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Eastside Branch - Children's Program Room
Teens will get hands-on experience, try new flavors, and have fun cooking together. For middle and high schoolers. Registration required.
A 31-foot gallery wall that features a wide variety of art by local and regional artists.
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Eastside Branch - Medium Meeting Room
Authors Juniper Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars. But Athena is a literary darling while June is a nobody. Who wants stories about basic white girls?, June thinks.
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Eastside Branch - Medium Meeting Room
The captivating story of a record-setting nineteenth-century black jockey told in poetry. In this creative foray into persona poems, Walker immerses himself in the life of African American jockey Isaac Burns Murphy (1861–1896). The son of a slave, Murphy’s legendary career riveted the attention of the nation and established him as one of the greatest jockeys of all time.
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Eastside Branch
Stop by the Children's Department to participate in a scavenger hunt. Images will be hidden around the department and it's up to you to find them all! Scavenger hunts will change throughout the month.
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Eastside Branch - Children's Program Room
Kids can splash, pour, scoop, and experiment at a variety of water stations, from mini “splash zones” to pouring and sensory tables. Along the way, they’ll explore early science concepts while building motor skills and enjoying a refreshing summer activity.
The Eastside Makerspace and Marksbury Family Branch Makerspace offer a collaborative workspace where individuals can learn, create, and explore together free of charge through special events, programs, equipment, and staff support.
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Tates Creek Branch - Flexible Space
This drop-in program provides the opportunity to explore our Tech Kits, including Sphero bots and Snap Circuits. Use our Button Maker Kit to make a souvenir! This program is for ages 7-12.
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Marksbury Family Branch - Classroom
Lets get our Bill Nye on, we'll experiment, test, stretch unpoppable bubbles in this cool hands on STEAM activity.
Registration is required. Teens or tweens.
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Marksbury Family Branch - Community Room A
Test your skills and teamwork in an action packed laser tag match.
No registration required. Teens and Tweens.
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Central Library - Farish Theater
A special presentation on "Women Spies of the American Revolution" at 2 p.m., as well as remarks by special guests, live music, and special tours of the Central Library Gallery exhibit, "Revolutionary Threads," with the descendants of the Patriots whose lives are featured in the exhibit. Organized by the Transylvania Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
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Central Library - Farish Theater
A special presentation on "Women Spies of the American Revolution," as well as remarks by special guests, live music, and special tours of the Central Library Gallery exhibit, "Revolutionary Threads," with the descendants of the Patriots whose lives are featured in the exhibit. Organized by the Transylvania Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Several pieces of equipment require additional supplies such as PLA filament, vinyl, and metal backings. Some supplies are available for purchase in our learning spaces. Customers ages 13 and up who have signed the Experiential Learning Agreement and Equipment Use Policy, which is available to sign in-person at any of the four learning spaces, and live in Fayette County or a reciprocal county receive an $8 credit each month for material purchases. If you exceed this credit, you can still purchase additional supplies using credit, Mobile App Pay or Mobile Pay, or tapping to pay.
Find out what's happening at our locations. Browse upcoming events and discover our dedicated learning spaces. Reserve a meeting room. Explore our galleries and special collections.
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Eastside Branch - Makerspace
Join us in the Eastside Makerspace for an information session on 3d printing where we?ll be exploring 3D printing basics like:
How a 3D printer works, slicing files, and where to print.
For ages 13+
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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 Recommended
For Ages 13+
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Eastside Branch - Makerspace
Join us in the Eastside Makerspace for an information session on 3d printing where we?ll be exploring 3D printing basics like:
How a 3D printer works, slicing files, and where to print.
For ages 13+
Discover everything that's happening this summer at the library!
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Eastside Branch - Children's Program Room
Children are able to experience the atmosphere of summer camp at Eastside. We will read stories in tents, build forts, sing campfire songs and make s?mores. While supplies last.
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Eastside Branch
For large groups (10+), please call ahead. Visit lexpublib.org/summer for more Summer at the Library events.
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Eastside Branch - Large Meeting Room
Frannie Preston (University of Kentucky Department of Forestry and Natural Resources Extension), will teach you how to find and identify wildlife signs and learn how biologists use these signs as a tool for research.
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Eastside Branch - Medium Meeting Room
Presented in partnership with the University of Kentucky School of Information Science, this session introduces us to the basics of artificial intelligence. We will learn what AI is, how to ask effective questions, and how AI can help solve everyday problems.
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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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Eastside Branch
Join us by the Eastside fireplace for an afternoon of patriotic music by Clarinet Convergence. The Clarinet Convergence Quartet have been performing together since 2022 throughout Central Ky.
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Eastside Branch
With National Nurses day being May 6th, Eastside will host a creative program where children can create their own stethoscopes, care for stuffed animals in a “Teddy Bear Clinic,” and explore a pretend doctor’s office. Along the way, they’ll learn about helping others, staying healthy, and the important role nurses play in our communities.
