The teen summer reading group, Make Waves @the Library, will be holding a bake sale at the Pember Library 33 West Main St in Granville. All proceeds will be donated to the Rotary Club’s “Pure Water” fund to support a water filtration system in a third world country. Donations of baked goods may be dropped off at the library after 10:00 AM on July 31. For more information, call 518-642-2525.
Month: July 2010
Pember Presents: A Summer Night’s Stories… stories for grown-ups
Storyteller Karen Pillsworth says:
Come listen and you will hear about growing up in a small town, the jewelry box with the dancing ballerina, and how things come to be in your “permanent record.” You DO remember the permanent record, don’t you?
It’s summer time, a time for sitting back and listening deeply, a time to remember what it is like to relax at the end of a hot day and sip lemonade and listen to stories as the crickets play their songs.
Come back with me to a time “not so long ago and far away” and remember the magic in hearing a story. Come, and we will make time stand still as we walk through the stories together and find there is a magical place in our hearts where stories still live. Come with me, I will take you there.
Karen wants everyone to know that this program is not for children.
Pember Board Meeting
A meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Pember Library and Museum will be held on the first Wednesday of each month at the Pember. This is a regular meeting and open to the public.
Pember Book Club
The book club is reading “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” by Stieg Larsson.
Join them for a discussion of the book and find out why this book has become so popular.
See this link for a reading group guide.
WATER Your Mind: Read!
Some dates have changed.
Summer reading for Adults!
- Rotary Club “Pure Water” June 30, 3:30 PM
- Water Jeopardy, July 14, (rescheduled)
- Fishing, July 21, 6:00 PM
- Water Music, Karen Gallagher, August 4, 6:00 PM
- Water Color, August 11, 6:00 PM
- Lore and Legends of the Lakes, Ray Gaylord, August 25, 6:00 PM
Pick up your registration packet at the library on June 30 or after. There will be weekly prize drawings.
The Pember Library’s summer reading program is brought to you in part by Federal Library Services and Technology Act funds, awarded to the New York State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services. Summer Reading programs are also supported by donations from Telescope Casual Furniture, Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, Parkland Alpaca Farm, King’s Funeral Home, Donna Johnson Physical Therapy, the Granville Lion’s Club, and the Friends of the Pember Library.
Water Jeopardy
UPDATE:
We will reschedule this. Let me know if you want to be a contestant.
Our adult summer reading program continues this evening. We are going to try “Water Jeopardy.” We haven’t done anything like this before so not sure that it will work out. We have two rounds of answers ready. Do you think you might have the right questions? Come on over and be a contestant. We’ll try to make it fun!
Make WAVES @ Your Library
Some dates have changed:
Be Prepared! Any week you may get wet!
- Teen summer reading kick-off June 12, 12:00 PM [for ages 11 and older – you can sign up and complete your reading contract any time before July 1]
- Rotary Club “Pure Water” June 30, 3:30 PM
- Help with library book sale, meet at the library, July 7, 9:00 AM
- Aquatic Mammals, July 14, 3:30 PM
- Water Music, Karen Gallagher, August 4, 6:00 PM
- Water Color, August 11, 6:00 PM (tie-dye a t-shirt, please bring one that fits!)
- Fishing, August 18, 6:00 PM
The Pember Library’s summer reading program is brought to you in part by Federal Library Services and Technology Act funds, awarded to the New York State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services. Summer Reading programs are also supported by donations from Telescope Casual Furniture, Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, Parkland Alpaca Farm, King’s Funeral Home, Donna Johnson Physical Therapy, the Granville Lion’s Club, and the Friends of the Pember Library.
Make a SPLASH @ Your Library
Linda Newman will lead the summer programs for pre-school and elementary age children:
- Splash into New York State Water Science, June 19, 10:30 AM
- PBS Kids Raising Readers with WMHT, June 26, 10:30 AM
- Make a Splash, June 29, 10:30 AM
- Domino the Great, magician, July 1, 6:00 PM
- Make a Splash, July 6, 10:30 AM
- Make a Splash, July 13, 10:30 AM
- Make a Splash, July 20, 10:30 AM
- Dive into Reading! Tales ‘n Tunes, musical storytelling, July 22, 6:00 PM
- Make a Splash, July 27, 10:30 AM THIS PROGRAM RESCHEDULED! for
- Make a Splash, July 31, 10:30 AM
- Foolish Frogs, by Taradiddle, August 7, 10:30 AM
- Take a Tromp through the Swamp and a Break by the Lake, Tom Sieling, singer and guitarist, August 26, 6:00 PM
The Pember Library’s summer reading program is brought to you in part by Federal Library Services and Technology Act funds, awarded to the New York State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services. Summer Reading programs are also supported by donations from Telescope Casual Furniture, Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, Parkland Alpaca Farm, King’s Funeral Home, Donna Johnson Physical Therapy, the Granville Lion’s Club, and the Friends of the Pember Library.
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 July 15.
Please preregister by calling 746-2560. Individuals with special needs requiring accommodations who wish to attend this program should let us know at the time of registration.
Pember Presents: Tales ‘n Tunes
Splish! Splash! Tales ‘n Tunes invites young readers to wade in with stories and songs about the sea and all the characters and creatures encountered there. Come to the Pember Library at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 22 to enjoy a sing-along, clap-along high-participation program. Tales ‘n Tunes will chart the waters, sail over the ocean and explore the bottom of the sea in story and song. Audience members can catch the reading wave, then drop anchor for some fishy fun with Tales ‘n Tunes. It’s an exciting and enriching musical story event, complete with puppets and participation, that encourages summer reading program participants to hook the reading catch of the day. Don’t forget your snorkel gear!
Tales ‘n Tunes is a musical storytelling duo from the Capital District of New York State with twenty years of experience presenting programs in schools, libraries, museums, and at community events and festivals. They perform stories, primarily from the folk tradition, with original songs creatively integrated in them to allow for audience participation. They also feature songs between stories. Carol Connolly and Don Darmer bring tales and tunes from around the world to audiences of all ages. They are high-energy performers and their programs engage children and have them singing and clapping along. Adult listeners are enchanted by their musical stories. Together, they bring folk and fairy tales to life for their audiences.
Don’t miss this lively performance by Tales ‘n Tunes at the Pember Library, Granville, NY on Thursday, July 22, 2010 at 6:00 p.m. For more information about this performance or other activities planned by the Pember Library, please contact the library at (518) 642-2525.
Friends’ Book Sale continues
The Friends sold LOTS of books yesterday and the tables have been refilled and they are ready for today! For the best selection, be there from 9 am – noon. The $1.00/bag sale starts at 1:00 PM. Still a little bit of everything to choose from.