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December 29, 2025

THIS WEDNESDAY (12/31/25) – Let’s Dance: Winter Warm-up!

Dance instructor Kaitlynn Schultz will join us at the library for an exploration of different movement and dance styles. Each class will feature a different genre of dance where participants will be led through a series of movements to introduce them to new styles. The class will also feature a short storytime to associate some […]

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December 28, 2025

THIS TUESDAY (12/30/25) – Beat the Winter Blues with Memory Wire Bracelets

Tweens and teens (ages 9-18) are invited to beat those Winter blues and add a little sparkle to your days by making Winter-themed Memory Wire Bracelets using memory wire and glass beads with instructor Deb Coller! All supplies will be provided for this program. Memory Wire Bracelets will be held on Monday, December 30, at 5:30 […]

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December 28, 2025

THIS TUESDAY (12/30/25) – Tales and Tunes With Flutist Jaclyn Breeze

Join us at the library on Tuesday, December 30, at 10:30 AM for Tales and Tunes, a flute concert and storytelling experience, with local musician and composer Jaclyn Breeze! Jaclyn will present a few seasonally themed picture books to accompany her flute pieces. If you’d like to attend this all-ages concert, please register now through our Event […]

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December 23, 2025

NEXT MONDAY (12/29/25) – Eric Carle Mixed-Up Animals Inspired Art

Eric Carle wrote and illustrated The Mixed-Up Chameleon in 1975, and we’ll be using it as inspiration for the upcoming Eric Carle Mixed-Up Animals Inspired Art. Laura Homsey, a hand-cut paper artist and owner of Petit Paper Stories, will show us how to create a colorful craft with hand-painted paper! Eric Carle Mixed-Up Animals Inspired Art […]

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December 23, 2025

NEXT MONDAY (12/29/25) – STEAM with Sarah: New Year’s Challenge!

Do you love Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM)? Are you a student in grades 1-4? If you answered yes to both of those questions, you should attend STEAM with Sarah: New Year’s Challenge! on Monday, December 29, at 4:00 PM. You’ll get the chance to ring in 2026 with a seasonal STEAM challenge! If […]

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December 23, 2025

NEXT MONDAY (12/29/25) – Puzzle Swap

Bring a puzzle, take a puzzle! Our monthly community Puzzle Swap is coming back on Monday, December 29, at 6:30 PM. Unload the old jigsaw puzzles you’ve already completed and find a new one for you and your family to enjoy. Please bring used puzzles in good condition with all their pieces and swap with other […]

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December 22, 2025

NEW HOURS (AS OF DECEMBER 2025) – Free Computer Help Through Digital Literacy Program on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Saturdays

The library’s drop-in Digital Literacy: Free Computer Help program will have a new weekly schedule beginning in December. One-on-one tutors will soon be available just outside the library’s Computer Lab in Room 212 on the following days: — Every MONDAY from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM — Every TUESDAY from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM — Every SATURDAY from 10:00 AM to […]

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December 22, 2025

LIBRARY CLOSED: 12/24/25 – 12/25/25

The Irondequoit Public Library will be CLOSED on the following dates this week: — Wednesday, December 24 — Thursday, December 25 Regular hours will resume on Friday, December 26.

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December 19, 2025

Irondequoit and Poltava – Sister Libraries Cultural Exchange 2025

In 2025, the Irondequoit Public Library participated in a library program Cultural Exchange with our sister library in Poltava, Ukraine. Our friends in Poltava sent us instructions on how to make a traditional Ukrainian motanka doll and we sent them instructions on how to make an authentic American jack-o-lantern.

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December 18, 2025

The Iron Book Group Will Read Amor Towles’s “Table for Two” in January 2026

Amor Towles is best known as the author of A Gentleman in Moscow and The Lincoln Highway, and in 2024 he published his first short story collection, Table for Two. The Iron Book Discussion Group will read Table for Two, which was named an “NPR Favorite Fiction Read” in 2024, during their first meeting of […]

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