Pages, Parks, & Paint Cash Bash
2025-11-08 17:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | St. John the Evangelist Church Social Hall, 306 St. John Dr., Latrobe, PA, 15650, United States
Adams Memorial Library, Latrobe Art Center, and Latrobe Parks & Rec are teaming up for a night of fun and prizes.
Support your favorite community spaces on Saturday, November 8!
Click HERE to find out more information and where you can buy tickets!

By supporting this event, you will help the library finally get its long overdue renovation! Help us update our building so we may continue to serve our wonderful community! (It’s what Mister Rogers would want you to do!)

The American Revolution: A Ken Burns Documentary Screening
2025-11-12 18:00 - 20:00 | Adams Memorial Library, 1112 Ligonier Street, Latrobe, PA, 15650, United States
You’re invited to a special premiere screening of the new Ken Burns documentary, The American Revolution!
The American Revolution examines how America’s founding turned the world upside-down. Thirteen British colonies on the Atlantic Coast rose in rebellion, won their independence, and established a new form of government that radically reshaped the continent and inspired centuries of democratic movements around the globe.
There will be light refreshments served, including the same type of tea that was thrown into the harbor during the Boston Tea Party!
This program is FREE but registration is required.
To register, stop by the Upstairs Circulation Desk, call 724-539-1972, or click HERE
Corporate funding for THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION was provided by Bank of America. Major funding was provided by The Better Angels Society and its members Jeannie and Jonathan Lavine with the Crimson Lion Foundation; and the Blavatnik Family Foundation. Major funding was also provided by David M. Rubenstein; The Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Family Foundation; Lilly Endowment Inc.; and the following Better Angels Society members: Eric and Wendy Schmidt; Stephen A. Schwarzman; and Kenneth C. Griffin with Griffin Catalyst. Additional support for THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION was provided by: The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations; The Pew Charitable Trusts; Gilbert S. Omenn and Martha A. Darling; Park Foundation; and the following Better Angels Society members: Gilchrist and Amy Berg; Perry and Donna Golkin; The Michelson Foundation; Jacqueline B. Mars; Kissick Family Foundation; Diane and Hal Brierley; John H. N. Fisher and Jennifer Caldwell; John and Catherine Debs; The Fullerton Family Charitable Fund; Philip I. Kent; Gail Elden; Deborah and Jon Dawson; David and Susan Kreisman; The McCloskey Family Charitable Trust; Becky and Jim Morgan; Carol and Ned Spieker; Mark A. Tracy; and Paul and Shelley Whyte. THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION was made possible, in part, with support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

The Search for Truth and the Persistence of Love Across Time: a Virtual Talk with Award-Winning Novelist Amanda Peters
2025-11-13 19:00 - 20:00
The Berry Pickers is a riveting exploration of family, grief, and the bonds we share.
July 1962. A Mi’kmaq family from Nova Scotia arrives in Maine to pick blueberries for the summer. Weeks later, four-year-old Ruthie, the family’s youngest child, vanishes.
In Maine, a young girl named Norma grows up as the only child of an affluent family. As she grows older, Norma slowly comes to realize there is something her parents aren’t telling her. Unwilling to abandon her intuition, she will spend decades trying to uncover this family secret.
To sign up for this FREE virtual event, please click HERE!
For other upcoming (and previous) virtual talks, please click HERE!

Knifty Knitters
2025-11-18 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-12-02 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-12-16 10:00 - 12:00, 2026-01-06 10:00 - 12:00, 2026-01-20 10:00 - 12:00, 2026-02-03 10:00 - 12:00, 2026-02-17 10:00 - 12:00, 2026-03-03 10:00 - 12:00 and 1 more date | Adams Memorial Library, 1112 Ligonier Street, Latrobe, PA, 15650, United States
Knifty Knitters meets at the library every first and third Tuesday of every month! This group, made up completely of volunteers, knits and crochets for various charities. New knitters are always welcome, regardless of experience–members will teach!
For more information, stop by the circulation desk or call 724-539-1972!

Unlock the Secret Language of Connection: a Virtual Talk with Supercommunicator Charles Duhigg
2025-11-18 14:00 - 15:00
In Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection, Duhigg unravels the secrets of the supercommunicators to reveal the art – and the science – of successful communication.

He unpicks the different types of everyday conversation and pinpoints why some go smoothly while others swiftly fall apart. He reveals the conversational questions and gambits that bring people together. And he shows how even the most tricky of encounters can be turned around. Above all, he reveals the techniques we can all master to successfully connect with others, however tricky the circumstances.

To sign up for this FREE virtual event, please click HERE!
For other upcoming (and previous) virtual talks, please click HERE!

Mystery Book Club
2025-11-20 18:00 - 19:30, 2026-01-22 18:00 - 19:30, 2026-02-26 18:00 - 19:30 | Adams Memorial Library, 1112 Ligonier Street, Latrobe, PA, 15650, United States
Join this outside group every fourth Thursday of each month from 6:00PM to 7:30PM for discussion on thrillers, mysteries, whodunits, and more!
Stop by the circulation desk or call 724-539-1972 for more information!

Scheming Wives and High-Stakes Hilarity: a virtual talk with Author Sue Hincenbergs
2025-12-02 14:00 - 15:00
Buckle up for a wild ride and join us as we sit down for an online chat with debut author Sue Hincenbergs to discuss her novel The Retirement Plan, in which murder is the name of the game. When the only thing standing between three best friends and a sunny beachfront retirement condo are their husbands, what ensues is a diabolical plan to collect on their spouses’ life insurance policies.
To sign up for this FREE virtual event, please click HERE!
For other upcoming (and previous) virtual talks, please click HERE!

The Creative and Compassionate Art of Seeing Others Deeply : a Virtual Talk with David Brooks
2026-01-13 14:00 - 15:00
Join us for a discussion with prominent cultural writer and bestselling author David Brooks on his book, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply.

In How to Know a Person, Brooks helps us pose essential questions: If you want to know a person, what kind of attention should you cast on them? What kind of conversations should you have? What parts of a person’s story should you pay attention to?
To sign up for this FREE virtual event, please click HERE!
For other upcoming (and previous) virtual talks, please click HERE!

Nature, Art, and Service as Medicine: a Virtual Talk with Journalist Julia Hotz
2026-01-20 14:00 - 15:00
As the first book on social prescribing, The Connection Cure empowers you to find, experience, and implement this revolutionary medicine in your own community.

The success stories Julia finds bring a long-known theory to life: if we can change our environment, we can change our health. By reconnecting to what matters to us, we can all start to feel better.
To sign up for this FREE virtual event, please click HERE!
For other upcoming (and previous) virtual talks, please click HERE!

Secrets and Second Chances: a Virtual Talk with Liz Moore
2026-01-28 19:00 - 20:00
Book description: Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn’t just any thirteen-year-old: she’s the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region’s residents. And this isn’t the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara’s older brother similarly vanished fourteen years ago, never to be found. As a panicked search begins, a thrilling drama unfolds. Chasing down the layered secrets of the Van Laar family and the blue-collar community working in its shadow, Moore’s multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances.
To sign up for this FREE virtual event, please click HERE!
For other upcoming (and previous) virtual talks, please click HERE!

Swashbuckling Heroines and High Seas Adventures: a Virtual Talk with Novelist Vanessa Riley
2026-02-05 19:00 - 20:00 | Virtual Author Talks
Join us for an unforgettable experience as we chat with Vanessa Riley about her newest book, Fire Sword and Sea, based on the folk story of the female pirate Jacquotte Delahaye.

The Caribbean Sea, 1675. Jacquotte Delahaye is the mixed-race daughter of a wealthy tavern owner on the island of Tortuga. Jacquotte dreams of joining the seafarers and smugglers whose tall-masted ships cluster in the turquoise waters around Tortuga. For twenty years, Jacquotte raids the Caribbean as Jacques, hiding her gender. When her fellow pirates decide to increase their profits by entering the slave trade, Jacquotte must make a change.

To sign up for this FREE virtual event, please click HERE!
For other upcoming (and previous) virtual talks, please click HERE!

Mojos, Mermaids, Medicine, and 400 Years of Black Women’s Magic: a Virtual Talk with Dr. Lindsey Stewart
2026-02-12 14:00 - 15:00 | Virtual Author Talks
Feminist philosopher Dr. Lindsey Stewart’s book, The Conjuring of America: Mojos, Mermaids, Medicine, and 400 Years of Black Women’s Magic, tells the stories of Negro Mammies of slavery; the Voodoo Queens and Blues Women of Reconstruction; and the Granny Midwives and textile weavers of the Jim Crow era. These women, in secrecy and subterfuge, courageously and devotedly continued their practices and worship for centuries and passed down their traditions. This book is a love letter to the real magic Black women used, their herbs, food, textiles, song, and dance, used to sow rebellion, freedom, and hope.

To sign up for this FREE virtual event, please click HERE!
For other upcoming (and previous) virtual talks, please click HERE!

Evergreen Essence: Essential Oils
2026-02-18 18:00 - 19:30 | Adams Memorial Library, 1112 Ligonier Street, Latrobe, PA, 15650, United States
In this cold season, come warm yourself up and learn tips on how essential oils can help alleviate and prevent colds, flus, and coughs.

This program is FREE but registration is required.
To register, stop by the Upstairs Circulation Desk, call 724-539-1972, or click here

Smithson’s Gamble: A Virtual Talk about The Incredible History Behind the World’s Largest Museum with Smithsonian Curator Emeritus Tom Crouch
2026-02-24 14:00 - 15:00 | Virtual Author Talks
Tom D. Crouch, a Smithsonian veteran of almost 45 years, paints a robust picture of a unique American establishment and its lasting legacies in his book Smithson’s Gamble.

Follow the fascinating growth and development of the world’s largest museum and research complex during its first 60 years. Told in rich detail, Smithson’s Gamble reveals how, as it defined a role rooted in curiosity and exploration, the Smithsonian helped to shape the nation’s developing identity.

The Smithsonian evolved from a small, narrowly focused organization into an institution leading the way in fields from astrophysics to zoology. Smithsonian researchers, and the hundreds of citizen scientists who they recruited, created a collection that documented the natural and human history of a continent. The American conservation movement and a national weather service are rooted at the Smithsonian. Smithson’s Gamble is filled with fascinating characters, twists and turns, and moments of triumph and tragedy, complete with political machinations, a bit of backstabbing, accusations of murder, and the occasional scandal.

To sign up for this FREE virtual event, please click HERE!
For other upcoming (and previous) virtual talks, please click HERE!

Humor, Heart, and Reflective Rural Stories: a Virtual Talk with Michael Perry
2026-03-04 14:00 - 15:00 | Virtual Author Talks
Join us in conversation with bestselling author and humorist Michael Perry, whose collection of genre-spanning works encapsulates the experiences–and the magic–of rural town communities and the everyday people who reside in them.

To sign up for this FREE virtual event, please click HERE!
For other upcoming (and previous) virtual talks, please click HERE!

One Book, One Community: David McCullough's 1776
2026-03-04 18:00 - 19:30 | Adams Memorial Library, 1112 Ligonier Street, Latrobe, PA, 15650, United States
From now until Wednesday, March 4 we’ll have multiple copies of David McCullough’s 1776 available for people to borrow.

On Wednesday, March 4 at 6:00PM we will have a book discussion, talking about the late Mr. McCullough and what it took for the founders of the US to take a stand for what they believe in, and their own thoughts on the time they lived in.

About the book: Based on extensive research in both American and British archives, 1776 is a powerful drama written with extraordinary narrative vitality. It is the story of Americans in the ranks, men of every shape, size, and color; farmers, schoolteachers, shoemakers, no-accounts, and mere boys turned soldiers. And it is the story of the King’s men, the British commander, William Howe, and his highly disciplined redcoats who looked on their rebel foes with contempt and fought with a valor too little known.

One Book, One Community is everyone’s chance to come together to both read and discuss the same book. Each library will have multiple copies of the same book for their own event, so stop by and borrow a copy for yourself!

Throughout Westmoreland County, libraries will be hosting One Book, One Community events to help us better understand the courage, dedication, and sacrifice that it took from people to create our nation.
You can check the Westmoreland County Libraries Calendar to see all of the One Book, One Community events as they’re added.

For more information, stop by the circulation desk or call 724-539-1972!

Movie Screening: 1776
2026-03-05 18:00 - 20:30 | Adams Memorial Library, 1112 Ligonier Street, Latrobe, PA, 15650, United States
Enjoy some popcorn as we watch Peter Hunt’s musical retelling of the Founding Fathers’ struggle to declare independence.

This program is FREE but registration is required.

To register, stop by the Upstairs Circulation Desk, call 724-539-1972, or click HERE

Strange Invasions of Kecksburg with Stan Gordon
2026-03-12 18:00 - 19:30 | Adams Memorial Library, 1112 Ligonier Street, Latrobe, PA, 15650, United States
Stan Gordon will give an illustrated presentation with updated startling information on the Kecksburg UFO crash case and also discuss more recent UFO, Bigfoot, and cryptid cases from Westmoreland County, the Chestnut Ridge area, and the Greater Pittsburgh region.

To register, stop by the Upstairs Circulation Desk, call 724-539-1972, or click HERE

Book Portals and Journeys of Literary Magic: a Virtual Talk with Kate Quinn
2026-03-12 19:00 - 20:00 | Virtual Author Talks
You’re invited to join us for a virtual conversation with acclaimed author Kate Quinn about her latest fantastical work, The Astral Library, which poses the question: Have you ever wished you could live inside a book? Welcome to the Astral Library, where books are not just objects, but doors to new worlds, new lives, and new futures.

To sign up for this FREE virtual event, please click HERE!
For other upcoming (and previous) virtual talks, please click HERE!

Essential Oils, Essential Taste
2026-03-18 18:00 - 19:30 | Adams Memorial Library, 1112 Ligonier Street, Latrobe, PA, 15650, United States
Essential oils are made from plants, herbs and even spices we know of as culinary ingredients, such as Thyme, Peppermint, Cinnamon, and Turmeric.

Join us for sniffing and sampling, with practical information you can use in your kitchen or medicine cabinet. With that information, you’ll be set to improve your health AND your cooking!

To register, stop by the Upstairs Circulation Desk, call 724-539-1972, or click HERE
