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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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April 3, 2012

Spring Break Activities at the Library!

Looking for something to do during spring break?  There are lots of fun options at both branches of IPL!  Here is what’s going on during the week of 4/9-4/13:

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March 31, 2012

Spring 2012 Storytime Handouts – Pauline Evans

Practicing rhymes and songs at home is a great way to build a foundation for literacy. Here are our storytime programs from the Spring 2012 session at Evans: Toddler Storytime

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March 28, 2012

If All of Rochester Read the Same Book Events This Week

The Writers & Books-sponsored “If All of Rochester Read the Same Book” reaches its conclusion this week with events all around Monroe County. Please visit the for a complete list of all events. In case you missed it, this year’s selection was The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean: A wonderfully spare and elegant novel […]

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March 28, 2012

Learn About Renewable Energy at Evans Branch

WynTec Enterprise LLC presents:  RENEWABLE ENERGY Looking for ways to reduce your energy consumption?  Join us on Monday, April 2,  2012 at the Pauline Evans Branch (45 Cooper Rd.) from 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. for this informative seminar.  Learn the relationship between renewable energy and the sustainable lifestyle.  Alternatives include wind power, solar PV […]

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