Quilling Class
Pat O will teach us more quilling or feel free to join us if you have a project you are working on and just like to chat while you are crafting. Quilling is an art form that involves the use of strips of paper that are rolled, shaped, and glued together to create decorative designs. Pre-registration is not required, materials provided. Beginners welcome. For information, call 518-642-2525.
Pember Board Meeting
A meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Pember Library and Museum will be held on the third Wednesday of each month at the Pember. This is a regular meeting and open to the public.
Book Club
Join us as the Pember book club discusses Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup.  A 2014 movie is planned based on this book. Amazon book description: Twelve Years a Slave (Originally published in 1853 with the sub-title: “Narrative of Solomon Northup, a citizen of New-York, kidnapped in Washington city in 1841, and rescued in 1853, from a cotton plantation near the Red River in Louisiana”) is the written work of Solomon Northup; a man who was born free, but …
SALON Overdrive Upgrade at 2 PM Wednesday Dec 28
This message is to inform you that OverDrive network engineers will perform an equipment upgrade to improve performance today (12/28/2011) at 2:00 PM EST. This will cause an interruption of service that could last up to two hours. We will notify you when the upgrade is complete and include the amount of time of the interruption. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience.
our OverDrive service
Please be patient if you are trying to use our OverDrive service to download eBooks to your eReader. So many people are trying out their new eReaders!! We got this message from OverDrive: Dear Library Partner, This message is to inform you that we are experiencing extremely high traffic at some of our hosted library websites which may result in reduced performance. Our network engineers are actively working on this situation during this peak period. We will keep you notified …
Winter Hours
As a result of economic conditions, the Pember Library finds it necessary to reduce hours.  We have adjusted hours to serve the maximum number of library patrons. Beginning the week after Christmas and through the winter months, we will be closed on Thursdays. We thank you for your understanding and hope you are not inconvenienced by the reduction in hours.
The “Everybody Loves Lucy” calendar is here!
Everybody loves Lucy and we have pictures to prove it. We put together a calendar with pictures taken by our staff and patrons over the last year or so. I think we used all the photos that were sent. See the calendar at the Library. This is a fundraiser and makes a really cool Christmas present.
Basket Raffle
We will draw for the winner of the basket on Tuesday, December 20. The contents of the basket are: 1. $25.00 Price Chopper Gift Card 2. Dove Peppermint Bark 3. Bolero Hazelnut Wafer Sticks 4. Walker’s of London Toffee Break 5. Harry and David Trivet 6. Canterbury’s Chocolate Crepe Mix 7.Italian Amaretti Cookies 8.Smuckers Strawberry Preserves
Holiday Wish List
The Holiday Wish List is up at the Pember Library. Help us add to our collection. Each item will have a special bookplate with donor’s name. The Godfather DVD $8.99 Born Yesterday DVD $14.99 Vertigo DVD $ 19.99 Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut CD $ 19.99 The Jungle by Clive Cussler CD $39.95 The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes Vol. 1 A. C. Doyle CD $28.98 The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes Vol. 2 A. C. Doyle CD $28.98 The Informant F …