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The Danger of Pesticides

This informative presentation explores the world of everyday pesticides used by homeowners and gardeners that may cause serious health effects in children, adults, and pets. Our expert will share the latest science on how common pesticides impact health, children's unique vulnerability, and steps that families can take to reduce pesticide exposures. Presented by Sarah Evans, PhD MPH. Assistant Professor of Environmental […]

Women’s Work

Women's Work. What is “women’s work?” How have broad trends in American economic, legal, and political history encouraged women to take certain jobs and restricted them from “men’s work?” How have race, ethnicity, social class, legal status, sexual orientation, and gender presentation impacted these distinctions? The Center for Women’s History showcases approximately 45 objects from New-York Historical's own Museum and Library […]

Hessians: German Soldiers in the American Revolutionary War

Register here. Between 1776 and 1783, Great Britain hired more than thirty thousand German soldiers to fight in its war against the American rebels. Collectively known as Hessians, the soldiers and accompanying civilians, including hundreds of women and children, spent extended periods of time in locations as dispersed and varied as Canada in the North […]

Canasta

Canasta is back at the library!  Join us for a fun-filled game on Wednesday afternoons.  It’s a great card game that you’ll all enjoy!  Beginners or those who want more instruction are welcome.  What a fun way to learn and play the game.  Good company & good conversation, too. Register below.  Registration guarantees a spot […]

National Parks Series

on Zoom

In this 2-part virtual series, we will visit two National Parks sites. The first visit will be to the Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens in Washington, DC, which features an incredibly  impressive collection of water lilies and aquatic plants.  Join us for a Park Ranger talk  to learn more about the park, the stories of […]

Recurring

Great Courses – Skeptic’s Guide to American History

Schaffner Room

The Pound Ridge Library is pleased to announce the continuation of a series of lectures which mark the eleventh year of courses which are part of the library’s continuing presentation of a new educational concept in life-long learning: a series of DVD seminars from The Teaching Company/The Great Courses encompassing a wide variety of subjects, […]

The Magical Gardens of Bunny Mellon

Schaffner Room

Join award-winning landscape designer Jennifer Yates as she presents The Magical Gardens of Bunny Mellon. This fascinating presentation will cover much of Bunny Mellon's life and focuses on her emergence as an important landscape designer. The talk will highlight key moments in Mellon's life and career ranging from her redesign of the White House Rose […]

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