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LEGOpalooza: Building Fun Since 2009

Every June we celebrate all things LEGO here at the Kearney Branch with LEGOpalooza.

It's a time for LEGO enthusiasts, young and young at heart, to gather to show off their brick creations and share ideas. The creations that come through our doors for the show are always imaginative and fun to see.

This year LEGOpalooza 2013 will be Saturday, June 8 from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m.

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Book Club to Discuss Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author

As I read The Marriage Plot by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jeffrey Eugenides, the story hit so close to home portraying young college graduates’ first forays into the working world, love, and the search for identity that I found it painful to read. Painfully true. Painfully moving. Painfully beautiful.

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The Book Tiger Mothers Don't Want their Soon-to-be Graduating Kids to Read

This time of year everyone has book suggestions for soon-to-be graduates.

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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.