Did you know “The Purple Rose of Cairo” was filmed in Piermont in the early 1980s? Visit the Hudson Room at the Piermont Public Library (this week only) to see, through photographs by Sally Savage on limited loan from the Piermont Historical Society, how Piermont was transported back to the 1930s during filming. And then come see “The Purple Rose of Cairo” screened this Friday, February 27th at 1:00 pm at the library. Free popcorn for all!

Summary: Fantasy about a housewife and her movie hero, who walks off the silver screen and into her gray life. They begin a romance as she shows him around her world and he takes her into his.

Directed by Woody Allen

1985

Rated PG

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.

84 minutes

Starring Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, Dianne Wiest, Van Johnson

Please note that we will be closed on Monday, February 23rd due to the impending snowstorm.

Join us on Friday, February 27th, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm for How to Borrow ebooks (and more!) from the Library. Learn how to borrow eBooks, stream movies, and more with your library card! Register today to secure your spot on our library events calendar at piermontlibrary.org

You’ve got a golden ticket!  Join us for a special screening of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory at the Library this Friday at 1:00 pm.  All ages welcome.  Refreshments will be served.

Seating is limited- Register today! Please follow the link HERE.

Rated G

Warner Bros.

98 minutes

Starring Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum, Michael Bollner, Denise Nickerson

Do you want to encourage your child’s love of reading? Join Ms. Nancy on Thursday, February 18th, from 5:30 – 6:30 pm for Book Adventures!

Members ages 9 – 11 discuss a book each month and then choose a new book to read for the next month’s discussion. For February we are reading The Westing Game. Written by Ellen Raskin, The Westing Game is a Newbery Medal-winning mystery novel where sixteen strangers are gathered for the reading of eccentric millionaire Samuel W. Westing’s will, only to find they must play a game to inherit his fortune.

Please register on our website events calendar