Upcoming Events

We invite you to get creative at the library! Stop by the Library 2nd Floor area every Tuesday between 4-7PM to craft and meet new friends. 

Join us to watch a class from Creativebug and follow along to create your own art from maps!

Enjoy gentle songs, simple stories, and a lullaby at this 20-minute lapsit storytime. This event is designed for children birth through 5 years old and their families. 

Engage in active rhymes, songs, and interactive stories. This 20-minute preschool storytime is designed for children ages 2 to 5 years old and their families. 

Rochester Public Library 2nd Floor Meeting Room

Join us each month to discuss a different nonfiction book.

Put on your dancing shoes for 30-minutes of non-stop dancing fun for toddlers & preschoolers! 

A GPS Social Worker is available at the library to connect you to local resources for housing, food, employment, health, safety and other community services. Stop by at the Community Corner on the 2nd Floor of the library.

Wear your pajamas, bring your stuffed friend and listen to a story. Then, tuck your pal into bed and wish them sweet dreams. Who knows what adventures they will have overnight in the library!

We invite you to get creative at the library! Stop by the Library 2nd Floor area every Tuesday between 4-7PM to work on a project you bring from home and meet new friends. 

Parents and caregivers of transgender, non-binary, and gender expansive individuals get together to share resources, joys, and concerns. Trans Parenting Rochester meets on the first Tuesday of every month, and is intended for adults only.

Enjoy gentle songs, simple stories, and a lullaby at this 20-minute lapsit storytime. This event is designed for children birth through 5 years old and their families. 

Engage in active rhymes, songs, and interactive stories. This 20-minute preschool storytime is designed for children ages 2 to 5 years old and their families. 

A GPS Social Worker is available at the library to connect you to local resources for housing, food, employment, health, safety and other community services. Stop by at the Community Corner on the 2nd Floor of the library.

Admission to the Book Sale Preview this evening is reserved for members of the Friends of Rochester Public Library group only.  Friends memberships can be renewed or purchased at the door.  See 

2nd Floor Meeting Room

Join us each month for a book club focusing on uplifting novels and stories.

Come shop for used books at great prices!  Nonfiction and fiction for all ages. 

Come shop for used books at great prices!  Nonfiction and fiction for all ages. 

Come shop for used books at great prices!  Nonfiction and fiction for all ages. 

We invite you to get creative at the library! Stop by the Library 2nd Floor area every Tuesday between 4-7PM to work on a project you bring from home and meet new friends. 

Create a sensory painting in this workshop led by fiber artist Lydia Hansen. Learn techniques of embroidery, weaving, and simple sewing, which you can combine any way you see fit to create a one-of-a-kind fiber painting.

Enjoy gentle songs, simple stories, and a lullaby at this 20-minute lapsit storytime. This event is designed for children birth through 5 years old and their families. 

Engage in active rhymes, songs, and interactive stories. This 20-minute preschool storytime is designed for children ages 2 to 5 years old and their families. 

Planned Parenthood Community Education prioritizes the experiences of LGBTQIA+ individuals. Everyone deserves quality, inclusive, and comprehensive sex ed. Maybe you feel like you missed out in health class.

Put on your dancing shoes for 30-minutes of non-stop dancing fun for toddlers & preschoolers!