Tickets on sale for Northland Public Library’s Garden Gala in McCandless

Celebrate spring at Northland Public Library on April 20.

The Garden Gala 2024: “Gatsby in the Garden,” presented by UPMC Health Plan and UPMC Passavant, will feature food offerings from local restaurants and caterers, along with tastes of spirits, wine, beer, and non-alcoholic beverages.

Guests can enjoy live music, a silent auction and mingling with friends upstairs, downstairs and outside in the Learning Garden beginning at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $125 for VIP and $75 for regular admission. Visit bit.ly/NorthlandGardenGala.

Free trees for kids

Parents can register their children to receive a free tree from Neighborhood Forest. Register at www.neighborhoodforest.org/parent-registration/?school=19084 through March 15.

A seedling pickup event is scheduled for 2 to 3 p.m. April 28, featuring live music and nature activities. No registration is required for the event.

Featured programs for adults

• Great Courses: Sacred Texts of the World, 10 a.m. Tuesdays in March. Join library staff members in watching lectures from the Sacred Texts series and then discussing them.

The schedule is March 5, Hinduism and the Vedas and Sikh Scriptures; March 12, Prophets and Writings, and Apocrypha and the Dead Sea Scrolls; March 19, Zoroastrian Scriptures and Jain Scriptures; March 26, Shinto and Tenrikyo, and Islam and Scriptural Recitations.

Registration is required for each week. Coffee and snacks will be provided.

• Genealogy Lock-In, 6:30 to 10 p.m. March 22. Northland Public Library and the North Hills Genealogists are teaming up for an evening of hands-on research. Participants require general computer skills to search for ancestors using online databases, including Ancestry Library Edition, MyHeritage, Family Search and American Ancestors.

Participants should bring a flash drive to save copies of documents and information that may be found. Registration is required.

• Local Author Fair, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 23. Celebrate the talented authors living around and writing about Pittsburgh. Participants can purchase books, chat with authors, and attend author talks and panels.

Visit www.northlandlibrary.org/local-author-fair to check out the list of attending authors and the full schedule for the event. No registration is required.

Programs for children, tweens and teens

• Family Music Class, 6 to 6:30 p.m. March 7. Tracie Bradshaw of Sound Beginnings will lead families with children up to 4 years old in musical fun through songs, rhymes, movement and musical play. Registration is required.

• Middle School Mayhem: Photography Level 1, 6 to 7:30 p.m. March 27. Fundamental photography information is provided, including the safe handling of photography equipment, managing lighting and shadows, composing your best shot, using the environment and color expressions in photos, and choosing a point of view.

Don’t have a camera? Bring your cellphone.

The program is presented in cooperation with 4H, and registration is required.

For a full listing of events, activities and ongoing groups, visit www.northlandlibrary.org.