© Frances Pellegrini

Frances Pellegrini had a successful commercial career in New York from the late 1940s through the 1980s. She was a contemporary of photographers Margaret Bourke White and Walker Evans, and also worked with Dan Weiner and Sid Grossman whose use of photography as a tool for social change and personal expression found their way into her work.

Opening reception: Sunday, July 13, 2-5 p.m. All welcome!

Press Release about the Frances Pellegrini Exhibit is available to download.

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Monthly series: the First Friday Film Series presents movies on the 1st Friday of each month at 7:30 p.m. Movies are FREE and open to the public. A brief discussion of the film, led by Marc Farre, will follow.

Friday, Sept. 8 : Wings of Desire - a 1987 award-winning German film directed by Wim Wenders.

A black and white film that occasionally blossoms into color, the film shows a war-scarred Berlin where angels in trenchcoats watch over the vagaries of human life with no power to change anything. Read more on the Wings of Desire website »

Upcoming Movies:

• Friday, October 3, 2008: The Purple Rose of Cairo (talk w/Sally Savage at 7 p.m.)
• Friday, November 8, 2008: Babette's Feast
• Friday, December 5, 2008: Scrooged (hilarious adaptation of "A Christmas Carol" starring Bill Murray)
• Friday, January 9, 2009: Tender Mercies
• Friday, February 6, 2009: Groundhog Day (a sly comedic masterpiece starring Bill Murray)

About the Piermont First Friday Film Series

Children's Art Class with Alexis Starke

Popular art classes taught by Alexis Starke will be offered again this fall.

A 7-week course for children ages 5-7 will begin on Tuesday, September 23 and will be held from 4:15 to 5:00 p.m. Course ends on November 4.

Preregistration is required for these classes. For more information, please call 359-4595 or send an email to alexis@piermontlibrary.org.

The classes will explore a variety of media including painting, drawing and collage.

About the Teacher:

Children's Art Class with Alexis Starke

Popular art classes taught by Alexis Starke will be offered again this fall.

An 8-week course for children ages 7-10 will begin on Wednesday, September 24 and will be held from 4:30-5:30 p.m. Course ends on November 12.

Preregistration is required for these classes. For more information, please call 359-4595 or send an email to alexis@piermontlibrary.org.

The classes will explore a variety of media including painting, drawing and collage.

About the Teacher:

Children's Art Class with Alexis Starke

Popular art classes taught by Alexis Starke will be offered again this fall.

A 7-week course for children ages 5-7 will begin on Tuesday, September 23 and will be held from 4:15 to 5:00 p.m. Course ends on November 4.

Preregistration is required for these classes. For more information, please call 359-4595 or send an email to alexis@piermontlibrary.org.

The classes will explore a variety of media including painting, drawing and collage.

About the Teacher:

Children's Art Class with Alexis Starke

Popular art classes taught by Alexis Starke will be offered again this fall.

An 8-week course for children ages 7-10 will begin on Wednesday, September 24 and will be held from 4:30-5:30 p.m. Course ends on November 12.

Preregistration is required for these classes. For more information, please call 359-4595 or send an email to alexis@piermontlibrary.org.

The classes will explore a variety of media including painting, drawing and collage.

About the Teacher:

Monthly series: the First Friday Film Series presents movies on the 1st Friday of each month at 7:30 p.m. Movies are FREE and open to the public.

Friday, October 3: The Purple Rose of Cairo, a 1985 film directed by Woody Allen. Scenes from the movie were filmed on Main Street in Piermont.

Talk with Sally Savage starts at 7 p.m.

Upcoming Movies:

• Friday, November 8, 2008: Babette's Feast
• Friday, December 5, 2008: Scrooged (hilarious adaptation of "A Christmas Carol" starring Bill Murray)
• Friday, January 9, 2009: Tender Mercies
• Friday, February 6, 2009: Groundhog Day (a sly comedic masterpiece starring Bill Murray)

Children's Art Class with Alexis Starke

Popular art classes taught by Alexis Starke will be offered again this fall.

A 7-week course for children ages 5-7 will begin on Tuesday, September 23 and will be held from 4:15 to 5:00 p.m. Course ends on November 4.

Preregistration is required for these classes. For more information, please call 359-4595 or send an email to alexis@piermontlibrary.org.

The classes will explore a variety of media including painting, drawing and collage.

About the Teacher:

Children's Art Class with Alexis Starke

Popular art classes taught by Alexis Starke will be offered again this fall.

An 8-week course for children ages 7-10 will begin on Wednesday, September 24 and will be held from 4:30-5:30 p.m. Course ends on November 12.

Preregistration is required for these classes. For more information, please call 359-4595 or send an email to alexis@piermontlibrary.org.

The classes will explore a variety of media including painting, drawing and collage.

About the Teacher: