Central Library, Kate Gleason Auditorium 

Past Events

• Geva Theatre Center: A Midsummer Night's Dream. (Literary Events)

  • Tue., May 21, 12:12-12:52 p.m. 2013

• Books Sandwiched-in: "Ike's Bluff: President Eisenhower's Secret Battle to Save the World" by Evan Thomas. (Literary Events)

  • Tue., April 30, 12:12-12:52 p.m. 2013

• YWCA National Stand Against Racism Day (Special Events)

  • Fri., April 26, 12-1 p.m. 2013

• Books Sandwiched-in: "Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War: 1937-1948" by Madeleine Albright. (Literary Events)

  • Tue., April 23, 12:12-12:52 p.m. 2013

• 'Growing Up In A Frank Lloyd Wright House' by Kim Bixler (Literary Events)

  • Sat., April 20, 3-4 p.m. 2013

• Books Sandwiched-in: "How Children Succeed: Grit Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character," by Paul Tough. (Literary Events)

  • Tue., April 16, 12:12-12:52 p.m. 2013

• Books Sandwiched-in: "Shakespeare's Tremor and Orwell's Cough: The Medical Live of Famous Writers" by John J. Ross (Literary Events)

  • Tue., April 9, 12:12-12:52 p.m. 2013

• Edible Books Festival and Competition (Literary Events)

  • Sun., April 7, 2-4 p.m. 2013

• Adventures in Chemistry and Physics (Kids Events)

  • Wed., April 3, 2:30-3:30 p.m. 2013

• Books Sandwiched-in: "The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson" by By Robert A. Caro. (Literary Events)

  • Tue., April 2, 12:12-12:52 p.m. 2013

• Books Sandwiched In: "The Circles God Draws: Memoirs of Ruth Holland Scott." (Literary Events)

  • Thu., March 28, 12:12-12:52 p.m. 2013

• Books Sandwiched In: "The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail -- But Some Don't" by Nate Silver. (Literary Events)

  • Tue., March 26, 12:12-12:52 p.m. 2013

• User Submitted

  Telling Tales: External Narratives in Opera (Lectures)

  • Wed., March 20, 12 p.m. 2013

• Geva Theatre Center's "Bob" Cast Members (Lectures)

  • Tue., March 19, 12:12-12:52 p.m. 2013

• Members Pick

  Huge Used Book Sale (Literary Events)

  • March 14-17 2013

• Tuesday Topics: "Quest for the Living God: Mapping Frontiers in the Theology of God" by Elizabeth A. Johnson. (Lectures)

  • Tue., March 5, 12:12-12:52 p.m. 2013

• Local Author Sunday Series: Elizabeth Osta (Literary Events)

  • Sun., March 3, 2-3 p.m. 2013

• Tuesday Topics: Health Insurance Exchanges (Lectures)

  • Tue., Feb. 26, 12:12-12:52 p.m. 2013

• Tuesday Topics: Ghosts of the Rundel Library Building (Lectures)

  • Tue., Feb. 19, 12:12-12:52 p.m. 2013

• Tuesday Topics: Foodlink with Jerome Nathaniel (Lectures)

  • Tue., Feb. 12, 12:12-12:52 p.m. 2013

• Race: The Power of an Illusion (Lectures)

  • Thu., Jan. 24, 5-7 p.m., Thu., Jan. 31, 5-7 p.m. and Thu., Feb. 7, 5-7 p.m. 2013

• Tuesday Topics: The Science and Business of Treating Wastewater with Algae with Jeffrey Lodge (Lectures)

  • Tue., Feb. 5, 12:12-12:52 p.m. 2013

• Tuesday Topics: Wall\Therapy in Rochester: The Visual Intervention of Public Art (Lectures)

  • Tue., Jan. 29, 12:12-12:52 p.m. 2013

• Tuesday Topics: Celebrating the Season for Nonviolence: How Nonviolent Principles and Practices Can Enhance Your Work and Community Life (Lectures)

  • Tue., Jan. 22, 12:12-12:52 p.m. 2013

• Tuesday Topics: Presentation on Geva Theatre Center’s "Next to Normal" with cast (Lectures)

  • Tue., Jan. 15, 12:12-12:52 p.m. 2013

• Book Signing: "Man in the Music: The Creative Life of Michael Jackson" by Joseph Vogel (Literary Events)

  • Sun., Jan. 13, 2-3 p.m. 2013

• Noon Year’s Eve Party with Charley and Checkers (Kids Events)

  • Mon., Dec. 31, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 2012

• Animals in your back yard with Wegmans’ Zoomobile (Kids Events)

  • Thu., Dec. 27, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 2012

• Sunday Cinema at the Library: "A Christmas Story" (Special Events)

  • Sun., Dec. 9, 2 p.m. 2012

• User Submitted

  Author Talk & Book Signing with Ilie Ruby (Literary Events)

  • Sat., Nov. 17, 2 p.m. 2012

• Books Sandwiched In: "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness" (Literary Events)

  • Tue., Nov. 13, 12:12-12:52 p.m. 2012

• Books Sandwiched In: "Grace and Grit: My Fight for Equal Pay and Fairness at Goodyear and Beyond" by Lilly Ledbetter (Literary Events)

  • Tue., Nov. 6, 12:12-12:52 p.m. 2012

• User Submitted

  Sladki Doumi Women's Balkan Chorus of Rochester (Acoustic/Folk)

  • Sun., Nov. 4, 2 p.m. 2012

• User Submitted

  Collaboration and Conflict: Robert Frost's "Mending Wall" (Literary Events)

  • Sat., Nov. 3, 2 p.m. 2012

• The Fine Print: How Big Companies Use "Plain English" to Rob You Blind By David Cay Johnston (Lectures)

  • Tue., Oct. 30, 12:12-12:52 p.m. 2012

• User Submitted

  Improvisation Without Inhibition (Lectures)

  • Sat., Oct. 27, 1 p.m. 2012

• User Submitted

  Improvisation without Inhibition with Alice Kay Kanack (Lectures)

  • Sat., Oct. 27, 1 p.m. 2012

• User Submitted

  Author Talk & Book Signing Featuring Ross Talarico (Literary Events)

  • Thu., Oct. 25, 12 p.m. 2012

• Books Sandwiched In: "The Astaires: Fred and Adele" by Kathleen Riley (Literary Events)

  • Tue., Oct. 23, 12:12-12:52 p.m. 2012

• User Submitted

  Opera Guild Lecture (Classical)

  • Sat., Oct. 20 2012

• User Submitted

  Opera Guild of Rochester: "Lucia di Lammermoor." (Lectures)

  • Sat., Oct. 20, 2 p.m. 2012

• Books Sandwiched In (Literary Events)

  • Tue., Oct. 16, 12:12-12:52 p.m. 2012

• Sunday Cinema at the Library: Akeelah and the Bee (Kids Events)

  • Sun., Oct. 14, 2 p.m. 2012

• User Submitted

  Attention Job Seekers! How to Maximize Your Positioning With Social Media (Workshops)

  • Thu., Oct. 11, 2 p.m. 2012

• "Interracial Marriage as a Measure of Acceptance of Nontraditional Families" with Dr. Kevin Noble Maillard (Lectures)

  • Wed., Oct. 10, 6-8 p.m. 2012

• Books Sandwiched In (Literary Events)

  • Tue., Oct. 9, 12:12-12:52 p.m. 2012

• Books Sandwiched In (Literary Events)

  • Tue., Oct. 2, 12:12-12:52 p.m. 2012

• Fire Prevention Workshop and Poster Session (Kids Events)

  • Sat., Sept. 29, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. 2012

• The Role of Race in American Politics (Lectures)

  • Thu., Sept. 27, 5-7 p.m. 2012

• Books Sandwiched In (Literary Events)

  • Tue., Sept. 25, 12:12-12:52 p.m. 2012