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April 20, 2012

McGraw Adult Programs Now on DVD

Have you been busy on a Wednesday evening and missed Clutter Coach Joani Hardy’s Paper Management tips or Democrat & Chronicle  Sports Reporter Sal Maiorana’s discussion of the Buffalo Bills? Thanks to ICAT, a growing number of Helen McGraw Adult Programs are now available for checkout on DVD and being aired on community television.  The […]

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April 20, 2012

New Teen Books – Week of Apr 16th

, Abby McDonald On prom night, Bliss, Jolene, and Meg, students from the same high school who barely know one another, band together to get revenge against Bliss’s boyfriend and her best friend, whom she caught together in the limousine they rented. Croak, Gina Damico A delinquent sixteen-year-old girl is sent to live with her […]

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April 18, 2012

New Adult Books for April 2012

Here are some of the new titles we’ve ordered: FICTION Barefoot Season Susan Mallery Returning home to Blackberry Island to claim her inheritance and recover from her tour of duty, young Army vet Michelle Sanderson, to save her family’s Inn, must form a tentative truce with single mother Carly Williams, whose shocking betrayal years earlier […]

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April 16, 2012

Acupuncture for Women’s Health at McGraw

Learn about Traditional Chinese Medicine and how it applies to women’s health issues such as endometriosis, PMS, menopausal symptoms, and much more.  Licensed acupuncturist Michelle Grasek will discuss recent studies that show how these natural treatments can benefit many women. Acupuncture for Women’s Health Tuesday, April 17th at 3:00 p.m. Helen McGraw Branch 2180 East […]

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April 13, 2012

Program Alert… Harley and Me: Hiking the Appalachian Trail (5/7/12)

Join Harvey Williams and his dog, Harley, as they bring you along on the 2,178.3 mile journey from Springer Mountain, GA to Mt. Katahdin, ME. If you have read Bill Bryson’s A Walk in the Woods, and want to know what the Appalachian Trail is really like, join us for an entertaining evening of stories and […]

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April 9, 2012

Book Craft at Evans

Come to the Evans Branch on Tuesday, April 17 from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. to transform old book and magazine pages into beautiful flowers (pictured here).  Registration is required.  Phone 336-6062, email evansbr@libraryweb.org, or stop by to register.

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April 5, 2012

New Teen Books – Week of April 2nd

, Jennifer A. Nielsen In the country of Carthya, a devious nobleman engages four orphans in a brutal competition to be selected to impersonate the king’s long-missing son in an effort to avoid a civil war. The List, Siobhan Vivian Every year at Mount Washington High School somebody posts a list of the prettiest and […]

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April 5, 2012

This is your brain on fiction

It turns out that there really is nothing like a good book.  Neuroscientists using MRI machines have been doing a lot of looking at human brains to see what changes take place when the brain’s owner has certain experiences. They have identified the sections of the brain that are in use when the owner participates […]

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April 5, 2012

Fax Machine Now Available At McGraw

Due to popular demand, the Irondequoit Public Library’s McGraw Branch now has a fax machine available for public use. The Evans Branch has had a fax machine since February. A credit card is required to send faxes (sorry, the machine can’t receive faxes) and the cost is as follows: To the US, Canada, and the […]

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April 4, 2012

Nutrition for Wellness at Evans Branch

Join us Tuesday, April 10 at 7:00pm the Evans Branch to learn how Chinese dietary therapy can help reduce pain and inflammation as well as improve sleep, digestion, energy and much more.  Chinese dietary therapy is based on eating whole, unprocessed foods and is highly individualized in that each patient can be given specific food […]

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