The Pawling Library offers a variety of adult and family programs including entertaining and educational seminars and workshops.
Check our Calendar for a complete listing of our Adult and Family Programs.
Ongoing Adult Programs
Monday Matinee
Spend an entertaining afternoon with us enjoying a newly released film. We’ll have popcorn but please feel free to bring your own snack and beverage. This afternoon movie presentation is for an adult audience. Please observe the film’s ratings. And let us know what movies you’d like to see. See you at the movies!
Mondays at 2:00 pm.
Registration is required. Call the Pawling Library at 845-855-3444 to register or send an email to Donald at adult@pawlinglibrary.org.
Hatha Yoga in the Afternoon with Maria Polhemus
This program is for adults with prior yoga experience.
Hatha Yoga is one of the most popular relaxing forms of exercise. Come spend an hour with us and enjoy a new found path to tranquility. Please wear comfortable clothing and bring a yoga mat or blanket. Each session ends with a guided meditation.
Program fee: $4.00.
Tuesdays & Thursday 1:00-2:00 pm.
NOTE: Thursday Hatha Yoga in the Afternoon ends on March 26.
Registration is required. Call the Pawling Library at 845-855-3444 to register or send an email to Donald at adult@pawlinglibrary.org.
From Memory to Family Memoir with Robin Lester
Each of us has a wealth of memories. Please join us and learn how to write your family and personal history. Our presenter Robin Lester will help you get started. You can do it! Surprise your children and grandchildren who’ve wanted you to do this. The biggest surprise for you will be in recalling your wonderful life!
About our presenter:
Robin Lester is a historian, writer and retired teacher. He has led the Hull House Oral History project in Chicago and the gathering of memories among former members of the Henry Street Settlement House in New York. He is in the process of preserving his family history in a narrative.
Meets the first Wednesday of each month, 6:30-8:00 pm.
Registration is required. Call the Pawling Library at 845-855-3444 to register or send an email to Donald at adult@pawlinglibrary.org.
Evening Book Club
Share your passion for reading.
Enjoy friendly discussions about your
favorite books.
This evening is for you.
Book selections are made by our members.
Meets the second Wednesday of the month, 6:30-7:30 pm.
Registration is required. Call the Pawling Library at 845-855-3444 to register or send an email to Donald at adult@pawlinglibrary.org.
Evening Hatha Yoga with Maria Polhemus
Hatha Yoga is one of the most popular relaxing forms of exercise.
Come spend an hour with us and enjoy a new found path of tranquility. Please wear comfortable clothing and bring a yoga mat or blanket. Each session ends with a guided meditation.
Program fee: $4.00.
Thursdays 6:30-7:30 pm.
NOTE: Evening Hatha Yoga begins on April 2.
Registration is required. Call the Pawling Library at 845-855-3444 to register or send an email to Donald at adult@pawlinglibrary.org.
disAbility & Employment Workshop
If you are under the age of 65 and have questions about how to apply for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), Supplemental Security Income (SSI); or have questions about how much can you earn without losing your benefits including Medicaid and/or Medicare, then sign-up for one of the following workshops presented by TRI’s Mobile Benefits Counselor!
*If you require a sign-language interpreter you must call or email 2 weeks in advance to Attn: Mandi (845) 452.3913 x119, m.sheraden@taconicresources.org
This program is being provided by Taconic Resources for Independence.
Meets the second Friday of every other month, 3:00-4:30 pm.
Registration is required. Call the Pawling Library at 845-855-3444 to register or send an email to Donald at adult@pawlinglibrary.org.
Yin Yoga and Meditation with Maria Polhemus
Feel the peace by being present in the moment.
Quiet and calm your mind and body.
Experience your genuine self.
Please join us for a relaxing session of Yin Yoga followed
by Meditation.
Wear comfortable clothing and bring a yoga mat or blanket.
Meets the third Wednesday of the month, 7:00-8:00 pm.
Registration is required. Call the Pawling Library at 845-855-3444 to register or send an email to Donald at adult@pawlinglibrary.org.
Tuesday Afternoon Book Club
Indulge yourself. Share your thoughts about your favorite novels with friends.
Book selections are agreed upon by our members… we want you to be happy after all.
Please join us.
Meets the fourth Tuesday of the month, 4:00-5:00 pm.
Registration is required. Call the Pawling Library at 845-855-3444 to register or send an email to Donald at adult@pawlinglibrary.org.
Graphic Novel Book Club
The Graphic Novel Book Club is an adult book club that meets monthly to discuss comics and graphic novels. We will select from a wide variety of titles – indie and foreign comics to classic superhero storylines. Whether you are just getting into comics or a life-long reader, you’ll find good conversation and something new to read.
Meets the fourth Tuesday of the month, 7:00-8:00 pm.
Registration is required. Call the Pawling Library at 845-855-3444 to register or send an email to Donald at adult@pawlinglibrary.org.
Special Monthly Programs
FREE English (ESOL) Tutoring
English for Speakers of Other Languages
with Karina Cerna
Tutoring is available for both adults and teens.
Sessions are for one hour.
“This publication (product) was supported by (or “in part by”) funds from the New York State Library’s Adult Literacy Services grant program.”
Thursday, January 9, 1:00-4:00 pm.
Registration is required. Call the Pawling Library at 845-855-3444 to register or send an email to Donald at adult@pawlinglibrary.org.
Window Sill Penguins
Two Sessions:
Friday, January 10 (Sculpting) & Friday, January 24 (Painting)
Time: 6:30-8:30 pm
Penguins love snow and ice but sometimes they just like watching winter
from a cozy window.
Please join us and make your own penguin that fits on a window sill.
Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Age: 7 & up.
Registration is required. Call the Pawling Library at 845-855-3444 to register or send an email to Donald at adult@pawlinglibrary.org.
Reflexology with Maria Polhemus
Reflexology involves applying pressure to and massaging certain spots on the feet, hands and ears that correspond to and can have a healing effect upon internal organs.
With repeated Reflexology sessions, this relaxing and stress-relieving procedure can bring about an improvement in health and one’s overall well-being.
Discover for yourself, the benefits of reflexology.
Find out if this alternative non-invasive healing practice is right for you.
Tuesday, January 14, 7:00-8:00 pm.
Registration is required. Call the Pawling Library at 845-855-3444 to register or send an email to Donald at adult@pawlinglibrary.org.
Psychic Readings with Elka Boren
2020: A new year begins, filled with possibilities. Please join us and receive insightful messages from spirit.
Discover how events in your life will unfold.
Program fee: $20.00
Wednesday, January 22, 7:00-9:00 pm.
Registration is required. Call the Pawling Library at 845-855-3444 to register or send an email to Donald at adult@pawlinglibrary.org.
Heart Ornaments: Sculpting Workshop
Two Sessions:
Friday, January 31 (Sculpting) & Friday, February 7 (Painting)
Time: 6:30-8:30 pm
Have a heart, and give a heart to make someone happy. The hearts we’ll be making will be donated to The Pawling Resource Center.
…and please make a heart for yourself, too!
Thank you for your talent & generosity.
Age 7 & up
Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Registration is required. Call the Pawling Library at 845-855-3444 to register or send an email to Donald at adult@pawlinglibrary.org.
FREE English (ESOL) Tutoring
English for Speakers of Other Languages
with Karina Cerna
Tutoring is available for both adults and teens.
Sessions are for one hour.
“This publication (product) was supported by (or “in part by”) funds from the New York State Library’s Adult Literacy Services grant program.”
Thursday, February 6, 1:00-4:00 pm.
Registration is required. Call the Pawling Library at 845-855-3444 to register or send an email to Donald at adult@pawlinglibrary.org.
Hiking 101 with Eric Harvey
Hiking 101 is intended as a presentation for people with little or no previous experience who are interested in hiking. Topics to be discussed will include planning a trip, clothing to wear, and gear to bring along. Questions will be encouraged.
Tuesday, February 11, 7:00-8:00 pm.
Registration is required. Call the Pawling Library at 845-855-3444 to register or send an email to Donald at adult@pawlinglibrary.org.
Admissions and Financial Aid: What it Takes to get into College Today
with Stephanie Mauro
At this presentation you will learn:
1) How to maximize their student’s potential to receive scholarships, grants and other forms of merit-aid.
2) The importance of the SAT & ACT tests and how colleges value them.
3) What the more selective colleges really want to see on a student’s application.
4) The difference between the FAFSA and CSS Profile financial aid forms and how they affect the cost of college.
5) What financial aid really means to a family and how need is determined.
6) The parental and student assets that take away from qualifying for financial aid.
7) How the financial aid system works and why it’s important to have an expected family contribution (EFC) calculated before a student visits colleges.
8) We will go over a timeline to successfully complete the college planning process and how it’s possible to attend a private college for a public college price.
9) Plus much, much more!
Thursday, February 20, 6:30-8:00 pm.
Registration is required. Call the Pawling Library at 845-855-3444 to register or send an email to Donald at adult@pawlinglibrary.org.
FREE English (ESOL) Tutoring
English for Speakers of Other Languages
with Karina Cerna
Tutoring is available for both adults and teens.
Sessions are for one hour.
“This publication (product) was supported by (or “in part by”) funds from the New York State Library’s Adult Literacy Services grant program.”
Thursday, March 12, 1:00-4:00 pm.
Registration is required. Call the Pawling Library at 845-855-3444 to register or send an email to Donald at adult@pawlinglibrary.org.
The Early Days of Television
Presented by Evan Weiner, Journalist, TV pundit, radio commentator and podcaster
Television started in 1928 in Schenectady, New York but it was incubated in two laboratories, one in Pittsburgh in George Westinghouse’s Labs and the other in General Electric’s Lab. TV goes through growing pains including World War II. But when GI’s come home, they want their TV. They want to watch Ed Sullivan, Meet the Press, Uncle Miltie, Milton Berle, Joe Friday, Lucy and Desi and Ralph Kramden and even test patterns. TV also reflected society of the time. Blacklisting and Nat King Cole could not get a sponsor. Stroll down Memory Lane and get reacquainted with the 1940s and 1950s TV. The Early Days of TV. The programming looked cheap but it came right into the living room. Watching in front of stores, getting rid of rolling, snow and moving that antenna the right way.
About our presenter: Evan Weiner, recognized globally as an expert in the politics of the sports business, produces a daily podcast on that topic in addition to being a regular on television and radio in both the United States and the United Kingdom, including appearances on BBC Radio, MSNBC and ABC television, and The Guardian newspaper in the U.K. Weiner has also written nine books and speaks in a variety of venues, including cruise ships, colleges, and libraries. More information about the speaker can be found at http://evanjweiner.wixsite.com/journalism-blog.
Tuesday, April 14, 7:00-8:00 pm.
Registration is required. Call the Pawling Library at 845-855-3444 to register or send an email to Donald at adult@pawlinglibrary.org.
Soul Painting
with Jeanette Rodriguez
Soul painting is a powerful intuitive, creative practice. This workshop is designed to help you unleash your relationship to your awareness. To acknowledge it, when it speaks to you. Think of it as meditating with a brush in your hand, eyes open! As you awaken this sense you’ll begin to transform, detaching from judgment which allows you to be more in the present moment. Come unlock your intuition and explore from within.
This workshop provides a guided meditation with self-energy healing.
Please wear comfortable clothing.
Material fee: $5.00.
Tuesday, April 21, 7:00-8:30 pm.
Registration is required. Call the Pawling Library at 845-855-3444 to register or send an email to Donald at adult@pawlinglibrary.org.
Card Making
with Carol Bierman
Make a special hand-made Mother’s Day card, and / or cards for any occasion that the special people in your life will cherish.
Have some fun and perhaps make a new friend, who like yourself, enjoys crafting.
Be creative with us.
Tuesday, May 5, 7:00-8:00 pm.
Registration is required. Call the Pawling Library at 845-855-3444 to register or send an email to Donald at adult@pawlinglibrary.org.
A Conversation with Margaret Hubert: An inspirational talk about life, and starting over after retirement
Our presenter will share with us how after retirement and facing loss she gave a great deal of thought as to what to do with the rest of her life. She made a decision to focus on her creative passion rather than on sorrow.
A new chapter of our lives can begin at any age and Margaret is proof of this.
Please join us and expect to be inspired.
“There is lots of life after retirement, if they choose,”- Margaret Hubert
About our presenter: Margaret Hubert is a local knitting, crochet artist and instructor who throughout her career has published over 30 books. Samples of her beautiful work and books will be on hand for the presentation.
Monday, May 11, 2:00-3:00 pm.
Registration is required. To register please call the Pawling Library at 845-855-3444 or send an email to Donald at adult@pawlinglibrary.org
Marco Polo: The Silk Road & China: The UN in Action
Guest Speaker: Joseph Baxer
President of the United Nations Association of Connecticut
Images of the ancient Silk Road and the medieval journey of Marco Polo invite fascinating images of caravans of camels navigating long stretches of desert, caravanserai hosting a veritable Babel of tongues and cooperation midst diversity as traders, diplomats and adventurers came in contact. The UN is far from an office building in Manhattan, but alive, in action, rooted across a continent in which China reimagines the ancient routes at sea, on ice and through cyberspace. Is it true that no longer do all roads lead to Rome, but now to Beijing?
Dr. Baxer, following an immersion in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, Bangkok and Istanbul, will explore the vitality and promise of the UN in action within the context of Marco Polo’s world.
Wednesday, June 24, 7:00-8:00 pm.
Registration is required. To register please call the Pawling Library at 845-855-3444 or send an email to Donald at adult@pawlinglibrary.org
