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MT. LEBANON PUBLIC LIBRARY
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
ERIK LARSON TIE-IN EVENTS
IMAGINING THE FUTURE: AMERICA AND THE WORLD
FAIRS OF CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
7 p.m., Wednesday, April 10
Board members of the Historical Society of Mount Lebanon
will share the history of the 1939 New York World’s Fair as
well as the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. This talk is a lead-in to
the Erik Larson author visit on April 29 and relates to Larson’s
book The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness
at the Fair that Changed America. Presented by the Historical
Society of Mount Lebanon.
AMERICAN IMPRESSION: CABARET
6:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 24
Directed by Bob Fosse, this 1972 musical stars Liza Minelli
as a female club entertainer in Weimar Republic-era Berlin
who romances two men while the Nazi Party rises to power
around them. Based on Christopher Isherwood’s memorable
novel, The Berlin Stories, this insightful film foreshadows the
rise to power of Hitler and is a visual companion piece to
Larson’s In the Garden of Beasts.
GARDEN TOUR AND PARTY
STARDUST SWING: PRE-TOUR GARDEN PARTY
7 p.m., Saturday, July 13
Enjoy a night under the stars at Mt. Lebanon Public Library’s
pre-tour Garden Party. The library’s lovely garden is the
setting for entertainment, desserts, cocktails and wine.
Tickets are $30 and will go on sale in the spring. (Event will be
held inside if it rains.) Hosted by the Library Board of Trustees.
Benefactors and patrons of the Mt. Lebanon Public Library
Garden Tour receive free admission to this event.
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29TH ANNUAL GARDEN TOUR
11 a.m.–4 p.m., Sunday, July 14
Tickets for the Garden Tour will go on sale in June. $15 per
person in advance; $20 day of the tour at the library.
This self-guided tour will feature several diverse Mt.
Lebanon gardens. Expert and amateur gardeners alike will
find inspiration and garden beauty. Good-quality
perennials will be on sale during tour hours at the library
(all plant specimens are donated from local gardens and
are appropriate for Western Pennsylvania). Free
consultations with Master Gardeners and a Pittsburgh
Rose Society Consulting Rosarian.
AMERICAN IMPRESSION: MEET ME AT THE FAIR
6:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 17
Art historian Elaine Wertheim will discuss the art exhibited
at the 1893 Columbian Exposition and how painters such as
Edmund Tarbell, William Merritt Chase, and Childe Hassam
used the vocabulary of French Impressionism to create
works that captured American life at the end of the 19th
century. Like Larson’s The Devil in the White City, this program
will enrich your understanding of The Gilded Age and the
development American culture.
BEER GARDEN BASH
6 p.m., Saturday, August 24
Tickets go on sale Monday, July 1, at the library or
www.mtlebanonlibrary.org. This event always sells out; get
your tickets early! Sample more than two dozen fine regional
ales, lagers and ciders in Mt. Lebanon Public Library’s lush
garden courtyard. Savor gourmet Silver Star all-beef hot
dogs, bratwurst, and Field Roast veggie dogs smothered in