Pound Ridge Library
LIVING WITH BEARS Join experts Joseph Caruso and Brian Keating, Wildlife Technicians with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, for an in-person presentation on learning about bears in New York, including in our own community. Joseph and Brian will talk about how DEC manages black bear populations, research, and conflict mitigation in the […]
There will be a private session of Sogetsu Ikebana in the Schaffner Room. This event is closed to the public.
The Pound Ridge Garden Club will hold a private meeting in the Schaffner Room. This event is closed to the public.
Pound Ridge Library welcomes local author John McCown. John will present “What's Up with Shipping? Container Shipping: How It Developed, How it Impacts You & What’s Up With Recent Issues?”. John will draw on his shipping background to discuss the maritime supply chain and how it affects us every day. John D. McCown is a […]
The Pound Ridge Library Book Group meets on the third Wednesday of every month. This month we will be discussing Don't Turn Around by Jessica Barry. Book copies are available at the circulation desk at the library, and the eBook and audiobooks are also available on Hoopla and Libby. "“Barry’s adrenaline-fueled adventure explores the Me […]
A private session of Hata Ikebana wil ltake place in the Schaffner Room.
Between the 1880s and 1920s, Yiddish-language newspapers rose from obscurity to become successful institutions integral to American Jewish life. During this period, Yiddish-speaking immigrants came to view newspapers as indispensable parts of their daily lives. For many Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, acclimating to America became inextricably intertwined with becoming a devoted reader of the […]
Shirley Green will speak about her recent book, Revolutionary Blacks: Discovering the Frank Brothers, Freeborn Men of Color, Soldiers of Independence (Westholme Publishing; 2023). The narrative follows the lives of William and Benjamin Frank, two brothers who enlisted in Second Rhode Island Regiment during the American Revolutionary War in the spring of 1777. Their military […]
