✨📝Poetry Escape Room

Come try to escape our poetry themed escape room! Whether you are a poetry enthusiast or not, you will love figuring out clues to help you get to the prize hiding behind the locks and puzzles we have prepared for you. Ages 10 to 17 welcome. See the list below for... upcoming dates at each branch.

📍Westside Regional Library
🗓Tuesday, April 2
⏰4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

📍Libuse Branch
🗓Saturday, April 6 (Kids)
⏰11:00 am to 12:00 pm

📍Libuse Branch
🗓Saturday, April 6 (Teens)
⏰1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

📍Alfred Boyce Wettermark Branch
🗓Thursday, April 11
⏰3:00 pm to 4:00 pm

📍Robertson Branch
🗓Tuesday, April 16
⏰2:30 pm to 3:30 pm

📍J.W. McDonald Branch
🗓Thursday, April 18
⏰3:30 pm to 4:30 pm

📍Johnson Branch
🗓Friday, April 19
⏰3:00 pm to 4:00 pm

📍Hineston Branch
🗓Tuesday, April 23
⏰4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

📍Martin Library
🗓Thursday, April 25
⏰4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

📞Contact the branch you would like to attend for more information.
#poetryescaperoom #RPL #teenprograms #MoreThanJustBooks

✨📝Poetry Escape Room

Come try to escape our poetry themed escape room! Whether you are a poetry enthusiast or not, you will love figuring out clues to help you get to the prize hiding behind the locks and puzzles we have prepared for you. Ages 10 to 17 welcome. See the list below for... upcoming dates at each branch.

📍Westside Regional Library
🗓Tuesday, April 2
⏰4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

📍Libuse Branch
🗓Saturday, April 6 (Kids)
⏰11:00 am to 12:00 pm

📍Libuse Branch
🗓Saturday, April 6 (Teens)
⏰1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

📍Alfred Boyce Wettermark Branch
🗓Thursday, April 11
⏰3:00 pm to 4:00 pm

📍Robertson Branch
🗓Tuesday, April 16
⏰2:30 pm to 3:30 pm

📍J.W. McDonald Branch
🗓Thursday, April 18
⏰3:30 pm to 4:30 pm

📍Johnson Branch
🗓Friday, April 19
⏰3:00 pm to 4:00 pm

📍Hineston Branch
🗓Tuesday, April 23
⏰4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

📍Martin Library
🗓Thursday, April 25
⏰4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

📞Contact the branch you would like to attend for more information.
#poetryescaperoom #RPL #teenprograms #MoreThanJustBooks

We had an egg-citing time at Libuse this morning dye-ing eggs, learning a little about food safety and getting to try the Cenla tradition of egg pocking with Library Director Ms. Celise.

🎨Color Me Chill

📍Boyce, Hineston, Libuse, Martin Luther King, Jr., McDonald Branches
🗓April 1-April 30
⏰During Open Hours

Adults, treat yourself to an oasis of relaxation and creativity! Come color and chill with us anytime you want! Need a break? Come in and ...relax and get one our our Color Me Chill coloring packs available at the Customer Service Desk. Packs are not for check out and for in-library use only. Packs available at Boyce, Hineston, Libuse, Martin Luther King Jr. and McDonald branches only.

📞Contact the branch you would like to attend for more information.
#colormechill #adultprogram #RPL #MoreThanJustBooks

🎨Color Me Chill

📍Boyce, Hineston, Libuse, Martin Luther King, Jr., McDonald Branches
🗓April 1-April 30
⏰During Open Hours

Adults, treat yourself to an oasis of relaxation and creativity! Come color and chill with us anytime you want! Need a break? Come in and ...relax and get one our our Color Me Chill coloring packs available at the Customer Service Desk. Packs are not for check out and for in-library use only. Packs available at Boyce, Hineston, Libuse, Martin Luther King Jr. and McDonald branches only.

📞Contact the branch you would like to attend for more information.
#colormechill #adultprogram #RPL #MoreThanJustBooks

✨LSUA Cavanaugh Lecture Series

📍Westside Regional Library
🗓Thursday, April 11
⏰6:30 pm to 8:00 pm

Join us for another great speaker at another LSUA Cavanaugh Lecture Series as we hear from Poet Jack Bedell. Jack B. Bedell is Professor of English and Coordinator ...of Creative Writing at Southeastern Louisiana University where he also edits Louisiana Literature and directs the Louisiana Literature Press. Author of five volumes of poetry, his latest release is Ghost Forests (2024). Bedell is the recipient of the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Individual Achievement in the Humanities Award and the Governor’s Award for Artistic Achievement.

📞Contact 318-442-2483 for more information.
#cavanaughlectureseries #jackbedell #RPL #MoreThanJustBooks

⚖️Law Talks Watch Party: Foreclosures

📍Main Library
🗓Wednesday, April 10
⏰12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Come to a library watch party! The Rapides Parish Library will host the Louisiana State Bar Association's virtual presentation on Foreclosures led by Legal Aid ...and volunteer attorneys. Presentation will be held via zoom watch party at the Main Library. You can also stream the presentation on the Lawyers in Libraries Facebook page.

📞Contact 318-445-2411 for more information.
#lawtalks #virtualevent #RPL #lawyersinlibraries #MoreThanJustBooks

⚖️Law Talks Watch Party: Foreclosures

📍Main Library
🗓Wednesday, April 10
⏰12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Come to a library watch party! The Rapides Parish Library will host the Louisiana State Bar Association's virtual presentation on Foreclosures led by Legal Aid ...and volunteer attorneys. Presentation will be held via zoom watch party at the Main Library. You can also stream the presentation on the Lawyers in Libraries Facebook page.

📞Contact 318-445-2411 for more information.
#lawtalks #virtualevent #RPL #lawyersinlibraries #MoreThanJustBooks

✨LSUA Cavanaugh Lecture Series

📍Westside Regional Library
🗓Thursday, April 11
⏰6:30 pm to 8:00 pm

Join us for another great speaker at another LSUA Cavanaugh Lecture Series as we hear from Poet Jack Bedell. Jack B. Bedell is Professor of English and Coordinator ...of Creative Writing at Southeastern Louisiana University where he also edits Louisiana Literature and directs the Louisiana Literature Press. Author of five volumes of poetry, his latest release is Ghost Forests (2024). Bedell is the recipient of the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Individual Achievement in the Humanities Award and the Governor’s Award for Artistic Achievement.

📞Contact 318-442-2483 for more information.
#cavanaughlectureseries #jackbedell #RPL #MoreThanJustBooks