Mon-Thu 9-8; Fri 9-5; Sat 9-3
Teens and Adults: Join Financial Advisor Robert Nestrick at the library from 6:30 – 7:30 PM for any or all of his four Tuesday financial workshops. Sign up to reserve your spot for each session that you want to attend. October 6 Retirement: Making Money Last; October 20 Healthcare and Retirement; November 3 Social Security: Your Questions Answered; November 17 Four Pillars of the New Retirement.
Adults and Teens: Join Matt Rogers of The Lost Borough on Wednesday, October 21st, from 6:30 – 7:30 PM, at the library for more hidden history of Rochester! This time, sharing the stories behind architectural remnants that dot the city landscape and make people wonder “What is/was that?” Please register. Sponsored by The Friends of Mendon Public Library.
Adults, join us at the library near the fireplace on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month, 10 - 11:30 AM, to work on your knitting projects. No need to register. Looking forward to knitting with you! Upcoming Knit Nook dates: Oct 22, *Nov 19 (*CHANGED in NOV), Dec...
Never a colony, before statehood, Vermont was a Republic in 1777. Join Kathy Hayes at the library on Thursday, October 22, from 6:30 – 7:30 PM to learn about Vermont’s history and the details of how it became a state. Sign up to save your seat.
Join your friends and neighbors at the library on Saturday, October 24, from 11 AM to 1 PM to rediscover our founding document! The group will conduct a round-robin reading of the United States Constitution which will take about an hour, and there will be a discussion afterwards. All are welcome to attend. For more information, visit TheGreatCollaboration.org.
Ages 10-99: Check out these Thursdays to learn and play D&D (Dungeons and Dragons) with Linus. Whether you are experienced or new to D&D, all are welcome, on any or all days. Sign up to save your seat. Bring dice if you have them, otherwise all supplies will be provided. Linus is an avid D&D player, local student, and volunteer D&D trainer. We will gather at the library, from 4 – 7 PM, on the following dates: Oct 29, Nov 12, Dec 10.
Poet Kathleen Wakefield has found that experiencing the reading of poetry in community opens it up in new ways for everyone, whether you’ve always loved poetry or had less than positive experiences with it! No prior experience with poetry is necessary. Sweet Bites will be held monthly this fall, from 10 AM – 11:15 AM, at Mendon Public Library, and participants are welcome to come to any or all of the sessions! Please register for Thursday, Nov 19, and/or Dec 17.
Teens through Adults. You’ve seen paranormal investigation shows on TV, but did you know that we have paranormal investigations going on right here in Rochester, too? Join Monroe County Paranormal Investigations at the library on Tuesday, October 27, from 6:30 – 7:30 PM, to get a glimpse into what paranormal investigators do, what separates the real world of paranormal investigation from TV and movies, and to find out why they do what they do. They will also share some evidence and a brief summary of reported hauntings in and around Monroe County! Please sign up to save your seat. Sponsored by The Friends of Mendon Public Library.
Adults are invited to participate in an informal monthly reading club to discuss science topics from current and historical news. Retired RIT Professor Mark Fairchild will facilitate the discussions once a month on a Wednesday from 6:30 – 7:30 PM at the Mendon Public Library. Participants are provided a few links to articles on the topics for that month, and are asked to read at least one of them prior to the meeting. Registration for each session is required, and the group is limited to 10 to facilitate inclusive discussion. Participants can sign up for each session individually (no commitment to attend multiple sessions). Upcoming chat dates: Oct 28, Nov 18, Jan 27, Feb 24, Mar 31, Apr 28, and May 26.
Tune in on Thursday, November 12th, 6:30 – 7:30 PM to learn about Rochester’s Olmsted Parks. Registration is required with an active email address for the Zoom link to be emailed before the program. This program is hosted by the Hamlin Public Library; if you have any questions, please call the library at 964-2320. “The Master Gardener Series is brought to you by the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Monroe County and is available thanks to a consortium of MCLS libraries who are sharing resources and connecting communities.”
Join any or all of three movement awareness classes based on the Feldenkrais Method (tinyurl.com/felden-what) with certified instructor, Lisa Hochgraf, from 1 – 2 PM, on Oct. 15, Dec. 1, and Feb. 2, at Pinehurst Senior Living Community, 1000 Pine Trail, Honeoye Falls, NY 14472. Sponsored by The Friends of Mendon Public Library.
Join your friends and neighbors on Saturday, October 24th, at the Mendon Public Library, from 11 AM – 1 PM, to rediscover our founding document! Registration is requested for head count.
Our 2026-2027 VIP (Very Important Places) Passes and our New York State Empire Passes are now in circulation! Click through to see what is available.
The Wired for Opportunity program is technology training classes provided at no cost to students. The classes will range from basic computer and phone skills to courses like social media and web development and will award the students with a free device, either a Chromebook or Google Pixel Tablet, depending on the class curriculum’s device focus. Each student will be provided a device to use on site for the course’s four class duration. These courses will run from mid-2025 through 2026 and be available at a variety of locations across the county. *** Please note that devices will be awarded one per person per household, while supplies last ***
The Mendon Public Library has 4 new book discussion kits! Each kit contains 7 copies of the book, assembled in a tote bag with 7 discussion guides for that title. The selected books are: Black Cake, by Charmaine Wilkerson; The Dictionary of Lost Words, by Pip Williams; Happiness Falls, by Angie Kim; and North Woods, by Daniel Mason. This addition to our collection is from the United for Libraries and Penguin Random House Grants to U.S. Rural and Small Libraries. The tote bags were donated by The Friends of Mendon Public Library.
Thanks to the Friends of Mendon Public Library, we have a subscription to BookPage in 2025! These publications, printed monthly, will be free for our library patrons to take with them, if they wish.
Did You Know: The Monroe County Library System (MCLS) has a department that assists getting library materials to Monroe County residents that cannot get to a library? It is called the "Outreach Department." This is a free service, though there are some eligibility...
Monroe County Library System card holders now have free access to “Gale Presents: Udemy”, an online learning platform that connects patrons to video-based courses taught by leading experts in business, technology, and more. Udemy users can explore thousands of continuously updated on-demand video courses that match their professional goals and personal interests. Follow the enclosed link and use your email address to create your Udemy account. ***Udemy is provided by “Wired for Opportunity”, a Monroe County Library System digital equity initiative supported by grant funds from Monroe County***
Mendon Public Library is pleased to announce the arrival of our new DIVERSE VOICES BOOK DISCUSSION KITS. The Rochester Regional Library Council and The Friends & Foundation of Rochester Public Library awarded a grant from the Harold Hacker Fund for the Advancement of Libraries to make the creation of these kits possible. Twelve Diverse Voices Book Discussion Kits were created. Each kit contains seven copies of a particular title and seven copies of a book discussion guide, conveniently circulated in a special tote bag. Titles were selected to represent diverse characters, authors, and topics. The intended audiences for the Diverse Voices kits are both established and new book groups, and anyone who may wish to host a single book discussion for their friends, family, coworkers, etc. The book kits have an extended 8-week loan period.
Thanks to a collaboration from the American Heart Association, UR Medicine, and the Monroe County Library System, you can learn to save lives with CPR from the comfort of your own home or classroom. Hands-Only CPR training kits are available to borrow at Mendon Public Library, and other select Monroe County Libraries. The unit includes a rubber torso, or manikin, to guide proper hand placement as well as compression rate and depth, and instructions. The Hand-Only CPR kits are available to be checked out and returned at any public library in Monroe County, just as with other library materials.