Events
ALL LOCATIONS CLOSED - Independence Day (U.S.)
Dave Lehman will amaze and entertain with his magic tricks - a classic PCDL program sponsored by Century National Bank.
Contact the Crooksville Branch for details and registration information.
Dave Lehman will amaze and entertain with his magic tricks - a classic PCDL program sponsored by Century National Bank.
Contact the Crooksville Branch for details and registration information.
Story time is a 30 to 45 minute program filled with literacy enrichment activities for children. Each program includes stories, songs, fingerplays, and crafts centered around a weekly theme.
Parents/caregivers are encouraged to stay with their children during each program, as interaction and assistance are key. Children will have an opportunity to have fun as they interact with others to develop language and literacy skills, as well as social and motor skills.
Contact the Crooksville Branch to register.
Dave Lehman will amaze and entertain with his magic tricks - a classic PCDL program sponsored by Century National Bank.
Contact the Junction City Branch for details and registration information.
Story time is a 30 to 45 minute program filled with literacy enrichment activities for children. Each program includes stories, songs, fingerplays, and crafts centered around a weekly theme.
Parents/caregivers are encouraged to stay with their children during each program, as interaction and assistance are key. Children will have an opportunity to have fun as they interact with others to develop language and literacy skills, as well as social and motor skills.
Contact the Junction City Branch to register.
Come and compete against your friends in a Guitar Hero battle. Also, take a break from rocking and make a cool bracelet out of guitar strings.
Contact the New Lexington Library for details and registration information.
Dave Lehman will amaze and entertain with his magic tricks - a classic PCDL program sponsored by Century National Bank.
Contact the Somerset Branch for details and registration information.
Story time is a 30 to 45 minute program filled with literacy enrichment activities for children. Each program includes stories, songs, fingerplays, and crafts centered around a weekly theme.
Parents/caregivers are encouraged to stay with their children during each program, as interaction and assistance are key. Children will have an opportunity to have fun as they interact with others to develop language and literacy skills, as well as social and motor skills.
Contact the Somerset Branch to register.
Dave Lehman will amaze and entertain with his magic tricks - a classic PCDL program sponsored by Park National Bank.
Contact the Thornville Branch for details and registration information.
Story time is a 30 to 45 minute program filled with literacy enrichment activities for children. Each program includes stories, songs, fingerplays, and crafts centered around a weekly theme.
Parents/caregivers are encouraged to stay with their children during each program, as interaction and assistance are key. Children will have an opportunity to have fun as they interact with others to develop language and literacy skills, as well as social and motor skills.
Contact the Thornville Branch to register.
As part of a grant awarded to PCDL through the National Endowment for the Humanities, we invite you and the whole family to celebrate our country's rich history with an evening of patriotic fun! Be sure to check out the selection of American history books that have been purchased through the grant on the upper-level of the library.
Dave Lehman will amaze and entertain with his magic tricks - a classic PCDL program sponsored by Century National Bank. This program will be held at the Church of Christ on Walnut Street in Shawnee.
Contact the New Lexington Library for details and registration information.
Story time is a 30 to 45 minute program filled with literacy enrichment activities for children. Each program includes stories, songs, fingerplays, and crafts centered around a weekly theme.
Parents/caregivers are encouraged to stay with their children during each program, as interaction and assistance are key. Children will have an opportunity to have fun as they interact with others to develop language and literacy skills, as well as social and motor skills.
Contact the New Lexington Library to register.
Dave Lehman will amaze and entertain with his magic tricks - a classic PCDL program sponsored by Century National Bank.
Contact the Corning Branch for details and registration information.
Tweens (kids ages 8-12) are invited to join Heather Sharb, a certified yoga instructor, and their friends to act out an entertaining story using a variety of yoga exercises. Get some excercise for your mind and your body with this exciting program!
Contact the New Lexington Library for details and registration information.
Please join us for a good movie based on a great book. Popcorn, always a fantastic companion to a movie, will also be provided.
On this night, we will be watching a movie based on the popular book Q & A by Vikas Swarup.
Story time is a 30 to 45 minute program filled with literacy enrichment activities for children. Each program includes stories, songs, fingerplays, and crafts centered around a weekly theme.
Parents/caregivers are encouraged to stay with their children during each program, as interaction and assistance are key. Children will have an opportunity to have fun as they interact with others to develop language and literacy skills, as well as social and motor skills.
Contact the Corning Branch to register.
Story time is a 30 to 45 minute program filled with literacy enrichment activities for children. Each program includes stories, songs, fingerplays, and crafts centered around a weekly theme.
Parents/caregivers are encouraged to stay with their children during each program, as interaction and assistance are key. Children will have an opportunity to have fun as they interact with others to develop language and literacy skills, as well as social and motor skills.
Contact the Crooksville Branch to register.
Story time is a 30 to 45 minute program filled with literacy enrichment activities for children. Each program includes stories, songs, fingerplays, and crafts centered around a weekly theme.
Parents/caregivers are encouraged to stay with their children during each program, as interaction and assistance are key. Children will have an opportunity to have fun as they interact with others to develop language and literacy skills, as well as social and motor skills.
Contact the Junction City Branch to register.
Celebrate the end of another great summer by hanging with friends and playing a little Wii (among other activities). Prizes for those who completed the Teen Summer Reading Program will also be awarded at this event.
Contact the New Lexington Library for details and registration information.
Story time is a 30 to 45 minute program filled with literacy enrichment activities for children. Each program includes stories, songs, fingerplays, and crafts centered around a weekly theme.
Parents/caregivers are encouraged to stay with their children during each program, as interaction and assistance are key. Children will have an opportunity to have fun as they interact with others to develop language and literacy skills, as well as social and motor skills.
Contact the Somerset Branch to register.
Story time is a 30 to 45 minute program filled with literacy enrichment activities for children. Each program includes stories, songs, fingerplays, and crafts centered around a weekly theme.
Parents/caregivers are encouraged to stay with their children during each program, as interaction and assistance are key. Children will have an opportunity to have fun as they interact with others to develop language and literacy skills, as well as social and motor skills.
Contact the Thornville Branch to register.
This mix of technology and music is sure to captivate children of all ages!
Contact the New Lexington Library for details and registration information.
PLEASE NOTE: This program will be held at the Church of Christ on Walnut Street in Shawnee - not at the now closed Shawnee Branch.
Story time is a 30 to 45 minute program filled with literacy enrichment activities for children. Each program includes stories, songs, fingerplays, and crafts centered around a weekly theme.
Parents/caregivers are encouraged to stay with their children during each program, as interaction and assistance are key. Children will have an opportunity to have fun as they interact with others to develop language and literacy skills, as well as social and motor skills.
Contact the New Lexington Library for details and to register.
Story time is a 30 to 45 minute program filled with literacy enrichment activities for children. Each program includes stories, songs, fingerplays, and crafts centered around a weekly theme.
Parents/caregivers are encouraged to stay with their children during each program, as interaction and assistance are key. Children will have an opportunity to have fun as they interact with others to develop language and literacy skills, as well as social and motor skills.
Contact the New Lexington Library to register.
Tweens (kids ages 8-12) are invited to join Heather Sharb, a certified yoga instructor, and their friends to act out an entertaining story using a variety of yoga exercises. Get some excercise for your mind and your body with this exciting program!
Contact the New Lexington Library for details and registration information.
Join Alma Mae Hoopes, a local artist and gallery owner, as she assists you in the creation of a beautiful paper mosaic (torn shreds of paper used to create an image) devoted to a cherished person or pet. Participants will leave with a finished product that will be ready to frame.
Please bring with you a small photo (3"x5" suggested) of your subject and your creativity.
Please contact the New Lexington Library for details and registration information.
Story time is a 30 to 45 minute program filled with literacy enrichment activities for children. Each program includes stories, songs, fingerplays, and crafts centered around a weekly theme.
Parents/caregivers are encouraged to stay with their children during each program, as interaction and assistance are key. Children will have an opportunity to have fun as they interact with others to develop language and literacy skills, as well as social and motor skills.
Contact the Corning Branch to register.
Award-winning songwriter Cliff Cody will give you a crash course in the basics of writing a great song - regardless of your chosen musical genre. Cliff will use some of the same lessons that he employs during his regular songwriting workshops across the country to help you discover your voice and your musical potential.
An accomplished songwriter and performer, more information and samples of Cliff's music can be found here.
Participants should feel free to bring their musical instruments and song ideas to this "after-hours" program. Teens and adults with an interest in songwriting and performing are welcome to attend.
Please contact the New Lexington Library for details and registration information.
All PCDL locations are closed the week of the Perry County Fair
(July 20th - 25th) as a cost-saving measure for the library system. There has been a dramatic decrease in library funding due to a shortage of state revenue. Please contact us with any questions or concerns.
All PCDL locations are closed the week of the Perry County Fair
(July 20th - 25th) as a cost-saving measure for the library system. There has been a dramatic decrease in library funding due to a shortage of state revenue. Please contact us with any questions or concerns.
Join us at the fairgrounds pavilion for "Creativity Gone Wild" - an entertaining program featuring ventriloquist Mark Wade.
Contact the New Lexington Library for details.
All PCDL locations are closed the week of the Perry County Fair
(July 20th - 25th) as a cost-saving measure for the library system. There has been a dramatic decrease in library funding due to a shortage of state revenue. Please contact us with any questions or concerns.
All PCDL locations are closed the week of the Perry County Fair
(July 20th - 25th) as a cost-saving measure for the library system. There has been a dramatic decrease in library funding due to a shortage of state revenue. Please contact us with any questions or concerns.
All PCDL locations are closed the week of the Perry County Fair
(July 20th - 25th) as a cost-saving measure for the library system. There has been a dramatic decrease in library funding due to a shortage of state revenue. Please contact us with any questions or concerns.
All PCDL locations are closed the week of the Perry County Fair
(July 20th - 25th) as a cost-saving measure for the library system. There has been a dramatic decrease in library funding due to a shortage of state revenue. Please contact us with any questions or concerns.
Celebrate the end of another great summer by hanging with friends and playing a little Wii (among other activities). Prizes for those who completed the Teen Summer Reading Program will also be awarded at this event.
Contact the Somerset Branch for details and registration information.
Celebrate the end of another great summer by hanging with friends and playing a little Wii (among other activities). Prizes for those who completed the Teen Summer Reading Program will also be awarded at this event.
Contact the Junction City Branch for details and registration information.
Celebrate the end of another great summer by hanging with friends and playing a little Wii (among other activities). Prizes for those who completed the Teen Summer Reading Program will also be awarded at this event.
Contact the Thornville Branch for details and registration information.
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Please join us as we discuss Slaughterhouse Five, a classic book by Kurt Vonnegut. Refreshments and great conversation will be served. |
Celebrate the end of another great summer by hanging with friends and playing a little Wii (among other activities). Prizes for those who completed the Teen Summer Reading Program will also be awarded at this event.
Contact the Corning Branch for details and registration information.
Celebrate the end of another great summer by hanging with friends and playing a little Wii (among other activities). Prizes for those who completed the Teen Summer Reading Program will also be awarded at this event.
Contact the Crooksville Branch for details and registration information.
Contributors to the book, Musings from Clay City, USA (Book 3), will be at the Crooksville Branch to sign copies of the book and to speak with visitors.

