Upcoming Events

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. 

Are you an aspiring author? Are you looking for constructive advice?  Join the Rochester Writers Group and supercharge your writing.

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.

Interested adults are invited to this book club to discuss queer books and media. We do not all read the same book. We will have art materials available.

Volunteers with the League of Women Voters Rochester will be available to assist people in registering to vote.

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. 

Join us each month to discuss a popular book you'll want to read cover to cover.

This month we'll be reading An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten

You can view a live stream of the Board meeting on the Library's YouTube channel  https://www.youtube.com/user/RochPubLibrary 

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.

Join us for a monthly discussion about mystery novels!  Each month we read a mystery of your choice on a shared theme.  This month the group will be discussing mysteries about forensics.

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. 

Join us each month to discuss a different nonfiction book.

In September we'll be discussing Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Crido Pérez.

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.

Join us to practice your origami skills with other enthusiasts. All ages and skill levels welcome.

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.

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.

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

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. 

Are you an aspiring author? Are you looking for constructive advice?  Join the Rochester Writers Group and supercharge your writing.

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 

Interested adults are invited to this book club to discuss queer books and media. We do not all read the same book. We will have art materials available.

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