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 […]
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.
The Garden Club will be holding a private event in the Schaffner Room.
A two day workshop exploring the process of relief printmaking. Using a linoleum soft rubber block, design and carve your own image to print on a note card. This workshop reviews the relief printmaking process from design concept, using the tools, inking and printing. Create your very own design to print on cards and share. […]
An informative seed workshop focusing on planting your vegetable garden by seed. The workshop will be conducted by Master Gardener, Carolyn Ramsey, Community Horticulture Educator of the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Westchester County. Class size will be limited. Please register below. Registration guarantees a spot in the program. Registration does not guarantee a parking spot. […]
Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing is the premier perfornmance of a song cycle for Soprano and Piano, composed by Pete Malinverni, acclaimed jazz pianist, composer, educator and long time Pound Ridge resident. In celebration of National Poetry Month, Malinverni used the texts of James Weldon Johnson's poetry. The performance will include, of course, Johnson’s “Lift […]
