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This event is in the "Adults" group.
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: 2nd Floor Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Creative
Event Description:
Are you an aspiring author? Are you looking for constructive advice?  Join the Rochester Writers Group and supercharge your writing. Each month, the group will critique 4-6 works, depending on type and length of submissions.  This can in...
This event is in the "Youth (ages 0-5)" group.
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Youth (ages 0-5)
Program Type: Learning
Event Description:
Participate in music appreciation activities and movement for preschoolers. This 20-minute program is designed for children ages 3 to 5 years old and their families.  ...

Social Worker Hours

1:30pm - 5:00pm
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Corner
Event Description:
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. ...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Queer Book Club

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Clubs
Event Description:
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. ...
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Event Description:
Join local authors Sweta Patel and Rory Londer to learn about their new book Should've Been Dead: Lessons from a Crack Addict Who Broke Free. After seventeen years of chasing after crack cocaine, Rory Londer was crushed by failure. He had loving p...
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: 2nd Floor Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Wellness
Event Description:
What do vaccine refusal, severe childhood obesity, Harry Potter, and Cinderella have in common? They will all be used in this presentation to build a framework for understanding child neglect, psychological maltreatment, and child torture. Join us fo...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Craft & Chat

4:00pm - 7:00pm
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Info Area
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Creative, Social Gathering
Event Description:
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.  ...
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: 2nd Floor Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Clubs, Learning, Social Gathering
Event Description:
Join us each month to discuss a popular book you'll want to read cover to cover. This month we'll be reading Women Talking by Miriam Toews To register please contact, Lynette Perry the groups host. lperry@rplmn.org or 507-328-2324 ...
This event is in the "Youth (ages 0-5)" group.

Lapsit Storytime

10:30am - 11:00am
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Youth (ages 0-5)
Program Type: Storytime
Event Description:
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.  ...
This event is in the "Youth (ages 0-5)" group.

Get Moving Storytime

11:00am - 11:30am
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Youth (ages 0-5)
Program Type: Storytime
Event Description:
Join in this storytime full of active rhymes, songs, and interactive stories. This 20-minute preschool storytime is designed for children ages 2 to 5 years old and their families.    ...
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: 1st floor Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Board Meeting
Event Description:
You can view a live stream of the Board meeting on the Library's YouTube channel  https://www.youtube.com/user/RochPubLibrary  A recording will also be available after the meeting on the City's website.  Boards & Commi...
This event is in the "Youth (ages 6-12)" group.
This event is in the "Families" group.
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Youth (ages 6-12), Families
Program Type: Learning
Event Description:
Drop in for family-friendly, hands-on engineering activities from The Works Museum! Enjoy activities such as using magnetic rods and steel spheres to make amazing structures that spin and interact. Also includes a take home activity! Ideal for kinder...

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This event was made possible with funding from the Friends of the Rochester Public Library.

This event is in the "Youth (ages 0-5)" group.
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Youth (ages 0-5)
Program Type: Learning
Event Description:
Participate in music appreciation activities and movement for preschoolers. This 20-minute program is designed for children ages 3 to 5 years old and their families.  ...

Social Worker Hours

1:30pm - 5:00pm
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Corner
Event Description:
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. ...
This event is in the "Youth (ages 0-5)" group.
This event is in the "Families" group.

Cascade Lake Storytime

10:30am - 11:00am
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Outreach
Age Group: Youth (ages 0-5), Families
Program Type: Storytime
Event Description:
Join us in the new Cascade Park Lakeside Building (88 23rd Avenue SW, 55902) for a special lakeview storytime! ...
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "All" group.

RPL Board Games

1:00pm - 5:00pm
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Adults, All
Program Type: Creative
Event Description:
Join us monthly for fun afternoons of card playing, dice throwing, and so much more!  We’ll have a variety of games on hand, from party to strategy, and competitive to cooperative. You can even bring your own games to share! ...
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: 2nd Floor Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Wellness
Event Description:
The training will review The Whole Brain Child by Daniel J. Siegel, MD and Tina Payne Bryson, PhD. The goal is to discuss the approach of child rearing using the 12 strategies that foster healthy brain development, leading to calmer, happier children...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Mystery Book Club

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: 2nd Floor Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Clubs
Event Description:
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 by Minnesota authors. This book group meets on the 4th Monday ...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Craft & Chat

4:00pm - 7:00pm
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Info Area
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Creative, Social Gathering
Event Description:
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.  ...
This event is in the "Youth (ages 0-5)" group.

Lapsit Storytime

10:30am - 11:00am
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Youth (ages 0-5)
Program Type: Storytime
Event Description:
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.  ...
This event is in the "Youth (ages 0-5)" group.

Get Moving Storytime

11:00am - 11:30am
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Youth (ages 0-5)
Program Type: Storytime
Event Description:
Join in this storytime full of active rhymes, songs, and interactive stories. This 20-minute preschool storytime is designed for children ages 2 to 5 years old and their families.    ...
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: 2nd Floor Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Clubs
Event Description:
Join us each month to discuss a different nonfiction book. In April we'll be discussing Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe. ...
This event is in the "Youth (ages 0-5)" group.
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Youth (ages 0-5)
Program Type: Learning
Event Description:
Participate in music appreciation activities and movement for preschoolers. This 20-minute program is designed for children ages 3 to 5 years old and their families.  ...

Social Worker Hours

1:30pm - 5:00pm
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Corner
Event Description:
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. ...