Pound Ridge Library

This six-week series introduces evidence-based self-care practices.  Each 60-minute session addresses a special domain of wellness and present best practices.  Topics include how to get your best sleep, feed yourself well, use your mind better, create calm through breathing, choose your best exercise and appreciate your body more.  All practice enhances the mind-body-breath connection which is considered the key to optimal well being.  This series will focus on resiliency.  It will teach you practices that will help you  become more…

Inspiration is all around us, especially in this adult writing program led by author and writing teacher, Kim Kovach. Interested in writing creative non-fiction, memoir or fiction?  New and experienced writers will boost their skills through weekly homework assignment to keep everyone motivated!  Join this convivial group of writers for fresh ideas, fun and fantastic writing! Kim Kovach teaches fiction and non-fiction writing for adults and creative writing classes for children and teens.  The author of six fiction books, Kim…

A 4-week mini course presented by Dr. Robert DiYanni on selected American short stories, co-sponsored by the Pound Ridge Library and the Bedford Free Library.  Session 1 will discuss two 19th century authors, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe.  Session 2 will discuss two 20th century authors, Eudora Welty and Katharine Anne Porter.  Join us for lively conversations about these four American authors.  Copies of the stories can be emailed if requested upon registration. Dr. DiYanni is a Professor of…

This six-week series introduces evidence-based self-care practices.  Each 60-minute session addresses a special domain of wellness and present best practices.  Topics include how to get your best sleep, feed yourself well, use your mind better, create calm through breathing, choose your best exercise and appreciate your body more.  All practice enhances the mind-body-breath connection which is considered the key to optimal well being.  This series will focus on resiliency.  It will teach you practices that will help you  become more…

Inspiration is all around us, especially in this adult writing program led by author and writing teacher, Kim Kovach. Interested in writing creative non-fiction, memoir or fiction?  New and experienced writers will boost their skills through weekly homework assignment to keep everyone motivated!  Join this convivial group of writers for fresh ideas, fun and fantastic writing! Kim Kovach teaches fiction and non-fiction writing for adults and creative writing classes for children and teens.  The author of six fiction books, Kim…

A 4-week mini course presented by Dr. Robert DiYanni on selected American short stories, co-sponsored by the Pound Ridge Library and the Bedford Free Library.  Session 1 will discuss two 19th century authors, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe.  Session 2 will discuss two 20th century authors, Eudora Welty and Katharine Anne Porter.  Join us for lively conversations about these four American authors.  Copies of the stories can be emailed if requested upon registration. Dr. DiYanni is a Professor of…

Growing Vibrant Communities is a continuing community enhancement self-assessment program that encourages voluntary community leadership in an ongoing commitment to community vitality, beauty, environmental stewardship, and the celebration of heritage.  Join us in a discussion led by the executive director of the program.  Is this a program for Pound Ridge?  Listen, chat and join in the decision. To join, please RSVP below. You will receive the Zoom link approximately one hour before the program.

This six-week series introduces evidence-based self-care practices.  Each 60-minute session addresses a special domain of wellness and present best practices.  Topics include how to get your best sleep, feed yourself well, use your mind better, create calm through breathing, choose your best exercise and appreciate your body more.  All practice enhances the mind-body-breath connection which is considered the key to optimal well being.  This series will focus on resiliency.  It will teach you practices that will help you  become more…

Inspiration is all around us, especially in this adult writing program led by author and writing teacher, Kim Kovach. Interested in writing creative non-fiction, memoir or fiction?  New and experienced writers will boost their skills through weekly homework assignment to keep everyone motivated!  Join this convivial group of writers for fresh ideas, fun and fantastic writing! Kim Kovach teaches fiction and non-fiction writing for adults and creative writing classes for children and teens.  The author of six fiction books, Kim…

A 4-week mini course presented by Dr. Robert DiYanni on selected American short stories, co-sponsored by the Pound Ridge Library and the Bedford Free Library.  Session 1 will discuss two 19th century authors, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe.  Session 2 will discuss two 20th century authors, Eudora Welty and Katharine Anne Porter.  Join us for lively conversations about these four American authors.  Copies of the stories can be emailed if requested upon registration. Dr. DiYanni is a Professor of…

This six-week series introduces evidence-based self-care practices.  Each 60-minute session addresses a special domain of wellness and present best practices.  Topics include how to get your best sleep, feed yourself well, use your mind better, create calm through breathing, choose your best exercise and appreciate your body more.  All practice enhances the mind-body-breath connection which is considered the key to optimal well being.  This series will focus on resiliency.  It will teach you practices that will help you  become more…

Inspiration is all around us, especially in this adult writing program led by author and writing teacher, Kim Kovach. Interested in writing creative non-fiction, memoir or fiction?  New and experienced writers will boost their skills through weekly homework assignment to keep everyone motivated!  Join this convivial group of writers for fresh ideas, fun and fantastic writing! Kim Kovach teaches fiction and non-fiction writing for adults and creative writing classes for children and teens.  The author of six fiction books, Kim…

A 4-week mini course presented by Dr. Robert DiYanni on selected American short stories, co-sponsored by the Pound Ridge Library and the Bedford Free Library.  Session 1 will discuss two 19th century authors, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe.  Session 2 will discuss two 20th century authors, Eudora Welty and Katharine Anne Porter.  Join us for lively conversations about these four American authors.  Copies of the stories can be emailed if requested upon registration. Dr. DiYanni is a Professor of…

Pound Ridge Culture Quest is a new series featuring professionals from all disciplines: writing, visual arts and the performing arts.   The talks of the speakers in the series will spring from the theme of "How I Got Here."   The first professional featured will be  Judith Dupre, a renowned author, structural historian and public speaker.  She will share some of the highs, lows, and detours of her life as a writer, along with ideas and prompts for writers or "would-be" writers…

This six-week series introduces evidence-based self-care practices.  Each 60-minute session addresses a special domain of wellness and present best practices.  Topics include how to get your best sleep, feed yourself well, use your mind better, create calm through breathing, choose your best exercise and appreciate your body more.  All practice enhances the mind-body-breath connection which is considered the key to optimal well being.  This series will focus on resiliency.  It will teach you practices that will help you  become more…

Inspiration is all around us, especially in this adult writing program led by author and writing teacher, Kim Kovach. Interested in writing creative non-fiction, memoir or fiction?  New and experienced writers will boost their skills through weekly homework assignment to keep everyone motivated!  Join this convivial group of writers for fresh ideas, fun and fantastic writing! Kim Kovach teaches fiction and non-fiction writing for adults and creative writing classes for children and teens.  The author of six fiction books, Kim…

Inspiration is all around us, especially in this adult writing program led by author and writing teacher, Kim Kovach. Interested in writing creative non-fiction, memoir or fiction?  New and experienced writers will boost their skills through weekly homework assignment to keep everyone motivated!  Join this convivial group of writers for fresh ideas, fun and fantastic writing! Kim Kovach teaches fiction and non-fiction writing for adults and creative writing classes for children and teens.  The author of six fiction books, Kim…

Inspiration is all around us, especially in this adult writing program led by author and writing teacher, Kim Kovach. Interested in writing creative non-fiction, memoir or fiction?  New and experienced writers will boost their skills through weekly homework assignment to keep everyone motivated!  Join this convivial group of writers for fresh ideas, fun and fantastic writing! Kim Kovach teaches fiction and non-fiction writing for adults and creative writing classes for children and teens.  The author of six fiction books, Kim…

Inspiration is all around us, especially in this adult writing program led by author and writing teacher, Kim Kovach. Interested in writing creative non-fiction, memoir or fiction?  New and experienced writers will boost their skills through weekly homework assignment to keep everyone motivated!  Join this convivial group of writers for fresh ideas, fun and fantastic writing! Kim Kovach teaches fiction and non-fiction writing for adults and creative writing classes for children and teens.  The author of six fiction books, Kim…

Inspiration is all around us, especially in this adult writing program led by author and writing teacher, Kim Kovach. Interested in writing creative non-fiction, memoir or fiction?  New and experienced writers will boost their skills through weekly homework assignment to keep everyone motivated!  Join this convivial group of writers for fresh ideas, fun and fantastic writing! Kim Kovach teaches fiction and non-fiction writing for adults and creative writing classes for children and teens.  The author of six fiction books, Kim…