Gates Library Foundation will be hosting their 3rd annual fundraiser with true crime author and journalist, Gary Craig and guest host, Nikki Rudd on the evening of Saturday, June 15th at 6:30 PM. Gary will discuss one of the most infamous heists in America, Rochester’s unsolved Brink’s armored car robbery of 1993. Registration is required for free general registration tickets and for the $25 VIP tickets.

Congratulations to the Brighton Memorial Library Alice B. Wilson Literary Awards Contest winners, who were honored at an awards ceremony and reception on Thursday, May 2, 2019, in the Friends of Brighton Memorial Library Learning Center.

The Carlson Center for Intellectual Property, located at the Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County, is celebrating its 20th anniversary as a Patent and Trademark Resource Center (PTRC) of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Join us for 3 days of events all about Intellectual Property, Patents & Trademarks.

Submit your entry for the 9th Annual Art of the Book Exhibit. The 2019 Art of the Book exhibit will be held from November 7, 2019, until January 8, 2020, in the Anthony Mascioli Gallery. Deadline to submit is July 21, 2019.

Project Drawdown provides our community with the opportunity to come together in conversation around science-based solutions that can help us take purposeful action with focus to reverse global warming. Libraries around Monroe County are participating by offering introductory workshops.