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Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival 2013

    Photo by Tim Fuss, 2013.  Some great photos taken by Tim Fuss at the Central Library for the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival, 2013. More photos here.  

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Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here

In 2014 the Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County will host an international book exhibit, “Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here.”, a project to memorialize much of the reading material that was...

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Expired Library Books

We see many torn, shredded damaged books here at Central. Some fall apart on their own and others get damaged accidentally. Photographer, Kerry Mansfield, who claims not to be a a big reader, has...

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David Stark: Paper, Insects and Mushrooms

Bergdorf Goodman is celebrating the latest book by David Stark, The Art of The Party. To celebrate they had David Stark Design Studio create these wonderful paper sculptures exclusively for the store....

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Golgotha: H.P. Lovecraft’s Skull in the Graphic Novel

Karl Slominski is an illustrator from Spencerport, NY, who now lives in New York City. He has illustrated Golgotha and and is working on a new graphic novel, Ashes. Lovecraft fans will want to read...

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Books as Artistic, Historical, and Physical Objects

Listen here on Arts Friday, 1370 Connection, to Sally Snow, and Andrea Reithmayr talk to Announcer/Producer Mona Seghatoleslami at WXXI about books as physical, historical, and artistic objects. Click...

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Mother Eagle: Sublime Embroidery in Miniature

Should you doubt your embroidery and stitching skills, Mother Eagle embroidery isn’t the place you should be looking at to make you feel better. A woman named Katie, a UK artist, is the person behind...

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19th Century Fashion: Jane, Dandies, Victoria, and Gibson Girls

This is a free program. Registration is strongly recommended. To register click on the  image below. .

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New Music Books, Books About Music on CD & ebooks

BOOKS BOOKS ON CD This book is also available as an ebook and audio book through Overdrive. Go our home page, and click on download ebooks to access our Overdrive holdings. Search for your title and...

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Joseph Wood Krutch : Herbal

The cover may not look so inviting but inside this book are lovely woodcut reproductions from the 16th century.  I found this book in the Science stacks while examining some reference books for...

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