Key West Public Library Branch - Monroe County

Beakers and Bugs will host an interactive lesson all about volcanoes! Examine real lava rocks and mix colorful acids and bases with exciting results. Craft your own mini volcano complete with toy dinosaur to carry home.

This event requires registration. Please only register your children. Parents and guardians are are welcome to attend, but do not need to register.

Register here: monroecountypl.librarycalendar.com/event/summer-reading-special-volcanoes-wit-beakers-bugs-8784

Get this great read -- and listen -- with no waitlist or holds between now and July 23.

Join July 9-23 and borrow 'I See You've Called in Dead' by John Kenney on the Libby App with no waitlists or holds!

"Razor-sharp, darkly comedic, and emotionally piercing...I See You've Called in Dead is a witty and heartwarming reminder of the bottomless despair, limitless absurdity, and undeniable joy of the human experience." – Booklist

Bud Stanley, an obituary writer, is afraid to live. After his wife leaves him, Bud hits rock bottom, and in a drunken haze, accidentally publishes his own obituary—leading to a bureaucratic mix-up that makes him "officially" dead and temporarily unfireable. Given a second chance, Bud, with the help of his eccentric best friend, starts attending strangers’ funerals to learn a thing or two.

Learn more at libbylife.com/events/libby-reads-i-see-youve-called-in-dead.

Are you ready for our nation's big birthday? We're closed Friday and Saturday this week, so make sure you stop in before then to get stocked up!

It's a light schedule but what we've got is pretty good - Mahjong for Beginners at 12:30 pm on Monday and our regular Adult Mahjong Club at 12:30 pm Thursday.

And on Wednesday, to get you into the history mindset, Dr. Corey Malcom from the Florida Keys History Center will be presenting Monroe 203! Find out about the beginnings of Monroe County and all the interesting and important things that have happened in the last two-plus centuries in the Keys. That program is at 6:30 pm on Wednesday, July 1.

Is the Semiquincentennial getting you curious about American history? We've got lots of films, books and audiobooks that can help you explore our nation's 250 years, in documentaries, dramas, histories and historical fiction. To find out more, go to keyslibraries.org/post/america-250.

Have a wonderful and safe holiday, everyone!