Jubilee Ringers
Join us on Tuesday, December 4 in the Main Lobby from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. for a relaxing hour of beautiful holiday bell music presented by the Jubilee Ringers of Trinity United Methodist Church.
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Holiday Gift Wrapping
Come to the library and get your holiday gifts wrapped for FREE by our Teen Volunteers! Please bring a non-perishable food item for our local food bank in exchange for the wrapping. Limit 3 gifts per person. We will have all the wrapping materials – just bring your gifts each in a box and with…
Music from a Civil War Christmas
The popular folk group Acoustic Shadows of the Blue and Gray will present a variety of Civil War-era music in period dress at the Peters Township Public Library on Sunday, December 9 at 1:30 p.m. To attend this free event, register online or call 724.941.9430 #1. The group will share familiar favorite songs including “Lorena,”…
Library and WQED Celebrate Service Members and Their Families
In partnership with WQED Education, Peters Township Public Library will be hosting a family friendly event to celebrate and honor local service members and their families over Veterans Day weekend. Peters Township Public Library will host Welcome Home: Celebrating Veterans and Their Families on Saturday, November 10 from noon until 2:00 p.m. Service members and…
Remembering television in the 60s
In May 1961, Newton N. Minow, the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, called television “a vast wasteland” – but was it? Certainly, it was the time of programming like “The Monkees”, “Batman”, and “The Flying Nun.” But television also brought the nation and the world into our homes with President Kennedy’s assassination, coverage…
6th Annual Fall Animal Fair
Peters Township Public Library will hold its 6th annual Fall Animal Fair at the library on Saturday, September 29 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. All are welcome to this free, family-friendly event to visit with local organizations and businesses involved with pet care. Angel Ridge and the Washington Area Humane Society will have animals…
PT Library screens documentary about women combat veterans
Film director JulieHera DeStefano traveled to Afghanistan in 2011 to learn more about the experiences of women serving in the combat zone. As she gathered stories, one driving question led to the feature-length documentary Journey to Normal: Women of War Come Home – What happens when they come home? The Peters Township Public Library will…
Fall Programming Delayed for Children and Teens
Due to the installation of new carpeting in the Youth Services Department, the library will delay the start of their fall programming for children by two weeks. Programs for babies through teens will begin the week of Monday, September 24 instead of Monday, September 10 as originally scheduled. The fall session will be extended by…
PT Library first in PA to offer QPR suicide prevention training
VIEW THE LIST OF LOCAL RESOURCES SHARED DURING THIS PROGRAM. Since 1999 the suicide rate in Pennsylvania has increased more than 30 percent according to a report released this summer by the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention. September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Due to the dramatic rise in suicides in Pennsylvania…
New Service – Book-a-Librarian!
Would you like a personal introduction to the electronic resources available to you at the Peters Township Public Library? Do you need more in-depth help than you can get when you just walk into the library? Try our new Book-a-Librarian service! You can schedule a personalized, one-on-one lesson tailored to meet your specific information need. To register…
Alexander Hamilton: Immigrant, Patriot, Visionary
A National Traveling Exhibition from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, made possible by the Rockefeller Foundation, is coming to your library! Visit this exhibition during library hours from Friday, June 15 through Saturday, July 7. The library is closed on Sundays, June 17 and 24; Sundays, July 1 and 8; and Wednesday, July…
Library prepares for Read Local/Eat Local event
Peters Township Public Library will gather over 20 local authors to shine and share their talents at a new event called Read Local/Eat Local on Saturday, June 23 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The library is encouraging the community to read books by authors from the southwestern Pennsylvania area that represent all genres for…