Category: Screen Free

Mending Workshop

September 17, 2024 / Ellen

Join us Tuesday, October 15, 2024, at 5:30 p.m. for a clothing sewing/mending workshop led by Maria, a local crafter with a love of slow fashion, thrifting, reuse, and repair.

Whether you want it to look low-key or bright and visible, this workshop will teach basics of functional fixes and mends to extend the life of your clothes. There will be an instructor to provide tutorials and guidance, a plethora of material (buttons, fabric scraps, thread), and some example mends to spark your creativity!

Please bring a current project or something you’ve been meaning to fix – a rip to mend, a hole to patch, or a broken seam to repair.

No experience is required, and all ages interested in sewing are welcome.

Register today! bit.ly/4enSAAc

Five and Under Fridays

September 6, 2024 / Ellen

Every Friday is Five & Under Friday!

Five and under Friday returns September 20th at 11 AM!

Pre-School Storytime

September 6, 2024 / Ellen

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

Tuesday Toddler Time

September 6, 2024 / Ellen

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

RAD Pass extended!

August 28, 2024 / Ellen

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.

Experience Kits

August 28, 2024 / Ellen

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

Itty Bitty Art Show

August 28, 2024 / Ellen

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

StoryWalk

May 31, 2024 / Ellen

Our new StoryWalk is up, just in time for the opening of Bellevue Pool!

Outside is waiting, the most patient playmate of all. The most generous friend. The most miraculous inventor. This thought-provoking picture book poetically underscores our powerful and enduring connection with nature, not so easily obscured by lives spent indoors.

Rhythmic, powerful language shows us how our world is made and the many ways Outside comes in to help and heal us, and reminds us that we are all part of a much greater universe. Emotive illustrations evoke the beauty, simplicity, and wonder that await us all . . . outside

Whether you are going for a swim, playing on the playground, or checking out he exercise equipment, take a moment to celebrate the outside with Outside In.

Learn more about our StoryWalk and get additional reading recommendations and activity ideas. Share pictures and updates with us at #baynestorywalk.

*This project is made possible by Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds for the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, Office of Commonwealth Libraries.

American Girl Dolls at Bayne!

April 25, 2022 / Erin

Thanks to the Allegheny County Library Association’s Youth Services, two American Girl dolls are now available to borrow! Julie is a historical doll from 1974 and Tenney was a doll of the year in 2017. You must come into the library to check them out. Check out some of the fun they had over the weekend!