💕✨ Love was in the air at the Martin Library this past weekend! ✨💕

They celebrated in the sweetest way — playing Bingo 🎉, getting creative with coloring 🎨, and enjoying some delicious cookies 🍪😋

Laughter, fun, and a whole lot of smiles filled the room! ...Thank you to everyone who joined the Martin Library and made it such a special time. 💖

We love celebrating with our amazing Martin Library community! 💕

#MartinLibrary #LibraryLove #WeekendFun #BingoTime #CreativeFun #SweetTreats #CommunityJoy 💘

📚✨ Preserving History, Honoring Community ✨📚

The Rapides Parish Library is proud to host a book talk and signing with Rev. Larry Douglas Smith featuring his powerful work, “The Rise and Fall of Lee Street: Stories History Forgot”.

📍 King Branch
📅 Saturday, ...February 28
⏰ 10:00 AM – 11:45 AM

This moving book reconstructs the vibrant Lee Street community, its people, culture, faith, and legacy—through personal memories, oral histories, and historical records. Rev. Smith shines a light on stories nearly erased, honoring a neighborhood that helped shape our city and reflecting on the experiences of Black communities across the South whose contributions deserve to be remembered.

📖 Meet the author
✍️ Book talk & signing
🖤 History, memory, and preservation brought to life

Join us for an important conversation about why preserving these stories matters—for today and for future generations.

📞 For more information, call 318-445-3912

#AuthorTalk #BookSigning #LocalHistory #PreservingOurStories #BlackHistory #KingBranch #RapidesParishLibrary #CommunityVoices #HistoryMatters 📚✨

💜💛💚 Happy Mardi Gras from our RPL family to yours! 💚💛💜

Laissez les bons temps rouler! 🎭✨

Celebrate Mardi Gras with a good book, festive displays, and fun finds at your local Rapides Parish Library branch. 📚🎉

Stop by one of our locations this ...season and let the good times (and great stories) roll! 🎺👑

#HappyMardiGras #RPL #LibraryLove #LaissezLesBonsTempsRouler #MardiGrasReads #RapidesParishLibrary 💜💛💚

📚✨ A Celebration of Local Black Authors ✨📚

Join us for an inspiring evening celebrating the power of storytelling, creativity, and community at the Westside Regional Library! 💛✍🏾 Meet and connect with talented local Black authors as they share their journeys, their books,... and what inspires their writing. Discover new reads, enjoy meaningful conversations, and you may even leave with a signed copy!

📍 Westside Regional Library
📅 Friday, February 27
⏰ 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM

🌟 Featured Authors & Works:
📚 Candy Christophe, LCSW, LAC – You Can Have Both Book & Workbook Series
1️⃣ Ministry – Spiritual Strategic
2️⃣ Business on the Legacy Ladder
3️⃣ Marriage Make It Last
4️⃣ The Adultery Trap

📖 Jamar Gailes – Loving 42

🐶 Anita Watson – My Dog “Chop Chop”

🌬️ Gloria Boyd Williams – Cindy Takes the Wind

📘 Cheron Hollad – The Bully: Carmen & Artela & Snow Day

Come celebrate storytelling, creativity, and community with us! 🎊📚

This special event is a wonderful opportunity to support local voices, celebrate Black literature, and uplift authors who are making an impact right here in our community. 💬📚

📞 For more information, call 318-442-2483

#LocalBlackAuthors #CelebrateBlackVoices #WestsideRegionalLibrary #BlackLiterature #AuthorMeetAndGreet #SupportLocalAuthors #RPL #CommunityReads

🇺🇸📚 Happy Presidents’ Day! 📚🇺🇸

Today, February 16th, we celebrate Presidents’ Day—a holiday honoring the leaders who have served as Presidents of the United States, and especially our first president, George Washington. 🎩✨

Presidents’ Day is a ...wonderful opportunity to reflect on the history of our nation, the founding of American democracy, and the leaders who helped shape the United States—from Washington to Lincoln and beyond. 🏛️📖

Want to learn more about the presidents, the Revolutionary War, or the Civil War? Stop by the library and check out books that bring American history to life!

📍 History is waiting for you at your local Rapides Parish Library branch.

#PresidentsDay #WashingtonsBirthday #AmericanHistory #LibraryReads #LearnSomethingNew #RPL #FoundingFathers #HistoryMatters 🇺🇸📚✨