Pound Ridge Library
Harriet Shenkman's poetry collection captures the circular nature of life. Reading from "Wonder Wheel", she both recalls her ancestors and rears her children in these poems-alongside its unpredictability. Harriet Shenkman is the current Poet-in-Residence at the JCC of Mid Westchester. She is a professor emerita at City University of New York. Her poetry awards include […]
Madeline Abrams is a junior in high school and she has developed an environmentally-friendly way to capture rain water using discarded plastic water bottles to create an irrigation system for vegetable gardens. By using empty water bottles, cutting them in half lengthwise, and connecting them with waterproof tape, Madeline has created a gutter system to […]
Ikebana (ē-kĕ-bah-nah) is the ancient art of Japanese flower arranging and one of the traditional arts of Japan. A free translation of Ikebana might be “living flowers” or “making flowers come alive”. When flowers are beautifully arranged in a container, the arrangement evokes the whole of nature itself, and people’s relationship with nature. Presented by […]
The Pound Ridge Authors Society Celebrates Their Tenth Anniversary. Please join us! Come to the PRAS April book reading event with five local authors of fiction, nonfiction, and children's books. You will enjoy engaging presentations and discussions, wine and cheese, and interact with readers, authors, writers, and the literary community. The five featured authors from […]
A private event will take place in the Schaffner Room. Hata Ikebana is closed to the public.
Mah Jongg has returned to the library with in-person sessions weekly on Tuesdays at 12 pm. Mah Jongg originated in China several centuries ago and spread throughout the West in the early 20th century. This class is for intermediate-level play. However, we now have instruction for beginners on the first Tuesday of every month. Here […]
The Pound Ridge Library Board of Trustees will me in the Schaffner Room in the library. The public is welcome to attend. You may also attend via Zoom. The link is here. Here is the link to all Board meeting materials. Zoom information: Topic: Board of Trustees meeting Time: Apr 23, 2024 07:30 PM Eastern […]
Join us for a delightful gathering designed exclusively for mothers and their babies, aged 12 months and younger, at Pound Ridge Library. Our weekly Mommy Moments session takes place every Wednesday at 12 noon, providing a nurturing environment for moms to bond with their little ones and connect with other caregivers in the community. During […]
