Mon-Thu 9-8; Fri 9-5; Sat 9-3
Adults and Teens. Join Matt Rogers of The Lost Borough on Wednesday, July 15th, from 6:30 – 7:30 PM, at the library for more hidden history of Rochester! This time, unearth the unique story of the country’s smallest city to build, operate, and then abandon a subway system. Sponsored by The Friends of Mendon Public Library.
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 2026 Summer Reading Program “Unearth A Story” starts on Thursday, June 25 and ends Saturday, August 8. Click through to learn about our many activities, programs, raffles, and prizes for all ages. Don’t miss our Opening Party on Thursday, June 25, at 6:30 PM with The Bubble Man’s Juggling and Comedy Show!
Join us Tuesday, July 14th, 7 – 8 PM, to learn how to use every inch of garden space whether growing herbs, vegetables or flowers. Get suggestions for container plantings and DIY projects, too. This is an online program using Zoom. You must register to receive the link by email. If you have any problems, this event is hosted by the Charlotte Branch Public Library, so you can call them at (585)-428-8217 if you have any problems the night of the program. 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.
6th-12th graders, join Miss Emily at the library for special events on Thursdays, 1 – 2 PM, each week, June 25 through August 6. Registration is required.
Enjoy family-fun movies in our comfy chairs, air conditioning, and snacks. Friday afternoons, 1 – 3 PM, through August 7. Here is our current schedule of titles (subject to change.) All are rated PG. July 10: Journey to the Center of the Earth, July 17: IF, July 24: Super Mario Galaxy Movie, July 31: Hoppers, August 7: Animal Farm
*** Due to extreme afternoon heat, this event has been re-scheduled to TUESDAY, JULY 28 at 9 AM *** School Age Kids: Tuesday, July 28th, at 9 AM, Jen Kuhn of Magpie Glass will bring her glass studio van to share her glass flame working with us. We will work together to design and then help her create a glass dinosaur for the library to keep. Following the dinosaur hot glass demo, each child in attendance will use clay and/or play dough to create a dinosaur or fossil to take home. Registration limited to 25 children.
The Mendon Public Library will continue to offer Take & Make Craft Kits while supplies last. Our crafts are made possible through the generous support of The Friends of Mendon Public Library. Have fun and get creative!
This month the Mendon Public Library will showcase the photography of Hazel Jokl. Hazel is a senior at Honeoye Falls-Lima High School. During COVID when school was temporarily shut down, Hazel began photographing things in the natural environment around her that she previously hadn’t had time to notice. She enjoys how photography enables artists to capture the mysteries of nature. More information about Mendon Public Library displays, programs, and initiatives feel free to call the library at (585) 624-6067.
6th – 12th Graders: Join Emily at the library on Tuesdays, from 1 – 2:30 PM, to help in our veggie garden this summer. Registration is required.
If you have an interest in starting seedlings, stop by the library and visit our new seed library. The seeds have been collected from donations by local gardeners, patrons, and nurseries, to provide a nice variety of vegetable seeds and flower seeds to choose from.
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 ***
Our 2025-2026 VIP (Very Important Places) Passes and our New York State Empire Passes are now in circulation! Click through to see what is available.
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.
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***
All teens and tweens are invited to come celebrate the grand opening of our new Teen Corner on Thursday, July 11th at 1:00 PM. We’ll have bubble tea, games, prizes, and more! State Assemblymember Jen Lunsford will help us with a ribbon cutting at 1:30 PM. We’ll also be unveiling our brand new, Manga book section!
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.
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