Get out and explore the city this summer with inspiration from one of the books displayed on the First Floor.
Whether you’re interested in art, architecture, or the culture of Pittsburgh, you’ll find a helpful guide to your summer adventures.
Dates to the biggest festivals and events around the city will be posted in the Lobby for your convenience.
Find something that peaked your interest? Make sure to ask a librarian about how you can find more books about the Steel City!
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This collection has since been migrated from Flickr to Jstor *
Ever wonder what it would be like to be a student at Chatham during the 1800s or travel back in time to walk
through downtown Pittsburgh? Well now you can! Come down memory lane and view images from the Arthur G. Smith Collection,
hosted on the Chatham University Archives Flickr page.
With help from undergraduate intern, Blair Abraham, over 200 slides from the Smith Collection were digitized
this semester. Arthur Smith was a professor in Chatham’s history department from 1963-1993 and author of the
popular local history title, Pittsburgh Then and Now, first published in 1990. Many of the more modern images
available in the Archives Flickr collection were photographed by Smith himself. Subjects include major
Pittsburgh skyscrapers, campus buildings and landscapes, and other examples of local architecture
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Due to an abundance of questions about all things Pittsburgh, the JKM Library has created a Pittsburgh Subject Guide to link you to a variety of useful resources about the area. Find out how to access various Pittsburgh newspapers and magazines, visit websites about Pittsburgh, and explore the many libraries and archives in Pittsburgh containing information on the city.
Trying to keep up with what’s going on in and around the city this summer? For warm-weather events and year-round happenings, check out CP HAPPS. Brought to you by the folks who publish the independent weekly Pittsburgh City Paper, CP HAPPS is billed as “Pittsburgh City Paper’s Event & Entertainment Guide.” It works as an interactive expansion of the paper’s event listings, so you can check out what’s happening throughout the city while you’re on the go.
There are several different ways to browse for events within the app. The first is a list view that lets you choose by type of event. Following the catch-all “CP Listings,” categories include “Live Music” (with a separate category for “Classical, Jazz & Blues”), “DJ’s,” “Theater & Performance,” “Discount Tickets,” “Comedy,” “Art,” “Food & Drink,” “Sports,” and “Trivia.” You can browse by specific dates, or just take a look through the upcoming listings. If there is sponsored content it will float to the top of the list, which can be irksome when it consists solely of sponsored happy hours; be sure to scroll past to view the list of suggested events arranged in chronological order.
If you’re looking to see what’s going on nearby, the map view is even more useful. This view will default to the current day, but make sure to tap individual events to check the date—ongoing events that list dates in the description only (I’m looking at you, trivia nights) will always appear on the map! Regardless of this little glitch, this
view may be extra useful if you’re new to the Pittsburgh area or are in an unfamiliar neighborhood. Because the map function relies on your current location, you can even get GPS directions right to event locations.
Throughout the app you can select events to get more information and bookmark them for the future. The Activity tab lets you look at your bookmarks, as well as any notifications you’ve received. The Groups tab brings a social component to the app, allowing you to notify and chat with friends about cool things that are coming up on
the calendar. A criticism of the app is that it requires users to create an account or log in with Facebook. Remember, also, that in order to use the map and group functions, you will have to allow the app to access your location and/or contacts.
Overall, though, the CP HAPPS app is a good mobile addition to the already indispensable City Paper listings. Don’t forget to click the More tab for headlines, contests, and more!
CP HAPPS is available for iOS and Android.
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