✨📚 There’s always something happening at the Main Library! 📚✨

Stop by and explore our latest fun and informative displays—we’ve got something for every curious mind!

🇺🇸 Discover a special display honoring the anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans
📖 ...Check out a display highlighting popular elementary book series
🦁 Visit our zoo-themed display, featuring children’s animal books, zoo passes, and even biofacts borrowed from the Alexandria Zoo!

Whether you love history, animals, or great books, the Main Library has you covered. Come learn, explore, and be inspired!

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📚✨ The Truth Behind J. B. Lafargue’s Life ✨📚

Join us at the Martin Luther King Jr. Branch for a powerful and enlightening afternoon as we uncover hidden history and celebrate a legacy that helped shape Black education in America.

📍King Branch
📅Saturday, ...January 10
⏰2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

📖 Featuring a book talk & signing of Michael Wynne’s latest biography:
All towards the elevation of the negro race in America…": Jean Baptiste Lafargue, The "Negro" Who Re-Invented Black Education For America".

🎤 Special Guests:
✨ Michael Wynne — collector, historian, speaker, and preservationist
✨ Josette Abugov — great-great niece of J. B. Lafargue, environment reporter at The Times-Picayune/NOLA.com, and fiction writer

Discover long-hidden truths about the life, history, and heritage of Jean Baptiste Lafargue, and engage in meaningful conversation that honors his lasting impact. Books will be available for purchase and signing.

Come learn, reflect, and be inspired by history that deserves to be known. 🌟

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✨🏛️ Check Out Louisiana Museums! 🏛️✨

We’re excited to announce that with a valid RPL library card, you can now check out museum passes to the Alexandria Museum of Art 🎨 and the New Orleans Museum of Art 🖼️—just like checking out a book!

💳 How it ...works:
🔹 Use your RPL library card
🔹 Reserve electronic passes online
🔹 Visit participating museums for FREE

🎫 Passes are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis, so be sure to plan ahead and reserve early!

🔎 Learn more & check availability:
👉 https://checkoutlouisiana.quipugroup.net/?rapi

Or stop by your nearest Rapides Parish Library branch for help.

Culture, creativity, and discovery are waiting—go check out a museum! ✨

#LAMuseums #CheckOutLouisianaMuseums #StateLibraryOfLouisiana #RPL #FreeResources #MuseumPasses #ExploreLouisiana 🎨🏛️

Due to unforeseen circumstances our Author of the Month program has been cancelled. We apologize for the inconvenience.

📢📚 We’re Hiring! Join the Rapides Parish Library Team! 📚📢

The Rapides Parish Library is looking for Full-Time Floating Clerks to join our amazing team! If you love helping people, supporting literacy, and making a difference in your community, this could be the perfect ...opportunity for you. 🌟

We are a medium-sized public library system serving Rapides Parish in Central Louisiana, with:
📍 A Main Library
📍 5 urban branches
📍 4 rural branches
🚐 Van services for the homebound & child development centers

Our mission is promoting literacy, guiding discovery, and changing lives… for all 💙

✨ Why join us?
📚 Work in a variety of library locations
🤝 Serve a diverse community
🌱 Be part of a mission-driven organization

👉 Apply today:
🔗 https://www.rpl.org/index.php/about/job-openings/

Help us make an impact—one library visit at a time!

#NowHiring #LibraryJobs #RapidesParishLibrary #JoinOurTeam #PublicLibraryCareers #CommunityImpact #WorkAtTheLibrary 📖✨