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Movie Night

Stay tuned… We plan to have a movie at the Pember the third Friday of each month. We may add more movie times and children’s films once the program gets established. Due to licensing restrictions, we can’t list the titles we will be showing online but there will be posters and bookmarks in the library. We plan to alternate classics with newer releases. May’s movie is a story about friendship and war. Please call the Pember Library at 518 642-2525 …

Book Club

The book club will be reading: We Band of Angels: The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the Japanese by Elizabeth M. Norman. See this link for a review.

Princess tea party

Join us for a Princess Tea Party. We will have stories about princesses, crafts and tea party snacks. All princesses are encouraged to wear their favorite princess dress. Granville Area Girl Scouts will be reading the stories and helping with the tea.

Friends of the Library to meet

There will be a meeting of the Friends of the Pember Library at 1:00 PM. We will review the Paperback book sale and continue planning for the annual summer sale.

Pember Board Meeting

A meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Pember Library and Museum will be held on the third Wednesday of each month at the Pember. This is a regular meeting and open to the public.

Computer Class offered

Advanced Beginner computer classes for senior citizens (over age 55) will once again be offered thanks to a grant from The Washington County Home for Aged Women. Barbara Young will teach four 1 1/2 hour sessions (Wednesdays and Fridays for two weeks) beginning April 4. Pre-registration is required. Sign up now to get a place in the class. The class size is limited to six people. We will offer another beginner class for three weeks beginning April 18. For further …

Learn with Linda

Join Linda for some stories, crafts and snacks all about Easter.

First Friday

RESCHEDULED: Pember Board Meeting

A meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Pember Library and Museum will be held on the third Wednesday of each month at the Pember. This is a regular meeting and open to the public.

Book Club

The Pember Book Club will not meet for March. The book they chose for April is The Paris Wife by Paula McLain. Publisher’s Weekly reviewed The Paris Wife: McLain … offers a vivid addition to the complex-woman-behind-the-legendary-man genre, bringing Ernest Hemingway and his first wife, Hadley Richardson, to life. Meeting through mutual friends in Chicago, Hadley is intrigued by the brash “beautiful boy,” and after a brief courtship and small wedding, Hadley and Ernest take off for Paris, “the place …

We need boxes

Many people are bringing us books for both the upcoming paperback sale and for the annual huge book sale in July. We sort the books and store them in the basement but we are running out of boxes! If you are able, please bring in a few boxes when you come in. Remember, we need to be able to lift them when they are full of books so medium size boxes are best. Thank you