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It's Amazing What a Soup Program Can Do

Until Wednesday night, my attempts at vegetable soup were met with tepid responses from my family. While they were polite, no one did an Oliver Twist impression, standing at the stove empty bowl in hand begging for more.

So what happened? I sat in on our Simply Soup program Tuesday night here at the Kearney Branch.

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Kearney Page Paul Pursell Rocks as Vocalist of Kaiju

Paul Pursell is a pretty quiet guy when he pages here at the Kearney Branch, but he shatters that mild-mannered library persona when he hits the stage as vocalist for the Kansas City-based tech metal band, Kaiju.

The band gets its name from the Japanese word for "giant monster," an homage to the members' love of Japanese monster flicks featuring the likes of Godzilla and Gamera.

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Backlist...Way Back To 1992.

Twenty years ago, Lois McMaster Bujold, one of the few women at the time writing science fiction, was already a rising star. Her novel, Barrayar, won the Hugo and Locus awards and was nominated for the Nebula that year. Barrayar begins a saga that spans light years and generations of the Vorkasigan family. It’s one of my favorite science fiction epics of all time.

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The Kearney Branch

The Kearney Branch

The current Kearney Branch opened in 1998. A library has been in Kearney since 1966, and in all that time there have been only three branch managers.

Last year, 155,500 patrons visited the library.

A Summer Reading Program display at the Kearney Branch.

Summer Reading Program Spirit

Summer Reading Program is a big deal at MCPL. Over 35,000 kids participate in the program each year. Those who do earn books and prizes as they build reading skills for the next school year.

Accordian players at the Kearney Branch

Learn Something New

This program featuring accordians is one of the many ways to learn at the library. Books, movies, music, databases, events, classes, and more are all here waiting to teach you something new today.

The Kearney Branch Staff

The Kearney Branch Staff

Are you looking for an item? An answer? A suggestion? This group is here to help. If your branch staff doesn't know the answer to your question, they likely know where to help you look. All you have to do is ask.