Granville sixth graders will be showcasing their “No Strings” puppets at November First Friday at the Pember Library and Museum in Granville, NY on Friday, November 6, from 7 to 9 pm. Created last term as a project in Granville Elementary School, the puppets were the result of a puppet making workshop coordinated by June Brown and Vermont’s No Strings Marionette Company. Students and teachers will be on hand to describe the making and character of the puppets. At …
Stop in and see this wonderful bench generously donated by Hicks Memorials. It is located in the front of our building under the apple tree.
The book club will be reading The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan by Jenny Nordberg. GOODREADS says: An investigative journalist uncovers a hidden custom that will transform your understanding of what it means to grow up as a girl In Afghanistan, a culture ruled almost entirely by men, the birth of a son is cause for celebration and the arrival of a daughter is often mourned as misfortune. A bacha posh (literally translated …
Enjoy a great dinner, get away from the stress of the holiday rush and help benefit the Pember Library and Museum! Go to Cooper’s Cave on Sagamore Street in Glens Falls from 5 to 9 on November 16. Announce to your hostess and the server that you are there for the Pember Benefit Night and 15% of all dinner proceeds (including drinks) will go to the Pember. It’s that easy! * Reservations are not accepted. Not applicable on take-out orders …
Calling All Zombies, Vampires and Ghouls – Mark Your Calendar! The night air is getting chillier and Halloween is just around the corner…The Pember Library and Museum and the Slate Valley Museum are teaming up to host their Second Annual Halloween Party and Zombie Walk. ZOMBIE WALK II will take place during the October First Friday event, this year rescheduled to the second Friday of the month – October 9, from 7 to 9 pm at both museums. “Last year’s …
The Pember Library recently received 82 new books for toddlers through high school. The books were awarded to the library through the Libri Foundation of Eugene, Oregon “Books for Children Grant.” The grant is a matching funds grant in which the library can receive up to $1050 worth of books provided they raise one third of the cost outside of the library’s regular budget process. An anonymous donor provided the matching funds and Bill Strawbridge and Meg Wallhagen donated …
NOTE: A second class has been added at the Pember for September 9 at 6PM. Beginning this August in Washington County & SoVT, The Gold Trout of Manchester Vermont is launching free programs at the Manchester Community Library in Manchester, Vermont and the Pember Library in Granville, New York. The on-site programs at the library this month will allow students to explore the tradition of letterwriting, learn calligraphy and expression through art using watercolor mediums. The theme of the library …
It’s not every day that the Pember can bring a bonafide celebrity local artist to First Friday. So we are very proud to have our very own, twinkle-eyed Roy Egg, for a solo show! Roy is best-known for his painted roosters, hens, and eggs, but he also paints other barnyard creatures, and actually, no subject is banished from his brush! To bring awareness to world hunger, he once did over forty paintings of food and the animals that provide it. …