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Own the Night ~ Teen Summer Reading

Vampires, zombies, ghosts and monsters will be on your summer reading list. Night skies, nocturnal animals, murder mysteries and stories for after dark will also be featured. Join us at the Pember Library for fun programs, chats and snacks. See http://www.summerreadingnys.org/ for more information. Online sign-up will be available June 22. You can also sign up at the kick-off program on June 27. Information for all summer reading programs at the Pember Library is here. Our summer reading program is …

Learn with Linda ~ Summer Reading

Linda has a fun-filled summer reading program planned. Children across New York will be invited to “Dream Big, READ!” See http://www.summerreadingnys.org/ for more information. Online sign-up will be available June 22. You can also sign up at Linda’s kick-off program on June 30. Information for all summer reading programs at the Pember Library is here. Our summer reading program is supported in part by Federal Library Services and Technology Act funds, awarded to the New York State Library by the …

Book Club

The Pember Book Club will be reading Ray Bradbury titles to discuss at the next meeting. For more information on Bradbury and his writing see http://www.raybradbury.com/ This is a link to the NY Times article printed the day after Bradbury’s death.

Learn to use your eReader

If you’re still confused by your eReader, join us for a class on the basics of downloading eBooks. Bring your eReader with you and any questions you may have. For more information call the library at 642-2525.

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.

A Father’s Gift

Just in time for Father’s Day, join us at the Pember Library on Sunday, June 10 at 2:00 PM when Tim Bryant, author of “A Father’s Gift” will be doing a reading and book signing. Tim’s book is a collection of stories from a time when the family farm was the economic center of Vermont. There are photographs and anecdotes describing the special relationship between father and son and the lessons learned in day-to-day life on the farm. Tim talks …

Enter to Win!

Enter to win Telescope Casual Patio Set The patio set is dark blue and consists of 4 stacking chairs, table, umbrella and base Retails for $1100 Raffle tickets $10 each or 3 for $20 Drawing to be held June 8 Need not be present to win

2012 Annual Dinner and Silent Auction

We are planning our annual dinner and silent auction which will be held at the Lake St Catherine Country Club. We are seeking donations of products or services that can be auctioned to raise funds for general operating costs. All donations are tax deductible. Dinner tickets can be purchased from us, $40 per person or $75 per couple. You can bid by attending the dinner, or you can email or call us. Email bids will be accepted up to 12:00pm …

Friends Meeting

There will be a meeting of the Friends of the Pember Library at 2:00 PM. We will finalize plans for the annual summer sale.

Book Club

The Pember Book Club will be reading “The Dirty Life; on Farming, Food, and Love” by Kristin Kimball. From Publishers Weekly: Kimball chucked life as a Manhattan journalist to start a cooperative farm in upstate New York with a self-taught New Paltz farmer she had interviewed for a story and later married. The Harvard-educated author, in her 30s, and Mark, also college educated and resolved to “live outside of the river of consumption,” eventually found an arable 500-acre farm …

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.