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The Lexington Public Library is pleased to offer teachers, childcare providers, and homeschooling families the "Bucket of Books" service. We can supplement your curriculum with specially-selected books on a particular topic or provide your classroom with specially-selected books for your students' pleasure reading.
Check for current job openings and apply to work at the Lexington Public Library.
You can request a "Bag of Books" to access our materials when you're unable to browse in person. Complete this form, and we'll pull up to 10 items that match your specified interests. You can help us locate more items by keeping your requests general.
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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.
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Central Library
This month, we will be discussing the essay collection "Monsters" by Clare Dederer.
(Copies available at the Central Library)
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Central Library - Farish Theater
Come to Central Library for a monthly Sunday movie matinee.
Like Water for Chocolate, based on the book by Laura Esquivel.
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Central Library
A book club for the strange and unusual.
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Central Library
Join us for our monthly teen drop-in DIY program! This month, we'll be learning to make paper beads.
(Materials provided while supplies last)
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Central Library - Meeting Room B
Get creative and learn something new at our monthly adult Crafternoon!
(Materials provided while supplies last.)
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Central Library - Meeting Room B
Get creative and learn something new at our monthly adult Crafternoon!
(Materials provided, while supplies last.)
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Central Library
Enjoy songs, bounces, stories, and social time for babies and their caregivers. Recommended for ages 0 to 18 months.
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Central Library - Farish Theater
After disappearing for seven years, revolutionary spaceship Event Horizon is rediscovered. The team of scientists sent to investigate find that the entire crew is dead, and a terrifying, malevolent presence is lurking on board.
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Central Library
Explore technology, instruments, and the science of sound and electricity, all while making music with the Lexington Philharmonic! For ages 5-11. No registration required.
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Central Library - Farish Theater
Get Out is a 2017 American psychological horror film written, co-produced, and directed by Jordan Peele in his directorial debut.
Please complete this form to request a Destination Kindergarten Storytime Kit. Kits may be borrowed for 2 weeks. Each kit contains: 5-7 books, a binder with songs, action rhymes, and fingerplays, and several classroom manipulatives for activities.
Have a question? Ask us! You can contact us via email, phone, chat, or text. Book a librarian for one-on-one help. Suggest a purchase to help us improve our collection.
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Central Library - Farish Theater
Come to Central Library for a monthly Sunday movie matinee.
Night of the Hunter, based on the book by Davis Grubb, stars Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, and Lillian Gish. Directed by Charles Laughton, it is considered the sole example of American expressionism.
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Central Library - Farish Theater
Come to Central Library for a monthly Sunday movie matinee.
The Virgin Suicides, based on the book by Jeffrey Eugenides, stars Kirsten Dunst, James Woods, Kathleen Turner, and Josh Hartnett.
Directed by Sophia Coppola, in her directorial debut.
Community Reads is our Lexington-wide book group. Connect with your friends and neighbors by reading the selected book, joining in a book discussion or related program, and attending a book talk with this year's featured author.
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The Kentucky Gazette was the first paper established west of the Allegheny Mountains, founded by John and Fielding Bradford. The frontier paper focused on East Coast and International news, though some local announcements can be found.
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Tates Creek Branch - Rotunda Gallery
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Discover early 19th-century Lexington in this four-panel traveling exhibit created by the Mary Todd Lincoln House. Images and text illustrate city life, the economy, schools and churches, and arts and leisure during the years Mary Todd lived in Lexington (1818-1839). Text is written for ages 12-up. Free.
