Pember Presents: Jack and the Scarlet Runner Beanstalk: Gardening with Children

Join us at the Pember Wednesday evening, when Sue Kowaleski will talk about a few options for planting a little garden with/for children. She will have a powerpoint to show with some fun vegetables for adults to grow with children. There would still be time for participants to get a little garden in the ground … Read more

Ice Cream Social and Art Reception

Join us Saturday, June 6 from 2-5 PM, for Kid’s Day, the kick-off event in the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Pember. Stewart’s has generously donated the fixings for kids to make their own ice cream sundaes. Other highlights of the day will be music with DJ Brent Tuttle and balloon animals and … Read more

Pember Presents

Dave Ruch will be giving a special concert entitled “Old-TimeTraditional & Historical Songs of New York State” on June 12 at 7 P. M. at the Pember Library, 33 West Main St in Granville, NY. When we think of old-time ballads and songs handed down from generation to generation, we might think of places like … Read more

Book Club

The Book Club will be reading The colossus of New York : a city in thirteen parts by Colson Whitehead. “The Colossus of New York captures the city’s inner and outer landscapes in a series of vignettes, meditations, and personal memories. Colson Whitehead conveys with almost uncanny immediacy the feelings and thoughts of longtime residents … Read more

Fireside Story Time

Join us on Saturday mornings for Fireside Story Time.  Pat O, MaryLou O, and Robyn L will each host one of the story times in June & July. Anyone else who would like to volunteer some time to read to the children, please give a call to the library and we will work you in … Read more

Meet Samuel de Champlain!

In celebration of the 400th anniversary of the European discovery of Lake Champlain, the Pember Library will welcome Samuel de Champlain! Using authentic 17th-century French costume and artifacts, historic interpreter Don Thompson will play the role of Champlain, the well-known explorer of the New World. He will share stories of his exploration of the lake that … Read more

Pember Presents: Joe Peck

For a humorous look at farm life, join us at the Pember Library to hear what Joe Peck has to say. He is a semi-retired farmer, author and humorist from Peckhaven Farm, just outside of Saratoga Springs. I have read his books and heard him speak at a farm dinner. I think everyone will enjoy … Read more

Book Club

We are reading any book by John Updike. Those available at the Pember are: The Best American short stories of the century. New York : Houghton Mifflin, c1999. Updike, John. A child’s calendar. New York : Holiday House, 1999. Updike, John. A helpful alphabet of friendly objects : poems. New York : A. Knopf, 1995, … Read more

Discussion group planned

Please join us at the Pember Library for a new discussion group. Coffee, tea and cookies will be available for participants. Those who come to our first discussion group will be able to decide when and how often they want to meet and what topic(s) they would like to talk about. Our first discussion will … Read more