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Throughout June, join us as we celebrate Pride Month with programs, books, podcasts, and more.

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Beaumont Branch

Registration is required; the book is available for pick up at the Central Branch’s front desk. If you have any questions, please email mstout@lexpublib.org.

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Northside Branch

Join Northside staff and learn to make a simple, traditional Cathedral Windows quilt. Make one block each month and you will make a finished small quilt or throw by the end of 12 months! Fabric and sewing tools provided while supplies last. Prerequisites: you must already be able to thread a needle and hand sew a straight stitch and a slip stitch. Please register if you plan to attend.

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Northside Branch - Classroom

Join Northside staff and learn to make a simple, traditional Cathedral Windows quilt. Make one block each month and you will make a finished small quilt or throw by the end of 12 months! Fabric and sewing tools provided while supplies last. Prerequisites: you must already be able to thread a needle and hand sew a straight stitch and a slip stitch. Please register if you plan to attend.

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Beaumont Branch

Registration is required; the book is available for pick up at the Beaumont Branch’s front desk. If you have any questions, please email mstout@lexpublib.org.

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Central Library - Farish Theater

Strange things begin to occur as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; Rev. Malone stumbles upon a dark secret about the town's founding; radio announcer Stevie witnesses a mystical fire; and hitchhiker Elizabeth discovers the mutilated corpse of a fisherman.

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Marksbury Family Branch - Community Room A

Bring your sketchbook and favorite art supplies for a chilled out afternoon of creating art! We'll have music, guided exercises to get your creativity flowing, and a supportive environment for learning. Fight art block, make connections, improve your drawings, or just come hang out to relax!

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Marksbury Family Branch - Community Room A

Bring your sketchbook and favorite art supplies for a chilled out afternoon of creating art! We'll have music, guided exercises to get your creativity flowing, and a supportive environment for learning. Fight art block, make connections, improve your drawings, or just come hang out to relax!

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Central Library - Farish Theater

Astrologist Hilary Cummins works as a personal assistant to the eccentric and mostly paralyzed pianist, Francis Ingram.  When Ingram is killed, Cummins is plagued by a series of bizarre events attributed to the Ingram's disembodied left hand.

Starring Peter Lorre! Beast with Five Fingers is wonderfully weird, a blend of guignol, noir, expressionism and cheese.

Rated PG.

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Central Library - Kloiber Foundation STEAM Lab

Children 7 and under must be accompanied by a responsible caregiver. Please note that we will be building with the classic Lego bricks that contain small parts.

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Eastside Branch - Children's Program Room

Join us this month to discuss Grown Women by Sarai Johnson.

In this stunning debut novel, four generations of complex Black women contend with motherhood and daughterhood, generational trauma and the deeply ingrained tensions and wounds that divide them as they redefine happiness and healing for themselves.

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Eastside Branch - Medium Meeting Room

Indiana, 1818. Moonlight falls through the dense woods that surround a one-room cabin, where a nine-year-old Abraham Lincoln kneels at his suffering mother's bedside. She's been stricken with something the old-timers call "Milk Sickness."

"My baby boy..." she whispers before dying.

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Fayette County History

Fayette County, Kentucky, has changed enormously since it was created in 1792. This collection contains government documents for the city of Lexington, for Fayette County, and for the merged Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, as well as funeral notices, club directories, scrapbooks, image collections and a history of Lexington Public Library.

 

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The Lexington Public Library receives most of its operating funds from an Ad Valorem property tax. By State law, the Library receives five cents for every $100 of assessed property value in Lexington and Fayette County.

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The Lexington Public Library’s Digital Archives provide open access to researchers and students to learn more about the rich history of Lexington and Fayette County. It contains a fraction of the Library’s physical holdings, which are housed and available for reference in the Kentucky Room at the Central Library. New material is being digitized and added constantly, so there's always something new to find.

The archives have a simple keyword search, and it is possible to browse the collections by subject, area, or decade. The Lexington Public Library actively reviews and labels materials in our archives with statements that indicate how you may reuse the images, and what sort of permission, if any, you need to do so. Please check the information for each image to determine its legal status.