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Marksbury Family Branch - Community Room B
Decorate press-on nails for you to take home and apply! We will provide the supplies (although you are welcome to bring some of your own,) you bring your creativity.
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Marksbury Family Branch - Classroom
Join us in creating a whimsical
wreath inspired by the iconic Hobbit Door.
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Northside Branch - Large Meeting Room
A bounty of wonders await you at the Renaissance Faire! Activities include archery, axe throwing, a variety of craft tables, and a stage combat lesson taught by the wonderful folks of the Kentucky Shakespeare Company. Plus, we'll have free food and drinks! While supplies last.
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Central Library - Farish Theater
Join us for a conversation with sports commentators Tom Hammond and Mark Story, authors of Races, Games, and Olympic Dreams: A Sportscaster's Life.
Stories of Lexington's history told through the Kentucky Room archives.
Discover everything that's happening this summer at the Library!
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Central Library
Join us for our monthly teen drop-in DIY program! This month, we're getting into the Halloween spirit with spooky snow globe creepy crafts. (Materials provided while supplies last)
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Northside Branch - Large Meeting Room
Creepy crafts include: doll head planters, huggable monsters, gourd painting, and more! Ages 11+
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Central Library
Nic Stone is a bestselling author and an outspoken racial and social justice advocate. Stone burst onto the scene with her #1 New York Times bestselling debut novel, Dear Martin, which chronicles the story of a seventeen-year-old Black high school senior, Justyce McAllister, after a bloody run-in with the police places him squarely in the crosshairs of media fallout.
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Central Library
Nic Stone is a bestselling author and an outspoken racial and social justice advocate. Stone burst onto the scene with her #1 New York Times bestselling debut novel, Dear Martin, which chronicles the story of a seventeen-year-old Black high school senior, Justyce McAllister, after a bloody run-in with the police places him squarely in the crosshairs of media fallout.
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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Eastside Branch - Large Meeting Room
Even with our best intentions, we may not be able to avoid natural disasters in our lifetime. Whether it is a fire, flood, ice storm, or other significant weather event, we can take several actions related to food access, food safety, and water quality when responding to natural disasters. The goal is to keep you and your family fed, healthy, and safe when responding to any disaster.
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Eastside Branch - Children's Program Room
Meet with representatives from KHEAA to discuss how to file the common app and other college applications, as well as how to pay for college.
We'll have laptops and other supplies on hand to support you getting your apps in before November 1st!
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Central Library - Farish Theater
9/30 - How to train your dragon (2025) (PG)
10/01- Lilo & Stitch (2025) (PG)
10/02 - Jurassic World Rebirth (2025) (PG-13)
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Eastside Branch - Children's Program Room
Celebrate Tree Week by learning about careers in forestry! UK's Forestry department will demonstrate forestry techniques, talk about career paths, and explore what forestry really means.
Ages 13 - 24
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Northside Branch - Large Meeting Room
Science and art combine with cyanotype! We'll learn about the cyanotype process, as well as participate in it by using leaves, flowers and other plants to create images on sensitized paper. Ages 12+
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Tates Creek Branch - Small Meeting Room
Connect with representatives from local and regional organizations to learn about scholarship opportunities.
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Beaumont Branch - Collaborative Learning Space
In "Herrington Lake—Kentucky’s Marvel of Architecture, Waterpower & Nature," author Mike Holdren provides a detailed look at the creation of the Dix Dam as well as the surrounding bridges, camps, villages, and activities that have made Herrington Lake a wonderful recreational destination for 100 years.
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Tates Creek Branch - Large Meeting Room
Meet with representatives from KHEAA to discuss how to file the common app and other college applications, as well as how to pay for college.
We'll have laptops and other supplies on hand to support you getting your apps in before November 1st!
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Marksbury Family Branch - Classroom
lets face our fears with virtual reality headsets and tour some VR haunted house and creepy things.
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Central Library - Farish Theater
Join the Lexington Public Library's Kentucky Room staff for a day of genealogy and local history.
Genealogists and historians Pam Brinegar, Mike Denis, and Amanda Higgins will present on different topics of interest.
Free. Registration required.
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Eastside Branch - Children's Program Room
Train your inner eye, and learn the basics of Tarot Reading. We'll provide decks, instruction, and assistance, you provide the aura.
For ages 13 - 24
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Marksbury Family Branch - Classroom
Adopt your very own pocket-sized pet ghost! Teens will craft a tiny ghost in a bottle, give it a name, personality and more. A hauntingly cute creepy crafts you can carry anywhere!
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Beaumont Branch - Large Meeting Room
In his book, Givens chronicles his early years, growing up in a housing project in Lexington, and his success with UK men’s basketball through his time with NBA’s Atlanta Hawks and the Japan Basketball Association, his career as a college and NBA television color analyst, and his recent appointment as a commentator for the UK Sports Network.
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Central Library - Farish Theater
9/30 - How to train your dragon (2025) (PG)
10/01- Lilo & Stitch (2025) (PG)
10/02 - Jurassic World Rebirth (2025) (PG-13)
