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May 2, 2025

THIS FRIDAY (5/9/25) – Robot Coders with Brooklyn Robot Foundry

The Brooklyn Robot Foundry offers STEAM classes all over the country from their base in Brooklyn, NY. Their goal is to encourage a life full of exploration, problem-solving, and imagination through the fun of STEAM learning. Robot Coders is the ultimate combination of hands-on building, creativity, and programming. Teens (ages 12-18) will work in small groups to build […]

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May 2, 2025

NEXT THURSDAY (5/8/25) – Written and Read: IPL’s Adult Writing Group

Calling all local writers! We’re adding an evening session of our Adult Writing Group! Writers of all experience levels are welcome at Written and Read, which is now also meeting on the second Thursday of every month. Our first evening session will meet on Thursday, May 8, at 5:30 PM. And don’t worry, our afternoon […]

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May 2, 2025

NEXT THURSDAY (5/8/25) – Tween Anime Club

Get out your bingo chips, because we’re going to be playing Anime Bingo during the next meeting of our Tween Anime Club, which is happening on Thursday, May 8, at 4:00 PM! And don’t worry, bingo chips will be provided. Tween Anime Club is designed for tweenage anime fans (ages 9-12), and if you’d like […]

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May 1, 2025

The Classic Book Discussion Group Will Read “The Joy Luck Club” by Amy Tan in May 2025

Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club was hugely popular when it was first published in 1989, and it quickly found an audience of readers, putting it on the bestseller list. Praise from book clubs and high school reading lists soon followed, and a film adaptation was released in 1993. Our Classic Book Discussion Group will […]

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April 30, 2025

NEXT TUESDAY (5/6/25) – Write On For Teens: Homeschool Edition

Homeschooled teens (ages 13-18) are invited to spend time with their friends and classmates and have fun with creative writing prompts with Write On For Teens: Homeschool Edition, which will be held on Tuesday, May 6, at 10:00 AM. If you’d like to attend Write On For Teens: Homeschool Edition, please register now through our Event Calendar.

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April 30, 2025

Do You Know About the Irondequoit Library’s… Drop-In Knitting Circle on Tuesdays?

Did you know that the Irondequoit Library hosts a Drop-In Knitting Circle every Tuesday? EVERY TUESDAY 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Join us in Room 113 with your knitting, quilting, or needlework supplies and projects, and chat with others while you work! No registration is necessary and attend as many of the sessions as you’d […]

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April 29, 2025

The Iron Book Group Will Read R.F. Kuang’s “Yellowface” in May 2025

The next book from R.F. Kuang will be published later this Summer. But in the meantime, the Iron Book Group will read her award-winning novel Yellowface in May 2025. ***** BOOK DESCRIPTION: White lies. Dark humor. Deadly consequences… Bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she says she is, she didn’t write the book she claims […]

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April 28, 2025

THIS SATURDAY (5/3/25) – Turning 65 and Medicare

A representative from T65 & Beyond will be available at the library on Saturday, May 3, at 10:30 AM to discuss Turning 65 and Medicare. Turning 65 is the easy part! Come to this educational seminar and learn all about Medicare… — Who needs to apply — When and how to apply — And how […]

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April 25, 2025

NEXT THURSDAY (5/1/25) – Irondequoit Historical Society Presents Lacrosse Town U.S.A.

The Irondequoit Historical Society will welcome Howard Nielsen to the library on Thursday, May 1, at 7:00 PM. A local restaurateur and filmmaker, Howie will take us back in time to witness the start of the lacrosse program at Irondequoit High School with excerpts from his documentary. His film, Irondequoit: Lacrosse Town USA, includes rare archival […]

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April 25, 2025

NEXT MONTH (5/22/25) – The Tuskegee Airmen: Keeping an MIA Redtail Pilot’s Story Flying

On April 21, 1945, Tuskegee Airman Leland “Sticky” Pennington took off on a flight in “Lucy Gal,” his P-51 Mustang. World War II was drawing near a close, but his services as a bomber escort pilot were still sorely needed. En route to a mission, the pilot from Rochester went missing in action, and he […]

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