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Northside Branch - Production Studio
Learn the basics of navigating Logic, beat-making, mixing, recording clean and professional vocals. This hands-on workshop covers essential tools, session setup, and recording techniques for artists and beginners looking to improve their vocal and audio recordings.
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Eastside Branch - Makerspace
Join us at the Eastside Makerspace to learn rubber block printing basics and start your first project. This workshop will cover common printmaking terms, tools, and instruction for the full process.
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Central Library
Are you strange and unusual?
Do you like strange and unusual reads?
Join us at West Sixth Brewing for our monthly Cult Classics Book Club! This month, we will be discussing the first half of "House of Leaves" by Mark Z. Danielewski. Copies of the book are available at the previous month meeting, or the Central Library's front desk.
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Beaumont Branch - Collaborative Learning Space
Learn how to read and modify a recipe. We will introduce basic cooking techniques for those who have never cooked.
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Northside Branch - Large Meeting Room
Join representatives from the Lexington Health Department to review the different types of exercises needed to maintain a healthy body, and provide resources you can use at home to stay active.
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Northside Branch - Classroom
Visit us weekly for gardening tips and to get advice for your gardening problems! Master Gardeners will also provide free seeds (or plants, when available) and gardening education resources.
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Tates Creek Branch
The weekly classes will be informal and guided by a moderator. EVERYONE is welcome - ANY native language, ANY English level. No registration needed. Practica ingles y conoce gente nueva. ¡Todos son bienvenidos! ¡Todos los idiomas, todos los niveles de ingles. Jifunze Kiingereza na kukutana na watu wapya. Kila mtu anakaribishwa!
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Central Library - Farish Theater
In 1944 Francoist Spain, Ofelia, fascinated with fairy-tales, is sent along with her pregnant mother to live with her new stepfather, a ruthless captain of the Spanish army.
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Central Library
A book club for fans of horror, thriller, true crime, and things that go bump in the night.
Books available for pick up at the Central library.
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Northside Branch - Medium Meeting Room
Practice your English speaking skills in a group meeting every week. In this casual class we will practice & improve your English. Intermediate English listening comprehension, reading practice & conversation with an emphasis on cultural topics. For adults. Registration is not required. FALL CLASSES BEGIN AUGUST 11.
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Beaumont Branch - Collaborative Learning Space
Join us for open-ended pretend play at the library!
Caregivers and kids can socialize and make new friends. Recommended for ages 2-5. No registration required.
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Beaumont Branch - Collaborative Learning Space
Can you build it? Test your LEGO skills! For ages 5 & up. No reservations required.
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Northside Branch - Classroom
Visit us weekly for gardening tips and to get advice for your gardening problems! Master Gardeners will also provide free seeds (or plants, when available) and gardening education resources.
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Tates Creek Branch
The weekly classes will be informal and guided by a moderator. EVERYONE is welcome - ANY native language, ANY English level. No registration needed. Practica ingles y conoce gente nueva. ¡Todos son bienvenidos! ¡Todos los idiomas, todos los niveles de ingles. Jifunze Kiingereza na kukutana na watu wapya. Kila mtu anakaribishwa!
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Eastside Branch - Medium Meeting Room
Join us this month to make...
While supplies last
No registration required
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Beaumont Branch - Small Meeting Room
The Lamb is a folktale, a horror story, a love story, an enchantment. With this teeming, gothic debut, Lucy Rose wrings the relationship between mother and daughter until blood drips from it.
No registration required. Copies of the book are at the Beaumont Branch Circulation desk.
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Northside Branch - Production Studio
Ever wanted to try your hand at game development? This quick, 2-hour introduction is the perfect place to start. Local video game developer organization RunJumpDev will walk you through the basics of GameMaker with hands-on activities designed for absolute beginners.
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Northside Branch - Classroom
Watercolor painting club with a Youtube lesson each month suitable for beginners, dilettantes, and anyone who just wants to hang out and paint with us. We will be following a series of tutorials that start with the basics at our first meeting and build on those skills with each class that follows. Registration required so I will be able to purchase enough supplies for everyone.
Print your large-format designs on paper and vinyl. Printer size varies by location.
The Eastside Makerspace’s 24” printer is compatible with paper, photo paper, and banner vinyl. The Marksbury Family Branch Makerspace’s 20” printer with an 18.5" printable space is compatible with photo paper, sticker paper, banner vinyl, and heat transfer vinyl. Paper and vinyl are available for purchase and are priced per linear foot.
Engraver size varies by location. Cut wood or engrave on wood, metal, stone, leather, glass and more.
The Eastside Makerspace machine can hold items up to 19.6 x 12.5 x 5 inches. The Marksbury Family Branch Makerspace machine can hold smaller items like coasters and keychains up to 4.53 x 4.53 inches. Some items are available to purchase in the space, including keychains, business cards, coasters, and bookmarks.
Make buttons and magnets using equipment and supplies available in the Makerspace.
The Eastside Makerspace offers 1.25” and 2.25” button makers for buttons and magnets. The Marksbury Family Branch Makerspace offers 2.25” button makers for buttons and magnets and 1” button makers for keychains, earrings, and paperclip bookmarks. Button, magnet keychain, earring, and bookmark materials are available to purchase.
Use a variety of heat presses to transfer your original designs on to personal items.
The Marksbury Family Branch Makerspace has an automated heat press, large and small handheld presses, sublimation printer, and Cricut machines. The Eastside Makerspace has a small handheld press, automated heat press, and Cricut machines. Please supply your own personal items to transfer on to. Sublimation paper and heat transfer vinyl are available for purchase, or you can use your own free of charge. Speak with a staff member before bringing or using your own materials.
Advisory Board
I am a retired electrical engineer after 32 years working at IBM / Lexmark in various areas of the business and as a manager of employees in Lexington and the Philippines. I received my electrical engineering Bachelor of Science from the University of Kentucky. After retirement, I utilized my first Bachelor of Science in mathematics from George Peabody College in Nashville as a teacher of mathematics and volunteered at Carnegie Literacy Center and Homework Help with the Lexington Public Library. I have also volunteered in many capacities at St. Raphael Episcopal Church.
