Join WXXI for a special FREE screening at the Central Library of Free for All: The Public Library, a film that looks at how public libraries shaped the country and continue to be a sanctuary for Americans everywhere, followed by a panel discussion and tours.
About the Film:
Free for All: The Public Library tells the story of the quiet revolutionaries who made a simple idea happen. From the pioneering women behind the “Free Library Movement” to today’s librarians who service the public despite working in a contentious age of closures and book bans, meet those who created a civic institution where everything is free and the doors are open to all.
Indie Lens Pop-Up presents this free screening:
Thursday, April 10 from 2-6pm
The Kate Gleason Auditorium of the Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County
115 South Avenue, Rochester, NY
Parking Information for Central Library
Schedule:
2pm: Film Introduction by WXXI Staff & Opening remarks by Emily Clasper, Director, MCLS and RPL .
2:30pm: Screening of film
3:30-4pm: Q&A and Discussion of film with panelists Emily Clasper, Erin Clarke (division head, Art & Literature Division, Central Library; Robert Scheffel, Librarian, Reynolds Media Center; Chelsea Arnold (Family Services Coordinator, Children’s Center; Shetora Banks, Teen Center Coordinator, Central Library)
4-5pm: Tour of Library by Alicia Gunther, MCLS Librarian, including a visit to the Local History Division and a talk by Special Collections Librarian, Brandon Fess
Find registration button on the bottom lower left of the Library Event Info & Registration.