A representative from T65 & Beyond will be available at the library on Saturday, April 1, at 10:30 AM to discuss Turning 65 and Medicare.

Turning 65 is the easy part! Come to this educational seminar and learn all about Medicare…

— Who needs to apply
— When and how to apply
— And how to avoid penalties

No plan-specific information will be discussed as part of Turning 65 and Medicare. If you’d like to attend, please register now through our Event Calendar.

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The Irondequoit Library recently worked with the University of Rochester Medical Center for an eight-week Healthy Living Series.

The final session from this series will be held on Tuesday, March 28, at 3:00 PM with a presentation about Healthy Behaviors and Lifestyle Choices. Each class is aimed at empowering participants to make and maintain changes in diet, physical activity, and exposures. These lifestyle changes lower the risk of cancer and other chronic diseases, while increasing overall health. The curriculum is based on recommendations from the American Institute for Cancer Research, which are used to create evidence-based recommendations for lower cancer risk.

If you’d like to attend this class, please register now through our Event Calendar.

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Susan Cain published the extremely-popular Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking in 2012. For their April 2023 meeting, the Iron Book Discussion Group will read her newest book, Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Long Makes Us Whole.

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BOOK DESCRIPTION: Bittersweetness is a tendency to states of long­ing, poignancy, and sorrow; an acute aware­ness of passing time; and a curiously piercing joy at the beauty of the world. It recognizes that light and dark, birth and death—bitter and sweet—are forever paired.

If you’ve ever wondered why you like sad music . . .
If you find comfort or inspiration in a rainy day . . .
If you react intensely to music, art, nature, and beauty . . .

Then you probably identify with the bitter­sweet state of mind.

Susan Cain em­ploys the same mix of research, storytelling, and memoir she did with Quiet to explore why we experience sorrow and longing, and how embracing the bittersweetness at the heart of life is the true path to creativity, con­nection, and transcendence.

Cain shows how a bittersweet state of mind is the quiet force that helps us transcend our personal and collective pain. If we don’t acknowledge our own heartache, she says, we can end up inflicting it on others via abuse, domination, or neglect. But if we realize that all humans know—or will know—loss and suffering, we can turn toward one another.

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Copies of Bittersweet can be picked up from the Book Discussion Shelf on our first floor. The book is also available to download through Overdrive/Libby as an ebook or an audiobook.

An in-person discussion of Bittersweet will be held at the library on Tuesday, April 11, at 7:00 PM.

And an online discussion of the book will be held via Zoom on Thursday, April 13, at 3:00 PM. Participants will receive an email with the login information for Zoom after registering.

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Join the Irondequoit Public Library and Hipocampo Books in welcoming children’s authors Olena Kharchenko and Michael Sampson to Rochester.

Olena and Michael will be stopping at Irondequoit Public Library to read from and discuss The Story of Ukraine.

The Story of Ukraine walks readers through each line of the national anthem, providing details of Ukraine’s land and life. Presented in English and Ukrainian, this book gives readers of all ages the opportunity to learn more about Ukrainian culture and history.

Attendees will have an opportunity to meet Olena and Michael after the presentation, and copies of the book will also be available for sale.

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