Pember Holiday Bazaar Dec. 2 & 3

bazaarPember Library and Museum
Christmas Bazaar Friday, December 2nd 5pm-9pm & Saturday, December 3rd 10am-5pm

We are looking for well-crafted items including pottery, glass, textiles, jewelry, wearable art, prints, and all types of artwork and gift items.

Fees are $15-$45. Tables available are approximately 3’x5’, 3’x9’ with various other display options available. Display areas will be assigned “first-come, first-served.” Please stop in the library and reserve your spot during regular business hours November 15-30. Set-up will be Friday (Dec.2) at 3pm. Show will take place Friday (Dec.2) 5pm-9pm and Saturday (Dec.3) 10am-5pm. Each vendor is responsible for their own items, cash box, and tax information.

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T-Shirts available

As part of Robert Birbeck’s show of sketches of the authors of Modern Library’s 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century we are offering these t-shirts with some of your favorite authors!
$20 each. 50% of profits go to the Pember. Let us know if you want one.
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Java & Jive Fundraiser

60’s Coffee House – Java and Jive Fundraiser at the Pember Library and Museum

Friday, July 17 –  7:00 to 9:00 pm

*  Exotic Coffee House Atmosphere

 *  Open Mike, Spotlight and Board Games

 *  Fresh Brewed Coffees, Cappuccino, Espresso

 *  Coffee Cakes and Special Pastries

Calling all singers, poets, troubadours and coffee hounds!

If you play an instrument or sing, write poetry or have something you’d like to say, you are invited to perform at the Coffee House open mike. Or just come for the coffee…

The lights will be low and freshly ground coffee will be on all burners.  What better way to benefit your library than an interesting and fun evening.  Please mark your calendar to wake up and smell the coffee on the 17th.

Free admission.

Pennies for Pember

IMGIt’s official. As of this week, we are half way to our goal of collecting a million pennies!

Some of them have been in the form of dollar bills, fives, tens & twenties, with lots of other change, even some checks. A huge Thank You to all the folks out there who have helped us on the way with this fund-raiser!

Recycling Fundraiser

Please help us by donating your newspapers. We are collecting them for recycling. Kudos to Earth Waste & Metal for helping us with this fundraiser.

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We are working on getting a container for collecting cardboard also. Contact us with any questions.

Pumpkin Bake-Off

And the winners are:
1st place ~ Pies: Katie Poczobut
2nd Place ~ Pies: Kristin Gibson
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1st Place ~ Cakes: Nadine Kaprelian
2nd Place ~ Cakes: Florence Rudio
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1st Place ~ Breads: Edie Riker
2nd Place ~ Breads: Susan Billow
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1st Place ~ Creativity & presentation: Florence Rudio
2nd Place ~ Creativity & presentation: Nadine Kaprelian

Prizes were donated by
O’Callahan’s Pub
Ma & Pa’s Restaurant
The Barn Restaurant
JK Adams Kitchen Store

Thank you to our judges:
Gordie Smith
Jeanine Macura
Steve Saltis
Jay Niles

And thanks to our auctioneer Jerry McKinny.

Our pumpkin bake-off was a wonderful success. Thanks to all who participated.

Pennies for Pember

 

 

You may donate your loose change to the jar at the front desk. From June 2014 through November 2018 $11500 was donated to the Pennies for Pember.

2014 Auction Items ~ Furniture