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Savory Memories: Kentucky Foodways is a unique blend of personal narrative, memories, and recipes celebrating the rich culinary heritage of Kentucky through the lens of Kentucky authors. Edited by Linda LaPinta, this collection features essays from 22 Kentucky authors, each sharing personal memories and recipes associated with a particular dish.
Hours: Monday-Saturday, 10am-4pm. Closed on Sunday, October 12 & 19.
October 10-11: Members only. Memberships available for purchase at the door and online.
October 13-25: Open to everyone
Come to Central Library for a monthly Sunday movie matinee.
Based on the book by Ray Bradbury, and starring Jonathan Pryce, Jason Robards, Diane Ladd, and Pam Grier, Something Wicked This Way Comes is a 1983 dark fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions.
Hours: Monday-Saturday, 10am-4pm. Closed on Sunday, October 12 & 19.
October 10-11: Members only. Memberships available for purchase at the door and online.
October 13-25: Open to everyone
Hours: Monday-Saturday, 10am-4pm. Closed on Sunday, October 12 & 19.
October 10-11: Members only. Memberships available for purchase at the door and online.
October 13-25: Open to everyone
Hours: Monday-Saturday, 10am-4pm. Closed on Sunday, October 12 & 19.
October 10-11: Members only. Memberships available for purchase at the door and online.
October 13-25: Open to everyone
Hours: Monday-Saturday, 10am-4pm. Closed on Sunday, October 12 & 19.
October 10-11: Members only. Memberships available for purchase at the door and online.
October 13-25: Open to everyone
Hours: Monday-Saturday, 10am-4pm. Closed on Sunday, October 12 & 19.
October 10-11: Members only. Memberships available for purchase at the door and online.
October 13-25: Open to everyone
Hours: Monday-Saturday, 10am-4pm. Closed on Sunday, October 12 & 19.
October 10-11: Members only. Memberships available for purchase at the door and online.
October 13-25: Open to everyone
Hours: Monday-Saturday, 10am-4pm. Closed on Sunday, October 12 & 19.
October 10-11: Members only. Memberships available for purchase at the door and online.
October 13-25: Open to everyone
Hours: Monday-Saturday, 10am-4pm. Closed on Sunday, October 12 & 19.
October 10-11: Members only. Memberships available for purchase at the door and online.
October 13-25: Open to everyone
Strange things begin to occur as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; Rev. Malone stumbles upon a dark secret about the town's founding; radio announcer Stevie witnesses a mystical fire; and hitchhiker Elizabeth discovers the mutilated corpse of a fisherman.
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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 Undesign the Redline project unearths the deep and systemic history of structural racism and inequality in the United States. This interactive exhibit explores policies like Redlining, their implications for today, and what we can do to undesign them.
The exhibit was created by social impact design studio designing the WE and has been invited to dozens of cities across the country. A local advisory group has helped to produce local history and stories about Redlining in Lexington.

Fayette County, Kentucky, has changed enormously since it was created in 1792. This collection contains government documents for the city of Lexington, for Fayette County, and for the merged Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, as well as funeral notices, club directories, scrapbooks, image collections and a history of Lexington Public Library.
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.
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.