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Join our friends from Feller Express for an educational meet-and-greet dinosaur encounter with lots of photo opportunities! For families. No registration required.
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Beaumont Branch
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Animals & Pets
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3rd-5th Grade
Erin guests to tell the story of one of Lexington’s oldest unsolved murders – the killing of Alexander T. Hays in October 1846.
Mariam interviews Lucy Jones, founder of the Harry Dean Stanton Festival in time for this year’s festival.
Mariam interviews Kentucky native Kevin Lane Dearinger about his forthcoming memoir, Bad Sex in Kentucky, his Broadway career, and his second career in education.
Mariam and Denise discuss the history of the Joyland Amusement Park (1923-1963).
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Join us for a presentation from the County Extension office on local foods and how to preserve them.
This program is part of Kentucky Legends, a series exploring our states culture, history, and lore.
This program is part of Kentucky Legends, a series exploring our states culture, history, and lore.
From burgoo to barbecue mutton Kentucky has a rich and varied culinary and agricultural history. Join us for a presentation from the County Extension office on connecting to these traditions by buying, eating and preserving local Kentucky ingredients.
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Beaumont Branch
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Cultures & Traditions
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Adults
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Celebrities!
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Hooked on Books is a book club for people who want to join a book club, but want to choose what books they read. Stop by to discuss your recent read and get recommendations in new genres.
Want to join a book club but don't want to be required to read the same book as everyone else? Stop by the Beaumont to try our book club, Hooked on Books. Each month, we will discuss books in a different genre and everyone will talk about the book they chose to read. This month we will be reading about celebrities. Pick a memoir or even a fictional book about a celebrity of your choice! Spoilers may occur, so please be advised!
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Beaumont Branch
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Books, Writing & Authors
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Adults
Erin guests to talk about bloodhound Nick Carter and his handler Captain Volney Mullikin, who together searched for and found over 600 people in Nick Carter’s career as a tracking hound.
Mariam and David discuss the sordid life of John Wilkes Booth before his assassination of Abraham Lincoln, including his visit to Lexington during the Civil War as a theater actor. Some listener discretion is advised.
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Hooked on Books is a book club for people who want to join a book club, but want to choose what books they read. Stop by to discuss your recent read and get recommendations in new genres.
Want to join a book club but don't want to be required to read the same book as everyone else? Stop by the Beaumont to try our book club, Hooked on Books. Each month, we will discuss books in a different genre and everyone will talk about the book they chose to read. This month we will be reading historical fiction set before 1850. Spoilers may occur, so please be advised!
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Beaumont Branch
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Books, Writing & Authors
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Adults
Enjoy this discussion of Lexington born Major League Baseball players that was cut from the KY Baseball episode.
Mariam and Erin tell the story of Constantine Samuel Rafinesque’s visit with naturalist John James Audubon, and how the resulting prank by Audubon on Rafinesque wasn’t fully discovered for nearly 150 years.
Mariam and Wayne share the story of David Rice Atchison, the only person in history who was possibly president for a day.
Stories of Lexington's history told through the Kentucky Room archives.
Mariam tells a brief history of Lexington's first steam powered street roller, named the Willipus Wallipus.
Denise guest hosts and give sketches of the lives of three Lexington Civil War era women: Elizabeth Harbeson Hummons, Francis Dallam Peter, and Ella Bishop Ransom.
Mariam interviews Wayne Johnson, librarian and local historian about the murder of Transylvania University student Betty Gail Brown in October 1961. In the first episode, Wayne and Mariam discuss the events leading up to the crime.
