Plan to attend the Wyoming Piatigorsky Spring 2026 Tour featuring mezzo-soprano Katherine Calcamuggio Donner and pianist Gabriel Evens in Lusk on Tuesday, May 5 at 6:30 p.m. The concert will be held at the Congregational Church, 120 E 5th Street and is a free event that is sponsored by the Muriel & Seymour Thickman Family Charitable Foundation and coordinated by the Wyoming Arts Council and the Niobrara County Library.
Have you checked out Mometrix eLibrary? It’s available through gowyld.net and provides access to study materials for over 1,500 different standardized exams. Study materials include comprehensive study guides, interactive flashcards and practice tests. Materials are available for children as well as adults and include everything from Algebra to ACT practice tests to college and graduate level placement exams. Exams are also available for a wide variety of careers, including the ASVAB. Stop in the library to find out more – your library card and PIN will give you access!
The deluxe edition of “The Things We Leave Unfinished” by Rebecca Yarros is now available. This book follows Georgia Stanton, who returns to her hometown after a painful divorce and discovers her great-grandmother Scarlett’s unfinished romance novel. As she collaborates with best-selling author Noah Harrison to complete the manuscript, their relationship develops alongside the historical love story of Scarlett and her World War II pilot, Jameson. “The Things We Leave Unfinished” is also available digitally.
Other new fiction books are “As Good as Dead” by William W. Johnstone, “Her Burning Lies” by Pamela Fagan Hutchins, “Freeing the Wild” by Paisley Hope, “Bridger Trail” by B.N. Rundell, “A Lesson in Propriety” by Jen Turano, “Whispers in Painswick Court” by Julie Klassen and “Cold Zero” by Brad Thor.
Among the newer non-fiction books is “Everything You Want is on the Other Side of Hard: a Memoir” by Ken Rideout.
The Lenna Lewis Slagle Children’s Library has these new junior titles “Free the Dinosaurs” by Steve Behling, “Double Cross Down Under” by Marianne Hering and “Breakout” by Christina Wyman. Some of the newer easy books are “Aya Has Never Seen a Bear” by Gerelchimeg Blackcrane, “Howdy Partner” by Steve Breen, “Clyde in Plain Sight” by Graham Annable and “Biscuit’s Puppy Sleepover” by Alyssa Satin Capucilli.
“Mother’s Day” is the theme for Storyhour on May 5, 2026. Storyhour is held from 10 to 11 a.m. every Tuesday throughout the year for preschool-aged children.
The Friends of the Library sponsor the 24/7 storyline, Dial-A-Story – call 307-334-3274 anytime to hear a recorded story!
Visit the library’s online catalog, “WyldCat” by going to https://niobraracountylibrary.org and then clicking on WyldCat. You can browse the local collection as well as materials in libraries throughout Wyoming. Your library card number and PIN will give you access! You can also renew some items, place interlibrary loan requests and access the GoWyld.Net resources. On the library’s website, if you scroll down, you’ll also be able to register your email for notification of library postings of local history and events.
Library hours are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Wednesday 10 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.