Lego Club

11:00am - 12:00pm
Children (Age 0-5), Children (Age 6-8), Tweens (Age 8-12)
Officer Geoffrey Redd Library
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Library Branch: Officer Geoffrey Redd Library
Room: Meeting Room (OGR)
Age Group: Children (Age 0-5), Children (Age 6-8), Tweens (Age 8-12)
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, STEAM stem
Event Details:

Join us for an hour of building, creating, and making new friends! 

 

 

Break Dance Judging

12:00pm - 1:00pm
Tweens (Age 8-12)
South Library
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Library Branch: South Library
Room: Meeting Room (SOU)
Age Group: Tweens (Age 8-12)
Program Type: Cultural Awareness, History/Genealogy, Music
Event Details:

Break dancing is making its Olympic debut in 2024, so we're going to do some judging of our own.

Summer Lunch Programming

12:00pm - 1:00pm
Children (Age 0-5), Children (Age 6-8), Tweens (Age 8-12), Teens
Parkway Village Library
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Library Branch: Parkway Village Library
Room: Program Area
Age Group: Children (Age 0-5), Children (Age 6-8), Tweens (Age 8-12), Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Games, Health & Wellness, Movies, Music, STEAM arts, STEAM stem, Story Times

Art to Grow with the Dixon Gallery

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Tweens (Age 8-12), Teens
Orange Mound Library
Closed
Registration Required
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Library Branch: Orange Mound Library
Room: Meeting Room A (OM)
Age Group: Tweens (Age 8-12), Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for Art to Grow! An art program provided by Dixon Gallery and Gardens. This program is a painting lesson based on art by Amy Hutcheson, an artist in the Dixon exhibition "Memphis 2024". Ages 8-16 are welcome to attend.

Special Notes

Friends of the Library

This event made possible by the Friends of the Library.

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Memphis City Beautiful

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Children (Age 6-8), Tweens (Age 8-12)
Raleigh Library
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Library Branch: Raleigh Library
Room: Meeting Room (RAL)
Age Group: Children (Age 6-8), Tweens (Age 8-12)
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Join us and Memphis City Beautiful as we discover amazing ways to taking care of our city and recycle. Let's help keep Memphis Beautiful! We will also enjoy a fun craft. 

Special Notes

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Explore Memphis - meet local author Lashanna Houston

3:00pm - 3:45pm
Children (Age 6-8), Tweens (Age 8-12)
Cordova Library
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Library Branch: Cordova Library
Room: Story Time Room
Age Group: Children (Age 6-8), Tweens (Age 8-12)
Program Type: Author Events
Event Details:

Come to the Cordova Branch Library to meet local children's author Lashanna Houston.  Listen to her read her book.  Then stay for snacks and crafts.  For ages 5-12 and no registration is needed.

Pet Therapy/Central Children's

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Children (Age 6-8), Tweens (Age 8-12)
Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library
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Library Branch: Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children (Age 6-8), Tweens (Age 8-12)
Program Type: Literacy Instruction
Event Details:

Would you like to read a book to a dog? Lovie, the library therapy dog, loves a good book, especially mysteries! Come join us. Choose a good book, relax, and read to the dog!

Tween Zone

3:30pm - 5:00pm
Tweens (Age 8-12)
Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library
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Library Branch: Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library
Room: Children's Department
Age Group: Tweens (Age 8-12)
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Tween Zone is a chance for tweens ages 10-12 to chill out after school. Need to give your mind a break? Stop by the children's department to create art, play games, and chill. 

Long Live the King!-Chess Club

6:00pm - 7:30pm
Children (Age 6-8), Tweens (Age 8-12), Teens, Adults
Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library
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Library Branch: Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library
Room: Lobby
Age Group: Children (Age 6-8), Tweens (Age 8-12), Teens, Adults
Program Type: Games
Event Details:

Free chess tutorials for all ages. Beginners are invited to learn to play, and veterans are welcome to challenge each other to a friendly match of strategy and tactics. For this event we will meet in our main lobby behind the escalators.

Special Notes

Memphis Library Foundation

This event made possible by the Memphis Library Foundation.

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