Local author Matt Jaeger leads a discussion of Ernest Hemingway's 'The Short and Happy Life of Francis Macomber' and 'A Clean, Well-Lighted Place' at 7 p.m. this Monday, July 17 at Dry Ground Brewing Company! Join us for a book and brew! #mymclib #shortsandstouts #sunmerreading #drygroundwetbeer #partakeinpaducah

WOW! We’ve already received over 400 responses to our strategic plan survey! Thank you so much for your feedback. Keep it coming! For those of you who haven’t responded yet, you can fill out our survey online at www.surveymonkey.com/r/mymclib and on our website at www.mclib.net. Paper copies of the survey are available here at the Library. Remember, answering our survey gives you a chance to win one of four $50 Books-A-Million gift cards. Let’s plan a future together! #mymclib

Today we remember Don Simmons, genealogist, researcher, and publisher at Simmons Genealogy Books, who published hundreds of genealogy books pertaining to western Kentucky and the surrounding area. He was a founding member of the McCracken County Genealogical and Historical Society and will be remembered for his love of genealogy and dedication to providing access to historical data.

Join us Thursday morning at 9:30 AM for Baby and Me: Signs and Stories! This special story time for ages 0-3 is designed for baby and caregiver to sing, bounce and read, all while learning American Sign Language!

We had a blast out in the heat today. Join us in the library garden again next Monday at 1 pm for our teen program building a solar oven out of a pizza box! #mymclib #buildabetterworld mclib.net/summerreading

Get all the sweet nectary knowledge about starting your own apiary in this week's 101 Series program, Beekeeping 101. This program is presented by Chuck Collins, Beekeeper & owner of The Bee Barn. Chuck will cover topics including basic honey bee biology, family structure of the hive, basic beekeeping equipment, honey bee pests and diseases, and value -added products from the hive. Come see what all the buzz is about - bee here tomorrow, July 11, at 7pm!

Our Teen program this week is an Angry Birds game in the library garden! Monday at 1 pm. Ages 11-17. www.mclib.net/summerreading #summerreading #mymclib #buildabetterworld

We gave out several copies of Walter Dean Myers’ HOOPS as well as numerous other chapter and early books today while following the Paducah Public Schools food service around the city! Remember to bring those finished summer reading challenges back to the library and get your Brary Bear backpack before school starts! #mymclib #summerreading #bluegrassbookbuddies #KYB3

Check it out! The KEVA Planks used to build this structure are just one of several new STEM toys available to kids and teens when they visit the Library for Creation Station on Saturdays from 1-4 PM! #mymclib

Asia Gray your name was drawn and you are the winner of this signed copy of The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas! please come to the library any time over the course of the next week to pick this up. Please come to the second floor desk. #mymclib #summerreading #buildabetterworld

Our popular beginning genealogy class series returns next Wednesday, July 12 at 2 PM! Register at the first floor information desk or call 270 442 2510 extension 124! #mymclib

Paducah City Commissioner Sarah Stewart Holland stopped by our table this morning at the Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast! We discussed our unique Mary Wheeler Digital Collection, which is named after the Paducah musicologist who documented the African American folk music sung by those who labored on the Ohio River Valley steamboats of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Images of these men and women, sheet music, and the lyrics of their songs are available for viewing online at digitalcollections.mclib.net. #mymclib