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Marksbury Family Branch - Classroom
Enjoy books, music, movement, and activities that encourage early learning and promote school readiness. Recommended for ages 3-5.
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Central Library
Take & Make kids craft kits are available for pick up during Dec. 20 - Jan. 04 at the Central Library, while supplies last. Limited to one per customer. For kids 5-12 years old.
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Tates Creek Branch - Large Meeting Room
Enjoy books, music, movement, and activities that encourage early learning and promote school readiness. Recommended for ages 3-5.
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Central Library - Children's Department Play Space
Move, sing, read, and play in this interactive storytime for babies, toddlers and their caregivers. Recommended for ages 0 to 36 months.
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Central Library
Move, sing, read, and play in this interactive storytime for toddlers and their caregivers. Recommended for ages 18 to 36 months.
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Tates Creek Branch - Large Meeting Room
Move, sing, read, and play in this interactive storytime for toddlers and their caregivers. Recommended for ages 18 to 36 months.
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Northside Branch - Large Meeting Room

What does it take to build a functional spinning top? Let's find out! We'll use basic materials (and the laws of physics) to meet this STEM challenge! Ages 11+

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Northside Branch - Story Room
Enjoy songs, bounces, stories, and social time for babies and their caregivers. Recommended for ages 0 to 18 months.
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Marksbury Family Branch - Classroom
Move, sing, read, and play in this interactive storytime for toddlers and their caregivers. Recommended for ages 18 to 36 months.
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Marksbury Family Branch - Classroom
Together we'll get in the holiday spirit and paint terracotta planters festive and bright. No registration required. Limited supplies.
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Eastside Branch - Children's Program Room
Pink! Green! Get messy, and paint a scene from Wicked. Registration required. For teens 13 - 17
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Eastside Branch - Large Meeting Room

Join us for an exciting introduction to Dungeons & Dragons and other roleplaying games! Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, come learn and connect with a like-minded community. We will guide you through the basics and provide you with resources to keep the fun going. Come and discover a world of adventure! For teens & up.

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Marksbury Family Branch - Classroom

Participants with allergies or sensitivities are encouraged to let staff know before the program begins. The following ingredients will be used to make the lip balm.

  • coconut oil
  • shea butter
  • beeswax
  • food safe food coloring 
  • (optional) Food Flavoring Oil
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Tates Creek Branch - Flexible Space
Move, sing, read, and play in this interactive storytime for young children and their caregivers. Recommended for ages 5 and under.
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Central Library - Farish Theater

Live jazz the second Thursday of every month. Reservations suggested.

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Tates Creek Branch - Large Meeting Room
Enjoy songs, bounces, stories, and social time for babies and their caregivers. Recommended for ages 0 to 18 months.
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Marksbury Family Branch - Classroom
Enjoy books, music, movement, and activities that encourage early learning and promote school readiness. Recommended for ages 3-5.
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Eastside Branch - Makerspace
Join us at the Eastside Makerspace to learn polymer clay basics. We will be making 1-2 inch figurines with polymer clay. Materials provided, registration not required.
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Eastside Branch - Large Meeting Room
Join us to celebrate the New Year! Enjoy a fun craft and games, then count down to noon together as we ring in 2026 early!
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Central Library - Meeting Room D

Not an artist? Not a problem! We'll provide the art supplies; you provide the creativity during this open art program. Recommend for 5-12 years old, dress for mess please. Materials provided while supplies last. 

Walking Tour

Join us for a walking tour of downtown Lexington's most notorious places! The full tour is available as a single MP3, or you can download individual tracks. For the single MP3, music will play between the stops. You can pause the track while you walk between stops.

Please Note: Some Listener's Discretion is advised.

This tour covers a walking distance of 1.43 miles.

The music clips used in this tour are from “Walking Barefoot on Grass” by Kai Engel, and are used with a CCBY license. It is available here.

Join us for a walking tour of downtown Lexington's most notorious places! The full tour is available as a single MP3, or you can download individual tracks. For the single MP3, music will play between the stops.

The Lexington Public Library has made an effort to ensure that all of our digital collections are public domain, or that we have gotten approval from the copyright holders to display their work. Most - but not all - of these collections, to the best of our knowledge, have no known US copyright restrictions. Some items in the collection are under copyright but qualify for online display by libraries under Section 108(h) of United States Copyright Law. Some of the collections provided in the Library's Digital Archives are made available under an assertion of fair use, which does not necessarily apply to an individual's use of them.

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Eastside Branch - Medium Meeting Room

In this unflinching, deeply personal book that expands on her instantly viral Paris Review essay, What Do We Do with the Art of Monstrous Men? Claire Dederer asks: Can we love the work of Hemingway, Polanski, Naipaul, Miles Davis, or Picasso? Should we love it? Does genius deserve special dispensation? Is male monstrosity the same as female monstrosity?