Programs
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Bucket Drumming with ArtsWestchester ArtsMobile
Jun 072:00 pm -
3:30 pm
Learn to mimic the highs and lows of a drum set through bucket drumming! We’ll be joined by instructors from ArtsWestchester’s ArtsMobile, who will teach us how to create sounds utilizing each area of a bucket.
This program is for kids and their grownups, and registration is required. Click here to register.
Outside Story Time
Jun 1010:30 am -
11:00 am
Join us for our popular Story Time for infants and toddlers outside on our front lawn. Story Time is designed to enhance early literacy skills and features diverse children’s books in which all children can see themselves represented… plus we have a lot of fun! Please bring a blanket or lawn chair to sit on. Children must be supervised by an adult at all times. Story Time will be held outdoors throughout the year, but will be cancelled on days when the temperature is extreme, or if it is raining. You may call the Library when we open at 10 am to inquire.
Mah Jongg
Jun 10 - Jun 1112:30 pm -
3:00 pm
Join us for a drop-in Mah Jongg program for adults ages 18 and up. This program is for participants of all abilities who know how to play American Mah Jongg. No beginners, please. The Library will provide Mah Jongg sets, but please bring your own Mah Jongg card. The Pelham Recreation Department is offering beginner Mah jongg Classes. For more information, visit their website or call them at 914-738-0153.
Please note: Time change to 12:30 pm for Mah Jongg.
Homework Help
Jun 103:30 pm -
4:30 pm
Pelham Memorial High School students will be available to provide homework help to children in grades K-6. Participants should bring their own study materials.
Author Talk with Karen Dukess: Welcome to Murder Week
Jun 107:00 pm -
8:00 pm
Pelham author Karen Dukess be in conversation with Pelham resident and literary agent Kristin van Ogtrop for her latest book, Welcome to Murder Week. Copies of the book will be available for purchase, and the author has generously offered to donate $5 to the Library for each book sold during this event. Registration is suggested but not required, and walk-ins are welcome. Click here to register.
Outside Story Time
Jun 1110:30 am -
11:00 am
Join us for our popular Story Time for infants and toddlers outside on our front lawn. Story Time is designed to enhance early literacy skills and features diverse children’s books in which all children can see themselves represented… plus we have a lot of fun! Please bring a blanket or lawn chair to sit on. Children must be supervised by an adult at all times. Story Time will be held outdoors throughout the year, but will be cancelled on days when the temperature is extreme, or if it is raining. You may call the Library when we open at 10 am to inquire.
Way-Back Wednesdays
Jun 1111:00 am -
4:00 pm
Way-Back Wednesdays are for digitizing photos at the Library! Appointments are required. Each time slot is 45-minutes. Bring in your family photos and our librarians will assist you with scanning them to a USB drive using our new high-speed scanner. To learn all of the details and to register, please click here.
Lego Club
Jun 113:30 pm -
4:30 pm
Join us for an hour of open Lego play at the Library! This program is for children ages six and up, and will take place in-person at the Library. Registration is not required.
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller: Sculptor of the Black American Experience with Janet Cohen Mandel
Jun 117:00 pm -
8:00 pm
Poet, painter, theater designer, and most famously, sculptor: Meta Fuller was one of the most imaginative artists of her generation. A protégée of French sculptor Auguste Rodin, she returned to America from a triumph in Paris to become a luminary of the Harlem Renaissance. Her powerful sculptures stand as an historical record of the Black American experience.
Join arts educator Janet Cohen Mandel to learn more about this incredible artist, her life, and her work.
This program takes place on Zoom and registration is required. Click here to register.
This program is presented in collaboration with the Greenburgh, Harrison, Ruth Keeler Memorial, and Somers Public Libraries.
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Canine Story Time
Jun 123:30 pm -
4:30 pm
Join Lisa and her furry friend Freckle from The Good Dog Foundation for a special kind of story time. This time, it won’t be adults reading to kids: it will be kids reading to dogs! Young readers ages six and up will be able to sign up for 10-minute sessions, during which they will be able to read to Freckle, Lisa’s adorable canine companion. This will give kids a safe space to get comfortable reading out-loud.
To reserve a spot, join us at the Library on the day of the program, and see the reference desk to sign up for your 10-minute session. We will start accepting reservations at 3 pm, and no earlier. First come, first served.
