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Monday Movie MatineeDate: Monday, June 3rd at 1:30 p.m.Location: Meeting RoomFeatured Movie: A Simple Favor Description: Stephanie is a single mother with a parenting vlog who befriends Emily, a secretive upper-class woman who has a child at the same elementary school. When Emily goes missing, Stephanie takes it upon herself to investigate. Starring Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively. Rated R. Registration required? No
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Pembroke Public Library Book ClubDate: Tuesday, June 4th at 6:30 p.m.Location: Trustees' RoomFeatured Book:The Summer I Met Jack by Michelle Gable Description: Historical fiction that imagines the affair between JFK and a young Polish refugee (and eventual Manhattan socialite) named Alicia Corning Clark. All are welcome. Registration required? No
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YogaDate: Every Wednesday at 10 a.m.Location: Meeting RoomDescription: Led by Barbara Ward and other instructors from the YogaConnection of Plymouth. Open to all levels. Fee: A single-class drop-in is $12 and a four-class registration is $45 ($35 for Friends members). Friends members can also purchase an eight-class punch ticket for $80, which is valid for three months.
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Monday Movie MatineeDate: Monday, June 10th at 1:30 p.m.Location: Meeting RoomFeatured Movie: The Happy Prince Description: The untold story of the last days in the tragic times of Oscar Wilde, a person who observes his own failure with ironic distance and regards the difficulties that beset his life with detachment and humor. Starring Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, and Colin Morgan. Rated R. Registration required? No
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Clicking Needles Knitting & Crochet GroupDate: Tuesday, June 11th at 6:30 p.m.Location: Trustees' RoomDescription: Come knit and crochet together at the library – ask questions, share ideas and tips, and learn new tricks. Adults of all ages and skill levels are welcome! Registration required? No
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Going to ExtremesDate: Tuesday, June 11th at 7:00 p.m.
Location: Meeting Room Description: An adventure travel journalist for the Boston Globe, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Providence Journal, and Huffington Post, Peter Mandel hunts his stories and photos in the world's far corners, including Antarctica, India, Egypt, Patagonia, the fjords of Norway, the mountain pathways of Japan, and the deserts of Africa. The author of ten books published by Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, and others, Peter will show slides of his most extreme travel experiences—including experiencing a coup in Ecuador, visiting a “city” of penguins at the South Pole, fishing for piranha on Brazil’s Rio Negro, floating in the Goodyear Blimp, sailing on an Arctic icebreaker, camping in the African bush, and kayaking to the Statue of Liberty. He'll also explain how adventure travel turns to prose in today's newspapers and magazines, and discuss the travel experience of attendees. Registration required? No
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Adult Crafternoon and Craft Night
Date: Wednesday, June 12th at 2 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
Location: Meeting Room Featured Craft: Citronella mini clay pot candles Description: Get ready for a fun summer outdoors by making a small citronella clay pot candle to help keep the bugs away! We will also be painting the pots during the session. Supplies are provided. Registration required? Yes - sign up at the main desk or by calling us at 781-293-6771. |
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Monday Movie MatineeDate: Monday, June 17th at 1:30 p.m.Location: Meeting RoomFeatured Movie: Ben Is Back Description: A drug addicted teenage boy shows up unexpectedly at his family's home on Christmas Eve. Starring Julia Roberts and Lucas Hedges. Rated R. Registration required? No
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Monday Movie MatineeDate: Monday, June 24th at 1:30 p.m.Location: Meeting RoomFeatured Movie: Mary Poppins Returns Description: Decades after her original visit, the magical nanny returns to help the Banks siblings and Michael's children through a difficult time in their lives. Starring Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Rated PG. Registration required? No
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Clicking Needles Knitting & Crochet GroupDate: Tuesday, June 25th at 6:30 p.m.Location: Trustees' RoomDescription: Come knit and crochet together at the library – ask questions, share ideas and tips, and learn new tricks. Adults of all ages and skill levels are welcome!
Registration required? No
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Storytime Mondays and Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. Toddlers (ages 2 to 5) and their caregivers can enjoy an interactive storytime with songs, dances, games, and stories that encourage language development and social skills. Each storytime is followed by a craft and play time. |
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Baby Lapsit Wednesdays 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 while learning new rhymes and stories to share. Each program includes stretches, music, a story, and more followed by an open play time. |
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Puppies & Pages Thursday, June 6th at 4:15 p.m. 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 program provides a supportive environment to practice reading aloud. This is a drop-in event. |
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LEGO Club Tuesday, June 11th at 4 p.m. Build LEGO creations to a theme! Grades Pre-K to 5 (ages 5+) are welcome to come and build with the library LEGOs. LEGO Club is designed to give kids a safe, creative environment in which they can freely build with LEGOs, interact with peers, and express themselves! Each month has a challenge in which the builders can participate, but we encourage thinking outside of the box. |
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Pajama Storytime with the Tooth Fairy! Thursday, June 13th at 6 p.m. Learn about dental health with the Tooth Fairy! Ages 3-7 are welcome to join us at the library for a special visit from the Tooth Fairy featuring a story, a tooth brushing demonstration with a stuffed animal, take-home goody bags, and a mess-free craft. Registration is encouraged, but not required. |
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Block Party Playtime Monday, June 17th and Tuesday, June 18th at 10:30 a.m. Playtime for ages 0-5. Children will have the opportunity to learn and grow through play with a special pop up tent and crawl tunnel and have access to toys including building blocks, puppets, and more. Playtime will take place in lieu of Storytime on these days. |
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Edible Science Wednesday, June 26th at 2 p.m. Ages 7-11 will learn the parts of a NASA satellite and build their own with frosting and sweets! Space is limited for this free workshop; please sign up by visiting or contacting the library at 781-293-6771. |
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Dungeons & Dragons Tuesdays from 5:30-7:30 p.m. (June 25th-August 20th) Ages 9-13 can join in the adventure of Dungeons & Dragons. This is a roleplaying game about storytelling in worlds of magic and battle – players need only to bring their imagination. All experience levels are welcome! |
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Glow-in-the-Dark Fusion Bead Crafts Thursday, June 27th at 6 p.m. Ages 12-18 are invited to create designs from glow-in-the-dark fusion (Perler) beads. Use stellar templates like comets or UFOs or create your own pattern! Space is limited for this free workshop; please sign up by visiting or contacting the library at 781-293-6771. |
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Reach for the stars this summer by joining our annual Summer Reading Club. We have something for everyone with this year's theme, "A Universe of Stories." Kids can collect beads for their out-of-this-world necklaces, teens can join and earn points for one of four stellar teams, adults can earn astronomical prizes each week, and even babies can join in the fun with activities that we're over the moon about! Check out our website for a preview of special events for our younger readers.
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The 18th Abduction: Detective Lindsay Boxer teams up with intrepid journalist Cindy Thomas to investigate the disappearance of three schoolteachers amid rumors of a notorious Eastern European war criminal spotted on the streets of San Francisco. |
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Girl, Wash Your Face: Drawing from her life experiences as a lifestyle guru, the author presents a guide to becoming a joyous, confident woman by breaking the cycle of negativity and burnout and pursuing a life of exuberance. |
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The Big Kahuna: Nick Fox and Kate O'Hare infiltrate a surfer community in a case involving a missing Silicon Valley billionaire whose Instagram-model wife, shady business partner and stoner son appear suspiciously indifferent. |
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This month our recommendation comes from Perry, who enjoyed the "part Sci-Fi, part mystery" Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer. This is a compilation of VanderMeer's three Southern Reach novels: Annihilation, Authority, and Acceptance. The series focuses on Area X, a remote and mysterious place cut off from the rest of the continent, and the secret Southern Reach agency that monitors expeditions sent there – expeditions that keep turning out disastrously. Perry says: "It drags you in and keeps you guessing the whole way through. I recommend the audiobook versions, the narrators make the story even more compelling." If you're a fan of the books, be sure to check out the movie version of Annihilation, which was released last year and stars Natalie Portman. |
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Did you know that the Young Adult Room at the Pembroke Public Library has a magazine section, too? Available to all, but recommended for our YA patrons, this section includes a publication you may recognize, the iconic MAD magazine. MAD magazine was created in 1952 and originally released as a comic book. Now nearly 70 years later, the publication is still going strong, poking fun at anything and everything it can find! Recurring features include Spy vs. Spy, the Fold-in, the MAD Look at, television and movie parodies, and the grinning mascot Alfred E. Neuman. The April 2019 issue specifically roasts recent movies Aquaman and Mary Poppins and the TV show The Good Place. So come grab a magazine and relax on one of our new comfy YA lounge chairs! Or, even better, join our annual Summer Reading program (sign-ups begin June 17th) and grab a magazine, or book, or both! Happy reading! |
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The Friends of the Pembroke Public Library: ▪ Create public awareness of the role of the library in the community. ▪ Provide financial support beyond the library’s budget limits. ▪ Encourage gifts and endowments to the library. ▪ Gain support for library improvement. |
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