Together We Read: The Queen of Sugar Hill by ReShonda Tate
2025-03-13 - 2025-03-27
With a library card, you have access to thousands of books, both physically, throughout Westmoreland County, and digitally using Libby by OverDrive.

From March 13 to March 27, OverDrive is giving readers a chance to come together and share in their digital book club, Together We Read, with their featured title, “The Queen of Sugar Hill” by ReShonda Tate.

During this period the book will be available as both an ebook & audiobook with no waitlist or holds on Libby!

You can even discuss the book with others at www.togetherweread.com/US/ during its availability.

About the book: “The Queen of Sugar Hill” tells the story of Hattie McDaniel, the first African American woman to win an Academy Award, focusing on her life after her Oscar win for “Gone With the Wind” and the challenges she faced as a Black actress navigating Hollywood’s challenging social landscape, particularly highlighting her struggles with restrictive housing covenants in a neighborhood called “Sugar Hill” where she bought a home despite facing backlash from white neighbors; the book explores her personal life, friendships with other Hollywood figures, and her fight for racial equality.

Play Days
2025-03-13 10:30 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | Adams Memorial Library, 1112 Ligonier Street, Latrobe, PA, 15650, United States
Come and play with friends (or make new ones) at the library! We’ll have our special toys out in the Reed Room from 10:30AM to 12:30PM each day, so you can play in the Children’s Room and in the Reed Room! You can show up ANYTIME between 10:30AM & 12:30PM!
Enjoy an indoor Play Day at the Library!
To register, please stop by the Children’s Room or call 724-537-4383! Space may be limited!

The Book Report
2025-03-14 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-03-21 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-03-28 10:30 - 11:00
Dandelion, Bryony, Diantha, & Rosie are reading all kinds of books!
Catch them on Instagram to see what they’re reading this month!

Alive and Dead Poets Society
2025-03-15 11:00 - 13:00 | Adams Memorial Library, 1112 Ligonier Street, Latrobe, PA, 15650, United States
A chance for poetry lovers to read and hear poetry. Come share some of your favorite poems from past and present poets or even share some you’ve written yourself!
There will also be a meeting on the third Saturday in April.
To register, stop by the Upstairs Circulation Desk, call 724-539-1972, or click HERE!

Song & Rhyme Time
2025-03-17 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-03-24 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-03-31 10:30 - 11:00
Join Miss Karen for an at-home song and rhyme session to enjoy any time or anywhere! You can follow along on our website or social media!
Watch for new videos to sing along!
To follow along, please click HERE!

Women of Ireland
2025-03-17 18:00 - 19:30 | Adams Memorial Library, 1112 Ligonier Street, Latrobe, PA, 15650, United States
Learn how the contributions of women have shaped the culture of Ireland…and the world, and see how you can search for your Irish-American ancestors without leaving home.

Come early to experience sights and sounds straight from the Emerald Isle!
To register, stop by the Upstairs Circulation Desk, call 724-539-1972, or click HERE!

Knifty Knitters
2025-03-18 10:00 - 12:00 | 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 724-527-1972!
We can’t wait to see you!

Wee Read
2025-03-18 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-03-19 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-03-20 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-03-25 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-03-26 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-03-27 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-04-01 10:30 - 11:00 | Adams Memorial Library, 1112 Ligonier Street, Latrobe, PA, 15650, United States
Designed for our youngest friends (from birth to 2½ years old) and their caregivers. Wee Read combines songs, rhymes, and socialization for a fun and engaging early literacy experience. The same Wee Read session is repeated Tuesday through Thursday each week.
To register, call the Children’s Room at 724-537-4383 or stop by the Children’s Room desk. Space may be limited!
If the Greater Latrobe School District is closed or delayed for weather-related reasons, there will be no Wee Read! For information on delays and closings for the Greater Latrobe School District, please visit www.glsd.us

Storytime
2025-03-18 11:30 - 12:00, 2025-03-19 11:30 - 12:00, 2025-03-20 11:30 - 12:00, 2025-03-25 11:30 - 12:00, 2025-03-26 11:30 - 12:00, 2025-03-27 11:30 - 12:00, 2025-04-01 11:30 - 12:00 | Adams Memorial Library, 1112 Ligonier Street, Latrobe, PA, 15650, United States
Designed for friends from 2½ to 5 years old who enjoy listening to stories, and their caregivers. Storytime features books on a different theme each week, plus songs and rhymes. The same Storytime session is repeated Tuesday through Thursday each week.
To register, call the Children’s Room at 724-537-4383 or stop by the Children’s Room desk. Space may be limited!
If the Greater Latrobe School District is closed or delayed for weather-related reasons, there will be no Wee Read! For information on delays and closings for the Greater Latrobe School District, please visit www.glsd.us

Kid's Craft & Storytime at CML
2025-03-19 18:00 - 19:00 | Caldwell Memorial Library, Derry Area High School 988 N. Chestnut St Ext, Derry, PA, 15627, United States
Be like a opossum and ‘hang out’ at the library! Not only will you get to hear stories about night creatures, but you’ll get to make your own opossum friend to take home!
To register, stop by Caldwell Memorial Library or call 724-694-1401 ext. 3110!

How Women’s Liberation Transformed America: A Virtual Conversation with Clara Bingham
2025-03-20 14:00 - 15:00
Award-winning journalist and author Clara Bingham sits down with us to talk about her newest book, “The Movement”.

Told through the individual voices of the people who lived it, “The Movement” tells the intimate inside story of what it felt like to be at the forefront of the modern feminist crusade when women rejected thousands of years of custom and demanded the freedom to be who they wanted and needed to be.

Including interviews with living icons and unsung heroes, “The Movement” brings readers into the rooms where these women insisted on being treated as first-class citizens and, in the process, changed the fabric of American life.

To sign up for this FREE virtual event, please click HERE!

For other upcoming (and previous) virtual talks, please click HERE!

Inquire Within: Birthday Take Home Kit
2025-03-24 10:30 - 11:00
Celebrate Mister Rogers’ birthday and his pal Daniel Tiger this month!
Thanks to our friends at WQED Education and Clearview Federal Credit Union, take home kits will be available in the Children’s Room starting Monday, March 24, so you can follow along on our website or social media!
While supplies last!
Click HERE to follow along!

Dreams We Chase: A Virtual Author Talk with Novelist Jennifer Weiner
2025-03-26 19:00 - 20:00
New York Times best selling author Jennifer Weiner has been known for the emotional depth of her books and their ability to inspire readers towards their own self-discovery.

She will be talking with us about her past works such as “Good In Bed”, “In Her Shoes”, “Big Summer”, and “The Breakaway”, and how they have come to touch so many.

During the conversation she will also give us a preview of her upcoming novel “The Griffin Sisters Greatest Hits”. nSet in the world of pop music, “The Griffin Sister’s Greatest Hits” is about sisters, motherhood, young love, and the dreams we chase.

To sign up for this FREE virtual event, please click HERE!

For other upcoming (and previous) virtual talks, please click HERE!

Mystery Book Club
2025-03-27 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!
