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Wayne, Library resident sports expert, interviews sports broadcaster Alan Cutler about his career and new book, Cut to the Chase.
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JP Johnson tells the story of the time artist Henry Faulkner’s goat, Alice, disappeared for several weeks in 1965, and gives a preview of Lexington Public Library’s Henry Faulkner Week, February 25-March 3, 2019.
Mariam interviews Joseph Anthony, local author of historical fiction, about his latest work about the life and death of R.C.O Benjamin in Lexington, KY.
Mariam and Wayne discuss the history of Lexington & Fayette County’s merged governments, one of only fifteen merged city-county governments in the United States.
Jennifer talks with local author Kaitlyn Hill about her debut YA novel “Love from Scratch” and her journey in publishing. For Behind the Scenes, Erin talks with Amanda Wheeler and Bryan Klausing about the library’s experiential learning spaces and program
Mariam and Wayne discuss the rich history of baseball in Kentucky.
Mariam interviews Cindy Heine and Dee Pregliasco from the Kentucky Chapter of The League of Women Voters about the organization’s 100 year history and its current initiatives.
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.
Wayne tells the story of Pamela Brown and the ill-fated hot air balloon voyage across the Atlantic in 1970, in time for the 50th anniversary of the crash.
Mariam interviews Peter Brackney, author of the 2014 book Lost Lexington, and creator of the blog The Kaintuckeean.
Mariam shares the history of Kentucky’s Separate Coach Law, and Lexington’s second African American attorney, J. Alexander Chiles, who took the fight to the US Supreme court multiple times in the 1890s and early 1900s.
Mariam interviews Trevor Claiborn, co-founder of Black Soil: Our Better Nature, about the organization and the history of African American farmers in Kentucky. Trevor also performs as “Farmer Brown tha MC” to attract young people to farming.
Mariam talks with Kentucky author Jayne Moore Waldrop about her first fiction work, Drowned Town.
Mariam interviews Fred Mills about the history of the Kentucky Theatre and his 50 year tenure as the theatre’s manager.
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Mariam interviews Shea Simanek Magnuson about the history of women’s suffrage in Kentucky.
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Central Library - Farish Theater
For Pride Month, join us for a selection of campy classics, comedies, and musicals!
Starring Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, Regina Hall, and Tiffany Haddish, Girls Trip follows four best friends, the Flossy Posse, as they travel to New Orleans to the Essence Musical Festival. Along the way, they rekindle their wild side by dancing, drinking, brawling and romancing to excess.
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Central Library
Join JP Johnson for a hour's long walk through downtown Lexington's LGBTQ+ history.
Starting at the corner of Hope & Desire and ending under the watchful eye of the "Mother of Us All," the walk will touch on a handful of important people, businesses, and institutions that make Lexington's LGBTQ+ community what it is today.
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Central Library
The Kentucky Sons of the American Revolution present fife and drums from the age of Lexington's founding.
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Central Library - Atrium
The Appalachian Association of Sacred Harp Singers presents a shape-note singing performance. Join in or just listen. Part of 250Lex and the Central Library Gallery's exhibit, "Collected Memory: Items and Artifacts from 250 Years of Lexington History."
