Category: Adults

August Book Discussion Group

Join us August 11, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. for our discussion of The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich

Thomas and Patrice live in this impoverished reservation community along with young Chippewa boxer Wood Mountain and his mother Juggie Blue, her niece and Patrice’s best friend Valentine, and Stack Barnes, the white high school math teacher and boxing coach who is hopelessly in love with Patrice.

In the Night Watchman, Louise Erdrich creates a fictional world populated with memorable characters who are forced to grapple with the worst and best impulses of human nature. Illuminating the loves and lives, the desires and ambitions of these characters with compassion, wit, and intelligence, The Night Watchman is a majestic work of fiction from this revered cultural treasure.

Ask at the desk for a copy of this novel.

Experience Kits

Starting June 1, stop by the library and pick up an Experience Kit!

Coordinated thanks to the Heinz History Center’s Affiliates Program (HCAP) and the Allegheny County Library Association, Experience Kits check out for one week and provide free admission for four people to a number of museums and historical sites around western Pennsylvania.

2026 Participating Museums

All our kits are first come, first served and we do not hold kits.

Friends of Bayne Library

Our kits are made possible thanks to the Friends of Bayne Library.

Mah Jhong Club

+ Are you a mah jhong player or would you like to learn how to play? 

+ Join us, Wednesdays from 1:00-3:00 p.m. for Mah Jhong Club! 

+ Email goodmane@baynelibrary.org or call  412-766-7447 to get more information.

Interactive Timeline and Bayne Family Tree

Learn more about the history of Bayne Library and the Bayne family by exploring the interactive Bayne Library Timeline in conjunction with the previously released Bayne Family Tree. Delve into information through newspaper articles, photographs, and documents for a glimpse into an earlier time. What will you discover about the Bayne family and the history of Andrew Bayne Memorial Library?

There’s even more to explore on our website: The Architecture of Bayne Library, Trees of Bayne Park, War Memorials of Bayne Park, and an interactive Map of Bayne Park for self-guided tours of the trees and war memorials.

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