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 📖✨

🍽️❤️ For the Love of Food! ❤️🍽️

Calling all food lovers! Join us at the Main Library for our monthly cooking demonstration and treat your taste buds to an evening of flavor, fun, and inspiration. 😋✨

📍 Main Library
📅 Monday, January 5
⏰ 5:30 ...PM – 7:30 PM

👩‍🍳 This month’s featured chef: Amy Pillarisetti of Lal Mirch Cooking School
🌶️ Enjoy a delightful culinary journey as you:
🥘 Learn new recipes
🍴 Sample delicious dishes
📚 Explore cookbooks from our library collection

🎉 This FREE event is open to all—come hungry and leave inspired!

⚠️ Registration required (space is limited):
👉 https://rpl.events.mylibrary.digital/event?id=254197

📞 For more information contact 318-445-2411

Good food, great company, and plenty of inspiration—join us For the Love of Food! 🍲💫

#ForTheLoveOfFood #MainLibrary #CookingDemo #LocalChef #FoodieFun #LibraryPrograms #CulinaryInspiration 🍽️✨

📚✨ 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. 🌟

#HiddenHistory #JBLaFargue #BookTalkAndSigning #BlackHistory #KingBranch #LibraryPrograms #LocalHistory #PreservingOurPast 📖✨

🎬🍿 Calling all movie lovers!
Want to watch the latest movies without paying theater prices? Stop by any RPL location and grab a DVD list to see what’s new!
#MovieNight #LibraryDVDs #RPL #FreeMovies #MovieLovers