Category Archives: Programs and Events for Adults

THIS FRIDAY (8/23/24) – Toadstool Tales With Flutist Jaclyn Breeze

Join us at the library on Friday, August 23, at 10:30 AM for a concert experience with local musician and composer Jaclyn Breeze! This whimsical concert of Toadstool Tales will feature stories and music from “The Pied Piper” (music by Paul Berlinsky), “Jack and the Beanstalk” (music by Dustin Dunn), and “Little Red Riding Hood” […]

THIS FRIDAY (8/23/24) – Outdoor Yoga for Adults on the Library Lawn

Outdoor Yoga for Adults on the Library Lawn is a Summer tradition, and this season’s series will be held in August. Kasia Pelepko is a Rochester-based yoga teacher who has trained in a variety of yoga systems and movement modalities. The common thread in her classes is to highlight how resilient, capable, and adaptable all of us […]

THIS MONTH (8/28/24) – Lunch & Learn: Irondequoit Art Club

Please join the Irondequoit Library and Episcopal SeniorLife Communities on Wednesday, August 28, at 12:00 PM, for the next Lunch & Learn program. Each month, Episcopal SeniorLife Communities will coordinate an informational presentation at the Irondequoit Library featuring local experts from trusted community organizations and institutions. Future events will hopefully include presentations from physical therapists, financial […]

NEXT TUESDAY (8/20/24) – The Fire This Time: James Baldwin and Lessons for This Age with Dr. Jeffrey Q. McCune, Jr.

Dr. Jeffrey Q. McCune, Jr., the Founding Chair of the Department of Black Studies and Frederick Douglass Professor of African American Literature and Culture at the University of Rochester, will join us at the library on Tuesday, August 20, at 7:00 PM. His presentation will take a close look at James Baldwin’s 1963 work The […]

NEXT TUESDAY (8/20/24) – A Death Cafe: Talking About Death, Celebrating Life!

A Death Cafe is a confidential, group-directed discussion of death with no agenda, objectives, or themes. The purpose of a Death Cafe is to bring the taboo subject of death out into the open and “to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives.” It is […]

THIS FRIDAY (8/16/24) – Outdoor Yoga for Adults on the Library Lawn

Outdoor Yoga for Adults on the Library Lawn is a Summer tradition, and this season’s series will be held in August. Kasia Pelepko is a Rochester-based yoga teacher who has trained in a variety of yoga systems and movement modalities. The common thread in her classes is to highlight how resilient, capable, and adaptable all of us […]

NEXT THURSDAY (8/15/24) – Erie Eats: The Erie Canal Foodways Project

Food is a basic building block of human life. Where does our food come from? How does it arrive at a place where we can eat it? For people throughout New York state in the 1800s, the answer radically changed when the Erie Canal was completed in 1825 and continued to change dramatically over the […]

NEXT THURSDAY (8/15/24) – Free Naloxone Training

Members from the Monroe County Department of Health’s Project IMPACT will join us at the library on Thursday, August 15, from 2:00 PM until 4:00 PM to offer Free Naloxone Training. Also known as Narcan, Naloxone is used to reverse an opioid overdose and save a life. Participants can drop in anytime during the program to […]

THIS FRIDAY (8/9/24) – Outdoor Yoga for Adults on the Library Lawn

Outdoor Yoga for Adults on the Library Lawn is a Summer tradition, and this season’s series will be held in August. Kasia Pelepko is a Rochester-based yoga teacher who has trained in a variety of yoga systems and movement modalities. The common thread in her classes is to highlight how resilient, capable, and adaptable all of us […]

THIS MONTH (8/28/24) – Labor Day Book Discussion: “Radium Girls” by Cy

Irondequoit Town Supervisor Andraé Evans will take part in the library’s continuing DEI Book Discussion Series in August with a Labor Day Book Discussion about Radium Girls by Cy. The discussion will be held on Wednesday, August 28, at 6:30 PM. ***** BOOK DESCRIPTION: Radium Girls is a graphic novel retelling of the shocking and inspiring true […]