Category: Events

September First Friday   7-9 PM, Friday, September 5 FREE EVENT September First Friday on September 5 at the Pember Library and Museum in Granville, NY will open the fall season with the work of three local artists, live music and food.   Artist Christopher Smith of West Rupert, Vermont, will be on hand with his eclectic creations. From the surreal to the whimsical in block printing, oils and Gouache, Smith’s work runs the gamut of style and form. “I like …

The book club will be reading The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty. From Goodreads: At the heart of The Husband’s Secret is a letter that’s not meant to be read My darling Cecilia, if you’re reading this, then I’ve died… Imagine that your husband wrote you a letter, to be opened after his death. Imagine, too, that the letter contains his deepest, darkest secret—something with the potential to destroy not just the life you built together, but the lives of …

    What if you knew the precise time of death of the last dinosaur?  Or of the last Dodo Bird or Saber-Tooth Tiger?  Well, we are in possession of just such a colossal piece of information about the extinct Passenger Pigeon, once the most abundant bird of North America.  Martha, the last known Passenger Pigeon died at 1 PM on September 1, 1914 at Cincinnati Zoological Garden.   The Pember Museum has prepared a special exhibit to commemorate the …

The book club will be meeting to discuss “Bel Canto” by Ann Patchett. from Goodreads: In an unnamed South American country, a world-renowned soprano sings at a birthday party in honor of a visiting Japanese industrial titan. His hosts hope that Mr. Hosokawa can be persuaded to build a factory in their Third World backwater. Alas, in the opening sequence, just as the accompanist kisses the soprano, a ragtag band of 18 terrorists enters the vice-presidential mansion through the air …

  Thursday, August 7, 6-8PM at the Pember Library, 33 West Main, Granville: Pat Oathout will teach quilling. Pre-registration is not required, materials provided. For information, call 518-642-2525.

We will have regular hours on Tuesday but the library and museum won’t open until 2:30 PM on Wednesday, July 16.

Join Linda every Saturday for the next five weeks for crafts, stories and kid-friendly activities. Registration is not required. Celebrate the ordinary wonders of everyday science with these hands-on resources: Albee, Sarah. Clever Trevor. Kane Press, 2003. Aronin, Miriam. Mangled by a Hurricane! Bearport Publishing, 2010. Blair, Beth. The Everything Kids’ Gross Mazes Book: Wind Your Way through Hours of Twisted Turns, Sick Shortcuts, and Disgusting Detours! Adams Media, 2006. Branzei, Sylvia. Grossology. Price Stern Sloan, 2002. Breen, Mark and …