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Join librarians Alexa and Jenny as we talk books. What we're currently loving, what we're hating, and what we can't wait to read next!
Alexa and Jennifer chat about books, libraries, and the new Checked Out.
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Mariam interviews Susan Griffith and Vikki Franklin from Eastern State Hospital about the 195 year history of the hospital, and shares stories from contemporary newspaper articles.
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Do you love to read? Would you like to recommend some books for other readers? This opportunity is for you!
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Do you love to read? Would you like to recommend some books for other readers? This opportunity is for you!
Jennifer sits down with local poet, essayist and educator Savannah Sipple about her writing and career. In Behind the Scenes, Erin talks with Lori Davis about the Library’s workforce development programming.
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Stories of Lexington's history told through the Kentucky Room archives.
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Marksbury Family Branch - Community Room A
You've grown a great garden! Now what? Or you've supported local farmers at the farmers' market, but now what do you cook? This class will go into the best vegetable harvesting techniques, storage recommendations and healthy summer harvest recipes.
*Recommended registration due to a limited number of plants. However, all are welcome to enjoy the educational class*
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Tates Creek Branch - Large Meeting Room
This beginner workshop is all about the who, what, and why of local government. We’ll help you understand how Lexington’s local government is structured, who is in charge of what, and how legislation gets made. The workshop includes an interactive activity to learn more about the people behind local government.
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Eastside Branch - Large Meeting Room
City budgets are an expression of what a community values. This workshop is all about understanding how your tax dollars get to the city,
and then how and what city government invests that money into. This workshops includes a mock budgeting process to help you understand the trade-offs and negotiations in the process.
Length: 75 minutes
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Central Library - Kloiber Foundation STEAM Lab
Join us in the Kloiber Foundation STEAM Lab to create glow in the dark slime! For Ages 8-17. Registration Required
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Central Library - Kloiber Foundation STEAM Lab
Join us in the Kloiber Foundation STEAM Lab to learn about bioluminescence in nature and then create your own glowing creature!
For ages 8-17. Registration required.
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Central Library - Meeting Room B
This beginner workshop is all about the who, what, and why of local
government. We’ll help you understand how Lexington’s local government
is structured, who is in charge of what, and how legislation gets made. The
workshop includes an interactive activity to learn more about the people
behind local government.
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Tates Creek Branch - Large Meeting Room
City budgets are an expression of what a community values. This workshop is all about understanding how your tax dollars get to the city, and then how and what city government invests that money into. This workshops includes a mock budgeting process to help you understand the trade-offs and negotiations in the process.
The Materials Selection Policy was initially adopted February 25, 1987 by the Lexington Public Library Board of Trustees and was revised March 24, 1993. The Materials Selection Policy was updated and renamed the Collection Development Policy which was approved by the Board on January 14, 2009. The Board of Trustees assumes full responsibility for all legal actions which may result from the implementation of any policies stated herein.
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Eastside Branch - Children's Program Room
Join us this month to discuss Grown Women by Sarai Johnson.
In this stunning debut novel, four generations of complex Black women contend with motherhood and daughterhood, generational trauma and the deeply ingrained tensions and wounds that divide them as they redefine happiness and healing for themselves.
