WELCOME BACK! RPL libraries are now open for visitors with expanded hours! Please click here for details.
WELCOME BACK! RPL libraries are now open for visitors with expanded hours! Please click here for details.
Several Rochester Public Library buildings are now open to the public. Find out what services are available in each location.
Considering the recent challenging events that have gripped the nation and ushered in a new era of reckoning, a diverse team of librarians and staff collaborated to curate this collection of print and digital materials to serve as an educational resource for the community.
Looking for your next great read? Our librarians are here to help!
Email one of our librarians who reads what you read to receive personalized recommendations on what to read next. Due to current COVID related shortened work schedules, the librarian you contact will be in touch as soon as possible.
Do you want to study for the TASC test (formerly GED)? Do you need to take TABE (Test of Adult Basic Education) for employment or a better job? Are you worried about taking a college entrance exam? Sign up for adult literacy online tutoring! Sessions will start in October and will be held via Zoom. Click here to sign up: https://tinyurl.com/TutorMaple
Join me on Zoom. We can have coffee, study, converse, write, surf the net... whatever you need! Never a dull moment!
Join Genealogy Specialist Barb Koehler for a weekly get-together to discuss your research questions, share challenges and successes, and review the many resources available on the library's website. Pre-registration is required. Registrants will receive a link to the weekly Zoom meeting an hour before the session. If you would like to submit questions in advance, please email Barb.Koehler@libraryweb.org; put Genealogy Meet-Up in the subject line.
All of us, whatever our skin color, have experiences with race, ethnicity, and diversity in America. During class we’ll read and discuss stories and passages by well-known authors who have written on these topics and we'll put to paper some of our own experiences growing up and living in a society that in daily life can often fall short of our ideals for equality, liberty, and justice. This is an online ...
Make Sure Your Voice Heard! The League of Women Voter’s will be at the Lincoln Branch Library Monday 9/14, 9/21, 9/28 and 10/5 from 1:00-4:00 pm to help everyone register to vote! The registration deadline is 0ctober 9th. Stop by to get registered and make sure you can vote in the November elections!
Looking for interesting information when you can't come to the library? Check out our new Facebook group where we will be posting book reviews, topics of interest, articles etc, that you can access. If you have questions or requests please feel free to contact us.
Do you want to study for the TASC test (formerly GED)? Do you need to take TABE (Test of Adult Basic Education) for employment or a better job? Are you worried about taking a college entrance exam? Sign up for adult literacy online tutoring! Sessions will start in October and will be held via Zoom. Click here to sign up: https://tinyurl.com/TutorMaple
Join me on Zoom. We can have coffee, study, converse, write, surf the net... whatever you need! Never a dull moment!
Make Sure Your Voice Heard! The League of Women Voter’s will be at the Lincoln Branch Library Monday 9/14, 9/21, 9/28 and 10/5 from 1:00-4:00 pm to help everyone register to vote! The registration deadline is 0ctober 9th. Stop by to get registered and make sure you can vote in the November elections!
We'll put the coffee pot on. Join us for a snack: See what's new at the Lyell Branch Library & offer up your suggestions for programs & materials that you would like to see us provide.
Looking for interesting information when you can't come to the library? Check out our new Facebook group where we will be posting book reviews, topics of interest, articles etc, that you can access. If you have questions or requests please feel free to contact us through Facebook anytime. https://www.facebook.com/groups/407765336851652
Do you want to study for the TASC test (formerly GED)? Do you need to take TABE (Test of Adult Basic Education) for employment or a better job? Are you worried about taking a college entrance exam? Sign up for adult literacy online tutoring! Sessions will start in October and will be held via Zoom. Click here to sign up: https://tinyurl.com/TutorMaple
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED (see below). Registrants will receive the Zoom link in an email one hour before the talk begins. As the United States pauses to mark the centennial passage of the 19th Amendment, we must remember that battles for women’s enfranchisement unraveled across a global stage. This talk examines women’s suffrage from this global perspective, highlighting historical roots leading up to the 19th Amendment developed in a global context. ...
Make Sure Your Voice Heard! The League of Women Voter’s will be at the Lincoln Branch Library Monday 9/14, 9/21, 9/28 and 10/5 from 1:00-4:00 pm to help everyone register to vote! The registration deadline is 0ctober 9th. Stop by to get registered and make sure you can vote in the November elections!
Looking for interesting information when you can't come to the library? Check out our new Facebook group where we will be posting book reviews, topics of interest, articles etc, that you can access. If you have questions or requests please feel free to contact us through Facebook anytime. https://www.facebook.com/groups/407765336851652
Do you want to study for the TASC test (formerly GED)? Do you need to take TABE (Test of Adult Basic Education) for employment or a better job? Are you worried about taking a college entrance exam? Sign up for adult literacy online tutoring! Sessions will start in October and will be held via Zoom. Click here to sign up: https://tinyurl.com/TutorMaple
Make Sure Your Voice Heard! The League of Women Voter’s will be at the Lincoln Branch Library Monday 9/14, 9/21, 9/28 and 10/5 from 1:00-4:00 pm to help everyone register to vote! The registration deadline is 0ctober 9th. Stop by to get registered and make sure you can vote in the November elections!
Do you want to study for the TASC test (formerly GED)? Do you need to take TABE (Test of Adult Basic Education) for employment or a better job? Are you worried about taking a college entrance exam? Sign up for adult literacy online tutoring! Sessions will start in October and will be held via Zoom. Click here to sign up: https://tinyurl.com/TutorMaple
Having trouble tracking down an elusive ancestor? Struggling to figure out how to make the most of Ancestry, Family Search, or other genealogy databases or family tree software? Genealogy Specialist Barb Koehler is here to help! Schedule a half-hour one-on-one appointment with her and she'll guide you through. Appointments are available at 10 am, 11 am, and 12 pm on Mondays and Tuesdays. If your preferred slot is filled, look for another opening! Once you've registered, ...
Having trouble tracking down an elusive ancestor? Struggling to figure out how to make the most of Ancestry, Family Search, or other genealogy databases or family tree software? Genealogy Specialist Barb Koehler is here to help! Schedule a half-hour one-on-one appointment with her and she'll guide you through. Appointments are available at 10 am, 11 am, and 12 pm on Mondays and Tuesdays. If your preferred slot is filled, look for another opening! Once you've registered, ...
Having trouble tracking down an elusive ancestor? Struggling to figure out how to make the most of Ancestry, Family Search, or other genealogy databases or family tree software? Genealogy Specialist Barb Koehler is here to help! Schedule a half-hour one-on-one appointment with her and she'll guide you through. Appointments are available at 10 am, 11 am, and 12 pm on Mondays and Tuesdays. If your preferred slot is filled, look for another opening! Once you've registered, ...
Make Sure Your Voice Heard! The League of Women Voter’s will be at the Lincoln Branch Library Monday 9/14, 9/21, 9/28 and 10/5 from 1:00-4:00 pm to help everyone register to vote! The registration deadline is 0ctober 9th. Stop by to get registered and make sure you can vote in the November elections!
Do you want to study for the TASC test (formerly GED)? Do you need to take TABE (Test of Adult Basic Education) for employment or a better job? Are you worried about taking a college entrance exam? Sign up for adult literacy online tutoring! Sessions will start in October and will be held via Zoom. Click here to sign up: https://tinyurl.com/TutorMaple
Review will be posted on September 29 Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life by Louise Aronson "A passionate, deeply informed critique of how our healthcare system fails in its treatment of the elderly ... Though the subject of this provocative book is the elderly, its message touches the entire span of human life." -- Bookpage Reviewer: Dr. Steve Rich, Director, Geriatric Consultive Service, Rochester Regional Health
Having trouble tracking down an elusive ancestor? Struggling to figure out how to make the most of Ancestry, Family Search, or other genealogy databases or family tree software? Genealogy Specialist Barb Koehler is here to help! Schedule a half-hour one-on-one appointment with her and she'll guide you through. Appointments are available at 10 am, 11 am, and 12 pm on Mondays and Tuesdays. If your preferred slot is filled, look for another opening! Once you've registered, ...
Having trouble tracking down an elusive ancestor? Struggling to figure out how to make the most of Ancestry, Family Search, or other genealogy databases or family tree software? Genealogy Specialist Barb Koehler is here to help! Schedule a half-hour one-on-one appointment with her and she'll guide you through. Appointments are available at 10 am, 11 am, and 12 pm on Mondays and Tuesdays. If your preferred slot is filled, look for another opening! Once you've registered, ...
Having trouble tracking down an elusive ancestor? Struggling to figure out how to make the most of Ancestry, Family Search, or other genealogy databases or family tree software? Genealogy Specialist Barb Koehler is here to help! Schedule a half-hour one-on-one appointment with her and she'll guide you through. Appointments are available at 10 am, 11 am, and 12 pm on Mondays and Tuesdays. If your preferred slot is filled, look for another opening! Once you've registered, ...
Make Sure Your Voice Heard! The League of Women Voter’s will be at the Lincoln Branch Library Monday 9/14, 9/21, 9/28 and 10/5 from 1:00-4:00 pm to help everyone register to vote! The registration deadline is 0ctober 9th. Stop by to get registered and make sure you can vote in the November elections!
Weekly-themed soft-spoken ASMR readings of eclectic snippets from a charming mix of literary sources to inspire, relax, reflect, evoke a feeling or bring a smile. This is the YouTube channel of a library volunteer. New readings will appear weekly on Tuesdays by 2pm but you can view at any time! What is ASMR? A.S.M.R. - (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response) – A feeling of VERY RELAXED, physical well-being ...
Join me on Zoom. We can have coffee, study, converse, write, surf the net... whatever you need! Never a dull moment!
Make Sure Your Voice Heard! The League of Women Voter’s will be at the Lincoln Branch Library Monday 9/14, 9/21, 9/28 and 10/5 from 1:00-4:00 pm to help everyone register to vote! The registration deadline is 0ctober 9th. Stop by to get registered and make sure you can vote in the November elections!
We will be using free Zoom software online. You can download it to your cellphone or your laptop or computer for free, from zoom.us or from your app store. Email lauren@livingonweekends.com to receive the Zoom class url. You will just need to click that Zoom url at class time to be taken to the class. All free.
It is easy to lose yourself in a world of obligations, expectations, and roles. You lose touch with your inner wisdom and guidance, and in a noisy world, become consumed by the chaos that swirls around you. Coming home to yourself allows you to weather life’s storms more easily! Join us online as speaker Barb Klein, founder of Inspired Possibility, shows us how to nourish ourselves and make time for self-care. ...
Do you want to study for the TASC test (formerly GED)? Do you need to take TABE (Test of Adult Basic Education) for employment or a better job? Are you worried about taking a college entrance exam? Sign up for adult literacy online tutoring! Sessions will start in October and will be held via Zoom. Click here to sign up: https://tinyurl.com/TutorMaple
Join me on Zoom. We can have coffee, study, converse, write, surf the net... whatever you need! Never a dull moment!
Join Genealogy Specialist Barb Koehler for a weekly get-together to discuss your research questions, share challenges and successes, and review the many resources available on the library's website. Pre-registration is required. Registrants will receive a link to the weekly Zoom meeting an hour before the session. If you would like to submit questions in advance, please email Barb.Koehler@libraryweb.org; put Genealogy Meet-Up in the subject line.
All of us, whatever our skin color, have experiences with race, ethnicity, and diversity in America. During class we’ll read and discuss stories and passages by well-known authors who have written on these topics and we'll put to paper some of our own experiences growing up and living in a society that in daily life can often fall short of our ideals for equality, liberty, and justice. This is an online ...
Make Sure Your Voice Heard! The League of Women Voter’s will be at the Lincoln Branch Library Monday 9/14, 9/21, 9/28 and 10/5 from 1:00-4:00 pm to help everyone register to vote! The registration deadline is 0ctober 9th. Stop by to get registered and make sure you can vote in the November elections!
Looking for interesting information when you can't come to the library? Check out our new Facebook group where we will be posting book reviews, topics of interest, articles etc, that you can access. If you have questions or requests please feel free to contact us.
Join me on Zoom. We can have coffee, study, converse, write, surf the net... whatever you need! Never a dull moment!
Make Sure Your Voice Heard! The League of Women Voter’s will be at the Lincoln Branch Library Monday 9/14, 9/21, 9/28 and 10/5 from 1:00-4:00 pm to help everyone register to vote! The registration deadline is 0ctober 9th. Stop by to get registered and make sure you can vote in the November elections!
Looking for interesting information when you can't come to the library? Check out our new Facebook group where we will be posting book reviews, topics of interest, articles etc, that you can access. If you have questions or requests please feel free to contact us through Facebook anytime. https://www.facebook.com/groups/407765336851652
In this monthly Zoom workshop you’ll work within a supportive and creative writing community to hone your craft and tell your story. Expect a variety of activities that will help you generate new ideas, revise existing projects, and establish effective writing practices for yourself. All levels of experience are welcome. This group will run from September through May on the first Saturday of the month (with the exception of September) and by registering ...
Make Sure Your Voice Heard! The League of Women Voter’s will be at the Lincoln Branch Library Monday 9/14, 9/21, 9/28 and 10/5 from 1:00-4:00 pm to help everyone register to vote! The registration deadline is 0ctober 9th. Stop by to get registered and make sure you can vote in the November elections!
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED (see below). Registrants will receive the Zoom link in an email one hour before the talk begins. In August, 2020 Humanities New York releases its history podcast Amended (https://humanitiesny.org/our-work/amended/). Hosted by Dr. Laura E. Free, Associate Professor of History at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Each season, Amended tackles a critical question about where the American democracy has been and where it's going. We begin with a ...
Looking for interesting information when you can't come to the library? Check out our new Facebook group where we will be posting book reviews, topics of interest, articles etc, that you can access. If you have questions or requests please feel free to contact us through Facebook anytime. https://www.facebook.com/groups/407765336851652
Make Sure Your Voice Heard! The League of Women Voter’s will be at the Lincoln Branch Library Monday 9/14, 9/21, 9/28 and 10/5 from 1:00-4:00 pm to help everyone register to vote! The registration deadline is 0ctober 9th. Stop by to get registered and make sure you can vote in the November elections!
Having trouble tracking down an elusive ancestor? Struggling to figure out how to make the most of Ancestry, Family Search, or other genealogy databases or family tree software? Genealogy Specialist Barb Koehler is here to help! Schedule a half-hour one-on-one appointment with her and she'll guide you through. Appointments are available at 10 am, 11 am, and 12 pm on Mondays and Tuesdays. If your preferred slot is filled, look for another opening! Once you've registered, ...
Having trouble tracking down an elusive ancestor? Struggling to figure out how to make the most of Ancestry, Family Search, or other genealogy databases or family tree software? Genealogy Specialist Barb Koehler is here to help! Schedule a half-hour one-on-one appointment with her and she'll guide you through. Appointments are available at 10 am, 11 am, and 12 pm on Mondays and Tuesdays. If your preferred slot is filled, look for another opening! Once you've registered, ...
Having trouble tracking down an elusive ancestor? Struggling to figure out how to make the most of Ancestry, Family Search, or other genealogy databases or family tree software? Genealogy Specialist Barb Koehler is here to help! Schedule a half-hour one-on-one appointment with her and she'll guide you through. Appointments are available at 10 am, 11 am, and 12 pm on Mondays and Tuesdays. If your preferred slot is filled, look for another opening! Once you've registered, ...
Make Sure Your Voice Heard! The League of Women Voter’s will be at the Lincoln Branch Library Monday 9/14, 9/21, 9/28 and 10/5 from 1:00-4:00 pm to help everyone register to vote! The registration deadline is 0ctober 9th. Stop by to get registered and make sure you can vote in the November elections!
Review will be posted on October 6 The End of October by Lawrence Wright Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lawrence Wright says that although his new novel has been described "as a kind of prophecy," he sees it "simply as the result of careful research." Reviewer: Dr. Bill Valenti, co-founder and staff physician at Trillium Health
Having trouble tracking down an elusive ancestor? Struggling to figure out how to make the most of Ancestry, Family Search, or other genealogy databases or family tree software? Genealogy Specialist Barb Koehler is here to help! Schedule a half-hour one-on-one appointment with her and she'll guide you through. Appointments are available at 10 am, 11 am, and 12 pm on Mondays and Tuesdays. If your preferred slot is filled, look for another opening! Once you've registered, ...
Having trouble tracking down an elusive ancestor? Struggling to figure out how to make the most of Ancestry, Family Search, or other genealogy databases or family tree software? Genealogy Specialist Barb Koehler is here to help! Schedule a half-hour one-on-one appointment with her and she'll guide you through. Appointments are available at 10 am, 11 am, and 12 pm on Mondays and Tuesdays. If your preferred slot is filled, look for another opening! Once you've registered, ...
Having trouble tracking down an elusive ancestor? Struggling to figure out how to make the most of Ancestry, Family Search, or other genealogy databases or family tree software? Genealogy Specialist Barb Koehler is here to help! Schedule a half-hour one-on-one appointment with her and she'll guide you through. Appointments are available at 10 am, 11 am, and 12 pm on Mondays and Tuesdays. If your preferred slot is filled, look for another opening! Once you've registered, ...
Business First Wednesdays are for aspiring or current business owners and is brought to you by the Business Insight Center of the Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County and the SUNY Brockport Small Business Development Center. To register, please call the Business Insight Center at 585-428-8106 or contact business.insight@libraryweb.org Join Richard Petitte, a Business Advisor for the SUNY Brockport SBDC, will discuss taking a look at how you and your ...
Take a journey into the interplanetary music of Sun Ra! Ahead of his time and out of this world, Sun Ra touched the realms of Afrofuturism, free jazz, space music, and beyond. Together we'll explore the fascinating life of this cosmic being, including his belief that he originated from the planet Saturn, as well as his eclectic musical career that spanned decades. Maya Rook (www.historyhappyhours.com) is a historian and educator living in ...
Join Genealogy Specialist Barb Koehler for a weekly get-together to discuss your research questions, share challenges and successes, and review the many resources available on the library's website. Pre-registration is required. Registrants will receive a link to the weekly Zoom meeting an hour before the session. If you would like to submit questions in advance, please email Barb.Koehler@libraryweb.org; put Genealogy Meet-Up in the subject line.
Looking for interesting information when you can't come to the library? Check out our new Facebook group where we will be posting book reviews, topics of interest, articles etc, that you can access. If you have questions or requests please feel free to contact us.
Looking for interesting information when you can't come to the library? Check out our new Facebook group where we will be posting book reviews, topics of interest, articles etc, that you can access. If you have questions or requests please feel free to contact us through Facebook anytime. https://www.facebook.com/groups/407765336851652
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED (see below). Registrants will receive the Zoom link in an email one hour before the talk begins.
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED (see below). Registrants will receive the Zoom link in an email one hour before the talk begins. Carol Crossed’s publication, Vintage Tweets: Suffrage Era Postcards, was released in August 2019. The coffee table book features 400 postcards from the author’s personal collection and tells of the struggle of both support and opposition of the early woman’s movement. Vintage Tweets is a tribute to one of the most ...
Review will be posted on October 13 Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker This heartrenching biography of a midcentury American family from Colorado Springs "reads like a medical detective journey" (Oprah Winfrey), as we follow the lives of the Galvins and their 12 children -- 6 of whom were diagnosed with schizophrenia. The Galvins initially became the subject of scientific study in the 1980s, and have since become a ...
Having trouble tracking down an elusive ancestor? Struggling to figure out how to make the most of Ancestry, Family Search, or other genealogy databases or family tree software? Genealogy Specialist Barb Koehler is here to help! Schedule a half-hour one-on-one appointment with her and she'll guide you through. Appointments are available at 10 am, 11 am, and 12 pm on Mondays and Tuesdays. If your preferred slot is filled, look for another opening! Once you've registered, ...
Having trouble tracking down an elusive ancestor? Struggling to figure out how to make the most of Ancestry, Family Search, or other genealogy databases or family tree software? Genealogy Specialist Barb Koehler is here to help! Schedule a half-hour one-on-one appointment with her and she'll guide you through. Appointments are available at 10 am, 11 am, and 12 pm on Mondays and Tuesdays. If your preferred slot is filled, look for another opening! Once you've registered, ...
Having trouble tracking down an elusive ancestor? Struggling to figure out how to make the most of Ancestry, Family Search, or other genealogy databases or family tree software? Genealogy Specialist Barb Koehler is here to help! Schedule a half-hour one-on-one appointment with her and she'll guide you through. Appointments are available at 10 am, 11 am, and 12 pm on Mondays and Tuesdays. If your preferred slot is filled, look for another opening! Once you've registered, ...
What if someone uses your copyrighted photograph without your permission? How do you enforce your trademark against someone infringing on your rights? Answers to these and other common questions regarding how to enforce your Intellectual Property will be addressed by Tracy Jong, Intellectual Property attorney with Tracy Jong Law Firm. Once registered, the Zoom link will be emailed to you from Business.Insight a few days before the event.
Join Genealogy Specialist Barb Koehler for a weekly get-together to discuss your research questions, share challenges and successes, and review the many resources available on the library's website. Pre-registration is required. Registrants will receive a link to the weekly Zoom meeting an hour before the session. If you would like to submit questions in advance, please email Barb.Koehler@libraryweb.org; put Genealogy Meet-Up in the subject line.
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED (see below). Registrants will receive the Zoom link in an email one hour before the talk begins. Hurricane Agnes struck the United States in June of 1972, just months before a pivotal election and at the dawn of the deindustrialization period across the Northeast. The response by local, state, and national officials had long-term consequences for all Americans. President Richard Nixon used the tragedy for political gain by delivering a generous relief package ...
Having trouble tracking down an elusive ancestor? Struggling to figure out how to make the most of Ancestry, Family Search, or other genealogy databases or family tree software? Genealogy Specialist Barb Koehler is here to help! Schedule a half-hour one-on-one appointment with her and she'll guide you through. Appointments are available at 10 am, 11 am, and 12 pm on Mondays and Tuesdays. If your preferred slot is filled, look for another opening! Once you've registered, ...
Having trouble tracking down an elusive ancestor? Struggling to figure out how to make the most of Ancestry, Family Search, or other genealogy databases or family tree software? Genealogy Specialist Barb Koehler is here to help! Schedule a half-hour one-on-one appointment with her and she'll guide you through. Appointments are available at 10 am, 11 am, and 12 pm on Mondays and Tuesdays. If your preferred slot is filled, look for another opening! Once you've registered, ...
Having trouble tracking down an elusive ancestor? Struggling to figure out how to make the most of Ancestry, Family Search, or other genealogy databases or family tree software? Genealogy Specialist Barb Koehler is here to help! Schedule a half-hour one-on-one appointment with her and she'll guide you through. Appointments are available at 10 am, 11 am, and 12 pm on Mondays and Tuesdays. If your preferred slot is filled, look for another opening! Once you've registered, ...
Blogging is a great way to express yourself and share your expertise. Jane Sutter, experienced blogger and owner of Sutter Communications, will teach you how to write a mission statement for your blog and how to share tips on writing effective blogs and headlines. You will learn how to use social media, email and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) to attract and grow followers, and how to make money blogging. Jane will use case studies ...
Review will be posted on October 20 My Vanishing Country: A Memoir by Bakari Sellers Bakari Sellers made history in 2006 when, at just 22 years old, he became the youngest member of the South Carolina state legislature and the youngest African American elected official in the nation. In 2014 he was the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor in South Carolina. A CNN political analyst, Sellers is also a practicing attorney. Reviewer: Dr. Keith B. Jenkins, Vice President & ...
Having trouble tracking down an elusive ancestor? Struggling to figure out how to make the most of Ancestry, Family Search, or other genealogy databases or family tree software? Genealogy Specialist Barb Koehler is here to help! Schedule a half-hour one-on-one appointment with her and she'll guide you through. Appointments are available at 10 am, 11 am, and 12 pm on Mondays and Tuesdays. If your preferred slot is filled, look for another opening! Once you've registered, ...
Having trouble tracking down an elusive ancestor? Struggling to figure out how to make the most of Ancestry, Family Search, or other genealogy databases or family tree software? Genealogy Specialist Barb Koehler is here to help! Schedule a half-hour one-on-one appointment with her and she'll guide you through. Appointments are available at 10 am, 11 am, and 12 pm on Mondays and Tuesdays. If your preferred slot is filled, look for another opening! Once you've registered, ...
Having trouble tracking down an elusive ancestor? Struggling to figure out how to make the most of Ancestry, Family Search, or other genealogy databases or family tree software? Genealogy Specialist Barb Koehler is here to help! Schedule a half-hour one-on-one appointment with her and she'll guide you through. Appointments are available at 10 am, 11 am, and 12 pm on Mondays and Tuesdays. If your preferred slot is filled, look for another opening! Once you've registered, ...
Apples and Pears! Learn how to capture their wonderful flavors with canning, drying, and freezing home preservation recipes and guidelines! Join us online for another food preservation class, taught by Master Food Preserver Michele Conners from the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Monroe County! Michele will share information for apple pies, canning pears, and different ways to preserve homemade apple sauce. This workshop promises to be highly interactive, and attendees ...
Librarians Nanci Nugent and Bob Scheffel will join you in a discussion of selected books on the Arts, starting with photographer Sally Mann’s award-winning autobiography Hold Still. Mann’s lush photographs of her family, landscapes, and FBI corpse farms have courted controversy as well as high praise. She is also a superb writer, dealing with subjects as wide as growing up in the American South to her friendship with the renowned painter ...
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED (see below). Registrants will receive the Zoom link in an email one hour before the talk begins. This talk spotlights Fannie Barrier Williams (1893-1918), a Western NY Progressive Era African American suffragist, writer, orator, and social justice reformer who worked with Susan B. Anthony, Ida B. Wells Barnett, and Frederick Douglass as examples. Williams was born in Brockport NY, and in 1870, was the first African American woman to graduate from the ...
Join Genealogy Specialist Barb Koehler for a weekly get-together to discuss your research questions, share challenges and successes, and review the many resources available on the library's website. Pre-registration is required. Registrants will receive a link to the weekly Zoom meeting an hour before the session. If you would like to submit questions in advance, please email Barb.Koehler@libraryweb.org; put Genealogy Meet-Up in the subject line.
The 19th- and early 20th-century women's rights movement involved a diverse activist community. Multiracial, multiethnic, and multipolar, women from all walks of life took part in the women's rights movement in the United States. This reading and discussion series will step outside the received history of the women's rights and woman suffrage movement to explore the diversity of people and ideas that animated it. Participants will explore lesser-known aspects of the movement ...
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