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The William Stamps Farish, III Theater at the Central Library is available to the community for lectures, live music, community forums, film festivals, small theatrical productions, dance performances, literary readings, debates, and other creative uses.

Our commitment to listening, learning and changing is ongoing and our work is never complete. We affirm that we achieve more together because of our differences, not despite them. When all voices are heard, we are stronger. 

Library News

Lexington, Kentucky (April 12, 2023) – The Lexington Public Library will be Fine Free for all materials, effective immediately, following a vote at today’s regularly scheduled monthly board meeting. Lexington Public Library customers will no longer incur fines for late, damaged, or lost library materials. Additionally, the Library has forgiven all current, outstanding fines

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New Versailles Road Library Branch to be named Marksbury Family Branch

Lexington, Kentucky (March 9, 2022) – Lexington Public Library and Lexington Public Library Foundation are honored to announce that the Marksbury Family Foundation has committed the lead gift for the capital campaign to rebuild the library branch at the corner of Versailles Road and Village Drive.  In recognition of their generosity, the new facility will be named the Marksbury Family Branch when it opens in 2024.

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Northside Branch - Large Meeting Room

Science and art combine with cyanotype! We'll learn about the cyanotype process, as well as participate in it by using leaves, flowers and other plants to create images on sensitized paper. Ages 12+

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Eastside Branch - Children's Program Room
Celebrate Tree Week by learning about careers in forestry! UK's Forestry department will demonstrate forestry techniques, talk about career paths, and explore what forestry really means. Ages 13 - 24
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Eastside Branch - Makerspace
Come join us at the Eastside Makerspace and learn knitting basics to start your first project! The workshop will cover casting-on, knit and purl stitches, as well as basic knitting terms. For ages 13+
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Northside Branch

Join Northside staff and learn to make a simple, traditional Cathedral Windows quilt. Make one block each month and you will make a finished small quilt or throw by the end of 12 months! Fabric and sewing tools provided while supplies last. Prerequisites: you must already be able to thread a needle and hand sew a straight stitch and a slip stitch. Please register if you plan to attend.

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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.

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Central Library - Farish Theater

Join the Lexington Public Library's Kentucky Room staff for a day of genealogy and local history.

Genealogists and historians Pam Brinegar, Mike Denis, and Amanda Higgins will present on different topics of interest.

Free. Registration required.

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Beaumont Branch - Large Meeting Room

In his book, Givens chronicles his early years, growing up in a housing project in Lexington, and his success with UK men’s basketball through his time with NBA’s Atlanta Hawks and the Japan Basketball Association, his career as a college and NBA television color analyst, and his recent appointment as a commentator for the UK Sports Network.

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Northside Branch - Large Meeting Room

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month this September by learning about astronaut Ellen Ochoa and making baking soda rockets. Dress for mess! Ages 12+

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Central Library - Farish Theater

Looking at the development of Lexington from the 1950s through 1980s, a panel will discuss the impact of that development on the walkability of the city. Panelists will include Mandy Higgins, director of the Lexington History Museum; Jeff Fugate, former head of Lexington Downtown Development Authority; and Urban County Councilwoman Hannah LeGris.

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Beaumont Branch - Small Meeting Room

This month's theme is Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month. Pick any book you want that fits the theme and come discuss it with friends! Each month, we will discuss books in a different genre and everyone will talk about the book they chose to read. Spoilers may occur, so please be advised.

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Northside Branch - Digital Studio

Learn how to turn your ideas into a manga-style comic page. In this workshop, we’ll explore manga art, character designs, poses, panel layouts, and simple storytelling techniques that make manga so exciting to read. Whether you’re a beginner or already love to draw, you’ll leave with your very own comic page and the basics to keep creating.

Ages 13+

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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 - Large Meeting Room
Roll up your sleeves and get (creepy) crafting! Each month, we'll dive into a new, exciting craft. For tweens and teens.