This Week for Kids at RPL

Physics Phun rolls on this month with roller coaster making and designing, exploring with mirrors, DIY color wheels (reverse Newton’s experiment with the prism!), and top construction.  And of course, …

Jigsaw Give and Take!

OK, nobody wants to hear it, but summer is drawing to a close, and you know what that means….PUZZLE SEASON!  To help you celebrate to the highest degree possible, there …

For Adults This Week

Please join the library in welcoming part-time Granville resident Julie Howard Parker, for a conversation about her newly-published memoir, Journey Beyond Despair.  The subtitle is “A Memoir of Love, Psychosis, …

Local Author Julie Howard Parker

Please join the library in welcoming part-time Granville resident Julie Howard Parker, for a conversation about her newly-published memoir, Journey Beyond Despair.  The subtitle is “A Memoir of Love, Psychosis, …

This Week for Kids

Ready, set, BLOW!!!  The ever-amazing Montshire Museum of Science will be here in Rochester on August 19 for a workshop on wind vehicles!  In support of Physics month at the …

The Montshire at RPL!

August, RPL’s last STEAM-y month, brings some Phabulous Physics Phun to the library!  We’ll start off right with a visit from the Montshire Museum of Science, right here at the …

Coming up at the library

It is definitely NOT too late to join our Adult Summer Reading Challenge with Prizes!  Stop in anytime during regular library hours and find out how it all works.  Basically, …

Abe Collins to Speak at RPL

All are invited to Rochester Public Library on Saturday, July 19, when Abe Collins of the Land Care Cooperative and LandWEB will be here to talk about “Community Strategy and …

For the Growns This Week

Start your week off right with a sweet hour of handcrafting with our knitting crew, Hilde and The Purls (of Wisdom, that is). Bring your projects, questions, and scintillating conversation. …

For Kids This Week

Dinosaur Month at the library roars onward with more fun dino crafts and activities! We’ll make dinosaur eggs to hatch, paint a dino, and create our own dino sculptures out …