Category Archives: Programs and Events for Adults

NEXT THURSDAY (6/9/22): Commemorate the Irondequoit Public Library’s 75th Anniversary!

Commemorate the Irondequoit Public Library’s 75th Anniversary this coming Thursday, June 9, at 7:00 PM! Join us for this program and reminisce with the Irondequoit Town Historian and Irondequoit Library staff about 75 years of library history. If you’d like to attend this program, please register now through our Event Calendar. You can also view […]

Classic Book Discussion Group Will Read Willa Cather’s “O, Pioneers!” in June 2022

The Classic Book Discussion Group will dig in to another English class favorite in June… Willa Cather’s O, Pioneers!: BOOK DESCRIPTION: On the harsh and wild frontier of the American West, Alexandra Bergson struggles to fulfill her father’s dying wish of establishing his family on the Nebraska table lands. Through hard times and abundant, through […]

NEXT WEEK (5/31/22 + 6/1/22): Maker’s Lab Training Sessions for Cricut

Feeling crafty? Sign up to attend a Maker’s Lab Training Session next week and learn how to use our Cricut, as well as how to navigate the Design Space software, and some helpful tips and tricks. Before you know it, you’ll be on your way to crafting cards, vinyl crafts, and more! Sessions Available Tuesday, May 31: […]

NEXT WEDNESDAY (5/25/22): IPL Genealogy Group – Should You Take the Hint? Automated Record Hinting on the Giant Genealogy Websites

Sunny Jane Morton is an internationally-known genealogy speaker and award-winning writer and editor. She’ll speak at the next meeting of the IPL Genealogy Group with a presentation on Wednesday, May 25, at 7:00 PM. In Should You Take the Hint? Automated Record Hinting on the Giant Genealogy Websites, attendees will learn how automated record hints on […]

THIS FRIDAY (5/20/22): Beautiful Medieval Towns of Brittany and Normandy, France: A Travelogue

Join Christine Simons on Friday, May 20, at 11:00 AM for a photographic tour of France in Beautiful Medieval Towns of Brittany and Normandy, France: A Travelogue. Adventure to the tidal island of Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy to see its world-renowned 11th century hillside abbey. Walk the cobbled streets of Bayeux, home of the 1th century […]

Iron Book Discussion Group Will Read Lucy Foley’s “The Guest List” in June 2022

It’s almost wedding season, so why not join the Iron Book Discussion Group and read the “dark and deadly” thriller The Guest List by Lucy Foley: BOOK DESCRIPTION: A wedding celebration turns dark and deadly in this deliciously wicked and atmospheric thriller. On an island off the coast of Ireland, guests gather to celebrate two […]

NEXT TUESDAY (5/17/22): Grow Your Own! Food Production in Your Home and Yard

Just in case you missed it, we’ve archived Patty Love’s recent presentation, Grow Your Own! Food Production in Your Home and Yard. Watch it now on our YouTube channel! Barefoot Permaculture‘s Patty Love will join us via Zoom for a presentation entitled Grow Your Own! Food Production in Your Home and Yard. Permaculture is a […]

NEXT THURSDAY (5/12/22): Irondequoit Historical Society: A Visit by Civil War Re-Enactor Alex Johnson

The Irondequoit Historical Society will welcome Alex Johnson, a Civil War re-enactor with the 1st New York Volunteer Engineer Regiment, for a presentation on Thursday, May 12, at 7:00 PM. In A Visit by Civil War Re-Enactor Alex Johnson, you’ll learn about Crawford White, an Irondequoit native who bravely answered President Lincoln’s call for troops […]

NEXT WEDNESDAY (5/11/22): Maker’s Lab Training Sessions

Do you have videos, slides, photographs, and 8mm movies that you’d like to transfer to a more modern format? Sign up to attend a Maker’s Lab Training Session on Wednesday, May 11, and learn how to use our collection of digitization equipment, including our Flatbed Scanner, VHS-To-DVD Converter, and 8MM/Super8 Digitizer. Sessions Available VHS Digitization […]

Classic Book Discussion Group Will Read “The Old Man and the Sea” by Ernest Hemingway in May 2022

Ken Burns recently profiled Ernest Hemingway in a documentary for PBS, but if you ever wanted to read (or reread) one of Papa’s most famous novels, join the Classic Book Discussion Group next month for The Old Man and the Sea: BOOK DESCRIPTION: The last of his novels Ernest Hemingway saw published, The Old Man […]