CHILDREN’S ART CLASS AT THE
WESTMORELAND – RECYCLED ROVER
Date: Jan. 13 (Registration is required.)
Time: 10 a.m. to noon
Address: 221 North Main Street, Greensburg
Contact: thewestmoreland.org, or
724.837.1500
The Westmoreland offers innovative and
engaging monthly art classes for ages 7 to
10 taught by a professional art instructor,
giving children the opportunity to expand
and explore their creativity. Take a quick
look through the museum at some of the
animal sculptures and paintings. Now stretch
the limits of your imagination by upcycling
discarded materials into a very unique animal
sculpture. For registration, fees and other
details, visit the website.
KNIT OR CROCHET WITH MAD
HATTERS AT CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF
MCKEESPORT
Vault, the library’s new classroom. Visit the
website for more information.
PLAY BINGO
Dates: Second Saturday of every month
Address: LifeSpan-Mon Valley, Olympia
Shopping Center, 4313 Walnut Street,
McKeesport
Contact: lifespanpa.org/Mon-Valley-Center, or
412.664.5434
Pack up your bingo good-luck charms
and get out this winter for $1,000 Bingo
and Lunch! This exciting event is open to
the public and just $15 per person! The fee
includes lunch, a bingo package and a door
prize entry. All proceeds benefit LifeSpan-
Mon Valley. (Payout subject to change if fewer
than 100 attendees.) Visit the website, or call
for more information.
Dates: Second and fourth Thursdays of the
month
Time: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Address: 1507 Library Avenue, McKeesport
Contact: 412.672.0625
Use your talents to brighten the lives of
those in need! Join the Mad Hatters and have
fun knitting and crocheting together to make
items like hats for local cancer patients and
other projects. For more information, call
412.672.0625.
LEARN COMPUTER BASICS
Dates: Call the library for more information.
Address: Carnegie Library of McKeesport,
1507 Library Avenue, McKeesport
Contact: mckeesportlibrary.org, or
412.672.0625
Open your world to new ways of learning
and connecting with others! The library offers
Computer Tech Training such as learning
the basics of typing, or how to use a mouse
or email. It also offers TechBoomers: free,
brief online lessons on subjects like using
Facebook and more. Call the library for more
information.
MAKER MONDAYS AT CARNEGIE
LIBRARY OF HOMESTEAD
Date: Jan. 8 (Other dates are available.)
Time: 4 p.m.
Address: 510 East 10th Avenue, Munhall
Contact: carnegieofhomestead.com, or
412.462.3444
The New Year is a great time to learn
something new! Kids and teens ages 11 to
18 can learn a new way to make things each
Monday, including woodworking, weaving,
3-D printing, and sculpting in the Knowledge
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MCKEESPORT REGIONAL HISTORY
AND HERITAGE CENTER
Address: 1832 Arboretum Drive, McKeesport
Contact: mckeesportheritage.org, or
412.678.1832
A one-of-a-kind, local museum dedicated to
the people, places and things of McKeesport
and the Mon Valley. Founded in 1980 as
a nonprofit organization, the McKeesport
Regional History and Heritage Center is a
museum and research facility dedicated to
preserving and presenting the history of the
region for public education, research and
enjoyment. It moved to its present facility in
Renziehausen Park in 1991. Visit the website
for more information.
OPEN JAM NIGHT AT THE OAKS
THEATER
Dates: The second Thursday of every month
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Address: 310 Allegheny River Boulevard,
Oakmont
Contact: theoakstheater.com, or 412.828.6322
The second Thursday of every month
The Oaks stage opens up to the talent of the
‘Burgh and beyond for a free Open Jam night!
You never know who will show up or what
exciting new music you’ll discover! Everyone
from professional musicians to local up-and-
coming artists, prodigy young performers, and
musicians from across the country and abroad
drop in to entertain and jam. It is hosted by
Greg Casile and the house band, 8mm, all
talented and professional musicians. Visit the
website for more information.
MOVIE NIGHT AT PENN HILLS
LIBRARY
Date: Jan. 16
Time: 6 p.m.
Address: 1037 Stotler Road, Penn Hills
Contact: pennhillslibrary.org, or 412.795.3507
to sign up.
Leave the stress of the holidays behind and
enjoy a movie at the library! Call to sign up, or
check the website for more details.
RIVERS OF STEEL NATIONAL
HERITAGE AREA
Address: The Bost Building, 623 East Eighth
Avenue, Homestead
Contact: