Family Movie Night
Thursday, September 15, 4:00PM NANNY MCPHEE: A nanny reveals ways of making children behave that are much more effective than a time-out in this fantasy comedy based on the “Nurse Matilda” books for children by Christianna Brand. Near the dawn of the twentieth century, Mr. Brown (Colin Firth) is a widower who must tend to his business as an undertaker while looking after his brood of seven children. Brown’s offspring are a singularly ill-mannered lot who have managed to drive …
Family Movie Night
Thursday, September 8, 4:00PM THE THREE LIVES OF THOMASINA: Based on a whimsical novel by Paul Gallico, Disney’s Three Lives of Thomasina is an imaginative tale of a resourceful cat. Thomasina is the pet of Karen Dotrice, the daughter of taciturn Scottish veterinarian Patrick McGoohan. When Thomasina falls ill, McGoohan coldly diagnoses the cat as suffering from tetanus and declares that the pet must be put out of its misery. As Dotrice and her friends sadly prepare to bury the …
Lego Club Every Wednesday at 4PM
Children of all ages are welcome to join our Lego Club. We will meet every Wednesday at 4PM. We have a small Lego table and several thousand Lego pieces. For our first few meetings, we will have “free build” — put blocks together any way you want. Other meetings may include a robot theme or outer space or pirates! We have books and magazines to give ideas. We hope to be able to keep creations on display until the next …
Labor Day
The Pember Library and Museum will be closed on Saturday, September 3 in honor of the Labor Day holiday.
Annual dinner and auction
The Pember Library and Museum will hold its Annual Dinner on Monday, September 26 at the Organ Barn on North Grimes Hill Road in Hebron. The Pember Board of Trustees arranges the dinner to raise funds for the general support of the Pember Library and Museum of Natural History. There are many wonderful programs and activities for adults and children at the Pember. There is a fantastic collection of approximately 7,000 objects in the museum, covering a wide variety of …
Shopping Matters
Join us at the Pember Library for an informational program on how to read nutritional labels, pricing labels and ingredient labels while you’re shopping. Linda Law-Saunders from Cornell Cooperative Extension of Washington County will lead the discussion on August 17 at 5PM.