Art in City Hall Prospect - Summer Pop-Up Exhibit
Art in City Hall Prospect brings light to the city with this Summer Pop-Up Show. From the fun, fanciful work of ceramicist Lena Wolok and mixed media scupture of Jacque Parsley, to the beautiful landscapes and figurative work of painter John Michael Carter, there is something for everyone to love! The show features ten artists who work in painting and clay and mixed media sculpture.
Weekly Storytime at Carmicheals Kids Bookstore
Join Carmichael's Kids every Monday at 10:30am for our weekly storytime! It's free and open to all ages!
LFPL: Combintion Storytime
Our combined Storytime is perfect for all children ages 0-6. We will read new books each week, as well as incorporating songs, rhymes, and other educational and development focused activities.
LFPL: Bon Air Library Combined Storytime
Storytime is an opportunity for families to bond over shared stories and songs, as well as engaging in creative activities that reinforce a lifelong love of learning.
LFPL: Toddler Storytime
Foster a love of reading in your toddlers through this engaging story time! Join LFPL for books, songs, movement, and art activities that encourage the development of early learning skills.
Preschool Story Time
Foster a love of reading in your pre-school child through this engaging story time! Join us for books, songs, movement, and art activities that encourage the development of early learning skills. Ages 3-5
Water Wars
Families can expect FREE admission, artist demos from Gregory King and Karen Boone, a Community Collage Mural in Studio 715 inspired by artist Harlan Hubbard, and nature-themed activities in the third floor studio. In addition, guest can enjoy treats from Gelato Gilberto and meet some folks from Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana!
Paint Pouring MakerPlace Workshop
Unleash your creativity in our Paint Pouring Workshop! Explore mesmerizing techniques, experiment with unique additives to change the viscosity, and watch vibrant acrylic colors flow into stunning abstract masterpieces. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned artist, this hands-on experience will ignite your imagination and transform the way you see paint. Let’s pour, swirl, and create something extraordinary!
Dino Day
FREE with general admission
Get ready for prehistoric fun as we celebrate all things dinosaur with family-friendly activities across three floors and 50,000 square feet of hands-on discovery.
10AM-2PM: Our MakerPlace will be open!
10:30AM: Story Time
12:30PM: Atrium Demo
1:30PM: Tech Forum Show
Dig into dino-mite themed experiments and activities and explore paleontology-themed maker projects in our MakerPlace. Plus, experience larger-than-life dinosaurs on our 4-story digital screen with special 3D showings throughout the day of Dinosaurs of Antarctica. Dino Day runs from 10AM to 2PM, and all activities are included FREE with general admission (except movies.)
Purchase your tickets below:
LFPL: Highlands Baby Storytime
A storytime for developing pre-literacy skills and a love of reading through books, songs, movement and activities.
LFPL: Iroquois Library Preschool Storytime
Foster a love of reading in your pre-schooler through this engaging storytime! Join us for books, songs, movement, and art activities that encourage the development of early learning skills.
LFPL: Crescent Hill Baby Storytime
Baby storytime focuses on developing your baby's pre-literacy, motor, sensory, and social skills through librarian led, parent participation activities. Introduce your baby to a love of literature through books, songs, movement, rhythm, and rhyme followed by a short period of playtime
LFPL: Main Library Preschool Storytime
Foster a love of reading in your pre-schooler through this engaging storytime! Join LFPL for books, songs, movement, and art activities that encourage the development of early learning skills.
LFPL: Southwest Regional Toddler Storytime
Foster a love of reading in your toddlers through this engaging storytime! Join LFPL for books, songs, movement, and art activities that encourage the development of early learning skills.
LFPL: Northeast Reginal Baby Lap Sit Story Time
Baby Lap Sit is a special circle time that introduces the rhythm and beauty of language to babies. Join LFPL for a new offering specifically for parents and caregivers and their newborns. Story time will be 20 minutes followed by social and play time for participants.
LFPL: Little Dreamers’ Dress-Up
Bring your family and friends and join us for an hour of pretend play fun! This is the time for children to hang out, interact, and make connections with each other and their parents
LFPL: Iroquois Baby Storytime
Baby storytime focuses on developing your baby’s pre-literacy, motor, sensory, and social skills through librarian led, parent participation activities. Introduce your baby to a love of literature through books, songs, movement, rhythm, and rhyme followed by a short period of play time.
LFPL: Wags, Read to a dog
Children can improve their reading skills by reading to a WAGS therapy dog.
Kentucky Renaissance Festival
The Highland Renaissance Festival is a 13th century period festival that offers a wide variety of activities and entertainment.There are 9 stages of continuous entertainment daily, including LIVE Combat Jousting, Period Music, Dancing, Reenactment, Fire Juggling, Sword Swallowing, Acrobatics, Mud Show and much more. We have over 75 merchants and artisans that sell and demonstrate items such a clothing, jewelry, handmade blacksmith wares, soaps, herbals, mugs, children's games and more.
Register ahead time using the link below:
20th Annual Kentucky Highland Renaissance Festival in Eminence, KY, May 31, 2025 - Events.com
Kentucky Science Center: Kintsugi Suncathcers
Join the Kentucky Science Center in making beautiful Kintsugi Suncatchers. Kintsugi is the Japanese art of transforming broken into something even more beautiful. This technique celebrates resilience, renewal, and the beauty in imperfection. Discover the art of kintsugi using agate slices, shimmering copper tape, and a soldering iron, transform fractured pieces into a stunning suncatching masterpiece. Celebrate imperfection and craft a one-of-a-kind creation that radiates beauty and resilience.
MakerPlace Workshops include general admission to Kentucky Science Center.
Open to ages 8+. Please note that one adult is required to attend the workshop for every two children.
Registration REQUIRED! Click the link to purchase tickets today:
LFPL: Main Library Baby Storytime
Baby storytime focuses on developing your baby’s pre-literacy, motor, sensory, and social skills through librarian led, parent participation activities. Introduce your baby to a love of literature through books, songs, movement, rhythm, and rhyme followed by a short period of play time.
Blackacre Farms Saturday Morning Farm Animal Feeding
Every Saturday morning, come experience life on a farm and help with feeding the farm animals! The goats, sheep and donkeys are fed by grain bowls in the meadow. They love the extra attention!
$10 per carload once you arrive!
LFPL: Parkland Preschool Storytime
Join the Parkland Library branch for Preschool Storytime - where stories, songs, and smiles come to life for our littlest listeners!
LFPL: Newburg Preschool Story Time
Preschoolers listen to stories, get active with dancing, experience an easy craft, and have free play time!
The brass company: Benefit Concert
Join the Brass Company for our benefit concert on July 20th, 3:00pm, at the beautiful St. Bertrand Catholic Church!
Proceeds from this benefit concert will go toward the bands efforts to share music across Indiana and Michigan.
They hope to see you there
Kentucky Shakespeare: Hamlet
Shakespeare’s unparalleled masterpiece is a haunting tale of corruption, betrayal, and revenge. Follow Hamlet through an electrifying and unforgettable journey into the human soul.
All performances are presented free of charge at Kentucky Shakespeare Festival in Central Park, the longest-running non-ticketed Shakespeare festival in the United States.
Kid’s Storytime at HalfPrice Books
Pack up your half-pint readers and join us at your Hustbourne Parkway HPB for Storytime Saturdays. Come sit criss-cross applesauce and enjoy a few fun stories read by staff at 2 p.m. every Saturday of the month. All ages are welcome! See you there.
Art in the Park
Celebrate National Recreation and Parks Month this July at Art in the Park! They are again partnering with Kentucky Shakespeare to host this event at Central Park on Thursday, July 17 from 6-8 p.m. Find free arts and craft activities under the pergola in the park before the showing of Cymbeline on the amphitheater stage. Make potions, leather keychains, flower crowns, beautiful beaded garden stakes and more. Kentucky Shakespeare will also have food trucks, Will's Tavern, Will's Gift Shop, Kids Globe and other entertainment
In-Store Kid's Workshops
Join your local workshop in The Home Depot stores across the country that kids can attend to create really adorable items like book ends, toys, birdhouses and more. The Home Depot provides the tools and materials needed and the kids bring the creativity and enthusiasm and energy!
Registration REQUIRED, click link below to register today: