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MT . LEBANON PUBLIC LIBRARY
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Mt . Lebanon Library . Explore a different country or region of the world each month through live music , food , dance and conversation with the artists . This month : Nandanik Dance Troupe .
LECTURE : INDIA TODAY 7 p . m ., Tuesday , Nov . 7
Som Sharma , founder and director of AHINSA ( Alliance for Humanitarian Initiatives , Nonviolence and Spiritual Advancement ), will discuss the making of modern India , including a brief history of India ’ s independence , India as the world ’ s largest secular democracy , its four great dharmic religions , and current political relationships with its neighbors and the U . S .
GLOBAL BEAT : ISRAEL 4:45 p . m ., Saturday , Dec . 2
Join your friends and neighbors for an allages , after-hours cultural get-together at the Mt . Lebanon Library . Explore a different country or region of the world each month through live music , food , dance and conversation with the artists . This month : Klezmer with Steven Greenman Klezmer Trio , a dynamic ensemble of internationally renowned musicians who perform the traditional Jewish folk music of Eastern Europe ( klezmer ) with original compositions and exotic musical arrangements . Their repertoire includes dazzling dance tunes , breathtaking showpieces , and furious displays of virtuosity .
BUSINESS SERIES
LEGAL ASPECTS OF SETTING UP A
BUSINESS 7 p . m ., Wednesday , Oct . 4
This seminar will provide you more details on what is required to make it legal and to minimize risks :
• What is the best business structure for your business ?
• How do you protect your ideas and your brand ?
• What are binding documents you will work with every day ?
• What are key risks businesses face and best ways to mitigate those risks ?
Presented by SCORE . Register at pittsburgh . score . org .
DEVELOPING A BUSINESS PLAN 7 p . m ., Wednesday , Nov . 1
Looking to build a winning business plan ? This workshop focuses on the important aspects of a plan aimed at supporting your needs for going to a lending institution , communicating with your team or for use by you as owner . It will take you through the main steps that need to be included to complete a plan and provide you with a finished look . Presented by SCORE . Register at pittsburgh . score . org .
HISTORY
VOICES FROM THE
ATTIC 7 p . m ., Wednesday , Oct . 11
Imagine clearing out your family attic and discovering hundreds of letters written during the Civil War . Faced with that situation , and not knowing why his family had the letters , Carleton Young used Ancestry . com and other sources to discover how two Vermont soldiers fit into his family heritage . He then wrote Voices from the Attic : The Williamstown Boys in the Civil War , the story of two brothers who witnessed and helped to make history by fighting in the Peninsula Campaign , South Mountain , Antietam , Fredericksburg , Chancellorsville , Gettysburg , the Wilderness , and Cedar Creek . They preserved that history through their surprisingly detailed and insightful letters . Their letters offer a valuable source of information as seen through the eyes of two soldiers as they fought in America ’ s great Civil War . Speaker / author Carleton Young will have copies of his book available to purchase after the talk . Presented by the Historical Society of Mount Lebanon .
LEBO HISTORY NIGHT – WORLD WAR I 7 p . m ., Thursday , Nov . 9 , and Tuesday , Dec . 5
Scott and Glenn are back this fall with their popular history series . They end 2017 with a two-part series on World War I .
PITTSBURGH DURING WWII 7 p . m ., Wednesday , Dec . 13
Leslie Przybylek , the curator of history at Senator John Heinz History Center , will discuss what Pittsburgh was like during World War II . Presented by the Historical Society of Mount Lebanon .
SPECIAL EVENTS
GETTING STARTED IN GENEALOGY 7 p . m ., Tuesday , Oct . 3
Jim Stuber , president of the Mt . Lebanon Genealogy Society , will present a survey of techniques and tools for the beginner genealogist as well as resources the more advanced researcher might not know about . There will be time for questions and answers . Jim Stuber has been researching his ancestors for 40 years and has traced them back to six countries in Europe , several as early as the 1500s . He is a regular volunteer at the Family History Center in Green Tree .
SAM HAZO AND THE PITTSBURGH
THAT STAYS WITHIN YOU 7 p . m ., Monday , Oct . 16
Internationally acclaimed poet Samuel Hazo explores the memories of our city . Samuel Hazo has written five editions of his memoir of The Pittsburgh That Stays Within You . From the 1986 first edition to the most recent edition ( published in September ), Samuel Hazo has added new material so that the book itself is representative of the evolution of our city through time . The author of books of poetry , fiction , essays and plays , Samuel Hazo is the director and president of the International Poetry Forum and is the McAnulty Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Duquesne University .
CDC CAREER COUNSELING 9:30 a . m . -2:30 p . m ., Thursdays ( except Oct . 5 , 12 , Nov . 23 , Dec . 28 )
Struggling to find a job ? Underemployed ? WorkAble can help by combining the services of career counselors , regional employers , and volunteers to provide seamless services in geographically diverse locations throughout Allegheny County . Job seekers will work closely with a career counselor to create and implement a job search plan . WorkAble provides access to free one-on-one career counseling , workshops , employer-hiring events , career fairs , and networking opportunities . By
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