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2025 Lecture Series

Lectures are held on the third Tuesday monthly (except January, February, and December). They will be primarily held at the basement lecture room in the Lawrenceville Carnegie Library at 279 Fisk Street. Other locations and times will be noted in the lecture’s description. The lectures will start at 6:30 pm (except when noted). Parking is available on the street or in the Foster Center’s parking lot next to the library.

March 18, 2025
A Holocaust Story of Love and Resilience — Deborah Stueber
(Library Lecture – 6:30 pm)
Edith Leuchter (PRONOUNCED LOISHTER) was born in Bruchsal, Germany. Kurt Leuchter was born in Vienna, Austria. As hidden children, their paths crossed briefly in a French orphanage. This is just a part of their story, separately and together: surviving the Holocaust, fighting Nazis in the French Resistance, and making a new life in America. This is the true story of Kurt and Edith Leuchter, as told by their daughter Deborah Stueber.
 
April 15, 2025
Creative Ironworking (or A New Set of Irons!) — John Steel & Chris Holt
(Library Lecture – 6:30 pm)
Learning about the history of existing ironwork and the evolution of present day creative ironwork continues to share skills past down from blacksmith to blacksmith! Beautifully crafted ironwork is often referred to as the “jewelry” of a building or home adding the finishing touches to make a site or home memorable. We will give you a overview of some of the unique projects we have created, renovated, and saved from ruin in the surrounding Pittsburgh Area.

Allegheny Arsenal Handbook Lecture

Contact the LHS if you would like Tom & Jim to talk to your church or civic organization

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