photo by: Erin McDaniel

The movie screen is set up at the end of the library lawn at the Lawrence Public Library's celebration of summer reading and the 10th anniversary of its building on Friday, July 26, 2024.

To celebrate the summer reading program and the 10th anniversary of its building, the Lawrence Public Library held a party Friday with live music, dance performances, a movie screening and more. The library building, which has received national recognition for its architecture, was opened on July 26, 2014.

photo by: Kim Callahan

Library director Brad Allen welcomes the crowd at the Lawrence Public Library’s celebration of summer reading and the 10th anniversary of its building on Friday, July 26, 2024.

photo by: Kim Callahan

A crowd sits on the library lawn and steps at the Lawrence Public Library’s celebration of summer reading and the 10th anniversary of its building on Friday, July 26, 2024.

photo by: Kim Callahan

An attendee picks from a table of prizes at the Lawrence Public Library’s celebration of summer reading and the 10th anniversary of its building on Friday, July 26, 2024.

photo by: Kim Callahan

Guests pick out books as their prizes at the Lawrence Public Library’s celebration of summer reading and the 10th anniversary of its building on Friday, July 26, 2024.

photo by: Erin McDaniel

The Kids Action Club sold doughnuts to raise money for Just Food at the Lawrence Public Library’s celebration of summer reading and the 10th anniversary of its building on Friday, July 26, 2024.

photo by: Erin McDaniel

Children play mini golf at the Lawrence Public Library’s celebration of summer reading and the 10th anniversary of its building on Friday, July 26, 2024.

photo by: Kim Callahan

A young child plays mini golf at the Lawrence Public Library’s celebration of summer reading and the 10th anniversary of its building on Friday, July 26, 2024.

photo by: Kim Callahan

Children play mini golf at the Lawrence Public Library’s celebration of summer reading and the 10th anniversary of its building on Friday, July 26, 2024.

photo by: Kim Callahan

Children play on the sidewalk at the Lawrence Public Library’s celebration of summer reading and the 10th anniversary of its building on Friday, July 26, 2024.

photo by: Kim Callahan

The Jazzhawks band plays at the Lawrence Public Library’s celebration of summer reading and the 10th anniversary of its building on Friday, July 26, 2024.

photo by: Kim Callahan

The Jazzhawks band plays at the Lawrence Public Library’s celebration of summer reading and the 10th anniversary of its building on Friday, July 26, 2024.

photo by: Kim Callahan

The Jazzhawks band plays at the Lawrence Public Library’s celebration of summer reading and the 10th anniversary of its building on Friday, July 26, 2024.

photo by: Kim Callahan

Two kids play a giant game of Connect Four at the Lawrence Public Library’s celebration of summer reading and the 10th anniversary of its building on Friday, July 26, 2024.

photo by: Kim Callahan

A child plays mini golf at the Lawrence Public Library’s celebration of summer reading and the 10th anniversary of its building on Friday, July 26, 2024.

photo by: Kim Callahan

A child plays mini golf at the Lawrence Public Library’s celebration of summer reading and the 10th anniversary of its building on Friday, July 26, 2024.

photo by: Shawn Valverde

The bookmobile is parked outside the Lawrence Public Library on Friday, July 26, 2024, ahead of the library’s celebration of the 10th anniversary of its building.

photo by: Shawn Valverde

Guests look at artwork inside the Lawrence Public Library at the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the library building on Friday, July 26, 2024.

photo by: Shawn Valverde

Chris Luxem and Nathan Dixey perform in the Lawrence Public Library auditorium at the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the library building on Friday, July 26, 2024.