Photo Gallery – Liberal Memorial Library

Blacklight Bingo Summer Reading 2025

On Thursday, June 25th, we all had a lot of fun with Blacklight Bingo …

Bad Art Summer Reading 2025

Our patrons proved that you can make something out of nothing – they took our random craft supplies and turned them into masterpieces at our Bad Art program on June 18th!! …

Richard Renner, Juggler Extraordinaire Summer Reading 2025

What a riot! On June 17th Richard Renner had kids and adults both cracking up with his hilarious antics! We were so happy to have you here! …

Luau Bunco Party Summer Reading 2025

June 13th – The Luau Bunco Party was a blast! So much laughter, snacks, dice flying everywhere, friendship galore! Really fun time! …

Polka Mike – Summer Reading Program 2025

On June 12th, we had a great time with Wisconsin Schneider (Polka Mike!) telling jokes, playing pranks, and doing the chicken dance! We love you, Mike! …

Smoky Hills PBS Summer Reading Program 2025

On June 10th, Jennifer Hanson with Smoky Hills PBS brought the fun to the library with her craft and story time! …

Cozy Coloring – Summer Reading 2025

June 5th – Coloring, snacks, and soothing music combined for a relaxing and enjoyable time for everyone at our Cozy Coloring program! …

Family Craft Day Summer Reading Program 2025

Tuesday June 3rd – We’ve been having so much fun with Summer Reading; we haven’t had a chance to share it all! But trust me, our Family Craft Day was a real treat – paint makes everything better! …

We kicked off the “Color Our World” Summer Reading program bringing books, creativity, and community together to make this summer unforgettable! Thank you to Dan Dan the Magic Man for concluding the day with a swirl of color and magic!

Summer Reading Kickoff Party 2025

On Monday June 2nd, we kicked off the “Color Our World” Summer Reading program bringing books, creativity, and community together to make this summer unforgettable! Thank you to Dan Dan the Magic Man for concluding the day with a swirl of color and magic! …

Peeps Diorama Contest Winners 2025

Congratulations to all of our winners of our first annual Peeps Contest! The creativity was outstanding! Thank you to our judges for their hard work in selecting the winners …

Oscar Prediction Contest 2025

And the Oscar goes to……. winners in our Oscar Prediction contest! …

Mardi Gras Bunco

Our February 28th Mardi Gras themed Bunco party was a festive occasion filled with laughter and fun! …

Holiday Open House

On Thursday, December 5th, our Holiday Open House was a blast! A big thank you to the awesome choirs from Eisenhower Middle School and Liberal High School and also to Santa, who totally brought the house down! …

2024 Halloween Haunted House contest winners

Thank you to all who took part in our Halloween Haunted House contest! The houses showcased outstanding creativity! …

Halloween Bunco 2024

Our Halloween Bunco was spooktacularly fun! …

Summer Reading Party Coloring contest winners

Our winners from our July 2024 Summer Reading Party Coloring contest. Congratulations! …

Summer Reading Raffle Winners – 2024

The results are in! Congrats to the lucky winners of our Summer Reading Adventure raffle. Enjoy your amazing prizes! …

End of Summer Reading Party 2024

Summer Reading, you’ve been a real page-turner! Unfortunately, all good stories must come to an end, but what a blast we had at our end of Summer Reading party on July 12th! …

Jefferson Knapp, Storyteller – Summer Reading 2024

Thank you Jefferson Knapp for entertaining us on July 1st with your tales of how you came up with the characters for your books, especially the giant scary snake! …

Charcuterie 101 – Adult Summer Reading 2024

The Charcuterie 101 class on June 27th was great! Thanks, Nancy Honig, for a night of yummy food, laughter, and learning the art of creating charcuterie boards that will make our guests say ‘wow’! …

Richard Renner, Juggler Extraordinaire – Summer Reading 2024

All we needed were peanuts and popcorn to complete the circus atmosphere when Richard Renner, the extraordinary juggler, performed his Circus Arts act at the library on June 27th. Both children and adults had a blast watching his wild antics! …

Smoky Hills Share-A-Story Summer Reading 2024

On Tuesday, June 18th, Jennifer Hanson from Smoky Hills PBS came to our library to present Share A Story “Nature Cat”. The kids listened to a story, watched a video, and did a fun craft …

Aaron Fowler – Summer Reading 2024

Musician Aaron Fowler came to the library with his a trained therapy dog on Thursday, June 20th to present his “The Adventure Begins Today!” Summer Reading program …

Luau Bunco 2024 – Adult Summer Reading

We had a blast at our Bunco Luau party on Friday June 14th! Grass skirts swayed, dice flew off tables, and laughter was nonstop! …

Jay and Leslie: Laughing Matters – 2024 Summer Reading

On Thursday, June 6th at 2pm, Jay and Leslie performed for us. Their show had nifty juggling, a wacky game of 20 Questions, and the nonsense poem that puzzled Alice when she went through the looking glass …

Dan Dan the Magic Man Summer Reading 2024

On June 11th at 1 pm, Dan Dan the Magic Man came to the library with his Summer Reading magic show, “The Magical Reading Adventure”. There were Silly songs, live animals, and tons of audience participation! …

Gardening with Ron Honig – Adult Summer Reading 2024

On Wednesday, June 5th at noon, Ron Honig from from the Wild West District-K-State Research & Extension came to the library to teach us about vegetable gardening essentials …

Summer Reading Kickoff Party 2024

On Monday, June 3rd we kicked off Summer Reading Kick Off with games, prizes and hot dogs! Local businesses had game booths throughout the library and the fire department had fun water games on the front lawn. After that, starting at 2 pm, Mad Science presented “Dino Show”, a program millions of years in the making …

Solar Eclipse Viewing Party April 2024

On Monday, April 8th, we enjoyed hot dogs and eclipse themed refreshments at our Solar Eclipse viewing party …

Library and Lunch Holiday party 2023

Unwrapping the magic of literature at our Library and Lunch Holiday party! ‘Tis the season for good books, great friends, and festive cheer! …

Duck Race Festival – 2023

Library patrons who came to to Duck Race Festival on Saturday, Sept. 23 received a free duck if they came by the library’s booth showed us their library cards …

Cutest Pet Contest – 2023

Patrons entered pictures of their pets into our Cutest Pet Contest in August. Everyone was invited to came into the library to see the contest entries and vote for the cutest. The winners won gift baskets made up of prizes donated by:– FURology– Liberal Animal Hospital– Prairie Pet Mobile Vet– Shirley’s Critter Care …

End of Summer Reading Party with Magician Dan Dan the Magic Man – 2023

On Thursday, July 13th at 1 pm, our end of Summer Reading Party featured Dan Dan the Magic Man. We had fun activities for all ages. This event was sponsored by the Southwest Symphony Society and by the Community Bank …

Teen & Adult: DIY Comic Frame 2023

On Wednesday, July 12th at 2 pm, teens and adults had fun making comic book picture frames! …

Star Wars Event 2023

Thanks to members of the 70th Explorers Garrison for making it out to our Star Wars event on July 8th. We had a story time, crafts, games and a raffle! …

Jurassic Park Storytime 2023

We had a ROARING good time at our Jurassic Park Storytime on July 6th …

Teen & Adult Craft: Mini Book Craft 2023

On Wednesday, June 14th at 4 pm, teens and adults had fun with this unique summer reading program craft of making a mini books …

Smoky Hills Storytime

On Tuesday, June 6th at 11am, Smoky Hills PBS presented Share A Story “All Together Now”. We listened to a story, watched a video, and made a fun craft …

Silhouette Art

On Tuesday, June 6 at 2 pm, Teens and adults came together for this fun and unique summer reading program craft creating silhouette art based around their favorite character …

Summer Reading Kickoff Party 2023

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Jerry Barlow Concert 2022

On Nov. 9th the library hosted a free concert by Jerry Barlow. It was a combination of Celtic guitar, history and humor. His music consists of a synthesis of traditional music from the British Isles and his own original Celtic-inspired compositions. Barlow brought the songs alive by sharing the history, legend and humor behind the music. This event was sponsored by Liberal Memorial Library and free to the community …

Halloween Party 2022

After the Kiwanis ended their Pet and Spook Parade at the library, we started our own Halloween Bash! Thanks to everyone who participated! …

Haunted House Contest 2022

We had so many amazing haunted houses entered into our haunted house contest. Take a look at our winners! Miriam received first place, Yisel and Liset received second place, and Jaxon received third place. Good job everyone! The houses will be on display until Halloween.

1st Place Winner Haunted House Decorating Contest

2nd Place Winner Haunted House Decorating Contest

3rd Place winner Haunted House Decorating Contest

Teen DIY Spellbook Craft

On Oct. 13th, middle schoolers & high schoolers came to the library for a spooky craft.

Teen H2O Party 2022

On Friday, August 5th at 3 pm, we had water based games on the front lawn. Teens had fun with water balloons and a frozen t-shirt race.

Mad Science 2022 – Amazing Oceans

On Friday, July 1st at 11 am, Mad Science came to the library to present Amazing Oceans as part of our Ocean of Possibilities Summer Reading Program.

How do fish rise and sink in water? Why do some fish light up in the dark? What other mysteries lie within the murky deep?

Container Gardening Craft 2022

On Thursday, June 30th at 2 pm, we learned about container gardening while having fun planting seeds and decorating a flowerpot to take home! Presented by the Wild West District of K-State Research and Extension.

Luau Bunco Party 2022

images of our Luau Bunco Party on Thursday, June 23rd at Noon

Teen & Adult Craft: Bubble Art

On Tuesday, June 21st at 2 pm, teens & adults created bubble art at the library. We used oil pastels on black paper to really make our bubble creations pop!

Aaron Fowler “Climb Onboard the Boat” 2022

Musician Aaron Fowler and his trained therapy dogs came to the library on Tuesday, June 21st at 11 am with his “Climb Onboard the Boat” Summer Reading program.

There was singing, moving, playing instruments, and sharing stories, including stories from the latest book in the Bella and Choco series, The Boat.

Llamas at the Library 2022

Christina Abel brought llamas to the library on Thursday, June 16th at 11 am as part of the Summer Reading program.

Smoky Hills PBS Share-a-story 2022

A big thank you to Smoky Hills PBS Share-a-story presenter Jennifer Hanson who came to the library and read “Wild Sea Creatures: Sharks, Whales, and Dolphins a Wild Kratts story” followed by a craft and video. Everyone had lots of fun!

Teen & Adult Craft: Tile Coasters 2022

2022 Summer Reading Kickoff Party

Encanto Party

Candy Hearts Winner

Victoria Zamora had the closest guess in our contest to guess the correct number of candy hearts. She guessed 800 and there were actually 821. Congrats Victoria!