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Music of the Erie Canal Saturday 2PM

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“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”

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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

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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

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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.

Mad Science

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After school programs focusing on the five senses. 3:30-4:30. Fun activities for kids to learn about their senses.

Registration is required.

September 27 – Touch
October 11 – Smell
October 25 – Taste
November 8 – Hearing
December 6 – Sight

Two Hundred Years on the Erie Canal

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New York State Libraries Celebrate Erie Canal Bicentennial

The Erie Canal was started 200 years ago this year, and libraries across the state are observing it with a traveling exhibit. Titled “Two Hundred Years on the Erie Canal” it was created by the Empire State Library Network in partnership with the Digital Public Library of America, with funding from Humanities New York. It includes 4 standing posters each covering a different theme: Dreamers & Builders, Canal Culture, Yankee Ingenuity, and Moving Ideas. The posters all feature images taken from historical photographs, art and documents from the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), a website that provides access to digitized images from libraries across the country. In addition, a companion online exhibit will be available through the DPLA website in September, at https://dp.la/exhibitions . The posters will be joined by an electronic kiosk providing instant access to the online exhibit as well.

Pember Presents: Read It and Eat, 9/15. 5PM

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The Pember Library Presents “Read It & Eat” a new twist on the same old Book Club.

Join us at the library September 15th at 5pm; we will be discussing “Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years” by Sarah and Elizabeth Delaney. We will share a dinner consisting of recipes based on the book.  The Delany sisters speak their mind on a variety of topics and memories from their incredible lives. They reflect on their rich family life and their careers as pioneering African American professionals. And they are wise: Sadie says, “Life is short, and it’s up to you to make it sweet.”

If interested, please pick up a copy of the book from the library and sign up to make a dish to pass. This is the second in a series of dinner discussions. This is an adult program and you must sign up to attend. For more information, see Ardyce or Kris at the Pember Library or call us at 642-2525.