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Pembroke Public Library Newsletter November 2024 |
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Welcome Julia Nee, our New Director: We want to give a big welcome to Julia Nee, our new Director! Julia is returning to the Pembroke Public Library after almost 10 years, having gotten her start here as a Library Aide in 2015. Julia has spent the last six years at the Hanson Public Library, first as the Reference Librarian, and as the Assistant Director/Adult Services Librarian. She is excited to bring her familiarity with Pembroke and SAILS, and her passion for the library to the director position.
When she's not at the Library, you can find her reading or listening to books (audiobooks are real books!) and walking her two rescue dogs, Phoebe and Watson. Julia would love you to stop by the Library and say hello! |
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Library of Things Addition: LaminatorWe are pleased to announce the most recent addition to our library of things our Laminator! Available to be checked out by patrons 18 and older, this is perfect for your laminating needs. We’re selling laminating sheets for it, as well. Ask about them at the front desk when you decide to check it out!
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Monday Movie Matinee: Twisters Monday, November 4th at 1:30 p.m. Kate Carter, a retired tornado-chaser and meteorologist, is persuaded to return to Oklahoma to work with a new team and new technologies. Starring: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, and Anthony Ramos. 122 minutes. Rated PG-13. Monday Movie Matinees are generously sponsored by the Friends of the Pembroke Public Library. |
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Pembroke Public Library Book Club Tuesday, November 5th from 6:30-7:30 p.m. For our November meeting the PPL Book Club is reading The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride, a novel about small-town secrets and the people who keep them. New members are always welcome! For more information or to request a copy of the book, call the library at 781-293-6771. |
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Yoga
Every Wednesday at 10 a.m. Led by Kim Norton and other instructors from the YogaConnection in Plymouth. Open to all levels! A single-class drop-in is $12 and a four-class registration is $45 ($35 for Friends members). Friends members can purchase an eight-class punch ticket for $80, which is valid for three months. Feel free to reach out to Kim at 781-588-5545 if you have any questions! |
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Hungrytown Concert Thursday, November 7th at 6:30 p.m. American folk music duo Hungrytown is coming to the Pembroke Public Library! Join us in welcoming this true artistic hybrid band, which combines Celtic and Americana, ballads and psychedelia, sunshine and darkness, joy and despair, to create timeless songs with gorgeous vocal harmonies. Hungrytown's music has received extensive radio airplay worldwide and has appeared on several television shows, including The Daily Show and Portlandia. |
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Monday Movie Matinee: Past Lives Monday, November 18th at 1:30 p.m. Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Twenty years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny. This movie is partially in Korean with English subtitles. Starring: Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, and John Magaro. 105 minutes. Rated PG-13. Monday Movie Matinees are generously sponsored by the Friends of the Pembroke Public Library. |
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How to Write a Novel Tuesday, November 19th at 6:00 p.m. Please join us for this workshop, led by author Stephen A. White, which will cover what you need to know to brainstorm and write your own novel! Topics include How to come up with an idea, The power of "What if...", Building your characters, Internet research: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, and much, much more! |
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Acoustic Music Night Wednesday, November 20th at 6:00 p.m. The Pembroke Public Library is thrilled to announce the return of Music Nights: a space for like-minded musicians to share and play music together. All acoustic string and wind instruments are welcome and others will be considered, but please no electronics. The genre focus will be on Folk, Pop, Americana, Soft Rock, R&B, and Blues. Please bring some songs you like to play with sheet music so others can join in, everyone will have a chance to play a few songs. So that we can get an idea of numbers, please click/tap this link or call 781-293-6771 to pre-register. |
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PPL Mystery Book Club
Thursday, November 21st from 1:30-2:30 p.m. This month's selection is Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson: The black sheep of a dark family with criminal connections, teacher and crime fiction mega-fan Ernest Cunningham has been invited to a family reunion at an isolated ski resort, one that celebrates the release of his brother Micheal from prison, after Ernest testified against him. What seems to be the most awkward family reunion in existence is interrupted when a string of murders strikes the resort, and it falls to Ernest to find the murderer. Everyone in his family is a suspect, Ernest included: they all have motives, and each of them is already a killer. Join us every month to read and discuss a different book in the Mystery Genre; new members are always welcome! For more information or to request a copy of the book, call the library at 781-293-6771. |
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Monday Movie Matinee: Good Will HuntingMonday, November 25th at 1:30 p.m. Will Hunting has a genius-level IQ but chooses to work as a janitor at MIT. When he solves a difficult graduate-level math problem, his talents are discovered by a Professor who decides to help the misguided youth reach his potential. Starring: Robin Williams, Matt Damon, and Ben Affleck. 126 minutes. Rated R. Monday Movie Matinees are generously sponsored by the Friends of the Pembroke Public Library.
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Genealogy Night Tuesday, November 26th from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Are you interested in finding out more about your genealogy? Do you have a cool story about one of your ancestors you want to share? Join in our monthly Genealogy Night to chat with other family history buffs! All are welcome to attend, from experienced researchers who would like to share tips or stories about great finds, to beginners who want to learn more about the research process and online resources. Library laptops will be available to explore Ancestry Library Edition. |
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Pembroke Public Library Book Club Tuesday, December 3rd from 6:30-7:30 p.m. For our December meeting the PPL Book Club is reading Table for Two by Amor Towles, short fiction featuring six stories based in New York City and a novella set in Golden Age Hollywood. New members are always welcome! For more information or to request a copy of the book, call the library at 781-293-6771. |
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November Teen Take-And-Make: "Think Positive" Posters Available beginning November 1st while supplies last
We know teens are busy with school, work, chores, and more so we're giving you an opportunity to craft on your own time. This month, color in a "fuzzy poster" with a positive message to keep for yourself or gift to a friend. |
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Storytime Mondays and Tuesdays at 10:30amToddlers (ages 2 to 5) and their caregivers can enjoy an interactive storytime with songs, dances, and a story that encourage language development and social skills. Each themed storytime is followed by a craft. There will be no Storytime on Monday, November 11th. |
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Baby Lapsit Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. Designed for babies and toddlers from 6 to 24 months, Lapsits are a great chance for caregivers to bond with their child. Each 30-minute program includes stretches, songs, and rhymes followed by an open play time that allows babies to play and grown-ups to chat. There will be no Lapsit on Thursday, November 28th. |
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LEGO Club Tuesday, November 12th from 4:00-5:00pm Kids ages 4+ are welcome to visit and build with the library LEGOs. Bring neighbors, big siblings, and school friends and get creative. This month's theme is Portrait Mode (build a vertical creation!). This is a drop-in event; no registration is needed. |
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Anime Club Thursday, November 14th from 4:15-5:45pm Ages 11 - 15 are invited to watch anime, snack, craft and socialize. This month attendees will enjoy episodes 7 - 9 of Hunter x Hunter (TV-14) and craft with perler beads. |
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Chess Club Wednesday, November 20th from 4:00-5:00pm
Youth and families can learn and play chess at the Library. This is a drop-in event; no registration is needed. |
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Puppy Dog Tales Thursday, November 21st from 4:15-5:00pm
Readers of all ages may read to a certified therapy dog to develop their literacy and presentation skills as well as build confidence and self-esteem. This is a drop-in event; no registration is needed. |
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Gingerbread House Painting (for Families) Wednesday, December 11th from 4:00-5:00pm All ages (youth + family members) can join us in turning terra cotta pots into miniature gingerbread houses! Paint, brushes, and other supplies will be provided. This event involves acrylic paint so please wear clothing that can get messy. Registration required. Sign ups open November 13 at 9AM and close December 10 at 8PM; click/tap this link or call 781-293-6771 to sign up. |
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Stuck on what to read next? We're here to help! Fill out our online reading suggestion form to get recommendations personalized just for you based on your favorite books, genres, authors, or styles. You can choose to have books selected from our collection for pickup at the library or to get a list of suggestions delivered to your email. |
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The Fury by Alex Michaelides Lana Farrar is a reclusive ex–movie star and one of the most famous women in the world. Every year, she invites her closest friends to escape the English weather and spend Easter on her idyllic private Greek island. You may think you know this story, it has all the ingredients: a private island cut off by the wind and night ended in violence and death, as someone was found murdered. But if you listen, you will hear a story unlike any you’ve ever heard.
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The St. Ambrose School for Girls by Jessica WardRelentlessly bullied by St. Ambrose's queen bee, Greta Stanhope, Sarah Taylor finds an ally in her roommate Ellen, a cigarette-huffing, devil-may-care athlete. Determined not to let Greta break her, Sarah finds her world unraveling in ways she could never have imagined when a scandal unfolds, and someone ends up dead.
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How Can I Help You by Laura SimsAt her small town public library job, nobody knows Margo’s past as a former nurse, with a trail of premature deaths in her wake. That is, until Patricia, a recent graduate and failed novelist, joins the library staff. Patricia quickly notices Margo’s subtly sinister edge, and watches her carefully. When a patron’s death in the library bathroom gives her a hint of Margo’s mysterious past, Patricia can’t resist digging deeper—even as this new fixation becomes all-consuming.
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The Boyfriend Sydney Shaw, like every single woman in NYC, has terrible luck with dating until she meets the utterly perfect, charming, handsome doctor Tom, but when a woman is brutally murdered and the suspect is a mystery man who dates his victims before he kills them, Sydney can't shake her own horrifying suspicions. |
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The Grey Wolf A missing coat, an intruder alarm, a note for Chief Inspector Gamache reading“this might interest you,” a puzzling scrap of paper with a mysterious list—and then a murder all propel Gamache and his team toward a terrible realization: something much more sinister than any one murder or any one case is fast approaching. |
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