Category: The Library

WeeklyTuesdays 10 AM ~ Pember PeapodsWednesdays 3-4:30 PM ~ A Good YarnWednesdays 5-7 PM ~ Book SaleSaturday 10 AM – Noon ~ Book sale Tuesday through Saturday during open hours: for all ages: build with LEGOs, Keva Planks, K’Nex, games and puzzles These programs will be held at the Pember @ 33 West Main Granville Apr 3, 6 PM ~ Quilling Apr 4, (rescheduled) Pember Board Meeting Apr 5, 7-9 PM ~ First Friday Apr 17, 6 PM ~ Quilling …

This year’s book club will feature stories from the Adirondacks and other nearby places. Our first get together will be April 12 at 5PM. The book we will read is “A Northern Light” by Jennifer Donnelly. Order your copy through the library catalog, or call/come in to the library. Goodreads says: “Sixteen-year-old Mattie Gokey has big dreams but little hope of seeing them come true. Desperate for money, she takes a job at the Glenmore, where hotel guest Grace Brown …

2019 Pember Peeps Diorama Contest RULES The PEEPS contest will take place First Friday, May 3 from 7-9 PM. All participants and the public are invited to attend, where they will be able to see the entries on display and vote for the PEEPLES CHOICE AWARD! Your diorama display may have any theme as long as it is “family-friendly” (suitable for all audiences). Diorama parts should all fit inside a box (maximum size 15x24x15). You may remove one or more …

Here are the 100 children’s books that were donated to us by the Pilcrow Foundation with the help of the Friends of the Pember Library. Look for them in various places in the library. Most are in the children’s room on top of the bookcase. Nonfiction for older children is in the window in the main room. And fiction for older children is on top of the book case near the copier. Please come in and “check them out.”

The Pember Library and Museum will feature the work of artist and photographer Tom Atkins for its March First Friday event. A native of Virginia, Tom is based in West Pawlet, VT and works out of his new studio at the Mettowee River Meeting House in Middle Granville, N.Y. “I am primarily a poet and unabashedly abstract artist,” says Atkins.  “The challenge is to take line and color, creating art that is abstract, yet tells stories and evokes emotion. Tom’s …

February 15, 6PM A meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Pember Library and Museum will be held on the third Thursday of each month at the Pember. This is a regular meeting and open to the public. See Upcoming Events Calendar for dates of meetings.