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Throughout the fall of 2023 and into the winter for 2023, the Lexington Public Library will be embarking on a strategic visioning process that will guide library programs and services for the next three years.

Read the latest news from Lexington Public Library.

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New Versailles Road Library Branch to be named Marksbury Family Branch

Lexington, Kentucky (March 9, 2022) – Lexington Public Library and Lexington Public Library Foundation are honored to announce that the Marksbury Family Foundation has committed the lead gift for the capital campaign to rebuild the library branch at the corner of Versailles Road and Village Drive.  In recognition of their generosity, the new facility will be named the Marksbury Family Branch when it opens in 2024.

Library News
Grand Opening set for Saturday, March 9

Lexington, Kentucky (January 17, 2024) – Lexington Public Library is proud to announce the Grand Opening of the Marksbury Family Branch of the Lexington Public Library.

Festivities include a Media Day event on Friday, March 8 from 8:30-10am and a Grand Opening Celebration on Saturday, March 9 (more details coming soon). The current Village Branch will remain open through 6pm on Friday, February 23.

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Central Library - Meeting Room D
Winter break is here, join us to make a beautiful snow globe to take home with you while supplies last. For ages 5 -12.
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Central Library - Kloiber Foundation STEAM Lab
Join us to build a winter wonderland with graham crackers and icing! Recommended for ages 8-17. Registration Required
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Marksbury Family Branch - Community Room B
Celebrate Winter Break by trying your hand at coloring in large scale. No registration required. Recommended for kids 6-12.
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Central Library - Kloiber Foundation STEAM Lab
Join us for a fun Minecraft activity this winter break! We will design and build creative zoos, complete with custom habitats and animals. For Ages 8-17. Registration Required

Library meeting rooms are available for individuals, non-profit, for profit, study groups, and community organizations seeking to hold meetings, trainings, and workshops.  Meeting rooms are free of charge.  Sterno and other tools/equipment that have an open flame are prohibited.

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Central Library
Join us to build a new habitat to take home to your feline friend! (Materials provided while supplies last, 4th floor)
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Central Library - Kloiber Foundation STEAM Lab
Join us in the Kloiber Foundation STEAM Lab to create a structure that will keep an egg from breaking when dropped from the fifth floor of the library! For Ages 8-17. Registration is required.
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Central Library - Farish Theater

As winter break begins, a group of sorority sisters begin to receive anonymous phone calls. Initially, Barb eggs the caller on, but stops when he responds threateningly. Soon, one of the girls Clare goes missing from the sorority house, and a local adolescent girl is murdered, leading the girls to suspect a serial killer is on the loose. But no one realizes just how near the culprit is.