Read and Play

10:00am - 11:00am
Library Branch: Berea
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Preschool
Program Type: Storytimes
Event Details:

This is a program for children ages 0-5.  We love learning different types of literacy through reading, music, movement, and play. This program lasts 45 minutes to an hour and we could get messy so please dress appropriately!

Special Performance: Birds of Prey

10:00am - 11:00am
Library Branch: Richmond
Room: Main Floor Community Room #142
Age Group: Preschool, Elementary
Program Type: Entertainment, Performances
Event Details:

The Liberty Nature Center is a leading wildlife rehabilitation and education center in Kentucky. They will bring live birds of prey to the library, giving you a chance to see these incredible animals up close!

Young Writer's Workshop

10:00am - 12:00pm
Library Branch: Berea
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Educational, Workshop
Event Details:

If you’re an aspiring young writer in grades 5-8, join local authors Marie Mitchell and Mason Smith on a journey to collaboratively write a short story in a single week—pausing along the way to discover how to create colorful characters, develop d

Lunch Bunch

12:00pm - 1:00pm
Library Branch: Berea
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Preschool, Elementary, Teens
Program Type: Food
Event Details:

Join us on weekdays (Monday-Friday) from 12 pm to 1 pm for Lunch Bunch! All guests 18 and under eat free, and older guests are welcome to bring their own food.

Disclaimer(s)

Food Allergies

We cannot guarantee that food served at this program has not come into contact with tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.

Lunch Movie: Night at the Museum

12:00pm - 2:00pm
Library Branch: Richmond
Room: Main Floor Community Room #142
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Preschool, Elementary, Teens
Program Type: Food
Event Details:

We will be showing Nigth at the Museum (PG, 1h 48m) with our lunch!

Disclaimer(s)

Food Allergies

We cannot guarantee that food served at this program has not come into contact with tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.

Special Performance: Birds of Prey

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Library Branch: Berea
Room: Fireplace Area
Age Group: Preschool, Elementary
Program Type: Entertainment, Performances
Event Details:

The Liberty Nature Center is a leading wildlife rehabilitation and education center in Kentucky. They will bring live birds of prey to the library, giving you a chance to see these incredible animals up close!

Audio Sampling Workshop

4:00pm - 8:00pm
Library Branch: Berea
Room: Creative Studio
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Educational, How To, Music, Technology Classes, Workshop

Creative Studio Workshop

Get creative and craft with your community in the Creative Studio Workshop series!

The Creative Studio Workshop is a self-guided project learning experience, where you can work at your own pace to learn something new. We'll provide the supplies and the instructions, and every Thursday we'll have staff on hand to give you guided assistance. From sewing to 3D design, and from programming to painting, we'll have a project for everyone!

Each project runs from 4 to 7 weeks. Storage space will be provided by the library where necessary.

Event Details:

Learn the art of sampling at the Creative Studio! We'll show you how to take a field recording, load it into our digital audio software, and extract out individual clips of audio from it.

Open Studio

4:00pm - 8:00pm
Library Branch: Berea
Room: Creative Studio
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, How To, Music, Technology Classes, Workshop

Open Studio

The Joan Kleine Creative Studio is open for everyone! Whether you're working with our equipment, bringing in your own projects, or just want to see what's happening at the studio, drop on by for our open hours!

The Creative Studio features:

  • Recording booth & sound studio
  • 3D printers
  • Cricut Maker
  • Laser Cutter
  • Sewing machine
  • Art supplies
  • And much more!

ESL Class

5:30pm - 7:30pm
Library Branch: Richmond
Room: Main Floor Conference Room #138
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Educational, Bilingual
Event Details:

Presented in partnership with Madison County Adult Education. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

For special assistance during a library program, please contact the library at least 72 hours before the scheduled event.

Crafterwork: Smaug Shadow Jars

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Library Branch: Richmond
Room: Main Floor Community Room #142
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Entertainment, Arts & Crafts, How To, Technology Classes
Event Details:

Capture the adventure magic of summer reading with these shadow jars! By making some darker stained glass you can make a shadow jar. Then by adding some light we can make Smaug look larger than life.