Do you have a stage? Yes 

Do you have an elevated stage? Yes 

Do you provide a microphone and amplification? Yes 

Do you permit the reader to bring amplification? Yes 

Do you provide an employee to collect cover fees at the door? No 

Do you serve food? Yes 

Please specify your alcohol policy Liquor License 

What is your maximum legal seating capacity for a reading?1928 

The fee you charge authors, or a sentence describing how pricing works.0.00 

Which days of the week do you allow readings?  

Please specify how you promote readings  

Do you charge for any of the above services? Yes 

Public may approach venue about holding events there. Yes 

Venue Notes Directions From the East: Take either Route 22 or PA Turnpike to Monroeville (Turnpike exchange 6). Proceed West on I-376 approximately 13 miles to the Bates Street Exit. (marked Oakland/PA Route 885 North). Follow Bates Street to Bouquet Street (Bates Street ends at Bouquet intersection). Turn left and follow Bouquet to the first traffic signal. Make a right at this intersection onto Forbes Avenue. Carnegie Institute is located at 4400 Forbes Ave, which is 3 traffic signals from the intersection of Forbes and Bouquet. From South: Take Route 51 to the Liberty Tunnels. Turn right and proceed through the tunnel and across the Liberty Bridge. Use the right hand lane exit to the Boulevard of the Allies. Turn right onto the Blvd. of the Allies (eastbound). Use the Forbes Avenue exit from the Blvd. of the Allies. Carngie Institute is located on Frobes Ave. Approximately 1.5 miles from the exit. From the West: Take either I-79 or I-279 follow I-279 North to the Fort Pitt Tunnels (stay in the right hand lane through the tunnels). Upon exiting tunnels, follow signs to I-376 East (Monroeville). Exit I-376 at the Forbes Avenue Exit, approximately 2 miles beyond the Fort Pitt Tunnels. Carnegie Institute is located on Forbes Avenue. (Approximately 1.5 miles from the Parkway exit). From the North: Take Route 8 South to Route 28. Follow Route 28 North (direction sign says New Kensington) and exit at te Highland Park Bridge (direction sign says Penn Hills). Stay in the left lane crossing the bridge and exit onto Washington Blvd.-this is route 8 south. Follow Route 8 to Penn Avenue intersection. This is the end of Washington Blvd. and the beginning of Fifth Ave. Proceed Straight on Fifth Avenue. Do not continue on Route 5. Turn left on Craig Street (4600 block of Fifth Avenue). Follow Craig Street to the next traffic signal. The Carnegie Institute is straight ahead. Parking There is metered parking to the side of the Music Hall and a paid parking lot behind the complex. Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh Eventys and Facility Rentals: http://www.carnegiemuseums.org/interior.php?pageID=24;