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Bake Sale

The teen summer reading group, Make Waves @the Library, will be holding a bake sale at the Pember Library 33 West Main St in Granville. All proceeds will be donated to the Rotary Club’s “Pure Water” fund to support a water filtration system in a third world country. Donations of baked goods may be dropped off at the library after 10:00 AM on July 31. For more information, call 518-642-2525.

Pember Presents: A Summer Night’s Stories… stories for grown-ups

Storyteller Karen Pillsworth says: Come listen and you will hear about growing up in a small town, the jewelry box with the dancing ballerina, and how things come to be in your “permanent record.” You DO remember the permanent record, don’t you? It’s summer time, a time for sitting back and listening deeply, a time to remember what it is like to relax at the end of a hot day and sip lemonade and listen to stories as the crickets …

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.

Pember Book Club

The book club is reading “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” by Stieg Larsson. Join them for a discussion of the book and find out why this book has become so popular. See this link for a reading group guide.

WATER Your Mind: Read!

Some dates have changed. Summer reading for Adults! Rotary Club “Pure Water” June 30, 3:30 PM Water Jeopardy, July 14, (rescheduled) Fishing, July 21, 6:00 PM Water Music, Karen Gallagher, August 4, 6:00 PM Water Color, August 11, 6:00 PM Lore and Legends of the Lakes, Ray Gaylord, August 25, 6:00 PM Pick up your registration packet at the library on June 30 or after. There will be weekly prize drawings. The Pember Library’s summer reading program is brought to …

Water Jeopardy

UPDATE: We will reschedule this. Let me know if you want to be a contestant. Our adult summer reading program continues this evening. We are going to try “Water Jeopardy.” We haven’t done anything like this before so not sure that it will work out. We have two rounds of answers ready. Do you think you might have the right questions? Come on over and be a contestant. We’ll try to make it fun!

Make WAVES @ Your Library

Some dates have changed: Be Prepared! Any week you may get wet! Teen summer reading kick-off June 12, 12:00 PM Rotary Club “Pure Water” June 30, 3:30 PM Help with library book sale, meet at the library, July 7, 9:00 AM Aquatic Mammals, July 14, 3:30 PM Water Music, Karen Gallagher, August 4, 6:00 PM Water Color, August 11, 6:00 PM (tie-dye a t-shirt, please bring one that fits!) Fishing, August 18, 6:00 PM The Pember Library’s summer reading …

Make a SPLASH @ Your Library

Linda Newman will lead the summer programs for pre-school and elementary age children: Splash into New York State Water Science, June 19, 10:30 AM PBS Kids Raising Readers with WMHT, June 26, 10:30 AM Make a Splash, June 29, 10:30 AM Domino the Great, magician, July 1, 6:00 PM Make a Splash, July 6, 10:30 AM Make a Splash, July 13, 10:30 AM Make a Splash, July 20, 10:30 AM Dive into Reading! Tales ‘n Tunes, musical storytelling, July 22, …

Making Ends Meet

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Washington County will present a 2-hour Money Management Workshop at the Pember Library. Come share some ideas on: setting financial goals getting the most for your money developing a spending plan ways to reduce your utility bills All attendees will receive an assortment of money management tools. The two-hour class will be presented twice on July 15. Please preregister by calling 746-2560. Individuals with special needs requiring accommodations who wish to attend this program should let …

Pember Presents: Tales ‘n Tunes

Splish! Splash! Tales ‘n Tunes invites young readers to wade in with stories and songs about the sea and all the characters and creatures encountered there. Come to the Pember Library at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 22 to enjoy a sing-along, clap-along high-participation program. Tales ‘n Tunes will chart the waters, sail over the ocean and explore the bottom of the sea in story and song. Audience members can catch the reading wave, then drop anchor for some fishy …

Friends’ Book Sale continues

The Friends sold LOTS of books yesterday and the tables have been refilled and they are ready for today! For the best selection, be there from 9 am – noon. The $1.00/bag sale starts at 1:00 PM. Still a little bit of everything to choose from.