Your Student ID Card now serves as one of your most important school supplies: A Lafayette Public Library Card.
The Lafayette Public Library and the Lafayette Parish School System have teamed up this year to provide …

The Lafayette Public Library is debuting its new pedal-powered mobile library – the BiblioBike! This eco-friendly tricycle brings library resources in a new and exciting way to public venues in the community. As a new …

Check Out the Musical Instrument Library (M.I.Brary)!
You can now check out a guitar, keyboard, or even an accordion the same way you would a book at the Chenier Branch of the Lafayette Public Library!
Who knows — …

Explore the feasibility of a business idea! The discussion will include startup fundamentals, marketing and business planning, financing, licenses, business structures, and more. Hosted by the Louisiana Small Business Development Center at the University of …

Come “write” in! National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a fun approach to creative writing for anyone who has ever thought about writing a novel. Participants begin working toward the goal of writing a 50,000-word …

Cat-a-palooza at the Main Library! Make a cat castle out of old boxes and hear from an expert about how to care for your cat. Lafayette Animal Control will be on site to offer cat adoptions, so …

October: Speaker Buz Bullock will talk about El Cazador, a Spanish brig that sank in the Gulf of Mexico in 1784. The ship was carrying 450,000 Spanish reales (unit of currency), and never reached its destination …

The Hilliard University Art Museum and the Lafayette Public Library System are thrilled to announce a partnership that allows members of the community to check out a free family admission pass.

Transform a pumpkin into your favorite book character! Paint or decorate it at home (no carved pumpkins, please), then bring it to the South Regional Library to be displayed in our pumpkin patch. Submissions can …

Franco-Ontarian historian Joseph Gangné will discuss spies and espionage in Louisiana during the Seven Years War. Funding Provided by the Centre de la Francophonie des Ameriques and co-sponsored by the Center for Louisiana Studies with …

Practice your reading-aloud skills with trained therapy animals from Pet Partners of Acadiana! Ages 5-10. Registration begins Monday, October 22. Call 981-1028 to schedule a time slot.

Let the Lafayette League of Exceptional Motoring rev your engines! Join us for a car show in the Main Library parking lot, and see classic models from 1979 and earlier. All Ages.

After a very long wait for our patrons and staff, we hope to have new state-of-the-art self-check stations in place at all regional library locations after the first of the year. What does that mean …

All library locations will close at 6:00 PM on Wednesday, November 21 in observance of the Thankgiving Day holiday. They will remain closed on Thursday, November 22 (Thankgiving Day) and Friday, November 23 (Acadian Day). …

All library locations will be closed on Friday, November 23 in observance of the Acadian Day holiday.

Open to all ages! Sponsored by the Sigma Alpha Iota musical fraternity, this fun family event features performances by local music students and a reading of “The Night Before Christmas” by Mrs. Claus.
Saturday, December 8
10:00 …

A fun, interactive Christmas show where Hugo Kringle tells stories of growing up with the boy who would become Santa Claus. He will also be singing secular holiday songs. For Ages 3 – 8.

All library locations will close at 1:00 PM on Monday, December 24 in observance of the Christmas Eve holiday. They will remain closed on Tuesday, December 25 in observance of the Christmas Day holiday. All …

All library locations will close at 5:00 PM on Monday, December 31 in observance of the New Year’s Eve holiday. They will remain closed on Tuesday, January 1 in observance of the New Year’s Day …

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will be on hand to introduce young anglers to the skills necessary to tie tackle, identify fish, and know their reel. Open to families.
Thursday, January 3
1:00 – 2:00
Main Library