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The Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County consists of two buildings, the Rundel Memorial Library building, opened in 1936, and the Bausch & Lomb Public Library Building, opened in 1997. Located in the heart of Downtown Rochester, NY, at 115 South Avenue, the library offers the residents of the City and County a large collection of books, (both print and electronic) magazines, music, movies and more. In addition to its collection of materials, the Central Library provides quiet study spaces, public meeting rooms, a variety of free programs and opportunities for community engagement.
Patron Services Manager: Cynthia Dana
115 South Avenue
Rochester, NY 14604
(585) 428-7300
TDD: (585) 428-8023
Bus Lines:
23, 24, 45, 51, 53, 55, 83, 101, 102, 124, 145, & 155
Occasionally Bus Lines 81 & 82
| Monday | 10:00 am – 4:00 pm |
| Tuesday | 10:00 am – 6:00 pm |
| Wednesday | 10:00 am – 4:00 pm |
| Thursday | 10:00 am – 6:00 pm |
| Friday | 10:00 am – 4:00 pm |
| Saturday | 10:00 am – 4:00 pm |
| Sunday | Closed |
**Closed Friday, 10/23, for staff training.**
Bausch & Lomb Public Library building open for browsing, research, and notary services. Computer access available in the NEW Technology Center, Link Level. Rundel Memorial Building 1st floor (Arts & Literature Division) open; 2nd floor exhibits open; Local History & Genealogy Division open by appointment only.
The Friends & Foundation of the Rochester Public Library offers a wide selection of new and used items for sale in the Library Store. Inventory includes books, CDs and DVDs, educational toys and games, and stationery and gift items. Proceeds from all sales benefit the Rochester Public Library.
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, ...
This session will be held in a large classroom with only 4 in-person attendees as well as a parallel Zoom session with many possible virtual attendees (Hyflex model). The classroom computers will be well-spaced and the attendees and teacher will practice physical distancing during the session. The concepts of computer operation, mouse use, internet connectivity, and the basics of e-mail will be covered. Also bring your own questions to the session and the ...
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 ...
Join us for a virtual tween book discussion group! Rochester Public Library & Nazareth College are teaming up for a virtual seven-week tween book club. We will be reading Winterhouse by Ben Guterson, a book about a sinister family and a hotel full of secrets. Participants will have a virtual meetup with the author for the last session, where he will talk about codes, word puzzles, and more! Please join us virtually on Wednesdays, October 7, 14, 21, &...
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 Ms. Katie for a virtual storytime! New Storytime’s premier every Thursday! Please join Ms. Katie from the Central Library virtually on October 8, 15, 22, & 29 and November 5, 12, & 19 from 10:00 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. for the Kids Club Family Storytime! Join our Kids Club page for the most up to date programs and special offers at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/879014649157682
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 ...
Carved pumpkins? Spiderwebs? Ghosts and ghouls running amok? Halloween is here! Open the Halloween_Hypermedia PDF file below and click on some of the images to take you on a Haunting Adventure. Where will the cat take you? What's that hanging from the ceiling? There are eight linked pictures that will transport you to stories, games, science, and other creepy media to explore and discover! Best for ages 8-12
Meet us on Saturday, October 24, 2020 between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. at Highland Park, 249 Highland Avenue, Rochester NY 14620 for an outdoor adventure near the Lilac Adventure Zone! Explore the book Hosea Plays On By Kathleen Blasi, join the author for a special reading and wooden flute. Costumes are welcome! There will be treats throughout the storywalk but no tricks! This program is sponsored by Monroe County Youth Bureau, Foodlink, and the Friends and Foundation of ...
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, ...
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED (see below). Registrants will receive the Zoom link in an email one hour before the talk begins. Women in Politics: Continuing the Work is an inspirational lead-in to Election Day 2020. The program will start with a screening of the documentary short Election Day 2016, produced by the Rochester Documentary Filmmakers group. The film covers the spontaneous gathering of over 10,000 people at Susan B. Anthony’s gravesite on election day 2016, ...
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 27 Sunny Days: The Children's Television Revolution that Changed America by David Kamp Sunny Days is "a deeply researched cultural history of beloved children's TV programs -- including Sesame Street, Schoolhouse Rock, and The Muppets" (FORTUNE). This nostalgic look back at 1970's television outlines how the media transformed American childhood, simultaneously entertaining kids and teaching them about critical issues like diversity and feminism. Reviewer: Cara Rager, ...
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, ...
This session will be held in a large classroom with only 4 in-person attendees as well as a parallel Zoom session with many possible virtual attendees (Hyflex model). The classroom computers will be well-spaced and the attendees and teacher will practice physical distancing during the session. The concepts of basic use of a smartphone, wifi, data usage, and app usage will be discussed. Also bring your own questions to the session and the ...
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, ...
Think you know your Rochester history? Here's your chance to test your skills against other local history buffs! The Local History & Genealogy Division is happy to present an interactive online trivia contest focused on Rochester's own history and culture. The game consists of 3 rounds with 10 multiple choice questions each. In rounds 1 and 2, players score points with correct answers; everyone answering a question correctly receives the same number of points for that question. ...
Please join our online book discussion group to discuss the bestselling memoir Educated by Tara Westover. This discussion will be meeting via Zoom, so access to a computer or other device and the internet is necessary to participate. Our group meets on a monthly basis, reads mostly contemporary fiction, although we occasionally read non-fiction, and warmly welcomes new participants. Registration is not required, but it will be necessary to contact Carol.Moldt@libraryweb.org ...
Join us for a virtual tween book discussion group! Rochester Public Library & Nazareth College are teaming up for a virtual seven-week tween book club. We will be reading Winterhouse by Ben Guterson, a book about a sinister family and a hotel full of secrets. Participants will have a virtual meetup with the author for the last session, where he will talk about codes, word puzzles, and more! Please join us virtually on Wednesdays, October 7, 14, 21, &...
Join Ms. Katie for a virtual storytime! New Storytime’s premier every Thursday! Please join Ms. Katie from the Central Library virtually on October 8, 15, 22, & 29 and November 5, 12, & 19 from 10:00 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. for the Kids Club Family Storytime! Join our Kids Club page for the most up to date programs and special offers at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/879014649157682
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.
Join artist Shannon Halligan to create some cute felt sugar skulls to celebrate Day of the Dead. These are made from acrylic felt with sequins, buttons or anything else you want to add. We will supply the felt, embroidery floss, stuffing and sequins. You will need to supply a glue gun. You may want to add rolled felt flowers. Here are the instructions: https://www.applegreencottage.com/how-to-make-rolled-felt-flowers-easiest-DIY/ This class is through Zoom&...
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 ...
Carved pumpkins? Spiderwebs? Ghosts and ghouls running amok? Halloween is here! Open the Halloween_Hypermedia PDF file below and click on some of the images to take you on a Haunting Adventure. Where will the cat take you? What's that hanging from the ceiling? There are eight linked pictures that will transport you to stories, games, science, and other creepy media to explore and discover! Best for ages 8-12
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, ...
Write supremacy is a system we all live in, like it or not. Racism traumatizes all people, whether we are privileged or not. Traumatic experiences land in our bodies in ways that cause physiological, emotional, mental and spiritual damage. Certain kinds of writing can play a powerful role in processing and healing from these hurts to our brains and nervous systems. This four-part series addresses questions such as: How has our awareness around race and/...
Review will be posted on November 3 The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. by Peniel E. Joseph This book "is a landmark ... Joseph deploys his supreme talents as a biographer and movement historian to interweave the lives of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X." -- Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an Antiracist Reviewer: Reverend Dr. Angela D. Sims, President of ...
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, ...
This session will be held in a large classroom with only 4 in-person attendees as well as a parallel Zoom session with many possible virtual attendees. The classroom computers will be well-spaced and the attendees and teacher will practice physical distancing during the session. The concepts of computer operation, mouse use, internet connectivity, and the basics of e-mail will be covered. Also bring your own questions to the session and the group will ...
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, contact business.insight@libraryweb.org or see below. Jack McGowan, Project Manager with Insyte (Buffalo), Mike Riedlinger, Managing Director, Technology Commercialization at Next corps (Rochester), Greg Lindberg, Economic Development ...
Join us for a virtual tween book discussion group! Rochester Public Library & Nazareth College are teaming up for a virtual seven-week tween book club. We will be reading Winterhouse by Ben Guterson, a book about a sinister family and a hotel full of secrets. Participants will have a virtual meetup with the author for the last session, where he will talk about codes, word puzzles, and more! Please join us virtually on Wednesdays, October 7, 14, 21, &...
Book artist Rebecca Grant will teach you how to make a soft cover pamphlet with a simple binding. This class will include a 5 hole pamphlet and a 3 hole pamphlet. This class is for beginners and is for ages 18 and over. Teens welcome with an adult. This class will be taught through Zoom and you will pick supplies up in the Art Division. Register here: https://calendar.libraryweb.org/event/7144542
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED (see below). Registrants will receive the Zoom link in an email one hour before the talk begins. What happened to feminism in America once women won their fight for a suffrage amendment to the United States Constitution in 1920? What does it mean to say there was a “first wave” and a “second wave” of feminism, and what happened in between these so-called waves? Join us for a ...
Join Ms. Katie for a virtual storytime! New Storytime’s premier every Thursday! Please join Ms. Katie from the Central Library virtually on October 8, 15, 22, & 29 and November 5, 12, & 19 from 10:00 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. for the Kids Club Family Storytime! Join our Kids Club page for the most up to date programs and special offers at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/879014649157682
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.
Join Lollypop Farm’s Animal Academy! Please join us for the Lollypop Farm Virtual Paw It Forward Camp on Thursdays, November 5, 12, & 19 from 3:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. Throughout the month of November, Animal Academy participants will learn about all the different ways they can help pets in our community. They’ll even have the opportunity to complete their own service project and receive volunteer credit hours. Register on the Lollypop Farm Website ...
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 ...
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED (see below). Registrants will receive the Zoom link in an email one hour before the talk begins. Martha Taylor Howard was the prime mover in the purchase of the Susan B. Anthony House in Rochester and opening it as a museum (she called it a "shrine") in 1945. She worked tirelessly to raise money for the purchase, mostly in donations of under $5. She then devoted her life to publicizing the ...
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, ...
Write supremacy is a system we all live in, like it or not. Racism traumatizes all people, whether we are privileged or not. Traumatic experiences land in our bodies in ways that cause physiological, emotional, mental and spiritual damage. Certain kinds of writing can play a powerful role in processing and healing from these hurts to our brains and nervous systems. This four-part series addresses questions such as: How has our awareness around race and/...
Review will be posted on November 10 Troop 6000: The Girl Scout Troop That Began in a Shelter and Inspired the World by Nikita Stewart Troop 6000 is a remarkable account of Giselle Burgess, a young hardworking mother of five trying to provide both necessities and opportunities for her family. When she became homeless, she partnered with parents, advocates and many remarkable girls to establish a Girl Scout troop in the New York City shelter system. Reviewer: Wendy ...
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, ...
Join us for a virtual tween book discussion group! Rochester Public Library & Nazareth College are teaming up for a virtual seven-week tween book club. We will be reading Winterhouse by Ben Guterson, a book about a sinister family and a hotel full of secrets. Participants will have a virtual meetup with the author for the last session, where he will talk about codes, word puzzles, and more! Please join us virtually on Wednesdays, October 7, 14, 21, &...
Join Ms. Katie for a virtual storytime! New Storytime’s premier every Thursday! Please join Ms. Katie from the Central Library virtually on October 8, 15, 22, & 29 and November 5, 12, & 19 from 10:00 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. for the Kids Club Family Storytime! Join our Kids Club page for the most up to date programs and special offers at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/879014649157682
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 this monthly group 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 ...
Join Lollypop Farm’s Animal Academy! Please join us for the Lollypop Farm Virtual Paw It Forward Camp on Thursdays, November 5, 12, & 19 from 3:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. Throughout the month of November, Animal Academy participants will learn about all the different ways they can help pets in our community. They’ll even have the opportunity to complete their own service project and receive volunteer credit hours. Register on the Lollypop Farm Website ...
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 ...
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED (see below). Registrants will receive the Zoom link in an email one hour before the talk begins. Symbols are a part of our daily lives. We use, respond, and react to them without much thought. Consider all the traffic signals and symbols you encounter while driving your car or the funny face emojis you include in emails and text messages. Symbols communicate with us subconsciously and can be a substitute for written ...
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, ...
Write supremacy is a system we all live in, like it or not. Racism traumatizes all people, whether we are privileged or not. Traumatic experiences land in our bodies in ways that cause physiological, emotional, mental and spiritual damage. Certain kinds of writing can play a powerful role in processing and healing from these hurts to our brains and nervous systems. This four-part series addresses questions such as: How has our awareness around race and/...
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, ...
Please join our online book discussion group to discuss the novel Ask Again,Yes by Mary Beth Keane. This discussion will be meeting via Zoom, so access to a computer or other device and the internet is necessary to participate. Our group meets on a monthly basis, reads mostly contemporary fiction, although we occasionally read non-fiction, and warmly welcomes new participants. Registration is not required, but please contact Carol.Moldt@libraryweb.org if you'...
Join us for a virtual tween book discussion group! Rochester Public Library & Nazareth College are teaming up for a virtual seven-week tween book club. We will be reading Winterhouse by Ben Guterson, a book about a sinister family and a hotel full of secrets. Participants will have a virtual meetup with the author for the last session, where he will talk about codes, word puzzles, and more! Please join us virtually on Wednesdays, October 7, 14, 21, &...
With the holidays quickly approaching, now is the perfect time to start thinking about homemade gifts! Join us online for another free food preservation class, taught by Master Food Preserver Michele Conners from the Cornell Cooperative Extension. Michele will demonstrate how to make Grainy Mustard and Dried Garden Herbs with Salt. She will also discuss which jars are best for home gifts and provide recipes. This workshop promises to be highly interactive, and&...
Join award-winning author Ben Guterson for a virtual visit on Wednesday, November 18, 2020 from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m.! Mr. Guterson will talk about his mysterious Winterhouse series and what it is like to be an author. He will also talk about codes, word puzzles, and more! This event is best suited for ages: 8-12. Registration required. Please register at: https://forms.gle/z4H9T6WTm9uer7wQ7
The Rochester Public Library is proud to now offer the NEW online language learning service, Pronunciator, to our City of Rochester patrons.
The Monroe County Library System is happy to announce it’s renewal of the VIP Pass program for 2020. The Very Important Places (V.I.P.) pass provides a substantial discount to enjoy the best of Rochester and Monroe County’s arts and cultural treasures.
Stop by the Central Library to view the “Gandhi @ 150” exhibit, on display in the Anthony Mascioli Gallery in the Rundel Memorial Library building, February 10-29, 2020. Made possible by the M.K Gandhi Institute for Non-Violence and the India Community Center of Rochester
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