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October 22, 2013

10/23 Mental Calisthenics at McGraw

Join us on Wednesday, October 23rd at 7pm for Mental Calisthenics with Carole Haas: Research shows that brain exercise helps keep you young and improves brain function. We’ll explore a variety of exercises for your brain including analogies, cryptograms, crossword puzzles, and acrostics. Carole Haas is a retired gifted and talented teacher. Sponsored by OSHER. […]

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October 1, 2013

American Sign Language (ASL) overview 10/2 at McGraw

Do you have a deaf friend or family member who is hard of hearing? Come learn some techniques that will help you communicate successfully with them including the American Sign Language manual alphabet and some aspects of deaf culture. The presenter, Bonnie Reddy, is an interpreter for the deaf in the Rochester area. Signs for […]

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October 1, 2013

Evans Program: A Tale of 13 Rochesters Travelogue

There are many Rochesters across the United States, but only 13 have their own Postal Zip Codes. Visit them all in this program, from the smallest in Rochester, Kentucky to the largest in Rochester, New York. Get to know our sister communities, the other Rochesters… Tuesday, October 8, 7:00 PM at Evans. Registration is required, […]

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October 1, 2013

Christmas Booksale at McGraw

Come visit McGraw to get ready for your holiday baking and decorating! Across from the circulation desk is a table full of books for sale–both children’s and adult books.

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September 26, 2013

There’s Still Time to Join the Historic Irondequoit Bus Tour

See historic neighborhoods and buildings with our very own Town Historian, Patricia Wayne as tour guide sharing stories with you from her wealth of knowledge of Irondequoit. We will step off the bus once to explore another era at the Cobblestone Blacksmith’s Shop and the Pioneer House Museum, so be sure to dress for the […]

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September 25, 2013

New Teen Books: Week of September 23

Love in the Time of Global Warming by Francesca Block Seventeen-year-old Penelope (Pen) has lost everything–her home, her parents, and her ten-year-old brother. Like a female Odysseus in search of home, she navigates a dark world full of strange creatures, gathers companions and loses them, finds love and loses it, and faces her mortal enemy. […]

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September 24, 2013

9/25 Holly Kay Performance Canceled

We are sorry to announce that Holly Kay will be unable to perform Wednesday evening at McGraw as originally scheduled.

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September 20, 2013

Evans Program: Newspapers for Genealogy with Larry Naukam

This program will take place on Tuesday, September 24, at 7:00 PM Larry Naukam will explain the many uses of newspapers in your genealogy research. Please call 336-6062 to register.

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September 18, 2013

9/18 concert by Dick Leschhorn, the One Man Band @McGraw

Come enjoy a variety of music—1930’s to 1980’s; swing, country, rock’n’roll; and other favorites performed by Dick Leschhorn. A professional musician for many years, Leschhorn has traveled extensively. Wednesday, September 18th at 7:00pm at the Helen McGraw Branch, 2180 E. Ridge Road.

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September 16, 2013

New Adult Books for September 2013

Here are some of the new titles we’ve ordered: FICTION Beloved Enemy Eric Lustbader A follow-up to Father Night finds Jack McClure wrongly implicated in the murder of a Cabinet member and hunting down a rogue intelligence operative who has been feeding information to one of the most aggressive terrorists of McClure’s career. Bitter River […]

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