TUESDAY TOPICS 2019 • Tuesdays 12:12−12:52pm • Kate Gleason Auditorium • Downtown Central Library • 115 South Avenue

January 15 [Please Note: No Program February 5] February 26 The Rochester Public Library Identifying and Protecting as Social Infrastructure February 12 Intellectual Property

Using sociologist Eric Klinenberg’s Palaces Advances and Trends in Learn about Central Library’s Chester F. for the People as a reference point, we will hear how the Carlson Patent and Trademark Center, and the kinds public library provides the social infrastructure needed for Technology and Media: Past, Present and Future of trademark assistance that Library staff can provide, a community to flourish. including new ‘virtual talks,’ where current and potential This talk will serve as the overview for the season’s Hear about some key technology advances in the patent holders can talk with an attorney regarding their Tuesday Topics series, which will examine the many past as well as some trends for 2019 and beyond. specific projects. ways in which the public library provides services, Learn about some of the many resources Central Library Many local businesses and entrepreneurs credit the expert programs, gathering spaces, and access to information offers, including new items such as ‘GoChip Beams,’ Library staff and Library resources (including specialized for the Rochester community. with preloaded movies and wi-fi. databases) for their professional success. Presenter: Monroe County Library System/ Presenter: Joe Born, Division Supervisor for Presenter: Kate Meddaugh, Manager of the Rochester Public Library Director Patricia Uttaro Central Library’s Reynolds Media Center Carlson Patent and Trademark Center

January 22 February 19 March 5 Racial Equity and Justice After Food Insecurity and Housing Stonewall @ 50 Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘Dream’ Insecurity in Rochester Hear about the Library’s large-scale Learn about some of the greatest progress that Meeting students’ basic needs – food, exhibition, Stonewall @ 50, which marks has been made since MLK Jr.’s speech, as well as some of the the 50th anniversary of the uprising in greatest challenges that remain in the U.S. today. Hear about housing, transportation, child care – remains a constant challenge for colleges and universities. Hear how MCC New York City that helped start the modern LGBTQ the St. Joseph Neighborhood Center’s new Racial Equity and movement. Learn about Stonewall’s ongoing impact Justice Initiative, and the organization’s goals for the project. addresses these needs as part of the many services the College provides. on Rochester’s social reform legacy. FFRPL and the Library regularly partner with organizations like St. Joseph’s Neighborhood Center to continue to further The Library plays an increasing role in meeting patrons’ The exhibition will be on view March 1 through diversity, inclusion and equity in all components of our basic needs, most notably through LROC, a collaboration July 12, 2019. service to the community. between the Rochester Public Library and local human Central Library’s community partners include ImageOut, services agencies that enables Central Library to offer the Out Alliance, University of Rochester, the College Presenter: Dr. Kiah E. Nyame, LPC, CPE, Racial Equity and Justice services to those in need of food, clothing, housing, at Brockport, the Human Rights Campaign, Friends Initiative Administrator, St. Joseph’s Neighborhood Center, Inc. Case Management, medical care, legal assistance, and employment. & Foundation of the Rochester Public Library, Trillium Health, the Rochester City School District, WXXI, the City of Presenter: Dr. Lloyd Holmes, Vice President of Student Rochester, and RIT. Services at Monroe Community College January 29 Visit ffrpl.org or roccitylibrary.org to learn more about ROC the Riverway and corollary LGBTQ programming related to this exhibition. Central Library’s Rundel For information on FFRPL’s new endowed ‘Equality Fund for Humanity & Enlightenment,’ visit: Terrace Revitalization Project ffrpl.libraryweb.org/fundraising/equality-fund/ Hear about this exciting major capital project, which will Presenter: Christine Ridarsky, City Historian and include a complete renovation of infrastructure, large- TUESDAY Library Historical Services Consultant scale public art, site-specific historical information, and community gathering spaces. The project will begin in 2019 WINTER 2019 and is slated for completion in 2020. Presenter: Brie Harrison, Finance Director for the For more information on Tuesday Topics, visit ffrpl.org

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The Central Library is accessible to people with disabilities. To request specific accommodations, call 585-428-8304 ten days prior to the program. Presented by Rochester Reads 2019 Friends & Foundation of the by Omar El Akkad Rochester Public Library Reading and Book Signing by the Author Wednesday, March 27 2019 12 noon – 1:30pm 33rd Annual Sokol Kate Gleason Auditorium High School Literary Awards WINTER Offered in partnership with Writers & Books. Reception and Ceremony PROGRAMS Omar El Akkad was born in , and grew up in Doha, until he moved to Canada with his family. Thursday, May 2 • 4pm featuring He is an award-winning journalist and author who has Kate Gleason Auditorium, Central Library traveled around the world to cover many of the most important news stories of the last decade. His reporting Deadline for Submissions: TUESDAY includes dispatches from the NATO-led war in Afghanistan, Thursday, January 31 the military trials at Guantànamo Bay, the revolution in Egypt and the Black Lives Matter movement Monroe County students in grades 9 – 12 may in Ferguson, Missouri. He lives in Portland, Oregon. His debut novel, American War, was published to critical enter original poetry and/or prose, either written acclaim in the Spring of 2017. or performed, to be judged by nationally-known authors for cash prizes.

Friends & Foundation of the Visit www.Sokol.ffrpl.org for contest details. Rochester Public Library Your donations in 2019 help us to present programs, support special projects, create specialized spaces, The Friends & Foundation of the Rochester and purchase supplemental materials & equipment Public Library has a 65-year history of serving for the Rochester Public Library. at the forefront of intellectual freedom – Learn more: www.ffrpl.org promoting and helping to fund diverse Learn how the Rochester Public Library programming for the community (including Connect with us: is so much 'More Than You Think.' programs like Tuesday Topics). www.facebook.com/FriendsAndFoundation In recognition of the organization’s HUHUGEGE USEDSED significant role in KATE GLEASON AUDITORIUM BOOOOK SSALALE this area, the CENTRAL LIBRARY OF ROCHESTER New York Library & MONROE COUNTY Thursday–Saturday Association honored 115 SOUTH AVENUE • ROCHESTER, NY FFRPL Executive 585.428.8350 March 14-16, 2019 Director Ned Davis with NYLA's 2018 KATE GLEASON AUDITORIUM Intellectual Freedom www.ffrpl.org Award. Central Library Bring your lunch to the Central Library!