May the 4th Be With You at Leeds Jane Culbreth Library! Come on down to the Library on May the 4th for our thrilling activity packs! Explore a galaxy of creativity as you embark on interstellar adventures filled with exciting surprises and engaging challenges – the universe is at your fingertips! Hope to see you there!
There’s plenty to do at the Leeds Jane Culbreth Library. Be sure to visit often!
Come to the End-of-School Celebration Library Block Party! Saturday, May 13th from 11am – 1pm on the Library’s Corner in downtown Leeds – We will set up in the parking lot with the new mural and 8th Street! There are so many fun things planned and WE WANT YOU THERE FOR ALL OF IT! Come explore a 50 foot inflatable circus train! Get a free scoop of ice cream, Turn our mouth blue with a treat from KONA ICE , visit Kennedy’s Farmers Market, get a special Balloon Animal from an Artist, get lunch from
the Frozen Rooster, explore a Fire Truck, Police Car, Post Office Truck and lots, lots, lots more….Such as: Join your teen friends in the Sports Dome Inflatable and at 3-in-1 Ball Throw Inflatable…. and lots, and lots, and lots more!
Kids will enjoy our new interactive “My Small Town Leeds” (our version of the kids-sized hands-on Itty Bitty Magic City). We can’t wait for everyone to be out-of-school and for summer to get here!
Yes, we are celebrating early, but we can’t wait for you to see our calendar of events we have been planning just for you to be entertained all summer along! Join up on BeanStack and get ready to win some fabulous prizes for what you read! The
Community of Leeds is coming All Together to support the Leeds City School Kids in the Summer Reading Challenge… We want every child to Avoid the Summer Learning Slump and start the school year ahead! (*See our post about how to avoid the Summer
Learning Loss).
For more information about this and other library program, services and events, please call the library at 205.699.5962.
Hot off the press is the May 2023 Calendar for Leeds Jane Culbreth Library. We look forward to seeing you at the library this month!
For specific information about any of these events, programs and services, please call the library at 205.699.5962. Also, visit our social media often on Facebook and Instagram for regular post, information and updates.
Hey Teens, ready to start a Snacktastic Adventure? Every month we invite you and your friends to join us at the Leeds Jane Culbreth Library for a taste-test journey with snack samples from around the globe prepared by Universal Yums. Get ready to make your
tastebuds sing by sampling snacks like: British potato chips, French chocolates, and Colombian gummies which are only scratching the surface of the amazingly unique and delicious snacks you’ll get to try every month! Library Members can bring friends to join
our tasty global adventure! Taste Test 4 Teens is always FREE!
*Next Taste Test 4 Teens is Saturday, May 13th at the End-of-School Celebration in the Teens Space Tent.
*Saturday, June 10th @Noon
*Saturday, July 8th @Noon
*Saturday, August 12th @Noon
*Saturday, September 9th @Noon
Hot off the press is the April 2023 Calendar for Leeds Jane Culbreth Library. We look forward to seeing you at the library this month!
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Chef Rose Sweets & Treats Event: We are excited about the Chef Rose Sweets & Treats Event happening at the Library Thursday, March 16th, 1:30 pm – 5:30 pm. Watch Chef Rose on the TV show, Talk of Alabama, then come see her at the Leeds Jane Culbreth Library to sample the extra moist cakes and goodies she creates! Chef Rose sells out of her goodies quickly so if you missed it last month – you have another chance! This is a Friends of the Library fundraiser.
Leeds Historic Downtown Walking Tour Celebrates 100 Years of the Library
Walk the Story of Our Past
Explore the First 100 Years of the Library
Leeds Jane Culbreth Library in partnership with Leeds Historical Society and Leeds Area chamber of Commerce has planned a historic downtown walking tour to celebrate the 100th birthday of the library on Saturday, April 15 between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Everyone is invited to walk the story of our past and explore the first 100 years of the library.
This self-guided walking tour will begin in the parking lot at the corner of Parkway Drive and 8th Street across from Regions Bank and Leeds Jane Culbreth Library in conjunction with cities all across Alabama who are conducting downtown walking tours during the month of April.
Once you arrive, you will receive a tour map and have an opportunity to visit each site and different stations around town where historical tour guides will share information along the way. Some of the tour guides will be dressed in costume depicting the era of that portion of history. You will learn about the different locations of the library, the history of Leeds Jane Culbreth Library and other significant historical downtown buildings, businesses and people who have made an impact on the City of Leeds over the last 100 years.
Each location where the library has been located will be referred to as a “station” on the walking tour. This is a reference to the first library location which was a stop or “station” on the route of the Jefferson County Free Library book wagon. The book wagon, later called the bookmobile, brought hundreds of books to Leeds twice a week from 3:00-5:00 in the afternoon.
Leeds Arts Council will have a display of how the library and arts work together. Tour guides, supporting participants and sponsors include Leeds Historical Society, Leeds Area Chamber of Commerce, Casey Parsons and Megan Graham of Guild Mortgage, Friends of the Library, Ken & Susan Nelms, Dona Bonnett, Leeds High School volunteers, the Woman’s Literary Club of Leeds, City of Leeds, Alabama Tourism, Leeds Outreach, Leeds Arts Council and Stratford Real Estate.
You are encouraged to plan about an hour to participate in the tour which entails an approximate 1.02 mile walk through Leeds historic downtown with five tour guide stations strategically placed along the trail. Downtown retailers will be open during the hours of the walk for your shopping convenience.
Leeds looks forward to telling the historical significance and an interesting story of how each location helped build and establish our Library’s 100th year legacy as well as celebrate Leeds, Alabama.
For more information about this event, please call 205.699.5962.
At the completion of your tour, plan to visit the annual Art Walk at The Outlet Shops of Grand River located at 6200 Grand River Boulevard East, I-20 Exit 140.
From Birmingham traveling I-20 East, take Exit 140, travel 3 miles to the concrete parking lot at corner of Parkway Drive and 8th Street to begin the walking tour.
Click Here to View Our History of the First 100 Years of the Leeds Jane Culbreth Library!
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The Leeds Jane Culbreth Library invites you to participate with the Read Across America Reading Challenge – March 1st – March 31st — Register for FREE on LeedsLibrary.Beanstack.com
We also encourage you to participate with the Read Across Leeds Downtown Story Walk – March 1st – March 31st – a Main Street Literacy Partnership.
Here is our March 2023 Calendar. You can download and print, if you desire. We look forward to serving you for a fabulous month together!
Click Here to View/Download March 2023 Calendar
Happy March! See you soon!
