Rapides Parish Library, King Branch

Rapides Parish Library, King Branch Rapides Parish Library is a public library that serves all individuals in the Rapides Parish community.

We aim to promote lifelong learning, enhanced quality of life, and literacy through print, audiovisual and electronic resources.

📚💚 It’s National Friends of the Library Week! 💚📚A huge THANK YOU to our amazing Friends of the Rapides Parish Library! Y...
10/23/2025

📚💚 It’s National Friends of the Library Week! 💚📚

A huge THANK YOU to our amazing Friends of the Rapides Parish Library! Your dedication — from organizing book sales and fundraisers to volunteering your time and talents — helps our library thrive. Because of you, we’re able to offer more programs, more resources, and more opportunities for our community to connect and grow.

But here’s the thing… we need more friends!!! Seriously, we do!!! 😄
If you love your library and want to make a difference, consider joining our Friends group. We’re looking for enthusiastic folks with fresh ideas to help plan fundraisers and support even more great programs for our patrons.

👉 Membership forms are available at all Rapides Parish Library locations.
Come be a Friend — because together, we can do even more for our library and our community!

🥳🎃 Guess. Win. Celebrate. 🎃🥳King Branch Pumpkin Weight Contest 👑🗓 Oct. 1–25 | 🕒 During open hours➡️ Free entry!➡️ All ag...
10/21/2025

🥳🎃 Guess. Win. Celebrate. 🎃🥳

King Branch Pumpkin Weight Contest 👑
🗓 Oct. 1–25 | 🕒 During open hours

➡️ Free entry!
➡️ All ages welcome!
➡️ Winner gets the pumpkin! 🎃

Winner picked Oct. 26—don’t miss it! 🕸️

📞Call 318-445-3912 for details.

🎅 Ho Ho Ho! Santa’s writing letters again! 🎅Want your child to get one? 💌✨ Fill out the Santa Letters form before Novemb...
10/20/2025

🎅 Ho Ho Ho! Santa’s writing letters again! 🎅
Want your child to get one? 💌

✨ Fill out the Santa Letters form before November 11th
✨ Letters arrive mid-December
✨ Limited to 1,000—first come, first serve!

🚨 Don’t wait—spots are still available! 🚨
👉 https://forms.gle/fJwMRGVtBvEPKGzD8

🎰✨ As Young As You Feel 📍King Branch🗓 Monday, Oct 27 ⏰10:00am–11:30am🌟 One more chance this month to join the fun! 🎉 Pla...
10/20/2025

🎰✨ As Young As You Feel

📍King Branch
🗓 Monday, Oct 27
⏰10:00am–11:30am

🌟 One more chance this month to join the fun! 🎉 Play BINGO, win prizes, and make friends 🤝

📋 Limited seating—register 👉https://rpl.events.mylibrary.digital/event?id=208599

💙Sponsored by Healthy Blue

📞Call 318-445-3912 for more info

TONIGHT! TONIGHT! TONIGHT!🎃 Tales Along the Bayou 🎃📍 Kent Plantation House🗓️ Friday, October 17 | 6:00–7:00 PMGet ready ...
10/17/2025

TONIGHT! TONIGHT! TONIGHT!
🎃 Tales Along the Bayou 🎃
📍 Kent Plantation House
🗓️ Friday, October 17 | 6:00–7:00 PM

Get ready for a ghoulishly good time at our annual storytelling event — Tales Along the Bayou! 👻✨

Enjoy an evening filled with:
🎶 Musical fun from Brian & Terri Kinder
📖 Not-so-scary stories by master storyteller Sylvia Yancy Davis
🍬 Trick-or-Treating around the Kent House grounds (costumes encouraged!)
🎨 Face painting, food vendors, and glow sticks for extra spooky sparkle!

Bring your blankets, lawn chairs, and a little cash for food, drinks, and fun — it’s a night your family won’t want to miss!

☔ In case of rain, the event will move to Westside Regional Library.
📞 Contact any branch for more info.

🍂 Storytime Fun at King Library! 🍂We had a wonderful visit today from the students of Brame Middle School! 📚💛Together, w...
10/16/2025

🍂 Storytime Fun at King Library! 🍂

We had a wonderful visit today from the students of Brame Middle School! 📚💛
Together, we read “Leaf Man” by Lois Ehlert and then created our very own Little Leaflings to take home! 🍁✨

A big thank-you to our young artists and readers for bringing so much creativity and joy to the library today! 🌿

👻✨ Spooky Season Fun! ✨👻Stop by King Branch and test your guessing skills with our giant pumpkin! 🎃⚖️🗓Oct. 1–25 | 🕒 Duri...
10/15/2025

👻✨ Spooky Season Fun! ✨👻

Stop by King Branch and test your guessing skills with our giant pumpkin! 🎃⚖️

🗓Oct. 1–25 | 🕒 During open hours
🏆Closest guess = Winner takes home the pumpkin!

📢 Winner announced Oct. 26—just before Halloween 🎃🕸️

📞Contact 318-445-3912 for more information.

🎃 Tales Along the Bayou 🎃📍 Kent Plantation House🗓️ Friday, October 17 | 6:00–7:00 PMGet ready for a ghoulishly good time...
10/15/2025

🎃 Tales Along the Bayou 🎃
📍 Kent Plantation House
🗓️ Friday, October 17 | 6:00–7:00 PM
Get ready for a ghoulishly good time at our annual storytelling event — Tales Along the Bayou! 👻✨
Enjoy an evening filled with:
🎶 Musical fun from Brian & Terri Kinder
📖 Not-so-scary stories by master storyteller Sylvia Yancy Davis
🍬 Trick-or-Treating around the Kent House grounds (costumes encouraged!)
🎨 Face painting, food vendors, and glow sticks for extra spooky sparkle!
Bring your blankets, lawn chairs, and a little cash for food, drinks, and fun — it’s a night your family won’t want to miss!
☔ In case of rain, the event will move to Westside Regional Library.
📞 Contact any branch for more info.

🎉 Getting Social On A Saturday at King! This past Saturday we enjoyed each others company while we made beautiful pink r...
10/14/2025

🎉 Getting Social On A Saturday at King! This past Saturday we enjoyed each others company while we made beautiful pink ribbon door hangers!

Check the RPL event guide for our next Social Saturday date at King and don't miss the fun!🎉

Address

1115 Broadway Avenue
Alexandria, LA
71302

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 6pm
Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
Friday 9am - 6pm
Saturday 9am - 1pm

Telephone

+13184453912

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King Branch

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Branch is located at 1115 Broadway Avenue in Alexandria and is a full-service branch, comparable in size and hours of operation as Gunter, Martin, Robertson and Westside libraries. The King branch has an open and inviting atmosphere featuring a public meeting space, computer learning stations, interactive areas for children, a study zone for teens, a knowledgeable staff, and a large variety of books, periodicals, and research materials.

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Meeting Room