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Driver Ed online

There’s a link on our webpage to let you practice for your DMV NY Driver Permit. http://pember.driving-tests.org/new-york/ What’s included*? Your Driver Education program contains the following state-specific information: – 11 car practice tests – 9 motorcycle practice tests – 10 CDL (Commercial Driver’s License) practice tests – 3 online driver’s manuals (car, motorcycle, CDL) – An FAQ section with detailed answers to 100+ DMV-related questions

The Adventures of Lucy the Library Cat

Attention young artists! The Pember Library and Museum is seeking artwork submissions to illustrate a soon-to-be self-published story featuring Lucy the library cat. Children grades K-6 are invited to visit the library during its regular hours to meet Lucy and spend time on their artwork. We ask that children bring their own sketchbook and use white paper no bigger than 8-1/2 x 11. The library does have markers, pens, pencils available, as well as excerpts from Lucy’s story to assist …

Pember Book Club

The Pember Book Club will be discussing The Endurance: Shackleton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition by Caroline Alexander. GoodReads says: In August 1914, days before the outbreak of the First World War, the renowned explorer Ernest Shackleton and a crew of twenty-seven set sail for the South Atlantic in pursuit of the last unclaimed prize in the history of exploration: the first crossing on foot of the Antarctic continent. Weaving a treacherous path through the freezing Weddell Sea, they had come within …

Pember Board meeting

December 17 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.

1000 Books before Kindergarten

1,000 BOOKS BEFORE KINDERGARTEN SETS CHILDREN ON THE PATH TO SUCCESS . . . ONE BOOK AT A TIME Families are invited to join the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program at the Pember Library. The 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program is a nationwide challenge that encourages parents and caregivers to regularly read aloud to their children. By reading just one book a night, families can reach the 1,000-book goal in three years and provide their children essential early literacy skills. …

2015 Pember Festival of Wreaths

2015 Pember Festival of Wreaths 2015 Pember Festival of Wreaths Guidelines

“No Strings” Puppets at Pember First Friday

Granville sixth graders will be showcasing their “No Strings” puppets at November First Friday at the Pember Library and Museum in Granville, NY on Friday, November 6, from 7 to 9 pm. Created last term as a project in Granville Elementary School, the puppets were the result of a puppet making workshop coordinated by June Brown and Vermont’s No Strings Marionette Company. Students and teachers will be on hand to describe the making and character of the puppets. At …

Our new bench!

Stop in and see this wonderful bench generously donated by Hicks Memorials. It is located in the front of our building under the apple tree.

Pember Book Club November 17, 1 PM

The book club will be reading The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan by Jenny Nordberg. GOODREADS says: An investigative journalist uncovers a hidden custom that will transform your understanding of what it means to grow up as a girl In Afghanistan, a culture ruled almost entirely by men, the birth of a son is cause for celebration and the arrival of a daughter is often mourned as misfortune. A bacha posh (literally translated …

Cooper’s Cave Benefits the Pember November 16, 5-9 PM

Enjoy a great dinner, get away from the stress of the holiday rush and help benefit the Pember Library and Museum! Go to Cooper’s Cave on Sagamore Street in Glens Falls from 5 to 9 on November 16. Announce to your hostess and the server that you are there for the Pember Benefit Night and 15% of all dinner proceeds (including drinks) will go to the Pember. It’s that easy! * Reservations are not accepted. Not applicable on take-out orders …

First Friday ~ note date change

Calling All Zombies, Vampires and Ghouls – Mark Your Calendar! The night air is getting chillier and Halloween is just around the corner…The Pember Library and Museum and the Slate Valley Museum are teaming up to host their Second Annual Halloween Party and Zombie Walk. ZOMBIE WALK II will take place during the October First Friday event, this year rescheduled to the second Friday of the month – October 9, from 7 to 9 pm at both museums. “Last year’s …