Month of October The mission of The Great Give Back is to provide an opportunity for patrons of the Montauk Library to take part in community oriented acts to help others. The Montauk Library will be collecting donations for Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons, The Retreat and the Montauk Food Pantry. ACCEPTABLE ITEMS… Read more »
We’re not sure this lady is standing in technically true tumbleweeds, but we’re certain that today she’d be sending up a distress flare or texting Triple A to help peel her away from a cringe-worthy tick population. She looks perfectly content, though, in this photograph from 1926. We can even imagine her waving to summer… Read more »
Welcome to Bilingual Storytime with Mary Jane. Today, Mary Jane will be reading ABC French by Daniel Roode. Learn basic French by learning the French alphabet and French words that begin with each letter. For more books by the author, visit https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Daniel+roode&i=stripbooks&ref=nb_sb_noss_2
Beginning September 27 Bring in seeds from your summer harvest! If you were able to grow and harvest flowers or vegetables, especially if your seeds were from the Montauk Library Seed Exchange, consider donating some of the seeds back to the Seed Exchange for next year’s sustainability. See the Seed Saving Guide for directions on how… Read more »
Welcome to Sharing Music with Lori. Get ready to get down–Have fun with songs and dance today!
Welcome to Bilingual Storytime with Mary Jane. Today, Mary Jane will be reading, Pop Va Al Cole/Pop Goes To School by Pierrick Bisinski and Alex Sanders.
A toast to the ebbing days of summer! Color photograph of Alan and Christopher Yudt with their wives Jacqueline and Lisa, on the beach near the Surf Club, 1995 Beth Biondo, Photographer, Beth Biondo Collection, Montauk Library Archives. August, with its oppressive heat and humidity, has stepped aside for Indian summer. Mornings are chilly, but afternoons offer… Read more »
In honor and remembrance of September 11, 2001, we have compiled a list of books, events and resources to mark the twenty year anniversary of this day in history. Let us move forward in hope and peace. Events: On September 11 at 12:00pm, Suse Lowenstein will invite members of the public to her home… Read more »
The Pelican, photographed by Evangeline Pitts, 1951 Damaged open party boat Pelican sits behind clammer Ben Pitts, Pitts-Burke-Cullum Collection, Montauk Library Archives The man clamming in the foreground of this photograph was known as Augustus Petitpas in his native Nova Scotia, and as Ben Pitts in the United States. The beached boat listing behind him… Read more »