Week Calendar

MCPL Outreach is proud to join the Berea Kiwanis as we invite our community to enjoy breakfast with Santa at the Berea Folk Center! Come enjoy a light breakfast with Santa before it's time to take pictures!

Need assistance navigating Ancestry.com or researching your family tree? Local historian and genealogy enthusiast Todd Moberly will be available in the library's Madison County Room on the first and third Monday of each month ready to help.

Presented in partnership with Madison County Adult Education. 

Presented in partnership with Madison County Adult Education. 

This is a program for children ages 0-5.  We love learning different types of literacy through reading, music, movement, and play. This program lasts 45 minutes to an hour and we could get messy so please dress appropriately!

This engaging program is designed for children ages birth to 5 years and their caregivers. Participants will enjoy singing and moving to recorded music, as well as playing with shakers, rhythm sticks, and scarves.

Stop by the Berea Location to watch the Berea Woodcarver Group in action, hear some great stories, and learn a thing or two about wood carving. 

This is a program for children ages 0-5.  We love learning different types of literacy through reading, music, movement, and play. This program lasts 45 minutes to an hour and we could get messy so please dress appropriately!

Looking for a calm and quiet early childhood program? Join our Peaceful Play sessions! This program is designed to accommodate kiddos that are shy or neurodivergent, though all are welcome to attend. 

Makers Space open Lab is a time for using the equipment and space in the Maker's Lab to start, work on, or complete projects. Don't have any projects to work on?

Join us in welcoming Trio 21 for a pop-up holiday concert at our fireplace!

Join us in welcoming Trio 21 for a pop-up holiday concert at our fireplace!

Get into the Yule Tide spirit at our Yule Tie Dye class!
Make a few gifts, or keep them all for yourself!

Gather with us to create, mend, knit, stitch, or make.

Join us by the fireplace area for an afternoon of fun with robots.

The Madison County Public Library provides a Pearson VUE GED testing site on the second Monday of the month from 9am to 1pm.  To register for your GED exam, visit ged.com and create an account.  Once you hav

Need homework help? The Newby Country Store and the Newby Blessed Foundation are partnering with the Madison County Public Library to provide free tutoring for elementary aged students.

Need homework help? The Newby Country Store and the Newby Blessed Foundation are partnering with the Madison County Public Library to provide free tutoring for elementary aged students.

Come hang out with friends or meet new friends over a cup of coffee (or tea). Our coffee cart will have everything you need to create a delicious brew. Games, simple crafts, and fun will be provided!

Get into the Yule Tide spirit at our Yule Tie Dye class!
Make a few gifts, or keep them all for yourself!

Join us in making a variety of ornaments, just in time for the season! We'll have a variety of ornament types: beaded, foam, wooden, and more. Make as many as you can during our program.

Join us in making a variety of ornaments, just in time for the season! We'll have a variety of ornament types: beaded, foam, wooden, and more. Make as many as you can during our program.

It's that time of year again! Come get a picture with Santa, tell him what's on your wish list, and grab some hot chocolate on your way out! Santa will also be giving out free books to children who come to see him. 

Join us to learn to sew, have a space to lay out projects, have questions answered, or to just have a place to come and sew with friends.

*Registration is only required if you need to use one of our machines.

Spice up your holiday season with one of these spiced jar candles. There will be no essential oils in these candles! We will be relying on the warm scents of this season's spices. Everything you need to create a unique candle will be provided.

Spice up your holiday season with one of these spiced jar candles. There will be no essential oils in these candles! We will be relying on the warm scents of this season's spices. Everything you need to create a unique candle will be provided.

Join us for an afternoon of fun STEAM activities! From LEGO challenges to arts and crafts, fun experiments and games, learning through play is our goal! Each of the four stations focuses on a different aspect of STEAM education.

Stop by every Monday night to join our group of Nifty Needlers! Every skill level is welcome!

Presented in partnership with Madison County Adult Education. 

Stop by, let us know what you want to see at the library, volunteer, and earn service hours! The Teen Advisory Group (TAG) is open to patrons 11-18 to join. 

Stop by, let us know what you want to see at the library, volunteer, and earn service hours! The Teen Advisory Group (TAG) is open to patrons 11-18 to join. 

Presented in partnership with Madison County Adult Education. 

Please stop by and see us on your way to the Christmas Parade to grab some hot chocolate and good cheer! You might even find a cozy book to take home with you!

Join us for the Tale Tail Book Club with KY Saves Animal Rescue!
Each month, we will be joined by a few of the animals available for adoption while we discuss the month's book pick! 

Individual and small-group language practice and tutoring for adults who are developing English language skills.

Join Ashley for our Just Love Book Club, at Just Love Coffee in Berea. This book club will meet the first Tuesday of every month.

It's that time of year again! Come get a picture with Santa, tell him what's on your wish list, and grab some hot chocolate on your way out! Santa will also be giving out free books to children who come to see him. 

Individual and small-group language practice and tutoring for adults who are developing English language skills.

Weekly Spanish language class for adults who are developing Spanish language skills. Led by Berea College students through the Hispanic Outreach Program (HOP) of the Center for Excellence in Learning through Service (CELTS).

Are you smarter than a librarian? Test your trivia knowledge at a night of fun, facts, and a healthy dose of competition.