The Iron Book Discussion Group will read Trevor Noah’s Born A Crime, a memoir from the host of The Daily Show, during their meeting next month: BOOK DESCRIPTION: Trevor Noah’s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a […]
Join us on Thursday, March 17, at 3:00 PM for a St. Patrick’s Day Performance of Irish dance by Buffalo’s Rince Na Tiarna Irish Dancers. The family-oriented [Rince Na Tiarna School of Irish Dance] teaches students from five to young adult while nurturing pride in Gaelic culture. Students are encouraged to pursue performance, traditional and […]
A representative from the Empire Justice Center will join us on Tuesday, March 15, at 7:00 to talk about Medicare and Medicaid Basics. During this presentation, you’ll learn about Medicaid eligibility and features, Medicaid Managed Long-Term Care, Medicare eligibility, Medicare costs and enrollment, health insurance affordability programs, and current health-insurance-related Public Health Emergency protections. If […]
Join us on Sunday, March 6, at 1:30 PM, for a musical and theatrical performance! The popular Ukrainian Women’s Vocal Ensemble, Malvy (“Morning Glory”), will perform live in the library meeting room. The ensemble, created by Zhanna Polyanska-Wirlo almost twenty years ago at St. Mary’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Irondequoit, performed at festivals, church and […]
The Irondequoit Historical Society will welcome Fred Amato, the President of the Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse Society, on Thursday, March 3 at 7:00 PM. In From the Beginning: The Lighthouses of the Port of Rochester Including Women Keepers, Fred will discuss the different Light Stations in Charlotte starting in 1792 when two butternut trees (Pilot Trees) on the […]
John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath is a favorite of English teachers everywhere, and it’s been chosen by our Classic Book Discussion Group as their selection for March 2022: BOOK DESCRIPTION: First published in 1939, Steinbeck’s Pulitzer Prize–winning epic of the Great Depression chronicles the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s and tells the story […]
Asa Dunbar was the first African-American resident of Rochester, and he made his home near the Irondequoit Bay. Last February, Mary Jo Lanphear, the Town Historian of Brighton, gave a wonderful presentation about his life and his important role in the community for library patrons. If you missed it, or if you’d just like to […]
UPDATE: If you missed this year’s Rochester Game Festival, you can watch a replay of the Live From the Expo Floor livestream on YouTube to see all the highlights! The Rochester Game Festival is happening TODAY at the Rochester Institute of Technology’s MAGIC Center from 12 Noon until 5:00 PM! The Irondequoit Library was thrilled […]
Have you inherited a batch of mysterious photos and have no idea who the people in the photos are? Those photos may provide clues and hidden information that can assist you in possibly determining the identity of the individuals. Eric Vaughn will share his personal experience identifying three unknown individuals in a photo within a […]
It’s roughly 30 miles from Irondequoit to the Finger Lakes, but travelers from all across New York have embraced the finger-shaped lakes the glaciers left behind. Lisa Wemett and Terry Mulee will guide you across the heart of New York in Find It in the Finger Lakes: An Online Travelogue. Discover state parks and waterfalls, […]
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