Events – Pember Library

The Sap is Running

UPDATE: I removed some of the photos to make it easier on folks with slow connections. The photos are still available if someone wants to see a pic of one of the buckets. The fund-raiser was very successful using only 17 of the 30 buckets that were donated. Thank you to everyone for your continued support of the Pember. _______________________________________________________________________________ Here are photos of the sap buckets donated to the Pember for the fund-raising auction which will be taking place …

Pember Presents: the Great American Tractor Wars

The Pember Library presents “From Muscles to Motors on the Farm: Henry Ford and the Great American Tractor Wars, 1910-1930” The Pember Library will present a lecture by Dr. Milton Sernett on “From Muscles to Motors on the Farm: Henry Ford and the Great American Tractor Wars, 1910-1930”. Free and open to the general public, the event begins at 6:30 PM on April 9 at the Pember Library in Granville. This event is made possible through Speakers in the Humanities, …

Spring Book Sale

The Friends of the Pember Library will host a spring paperback book sale Saturday, April 25 from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM in the main room of the Pember Library. All paperback books will be $.25. Paperbacks for adults and children will be available. Donate your gently used paperbacks to the library. Now is the time to clean out your paperback shelves so you will have room for all the books you will find at our sale! Donations are accepted …

Thursday Tall Tales

We will have an early evening Thursday Tall Tales program as well as our new Fireside Story Time on Saturdays. The scouts from Girl Scout Troop 3218 will be the hosts for four Story Times in April and May. Jo-ann will be reading for the other Thursday Tall Tales programs. Look forward to stories using a flannel board and puppets. We also have one program planned which will be a sing-a-long. It isn’t necessary to register for the programs. For …

Friends of the Library meeting

The next meeting of the Friends will take place in the main room of the library. We will discuss the spring paperback book sale that will be held Saturday, April 25 from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM in the main room of the library. We will also be making plans for our huge summer book sale which will be held at the Granville Central School Junior-Senior High School cafeteria. Plans are currently to have the sale on July 10-11 with …

Hello, Spring

Linda will provide stories, crafts and more during the Saturday morning program to welcome spring. It’s about time!

Fireside Story Time

Join us on Saturday mornings for Fireside Story Time. Pat O, MaryLou O, and Robyn L will each host one of the story times in March. Anyone else who would like to volunteer some time to read to the children, please give a call to the library and we will work you in to our schedule. Stories will be read near the fireplace in the main room with plenty of room for children and their caregivers to sit on the …

Senior Computer Classes

If you are 50 or older and would like to learn how to use a computer or improve the skills you have, now is the time to join us for a couple of lessons – no pressure, relaxed atmosphere, and hopefully, some enjoyment. Each three-hour class will be divided between Monday & Friday from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM. The two-part beginner class, intended for those who have never used a computer, will be held on Monday, March 30 and …

Pember Presents: Women on Screen

The Pember Library will present a lecture by Rob Edelman on “From Rosie the Riveter to Harriet the Happy Homemaker: Women on Screen During and After World War II”. Free and open to the general public, the event begins at 6:30 PM on March 19 at the Pember Library in Granville. This event is made possible through Speakers in the Humanities, a program of the New York Council for the Humanities. Rob Edelman is a Lecturer in film history at …