"Free For All: The Public Library": Film and Special Program In-Person
“Free For All: The Public Library” An Indie Lens Pop-Up Film
April 10, 2025
2-6pm
The Kate Gleason Auditorium
In Honor of National Library Week, WXXI and the Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County are proud to present a special screening of the Indie Lens Film “Free For All: The Public Library,” along with a special program given by the librarians of the Rochester Public Library. The schedule is as follows:
2pm: 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
Filmmakers Dawn Logsdon and Lucie Faulknor have created this loving tribute to public libraries all over America; from large urban institutions to rural, one-room libraries, how they have been viewed as part of the American landscape:
“As children, we took our local libraries for granted. They were as constant as the sun rising, as freely accessible as the air we breathed. Libraries felt like birthrights, alongside public schools, parks, and roads—part of the infrastructure of a thriving democracy. It wasn’t until we grew older, until life began to challenge those certainties, that we saw libraries in a different light.”
- Date:
- Thursday, April 10, 2025
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 6:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Central - Kate Gleason Auditorium
- Library:
- Central Library
- Categories:
- Department - Arts & Literature Department - Children's Center Department - Local History & Genealogy Department - Media Center Department - Teen Central Local History Community Diversity, Equity and Inclusion History Lecture National Library Week Women's History