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Walking Tour
Join us for a walking tour of Downtown Lexington’s African American Heritage Sites. The full tour is available as a single MP3, or you can download individual tracks. For the single MP3, music will play between the stops. You can pause the track while you walk between stops.
This tour covers a walking distance of 1.7 miles.
The music clips used in this tour are from “Walking Barefoot on Grass” by Kai Engel, and are used with a CCBY license. It is available here: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/
Join us for a walking tour of Downtown Lexington’s African American Heritage Sites. The full tour is available as a single MP3, or you can download individual tracks. For the single MP3, music will play between the stops.
Join Alexa and Jenny as they interview Gwenda Bond, author of Fallout, the first book in a YA series focusing on Lois Lane's high school years. They discuss Lois as a character, her relationship with Superman, cyber bullying, and what it was like working
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Brenna guests to share her research on three of Lexington’s Black enclaves, founded by formerly enslaved persons after the Civil War. She highlights the history we know, and points out that much of the history of these hamlets and their residents are lost
Alexa and Jennifer discuss what they've read and enjoyed lately. This is the final episode of Checked Out, but please look forward to our new podcast series, coming in January 2022!
In the fourth and final installment of our virtual bookclub, we'll talk about how the author wraps up, or doesn't wrap up the events in the book. Where are our favorite characters headed? What do we know for sure about Tariq's death? Are we left with more
The Central Kentucky Cemeteries Maps are powered by Google Maps. Counties include: Fayette, Bourbon, Clark, Garrard, Harrison, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison, Mercer, Montgomery, Nicholas, Powell, Scott, and Woodford.
Discover unique resources in our Digital Archives that tell the story of Fayette County. Visit cemeteries throughout Central Kentucky using our cemetery maps. Contact our resident experts in the Central Library's Kentucky Room with questions. The Lexington Public Library is a FamilySearch Affiliate Library.
The governance of Lexington Public Library is under the direction of 7 Trustees and up to 10 Advisors who guide the long-term strategies for the Lexington Public Library, including the long range plan, annual budget cycle, advocating for the library and for library customers, and policy recommendations.
Description coming soon.
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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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Eastside 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.
Length: 75 minutes
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Marksbury Family Branch - Community Room A
It's hot out! Now is the time for a tall glass of the coldest iced tea. What do you have growing in your garden that will spice up this classic summertime beverage? Join us to learn more about the common, and not-so-common, herbs that add fabulous flavor to the classic iced tea. We'll even have some flavors for you to try!
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Northside Branch - Large Meeting Room
We're starting August with the "Orange You Glad It's Fruit Edition"! Bring a sweet or savory fruit dish. Members can choose a recipe from the cookbooks provided or use their own recipe to contribute a potluck item. If it's your first time, you can simply come to taste, discuss, and enjoy!
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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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Northside Branch - Classroom
Watercolor painting club with a lesson each month suitable for beginners, dilettantes, and anyone who just wants to hang out and paint with us. We will be following a series of tutorials that start with the basics at our first meeting and build on those skills with each class that follows. Registration required so I will be able to purchase enough supplies for everyone.
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Northside Branch - Classroom
Watercolor painting club with a lesson each month suitable for beginners, dilettantes, and anyone who just wants to hang out and paint with us. We will be following a series of tutorials that start with the basics at our first meeting and build on those skills with each class that follows. Registration required so I will be able to purchase enough supplies for everyone.
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Northside Branch - Large Meeting Room
To end August we will be making dishes from the Middle East. Members can choose a recipe from the cookbooks provided or use their own recipe to contribute a potluck dish. If it's your first time, you can simply come to taste, discuss, and enjoy!
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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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Tates Creek Branch - Small Meeting Room
Let's discuss the non-fiction title: Empress of the Nile : the Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples From Destruction by Lynne Olson. Olson, who has written extensively about WWII, spotlights a pioneering French female Egyptologist.
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Northside Branch
This hands-on workshop explores the vibrant world of independent magazine publishing, guiding students through the process of concept development, layout design, printing, and distribution.
