Dear Reader upcoming titles
The Women by T.C. Boyle, Audio Wowability: How to Achieve It and Why It Matters by Imran Syed, Business A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick, Fiction What Southern Women Know About Faith by Rhonda Rich, Good News The Wandering Ghost by Martin Limon, Mystery The Mascot by Mark Kurzem,  NonFiction A Field Guide to Burying Your Parents by Liza Palmer, PrePub Someone Like You by Leigh Greenwood, Romance The Devil’s Eye by Jack McDevitt, SF Huge by Sasha Paley, Teen …
Exploring Credit / Debt Management Issues
UPDATE: the 3:00 class has been canceled. Cornell Cooperative Extension of Washington County will present a two-hour Money Management class at the Pember  Library. Topics to be discussed: ways to establish good credit how to make credit work for you understanding your credit report common pitfalls to avoid strategies for paying down debt The class will be presented twice on November 5. Please register by calling 746-2560. Individuals with special needs requiring accommodations who wish to attend this program should …
Next Week’s Dear Reader Titles
Billion Dollar Lessons by Paul B. Carroll & Chunka Mui, Business The Angel Maker by Stefan Brijs, Fiction If Tomorrow Never Comes by Marlo Schalesky, Good News The Big Steal by Emily Jenkins, Mystery If you Didn’t Bring Jerky, What Did I Just Eat? by Bill Heavey, NonFiction The Sword and the Pen by Elysa Hendricks, Romance Peeled by Joan Bauer, Teen Sign up for Dear Reader by clicking the book club icon to the left. Each weekday, we’ll send …
Craft Classes – December
December 5 – Kids Crafts (easy things that kids can make) Prices to be determined. December 9 – Memory Board $? December 10 – Holiday Centerpieces ($3.00 for supplies, you bring fresh cut greens) December 16 – Beaded Bracelet $3.00 December 17 – Beaded Star Ornament $2.50 I will post photos of sample items as they become available. Class sizes are limited. Please call the library to reserve your spot: 642-2525.
Craft Classes – November
November 12 – Holiday Card Making ($1.00 per card) November 14 – Holiday Card Making ($1.00 per card) November 18 – Folded Fabric Ornament ($2.50) November 19 – Quilled Holiday Card ($1.00 per card) November 21 – Woven Paper Bird ornament I will post photos of sample items as they become available. Class sizes are limited. Please call the library to reserve your spot: 642-2525.
Pember Presents
1812: New York’s War, New York’s Impetus A lecture by Robert W. Arnold III While the Battles of Sackets Harbor or Plattsburg do not carry the cachet of a Gettysburg or Saratoga, the War of 1812, now approaching its bicentennial, was very much New York’s War. Much of the war was fought on our soil or on our waters. New Yorkers responded to the conflict militarily and otherwise and the war exposed serious inadequacies in the state’s infrastructure and the …
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.
Craft Classes
Classes in October will be October 30 – knit or crochet washcloth October 31 – silk ribbon ornament For the knitted washcloth, bring a ball of cotton yarn in whatever color(s) you like.  You will need regular knitting needles, any size from 4-8. For the crocheted frog washcloth, you will need a ball of green cotton yarn and small amounts of white and black cotton yarn. The sample in the photo here is a work in progress. You will need …
New Downloadable Audiobook Titles
New titles are being added on a timely schedule throughout the year. This month look for the following new titles on the SALON website Adult Fiction eaudiobooks: Alex Cross’ Trial by James Patterson and Richard DiLallo; read by Dylan Baker and Shawn Andrews (WMA) Black Cross by Greg Iles; read by Dick Hill (WMA) Book of the Dead by Patricia Cornwell; read by Mary Stuart Masterson (MP3) Carry on Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse; read by Martin Jarvis (MP3) City of …
Apple Dessert Contest results
First Place in the “Anything but Pie apple dessert contest” went to Robyn Lipshutz with her Apple Caramel Bars. Judi Brown’s Jewish Apple Cake was the second place winner with Theresa Loomis’ “On a whim!” sauteed apples  and Tamika Carty’s Gala Concord cookies tied for third. Sixteen entries, six incredible judges, a cool emcee, and four great prizes made the Pember Library’s first annual “Anything But Pie” contest a success!
Dear Reader upcoming titles
Sign up for a free book club and every day. We’ll email you a 5-minute portion of a book. We’ll send a different book each week and you can sample two to three chapters. This wonderful service is brought to us through the generosity of the Friends of the Pember Library. Somebody by Stefan Kanfer, audio Management Rewired by Charles S. Jacobs, business One Vacant Chair by Joe Coomer, fiction Waiting for Daybreak by Kathryn Cushman, Good news Among the …