• School Help Centers Open During Spring Break

    We’re here to help! Our School Help Centers are open over spring break, connecting you with staff and volunteers. Plus, check out HelpNow, which offers 24/7 access to study tools and test prep and connects you one-on-one with online tutors Monday through Friday 2-11 p.m. It’s all free with your library card.

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  • Rock and Roll Playhouse Concert: The Music of the Beatles

    Saturday, March 29 | 12-1 p.m.
    Main Library | 96 S. Grant Ave. (Reading Room)

    Performing songs by the most iconic rock band in history, the Rock and Roll Playhouse band will jam out with games, movement and stories that educate and encourage creativity. Please bring hearing protection if you feel your child would benefit from it. Ages 0-10.

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  • A New Way to Connect!

    Receive occasional texts about happenings at the library. Click below to choose which locations you’d like to hear from. We’ll only send two to four texts per month about location activities.

    Stop by our programs & events page to stay current on all events and programs happening at all locations.

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  • Virtual Program: Murder in the Mountains

    Monday, April 7 | 6:30-8 p.m.

    Explore an old, tangled web of family secrets with this intriguing DNA case study set against the backdrop of a 1928 murder in the mountains of Kentucky. Presented by genealogist Kate Penney Howard. Click below to save your spot!

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Black History Month
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Teachers and
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March 4 - May 22
Main Library | 96 S. Grant Ave.
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A Map to Paradise

Meissner, Susan

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Saltwater

Hays, Katy

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Bent but Not Broken

Monroe, Mary

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Twist

McCann, Colum

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The Antidote

Russell, Karen

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The River Has Roots

El-Mohtar, Amal

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Goddess Complex

Sathian, Sanjena

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Stag Dance

Peters, Torrey

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The Summer Guests

Gerritsen, Tess

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Glory Daze

Arceneaux, Danielle

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Theft

Gurnah, Abdulrazak

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The Haunting of Room 904

Wurth, Erika T.

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