Category Archives: Programs and Events for Adults

UPCOMING PROGRAM (2/5/22): Maker’s Lab Presents: How To Record and Produce Your Own Podcast

Are you interested in starting your own podcast? Did you know that the library has audio recording equipment available for home use? Maker’s Lab Presents: How To Record and Produce Your Own Podcast will be held on Saturday, February 5, at 1:00 PM. We’ll be joined by the hosts of the Anomaly Presents podcast, who […]

NEXT WEDNESDAY (12/29/21): Pet Adoption Network Cat Meet and Greet

The Pet Adoption Network is a local organization that works to rescue homeless cats, obtain veterinary care for them, and make them available for permanent placement with responsible guardians. Join us on Wednesday, December 29, from 10:00 AM until 1:00 PM, and meet some of Pet Adoption Network’s adoptable cats and learn more about the […]

Classic Book Discussion Group Returns in January 2022 With Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood

Our Classic Book Discussion Group will return next month with In Cold Blood, Truman Capote’s groundbreaking “non-fiction novel”: BOOK DESCRIPTION: Truman Capote’s masterpiece created a sensation when it was first published, serially, in The New Yorker in 1965. The intensively researched, atmospheric narrative of the lives of the Clutter family of Holcomb, Kansas, and of […]

Iron Book Discussion Group’s January 2022 Selection is The Library Book by Susan Orlean

The Iron Book Discussion Group is coming back in January with both an in-person and online discussion of The Library Book by Susan Orlean: BOOK DESCRIPTION: On the morning of April 29, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. As the moments passed, the patrons and staff who had been cleared […]

THIS FRIDAY (12/17/21): Meet with a LawNY Health Care Navigator to Discuss Open Enrollment for the New York State Health Care Marketplace

An experienced LawNY Health Care Navigator can help you and your family explore your health insurance options and enroll in coverage through the New York State of Health Marketplace. LawNY Navigators can help residents of Monroe and Livingston Counties apply for Medicaid, the Essential Plan, or a Private Health Plan. The 2021-2022 Open Enrollment Period […]

NEXT WEDNESDAY (12/15/21): Make Alcohol Ink Ornaments

Make a meaningful keepsake for this year’s holiday tree using the alcohol ink technique in our upcoming Make Alcohol Ink Ornaments program. Instructor Linda Bowers will demonstrate all the steps as you decorate two shatterproof 2 1/2” ornaments. All materials will be supplied, however, registration is required due to limited space. All participants are asked […]

THIS MONTH (12/3/21 + 12/10/21): Slowness, Sound, and Savasana Yoga Series

Kasia Pelepko is a local yoga instructor who will lead the Slowness, Sound, and Savasana yoga series this month. This two-week series of classes will be held online through Zoom on December 3rd and December 10th. Slowness, Sound, and Savasana will welcome you to slow down in a season that seems to encourage constant busyness […]

NEXT WEDNESDAY (12/1/21): Exchange Experience: How to Host an Exchange Student

Are you interested in hosting a foreign exchange student? Learn how the program works during Exchange Experience: How to Host an Exchange Student, a Zoom presentation that’ll be held on Wednesday, December 1, at 3:00 PM. A representative from Student Travel Schools will join us to talk about the Department of State high school exchange […]

Hoopla Huddle Book Discussion Group’s December 2021 Selection is The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney

The Hoopla Huddle Book Discussion Group will read The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney for their December 2021 meeting: BOOK DESCRIPTION: This is a story about the power of family, the possibilities of friendship, the ways we depend upon one another, and the ways we let one another down. In this tender, entertaining, and deftly […]

NEXT WEDNESDAY (11/17/21): New York State Censuses: You Won’t Believe What’s Hiding In There! During the Next Meeting of the IPL Genealogy Group

Jeanette Sheliga, a Genealogy Lecturer from Western New York, will join the IPL Genealogy Group for their last meeting of 2021 to give a presentation on New York State Censuses: You Won’t Believe What’s Hiding In There! New York State conducted ten State Censuses between 1825-1925. Some of the questions asked for the State Censuses […]