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Craft & Rhythms: Library Jam & Craft

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Marksbury Family Branch

Join us for an evening of music and creativity at the library! The Song Farmers, a local collective of talented musicians, are inviting everyone to sing, play, and enjoy popular tunes together. Bring your favorite craft project or try one of the fun craft activities we’ll provide while you listen, sing along, or even pick up an instrument and join the band!
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Life Size Angry Birds

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Marksbury Family Branch - Community Room (A & B)
Angry Birds but...bigger. See who can take down the most targets, get ready to launch, aim and knock all the towers down.
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Chair Yoga

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Beaumont Branch - Collaborative Learning Space
Join local yoga instructor Chie Tanaka for a free chair yoga class! This class is aimed at beginners but all experience levels are welcome!
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Botanical Printing Make-and-Take : With Bluegrass Ladies Sporting

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Beaumont Branch - Large Meeting Room

In this hands-on Botanical Printing workshop, we’ll explore the beauty blooming all around us and learn how to turn common spring plants into natural works of art. You’ll start with simple plant identification focusing on easily recognized, abundant blooms and leaves you can confidently gather in your own backyard.
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Eastside Book Club: Reading "Isaac Murphy: I Dedicate This Ride"

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Eastside Branch - Medium Meeting Room

The captivating story of a record-setting nineteenth-century black jockey told in poetry. In this creative foray into persona poems, Walker immerses himself in the life of African American jockey Isaac Burns Murphy (1861–1896). The son of a slave, Murphy’s legendary career riveted the attention of the nation and established him as one of the greatest jockeys of all time.
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Chair Yoga

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Beaumont Branch
Join local yoga instructor Chie Tanaka for a free chair yoga class! This class is aimed at beginners but all experience levels are welcome!
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Mystery Book Club

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Northside Branch - Medium Meeting Room
Calling all mystery lovers! Join us for Northside's monthly mystery book club.
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Chair Yoga

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Beaumont Branch - Collaborative Learning Space
Join local yoga instructor Chie Tanaka for a free chair yoga class! This class is aimed at beginners but all experience levels are welcome!
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Magic Tree House: Around the World

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Tates Creek Branch - Large Meeting Room
Join us for a one-room world trip! Grab your passport at the door and complete activities to get all your stamps. Then try some snacks from around the world. This program is open to ages 6-12.
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Quilt Art with Dr. Pearlie M. Johnson: A Juneteenth Celebration

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Central Library - Farish Theater

Based on historical records, secondary sources, and oral history interviews with quilters across Kentucky, Johnson discusses 19th century quilts made by black women living and working on slave plantations, traditional quilts made by African American women of the 20th century, as well as contemporary art quilts made by women of all cultural groups of the 21st century.
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Genealogy & Local History

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.