Lebo Library Gala Coming Up

Blog-Lebo is always delighted to promote our fabuous Mt. Lebanon Public Library. The occasion this time is the Library's 75th Anniversary gala. The gala is this coming Friday -- November 30. More than 200 tickets have been sold -- but more are available. Here's the Library's press release:

Mt. Lebanon Public Library Hosts 75th Anniversary Fundraiser
Funds to profit library programs and services

Mt. Lebanon Public Library, one of the busiest libraries in Allegheny County with an annual circulation in excess of 550,000, will host a gala fundraiser to celebrate its 75th anniversary, 7:30 p.m., Friday, November 30, at South Hills Country Club.

The Once Upon a Time… Gala will feature a silent auction with more than 80 one-of-a kind gift donations, including sports packages, tickets to cultural district events, golf outings, gift certificates to downtown restaurants, museum memberships, and lots of great items for families.

Uptown Combo (a group known for jazz, blues, Texas swing, and vintage rock and roll), musicians from Mt. Lebanon High School, and Mt. Lebanon mime Dan Kamin will provide the entertainment. Emcee is Mary Robb Jackson. Gala chair is Jodi Kubit. Partygoers will also have a chance to get their handwriting analyzed and pose for a souvenir photograph while enjoying hors d’oeuvres, desserts, and cash bar.

Proceeds from this elegant evening benefit the library. Tickets are $75 per person. Attendance is limited, so the interested are encouraged to reserve tickets early. For more information, call Mt. Lebanon Public Library at 412-531-1912 or e-mail http://www.mtlebanonlibrary.org/.

In 1932, the Mt. Lebanon Lion’s Club solicited donations from residents so a community library could be established; local Boy Scouts collected 6,000 items, and Mt. Lebanon Public Library opened on the second floor of the Mt. Lebanon Municipal Building, November 15, 1932. By the late 1950s, the library had grown to the point that a new building was needed. In 1964,a 12,600-square-foot library opened at 16 Castle Shannon Boulevard. That library was renovated and enlarged to 26,000 square feet in the mid 1990s. Today, Mt. Lebanon Public Library’s collection encompasses approximately 180,000 items.

The Library's gala info page is here.

Here's an Almanac story about the event.