Pember Board Meeting
A meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Pember Library and Museum will be held on the third Wednesday of each month at the Pember. This is a regular meeting and open to the public.
To all our readers with Kindles or Kindle apps,
The Library has just learned from a blog post on the Library Journal website that the publisher, Penguin Group USA, is no longer making available for public library users any Kindle format eBooks (article available here). Kindle format editions of Penguin eBook titles had recently been made available to Southern Adirondack Library System (SALS) users through the Library’s OverDrive platform. SALS received no notification of this fact before it was implemented by Overdrive and Penguin USA. OverDrive has confirmed the …
Card Making for the Holidays
Join us for some basics about making your own cards. This class starts at 6:30. Get creative with paper and glue and you’ll have a work of art you can be proud of!  
Quilling Class
Pat O will teach us more quilling or feel free to join us if you have a project you are working on and just like to chat while you are crafting. Quilling is an art form that involves the use of strips of paper that are rolled, shaped, and glued together to create decorative designs. Pre-registration is not required, materials provided. Beginners welcome. For information, call 518-642-2525.
Holiday Book Sale
UPDATE: There are a few books left from the sale. Please come in by Saturday and get a great deal. Mark your calendars now for the second annual Friends of the Pember Library Holiday Book Sale. The sale will be held Saturday, December 3, from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM at the Pember Library, 33 West Main St. in Granville. Just in time for holiday shopping, we’ll have a selection of gift-quality books for the book lover on your holiday …
Pember Presents: Joyful Traditions!
This program was scheduled for last December and we are finally able to bring it to you! Join us at the Pember Library November 20 at 2:00 PM for Joyful Traditions: How the Dutch Brought Us Santa, Presents and Treats. In this slide-accompanied lecture, food historian Peter G. Rose delves into the early history of the life of Saint Nicholas; explains the various changes in his veneration; and relates how he was brought to America by the Dutch in the …
Making Ends Meet
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Washington County will present a 2-hour Money Management Workshop at the Pember Library. Come share some ideas on: setting financial goals getting the most for your money developing a spending plan ways to reduce your utility bills All attendees will receive an assortment of money management tools. The two-hour class will be presented twice on November 16. Please preregister by calling 746-2560. Individuals with special needs requiring accommodations who wish to attend this program should let …
Happy Birthday, Margaret Mitchell
http://pac.sals.edu/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=80.1033.0.0.6&type=Keyword&term=mitchell,%20margaret&by=AU&sort=MP&limit=AB=80&query=&page=0 Have you read Margaret Mitchell’s books? or seen the movie Gone with the Wind? I first read the book in December 1969 and have reread it a couple of times. I also love the movie which I first saw in a drive-in probably in the ’70s. My favorite quotes: Scarlett: I can’t think about that right now. If I do, I’ll go crazy. I’ll think about that tomorrow. Gerald O’Hara: It will come to you, this love of the …
Pember Board Meeting
A meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Pember Library and Museum will be held on the third Wednesday of each month at the Pember. This is a regular meeting and open to the public.
November / December Fireside Stories
November 5 ~ Lucy’s Birthday Party! November 12 ~ Pilgrims November 19 ~ Learn with Linda – Thanksgiving November 26 ~ Mother Goose December 10 ~Cookies December 17 ~ Learn with Linda – Christmas