! This program is best for ages 3-6 years and it features, stories, songs, and an activity.
September schedule:
- September 5: Farm
- September 12: Apples
- September 19: Fall
- September 26: Alphabet
Join Ms. Erin every Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. for stories, songs and socialization for babies 0-24 months old.
September schedule:
- September 4: Farm
- September 11: Apples
- September 18: Fall
- September 25: Alphabet
Join us at 10:30 am every Tuesday for Tuesday Toddler Time!
We will read stories, sing, dance and clap our time away. Afterwards, stay and play with friends! A toddler-friendly craft may be introduced. Perfect for ages 1.5-3 years with a caregiver.
September schedule:
- September 3: Farm
- September 10: Apples
- September 17: Fall
- September 24: Alphabet
Happy Love Your Library Month!
Since 2016, the Jack Buncher Foundation has provided the Allegheny County libraries with a $200,000 match pool to facilitate fundraising in September. This gift has grown into Love Your Library month, an annual fundraising event. Last year, your generosity helped us raise almost $5000. Thanks to the Buncher Foundation’s match pool we received an additional $1500! The more money we raise, the more money the Buncher Foundation will match.
There is no better time to donate, thanks to the Buncher Foundation. No amount is too small, and every bit helps! Donate today
Many RAD Passes have been extended through September!
Visit some of Pittsburgh’s favorite attractions with free admission. All you need is an Allegheny County library card and a RAD Pass reservation.
Visit RADpass.org to book your spot.
Organizations participating in RAD Summer Staycation replenish offers daily. Please continue to check RADPass.org frequently.
Thanks to a partnership with the Heinz Center Affiliates Program, Allegheny County libraries, and the Friends of Bayne Library we are offering free admission for up to two adults and six children to a number of museums and historical sites around Pittsburgh!
Our 2024 kits include:
- Braddock’s Battlefield History Center
- Depreciation Lands Museum
- Fort Ligonier
- Heinz History Center (includes admission to Fort Pitt Museum and Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village)
- Historic Fort Steuben
- Pennsylvania Trolley Museum
The kits are first come/first served and they circulate for one week. They can be picked up in the Library behind the copier. Please return the kits to the circulation desk.
Also be sure to check out Museum Spotlights Lectures, Tuesdays at 5pm. Registration is limited. Use the links below to register.
- Tuesday, September 10, 2024: Meadowcroft Rockshelter & Historic Village. Register
- Tuesday, September 17, 2024: Pennsylvania Trolley Museum. Register
- Tuesday, September 24, 2024: Historic Fort Steuben. Register
- Tuesday, October 8, 2024: Depreciation Lands Museum. Register
- Tuesday, October 15, 2024: Fort Ligonier. Register
- Tuesday, October 22, 2024: Braddock’s Battlefield History Center. Register
Join us as an artist, visitor, or shopper for an all-ages Itty Bitty Art Show!
Stop by the library between September 1st and 20th to pick up your kit. You can use the the materials provided or your own supplies to create a work of art. We just ask that you include the canvas in your final creation and you limit the size of your artwork to the size of the canvas. Not an artist? Who cares! Get ideas and inspiration for your canvas
Drop off your artwork for inclusion in the Itty Bitty Art Show from September 23rd until the 27th. You can choose to donate your artwork to our online auction. All proceeds from donated artwork will benefit the Friends of Bayne Library.
Join us Friday, October 4th for our adults only opening at 6:00 p.m. or Saturday, October 5th at 10:00 a.m. for a family friendly opening. If you can’t make those times be sure to stop by between October 4th and 11th during the library’s open hours to view, bid and vote for Best In Show!
The Itty Bitty Art Show is sponsored by the Friends of Bayne Library
Join us September 10th at 2:00 p.m. when we discuss Finding Me by Viola Davis
This is my story, from a crumbling apartment in Central Falls, Rhode Island, to the stage in New York City, and beyond. This is the path I took to finding my purpose but also my voice in a world that didn’t always see me.
As I wrote Finding Me, my eyes were open to the truth of how our stories are often not given close examination. We are forced to reinvent them to fit into a crazy, competitive, judgmental world. So I wrote this for anyone running through life untethered, desperate and clawing their way through murky memories, trying to get to some form of self-love. For anyone who needs reminding that a life worth living can only be born from radical honesty and the courage to shed facades and be . . . you.
Finding Me is a deep reflection, a promise, and a love letter of sorts to self. My hope is that my story will inspire you to light up your own life with creative expression and rediscover who you were before the world put a label on you.
Ask at the desk for a copy of this month’s book.
Bayne Library will have limited hours due to the Labor Day holiday.
- Saturday, August 31: 10am-2pm
- Monday, September 2: CLOSED
We’ll see you in September!
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