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Marksbury Family Branch - Community Room A
Do you want to make a change in local government? It may be easier than you think! This workshop will help you understand the best practices for advocating for an issue in local government. You’ll learn about the individuals and entities that make critical decisions, how to engage with them, and how to best shape your arguments.
How can we help you? We've gathered a variety of resources for readers, students and educators, job seekers. entrepreneurs and nonprofits, and English language learners. Request items from other libraries through interlibrary loan.
Stories of Lexington's history told through the Kentucky Room archives.
The Eastside Branch Makerspace, located at 3000 Blake James Drive, is a collaborative workspace for ages 13 and up to make, learn , explore, and share, free of charge. Staff are available during open studio hours to assist in projects of all kinds, or contact Makerspace staff to schedule one-on-one help. Not sure where to start? The Eastside Makerspace also offers regular workshops that introduce participants to new skills, technology, and equipment. Planning to bring a group of 10 or more? Please contact us by calling 859-231-5500 ext.2207 or using the link below.
Sample projects
Engrave a welcome sign, 3D print a business card holder, laminate a sign for your classroom, print a banner for your next event, make a personalized magnet for your refrigerator, sew a quilt block, or cut a vinyl design for your water bottle.
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Eastside Branch - Medium Meeting Room
Write this down: Cara Romero wants to work. Cara Romero thought she would work at the factory of little lamps for the rest of her life. But when, in her mid-50s, she loses her job in the Great Recession, she is forced back into the job market for the first time in decades. Set up with a job counselor, Cara instead begins to narrate the story of her life.
Meet the Lexington Public Library's Board, Administrative Team, and Leadership Team. Apply to work or volunteer at the library.
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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Northside Branch - Large Meeting Room
For large groups (10+), please call ahead. Visit lexpublib.org/summer for more Summer at the Library events.
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Tates Creek Branch - Large Meeting Room
For large groups (10+), please call ahead. Visit lexpublib.org/summer for more Summer at the Library events.
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Central Library
For large groups (10+), please call ahead. Visit lexpublib.org/summer for more Summer at the Library events.
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Marksbury Family Branch - Community Room (A & B)
Free books for kids! Surprise guest appearances! Fun and games! Join us as we kick off Summer at the Library. For families. No registration required.
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Central Library - Farish Theater
Based on historical records, secondary sources, and oral history interviews with quilters across Kentucky, Johnson discusses 19th century quilts made by black women living and working on slave plantations, traditional quilts made by African American women of the 20th century, as well as contemporary art quilts made by women of all cultural groups of the 21st century.
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Central Library
A documentary exploring disability through the lens of faith, Mutual Belonging interweaves the story of Jay, an autistic gentleman in Lexington, with interviews from Dr. John Swinton, Dr. Armand Léon van Ommen, Dr. Brian Brock, and Dr. Grant Macaskill.
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Northside Branch - Story Room
Live animals! Free books for kids! Surprise guest appearances! Join us as we kick off Summer at the Library! For families. No registration required.
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Central Library - Farish Theater
Exploring disability through the lens of faith, Mutual Belonging interweaves the story of Jay, an autistic gentleman in Lexington, with interviews from Dr. John Swinton, Dr. Armand Léon van Ommen, Dr. Brian Brock, and Dr. Grant Macaskill.
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Central Library - Farish Theater
Erin McGuire-Thompson, author of Cross Country Cryptids: A Road Trip Guide to American Monsters, will join us in the Farish Theater to discuss some folklore and origins behind some well-known (and some obscure) cryptids, which cryptids have been reported in Kentucky, and why people are fascinated by cryptids/folklore in general.
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Beaumont Branch - Collaborative Learning Space
For large groups (10+), please call ahead. Visit lexpublib.org/summer for more Summer at the Library events.
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Beaumont Branch - Collaborative Learning Space
For large groups (10+), please call ahead. Visit lexpublib.org/summer for more Summer at the Library events.
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Eastside Branch - Small Meeting Room
For large groups (10+), please call ahead. Visit lexpublib.org/summer for more Summer at the Library events.
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Central Library
Free books for kids! Surprise guest appearances! Fun and games! Join us as we kick off Summer at the Library. For families. No registration required.
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Tates Creek Branch - Small Meeting Room
Free books for kids! Surprise guest appearances! Fun and games! Join us as we kick off Summer at the Library. For families. No registration required.
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Northside Branch - Large Meeting Room
For large groups (10+), please call ahead. Visit lexpublib.org/summer for more Summer at the Library events.
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Central Library
For large groups (10+), please call ahead. Visit lexpublib.org/summer for more Summer at the Library events.
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Northside Branch - Large Meeting Room
For large groups (10+), please call ahead. Visit lexpublib.org/summer for more Summer at the Library events.
