Special Events

Fresh Plates With Paired Wines

Tuesday, June 4 at 7:30 pm

Location: Tredyffrin Public Library

Make the most of fresh and flavorful bounty from the gardens of spring and summer! And learn the art of selecting wine to complement the flavors.

Join healthy food expert Joan Menige and wine specialist Robert Peters for an evening of education and fun. Joan will demonstrate how to prepare light and delicious dishes from appetizers to desserts and Robert will guide you on how to select affordable and accessible wines to accompany these seasonal plates.

Learn tips and techniques, participate in tastings of food and wine and take home tasty new recipes to make your summer meals a breeze. Bring and friend and enjoy!

Registration Information:

Materials fee: $25. Registration is limited. You must register and pay the materials fee by May 30 to secure your place. Fee may be sent to Tredyffrin Public Library, 582 Upper Gulph Road, Strafford, PA 19087 Attention: Gretchen Chamberlin or brought to the library and is payable by cash or check made payable to Tredyffrin Public Library.

Robert Peters is a Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board wine specialist, connoisseur and instructor and over the past 20 years has made several television appearances including The Chef’s Kitchen, CBS Philly, Fox Philadelphia, Best of Philadelphia Magazine, Best of Main Line Today Magazine, and led wine instruction at various major institutions.  

Joan Menige is a culinary instructor, healthy food connoisseur and award-winning chef. Her recipes won recent awards with the Philadelphia Inquirer and The Food Network and she was a semi-finalist two years in a row with the Aetna Healthy Food Fight, the Culinary Institute of America and the Food Network. 

DIRECTORS: From Stage to Screen and Back Again

Lecture & Book Signing with Susan Lehman

Thursday, June 13, 7:30 pm

Location: Tredyffrin Public Library

Despite the increasing popularity of academic filmmaking programs, some of the most exciting film directors have emerged from the theater world. Sam Mendes (American Beauty), Mike Nichols (The Graduate), and Orson Welles (Citizen Kane), among others, had very successful careers directing for the stage before transitioning to the screen and creating some of our most iconic films.

In writing Directors: From Stage to Screen and Back Again, Susan Lehman conducted a series of interviews with directors who worked on stage productions then moved to television and full-length features. She’ll share the unique artistic journeys these directors traveled and discuss what it is about a theater background that can create innovative and provocative work in film.

Susan Lehman, a former actor, director, and screenwriter, is assistant professor of TV and film at DeSales University in Center Valley, PA.

Directors: From Stage to Screen and Back Again will be available for sale and signing on the evening of June 13.

This program is funded by The Friends of Tredyffrin Public Library.

Author Talks on Video

If you missed the author talk with John C. Bogle at Tredyffrin Public Library, you can view his presentation here.

Weekly Programs

Hatha Yoga

Tredyffrin Public Library

Every Tuesday, 10:45-11:45 am

Registration recommended.

Join friends from the community for a weekly Hatha yoga program. This yoga class is geared for beginners who want to learn how to reduce stress and improve their sense of well being. The focus is on poses that stretch, lengthen and strengthen the body’s structure. Balance, core strength and alignment are addressed through slow movements. No experience is necessary. Please bring a mat for floor work. 

There will be a $5 materials fee per class. For more information or to register, contact: 610.688.7092 x206 or Gretchen Chamberlin gchamberlin@ccls.org.

Bridge Lessons

for Adults
Every Tuesday at 10:30 am
Tredyffrin Public Library

Bridge lessons for adults with John Pino, American Contract Bridge League accredited teacher. $5 class fee. Call 610.688.7092 x206 for more information or to register.