Pound Ridge Library
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 […]
The Schaffner Room is reserved at 4 pm foe a private event. Alexander/Hata
The League of Women Voters of North East Westchester (LWVNEW) will be holding a private meeting in the Schaffner Room.
There will be a private meeting in the lower level meeting room.
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 […]
