Kilgore Memorial Library

06/01/2026

06/01/2026

CALLING ALL ADULTS--Smackdown starts Monday!

Monday
-Adult Summer Reading-Smackdown Begins - 10am
-Elementary Paleontologists - 3pm
-The Kilgore Chapter - 6:30pm
Tuesday
-Daycare Storytime - 10am
Wednesday
-Teens and Tweens - 3pm
Thursday
-Family Game Night - 5:30pm
Friday
- Mrs. B & Me Storytime and Crafts - 10am
-Gaming with Tyler - 2pm
Saturday
-Makerspace Weekend Hours - 12-4pm

05/31/2026

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05/30/2026

☀️📚 TODAY IS THE DAY! 📚☀️

Join us for our Kids Summer Reading Kickoff, starting at 10:30 AM for a day full of fun and learning! 🎉

🔬 Science Demonstration
🧪 STEM Lab
🌭 Picnic Lunch
📖 Sign up for Summer Reading

Bring your friends and family, and kick off an amazing summer at the library! We can’t wait to see you there!
Edgerton Explorit Center

05/29/2026

If Dinos worked at the library - they’d have a lot of fun!

You may see some of our new “Dino-mite” librarians tomorrow at the Summer Reading Kickoff!! The technology is a little confusing to them, but what they lack in tech skills, they make up for in enthusiasm!!

See you at the Summer Reading Kickoff May 30th at 10:30 am!!

05/29/2026

📚🔥 SUMMER SMACKDOWN IS THREE DAYS AWAY! 🔥📚
⏰ Competition Dates: June 1- July 31
⏩High school graduates through age 105

York vs. Seward — who will read their way to victory this summer? 🏆

Join the Summer Smackdown Reading Competition and help our community earn bragging rights while building awesome reading habits all summer long!

📖 HOW IT WORKS:
🦖 Track your reading using the ReaderZone app OR
🦖 Come into the library and get a punch card
🦖 Every book counts towards our total!

📱 HOW TO JOIN READERZONE:

Download the ReaderZone app
Create your free account
Enter the program code: 57820
Start logging your books on June 1!

Whether you read 10 minutes a day or finish a whole stack of books, every reader helps their team climb the leaderboard! 📚💪

WHO'S READY FOR THE ULTIMATE SUMMER READING SHOWDOWN?!

05/28/2026

Join us on Sunday, June 7th at 2PM at the Anna Bemis Palmer Museum (520 North Grant Avenue) for “Remember the Ladies” a free program about the Founding Mothers during the American Revolution. Humanities Nebraska Guest Speaker Janie York will explain how women of the era used ingenuity, creativity, and needlework to support the military cause. In the words of Abigail Adams to her husband John “Remember the Ladies.” In this program you’ll meet activists, impersonators, and seamstresses who advanced the war effort and, in some cases, helped change its course.

Janie York is a retired Licensed Hearing Instrument Specialist. She is past President of the Nebraska Hearing Society and continues to advocate for quality hearing healthcare and consumer education. In her newfound free time Janie is once again able to enjoy her passions for quilting and other forms of textile art. She is an avid reader with women’s history, textile history and historical fiction as genres of choice. She enjoys camping and hiking with her husband and their grandchildren.

This presentation was developed in partnership with Nebraska Public Media as part of its engagement initiatives around “The American Revolution,” the highly anticipated new documentary from Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt. The documentary premiered on November 16, 2025, and activities continue through July 2026 in commemoration of America 250.

Humanities Nebraska (HN) provides major funding for this program. HN receives support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Nebraska State Legislature, the Nebraska Cultural Endowment, and private donations.

05/28/2026

Grab your Book It! pizza and get ready for a very millennial reading list! Here are a few of Team Libby’s favorite books from our childhoods.