If you've picked up your list of school supplies or tossed the school newsletter onto the mail pile, you already know: Back to school time is fast approaching! Whether you're excited for the start of the new school year, or hoping there’s an enormous time paradox that locks us into eternal summer, you'll benefit from…
Reflections of Langston Hughes in Lawrence, Kansas
East Lawrence Waltz, Lead Artist Dave Loewenstein, close-up photo of mural at Hobbs Park
"Youth" by Langston Hughes
We have tomorrow
Bright before us
Like a fl
Stay Cool With Even Cooler DIYs
As you're all probably aware, it's been far too toasty this summer. While swimming, ice cream, and of course the Lawrence Public Library as options to stay cool are AMAZING, you need something else. Swimming can come with sunburns, ice cream gets melty, and the LPL eventually closes for the night. For these tough times…
The Upside of Unplugging
Have you ever thought “I’ll just check in with >insert your favorite social media platform or online game here< and then I’ll >insert productive activity you need to undertake here<” only to find that 20, 30, or even 60 minutes have elapsed and left you feeling unfulfilled, vaguely guilty, and less motivated than you were…
Large Print: A Sight for Sore Eyes
Between staring at a computer monitor all day, Netflix at night, and then presidential tweets first thing in the morning, our eyes experience a great deal of strain throughout the day. This is one likely reason that print book sales have stayed strong in the digital era, as a respite from screen time. Any analog…
New Book Releases You Should Be Excited For
Have you ever taken a break from reading, not because you are too busy or because you just can't focus, but because you chose to? Well, I have taken a vacation from reading. That sounds a little odd coming from someone who is literally paid to encourage others to read and give book suggestions. Sometimes…
Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore
“What’s the story?” stream ecologist Jim Sedell constantly asked. I met Jim when the tides of change washed me to Oregon in the early ‘90s, and I was rather surprised when he appeared a couple weeks ago, in a book…
“Experimental Reading”: The Alternative Way to Explore the Children’s Section
Having a hard time choosing which book to read next? Not sure how you’re going to find those twelve books you need to get these awesome Summer Reading prizes? Or perhaps you think you’ve read everything, and that the library offers you no more new, exciting adventures. Look no further than “Experimental Reading.” Inspired by…
Talent Wanted!
Share your talent with the rest of Lawrence! During the library's Last Bash on August 18. We'll have a community talent show from 7:30-8:30 p.m. with family-friendly acts of all kinds ranging from 2-5 minutes - all age levels too! Performers need to fill out an application by Sunday, July 15. (Fire…
Set yourself FREE (and eat DONUTS)
What goes better with books than donuts? Maybe......MONEY! Cha-Ching! That's right! Come hang out with us in the Teen Zone this Saturday, July 14 and get rid of those pesky fines in the best way possible. For every 15 minutes of reading, we will erase $2.50 of your existing fines. You've gotta commit to…
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