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Old Familiar Faces Jazz Band! The Pelham Library's second concert series kicks off on Sunday, November 23rd at 2 p.m. at the Library Our first concert will feature the " Old Familiar Faces Jazz Band" playing tunes of the 1920's, 1930's and 1940's in a loosely improvised style.

The band will perform a varied program including
Dixieland and tunes by Jelly Roll Morton, Fats Waller,
Hoagy Carmichael, Duke Ellington and others. The band is comprised of Sterling lamet on clarinet and soprano sax, Gary Bernhard on piano, Jay Killough on drums and Mike Ross on baritone horn.

The concert is FREE, and the Pelham Library, located at 2 South Valley Road offers ample parking and is handicap accessible.

Ancient American Cusine of New England! Monday, November, 24th at 7PM. Professor Elizabeth Chilton, an archeologist at UMASS-Amherst will show slides of artifacts representing the 13,000 year history of Native People in New England before colonization. She will focus on the changing diet and plant use as interpreted through artifacts.

With Thanksgiving coming up, this talk is timed perfectly to help refine our understanding of who the Native People were in ancient times and their continuity to contemporary Native peoples. This event is geared for adults and children, as well.

The idea for this talk came about when Prof. Chilton visited the Pelham library on the day that a several thousand year old stone bowl found in Pelham was passing through the library on it's way to the Historical Society. This spurred the idea for the talk. Come and see the bowl the ancient Pelhamites would have used and learn about them. Please come and join us for this rare and unusual event.

Library Teas are back! Library Teas are back! Socialize with your neighbors, slurp some fancy loose leaf tea and take in some music. Tea on the 4th Saturday of the month from 10-1 PM. Music from 12-1. Tea's have been fun for folks of all ages with Pelham old and new mixing it up! Kids welcome, grandma's too! We have watercress sandwiches if we can convince someone to make them. If your a musician please contact the library at 413-253-057 or 6via email at library.pelham@gmail.com if you'd like to play for an hour or so!

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Calling all Laptops! Do you have a wireless card for your computer? The Pelham Library is a wireless hotspot! Thank you to Comcast for this free service to the community.

Have you seen what's new in the History Room? View the Historical Assets Survey online and learn about the houses on Amherst Road.

 

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