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2022 Pelham Reads! October 1&2! Rain or Shine!

Pelham Reads!: An Explainer on This Fall’s Pinnacle Literary Event (Plus, the One Book to Read With Your Kids So You’re Ready For It!) Quick Links to all you need to know about this event: The Sip & Paint-SOLD OUT (Limited seating, a confirmation email is needed to attend). Signup Link for Cape Making…

Pelham Kindergarteners, Get Your First Library Card!

K-Day is coming! The Pelham Public Library’s K-Day is an annual event when Pelham children entering kindergarten can get their first library cards. This year, it will be held on Saturday, September 23rd from 10:30am-2pm. We'll have a petting zoo, arts and crafts, and goody bags for the new cardholders. To save time please, preregister for your kindergartener's…

The Lowell Mill Girls: Organized Labor and the First Strikes in America

At the Lowell textile mills in Massachusetts, young women recruited off farms worked 70 hours and six days a week under very harsh conditions. When wages were cut, the workers walked out. Join us to learn more about the industrialization of America, and the people who resisted its abuses. Rick Feingold teaches American Business History…

Pelham Kindergarteners, Come Get Your First Library Card!

K-day is coming! The Pelham Public Library’s K-Day is an annual event when Pelham children entering kindergarten can get their first library cards. We will have a variety of fun activities from face painting to balloon twister artists and snacks galore. We even have goodie bags. This year, it will be held on Saturday…

Welcome Paul Tapogna to the Library Board

Paul A. Tapogna is a licensed New York State architect who has practiced locally for more than 20 years. He is currently the Executive Director of Design and Construction for the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) headquartered at the Bronx Zoo. Paul led the team that created the latest exhibit building at the New York Aquarium known as Ocean…

Summer Reading at the Library

You might think that summer reading programs are just for kids, but here at the library it's for everyone! Adults and teens in 9th grade and up can play our Reading BINGO game. Once you complete a BINGO you can enter a raffle to win a brand-new Kindle! You can get the instructions and download a…

Meet Our New Librarians!

Kathy Palovick and Collette Storti-Roberts

The Town of Pelham Public Library is pleased to announce the hiring of two new librarians: Colette Storti-Roberts as adult services librarian, and Kathy Palovich as youth services librarian. Colette Storti-Roberts (pictured on the right) grew up in Westchester and got her BA in Literature from Purchase College. "I've wanted to be a librarian for most…

Learn “Stop the Bleed” Emergency Techniques

Peter Seifert, a local resident and small business owner, is a NY-State Certified Emergency Medical Technician, as well as a Stop the Bleed instructor. During this 30-minute class he will teach the necessary skills needed to control blood loss and prevent loss of life. Classes will be held on Thursday nights and Saturday mornings through…

Women’s History Month Resources at the Library

From queens to anarchists, and from dancers to astronauts (and at least one who was both,) women have been making history since history began. Celebrate Women’s History Month with some of your favorite heroines (both real and fictional), and maybe even find some new ones on the list below. At the Library Children Harriet Tubman…

Learn How to Make Sunprints

The Library is offering a sunprint making program for both children ages 8 and up and adults to learn how to use the light of the sun to “print” images on to paper. The program will take place outside on Tuesday, August 17 from 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. In case of rain, this program will…