September 2017 – Pember Library

Music of the Erie Canal Saturday 2PM

October 10, 2017September 27, 2017 by KDesantis

“A Mule Named Sal”: Music of the Erie Canal

Erie Canal music in an old slate mining and farming town! I’m looking forward to this visit, sponsored by Humanities NY and their wonderful Public Scholars program.

The Pember will also be displaying a traveling Erie Canal exhibit.

Here’s a description of the program…

Dave Ruch has spent the last fifteen years searching for Erie Canal music beyond the grade-school favorite “Low Bridge, Everybody Down,” and among other things, discovered that America’s favorite Erie Canal song was never sung on the canal!

In this lecture/concert, Ruch presents music from canal diggers, barge workers, immigrants, lake sailors, mule drivers, canal boat captains, and yes, professional songwriters who all contributed to the musical and cultural life surrounding the canal. With banjo, bones, spoons, washboard, jaw harp, mandolin and more, Ruch presents a highly engaging program of stories, music, history and anecdotes about life on “Clinton’s Ditch,” and the importance of the Erie Canal to the growth of New York City and the nation.

Introducing “Flat Frank”

October 14, 2017September 26, 2017 by KDesantis

FLAT FRANK made his debut at the annual dinner September 25, 2017.

Franklin Pember was a businessman in Granville in the early 20th century. He was an entrepreneur, naturalist and philanthropist. He founded the Pember Library and Museum of Natural History. Pember also constructed the Pember Opera House and provided land for the community sewer systems.

Granville has continued to grow in the last century. To help the people of Granville and surrounding areas learn more about our community, we have created “Flat Frank”.

“Flat Frank” will visit different places in Granville and learn about businesses and other places of interest in the area. “Flat Frank” can visit with you for a week or so and you can photograph him doing whatever it is you do and help him answer a (small) series of questions. The photos and information will be added to a web page or FaceBook page (yet to be created). We can create a space in the library with pictures of those who participate in the “Flat Frank” project.

We hope that “Flat Frank” will visit the town and village offices, some of the slate companies, have lunch at local restaurants or a drink in the pub. He can visit a doctor’s office, attend churches, camp out with the scouts, and attend Rotary trivia night. Maybe he can go to the grand opening of a new restaurant or the brewery on Main Street. There is plenty going on in the Granville area to keep him busy.

Let us know if you would like “Flat Frank” to visit with you.

Pember Board Meeting ~ changed

October 3, 2017September 21, 2017 by KDesantis

This meeting has been moved to September 28, 6PM

September 21, 6PM

A meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Pember Library and Museum will be held on the third Thursday of each month at the Pember. This is a regular meeting and open to the public. See Upcoming Events Calendar for dates of meetings.

Pennies for Pember nearing goal

September 14, 2017 by KDesantis

We started collecting pennies in June 2014 with a goal of collecting one million pennies. Other coins, bills, and checks were all donated to the “Penny Jar.” This proves that even the smallest donations can make a difference. Thank you to all who help.