Are you interested in finding out about your family history and climbing your family tree? The Anderson Public Library is now offering two sets of free genealogy classes for anyone interested in learning more about their family’s past. Titled “So You Want to Climb your Family Tree?,” the classes will help attendees discover what makes […]
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Pottery Class for Children to be Fun and Educational
Children will have a fun time and get messy making clay creations during a free pottery class here at the Anderson Public Library with Marianne Brown Mize from Marianne Brown Pottery. Marianne is a local clay potter who has been enjoying working with clay since she was eight years old. She creates many works of […]
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Great American Read to Showcase Top 100 Novels
Do you have a favorite novel or fictional work? Check out the new program on KET called the Great American Read where you have a chance to vote to select America’s most popular book. The Great American Read is an eight part television series that highlights the top 100 most loved novels in America. Launching on […]
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Free Food to be Provided at Summer Reading Program
This year’s summer reading program at the Anderson Public Library will not only be fun for kids but nutritious too. As part of the summer food program run by the Kentucky Department of Education, Kentucky State University Extension SNAP-Ed Program and the KSU Summer Food Service Program, a mobile food truck will be delivering free meals […]
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Summer Reading to Rock with Fun Events and Free Lunch
Registration is now open for what is planned to be a rocking summer reading program with lots of new and fun activities and free lunch for all participants of the program at the Anderson Public Library. Held every year starting at the end of June, summer reading is a great educational and fun program for […]
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The Library: A Great Educational Resource
As we continue to celebrate National Library Week, we’d like to highlight another family who has found the Anderson Public Library to be a large part of the education for their children: Jerry and Tyra Robinson, along with their six children, Lyrica, Harmony, Canaan, Andrew, Aria, and Tenor, not only enjoy coming to the Anderson […]
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Library Offers New Home Improvement Database Class
Spring has finally arrived and it’s that time of the year for lots of different home improvement projects. If you’re thinking of tackling some of them yourself but need to brush up on some knowledge, stop by at the Anderson Public Library to learn about all the different home improvement databases available to members of […]
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Staff and Board Members Read to Kids During Lighting Event
A number of Anderson Public Library staff and members of the library’s board of trustees were invited to read children’s Christmas stories during last night’s Light Up Lawrenceburg event downtown. The event, which celebrates turning on all of the holiday lights on Main Street, attracted many hundreds of participants, including many children. Stationed in a […]
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Bringing Books to Your Door and More
If you can’t get to the Anderson Public Library, the library’s outreach service can come to you with a stack of books and more, all for free. This also includes daycares and organizations around the county. Deborah Perry, the outreach specialist at the library, travels all around the county taking books, magazines, and audiobooks to […]
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Nearly 70 Register for Library Cards for Sign-up Month
National Library Card Sign-up Month was a major success at the Anderson Public Library this year with 68 new members registering during the month of September, and nearly 900 members visiting the library in that time. “We are very excited that 68 new members joined the library during the 2017 National Library Card Sign-up Month,” […]
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