Category: The Library

Family Movie November 17 4pm

Family Movie November 17 4pm

THE JUNGLE BOOK In this reimagining of the classic collection of stories by Rudyard Kipling, director Jon Favreau uses visually stunning CGI to create the community of animals surrounding Mowgli (Neel Sethi), a human boy adopted by a pack of wolves. The appearance of a villainous tiger named Shere Khan (voiced byIdris Elba) forces Mowgli’s guardian, the panther Bagheera (Ben Kingsley), to shepherd the child to safety in the “man village.” Along the way, the boy meets an affable, lazy …
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2016 Festival of Wreaths

2016 Festival of Wreaths

Click here for PDFs of the application and the guidelines: 2016-pember-festival-of-wreaths-guidelines 2016-pember-festival-of-wreaths-b
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Pember Board Meeting

Pember Board Meeting

November 17, 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.
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Book Discussion ~ November 14, 1:30 PM

Book Discussion ~ November 14, 1:30 PM

CANE RIVER by Lolita Tademy The “New York Times” bestseller and Oprah’s Book Club Pick–the unique and deeply moving epic of four generations of African-American women based on one family’s ancestral past. There are some points to ponder here: http://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/13-fiction/168-cane-river-tademy?start=3 Meet at 584 New Boston Road.  
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Family Movie, October 27, 4PM

Family Movie, October 27, 4PM

MONSTER HOUSE A suburban home has become physically animated by a vengeful human soul looking to stir up trouble from beyond the grave, and it’s up to three adventurous kids from the neighborhood to do battle with the structural golem in this comically frightful tale, directed by Gil Kenan and featuring the voices of Steve Buscemi, Nick Cannon, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Kevin James. DJ Harvard (voice of Mitchel Musso) lives directly across the street from a most unusual house. A …
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Family Movie, October 20 4PM

Family Movie, October 20 4PM

HOCUS POCUS Halloween night will never be the same after three 17th century witches are accidentally conjured up in present-day Salem where they brew a hilarious cauldron of mischief and mayhem. Bette Midler stars with Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy bringing her outrageous antics to this fun-filled tale of madness, mayhem, and witchcraft.
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Family Movie ~ October 13, 4PM

Family Movie ~ October 13, 4PM

GOOSEBUMPS Jack Black stars as acclaimed Goosebumps writer R.L. Stine in this feature-film adaptation of the popular YA book series. A teenager named Zach (Dylan Minnette) reluctantly moves from New York City to the quiet town of Madison, DE, where he quickly realizes that his reclusive new neighbor is in fact the horror author of the Goosebumps series. Zach learns Stine’s identity when he is drawn to the writer’s daughter Hannah (Odeya Rush), but soon discovers the dangerous secret inside …
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