BOO! Read if you dare...

10:00am–6:00pm
Teens
Frayser Library
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Library Branch: Frayser Library
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Holidays, Library Support
Event Details:

Calling all teens who love a good scare or a heart-pounding thriller! In this special library program, you’ll choose a mystery book without seeing the cover, title, or author.

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Everybody Has Rhythm: An Inspirational and Fun Experience For Beginning and Intermediate Drummers

11:00am–12:30pm
Tweens (Age 8-12), Teens
North Library
Registration Closed
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Library Branch: North Library
Room: Meeting Room (NOR)
Age Group: Tweens (Age 8-12), Teens
Program Type: Library Support, Music
Registration Required
Event Details:

If you shake your head, stomp, or pat your feet, clap your hands, or move your body in some fashion to a beat in a favorite song, you have rhythm ,  this program is for you.

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Memphis Library Foundation

This event made possible by the Memphis Library Foundation.

Screenwriting Camp: From the Idea to the Page

11:00am–4:00pm
Teens
CLOUD901
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Library Branch: CLOUD901
Room: Video Production Lab
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Poetry and Writing, STEAM arts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Students will learn the basics of screenwriting, including familiarizing themselves with the formatting of a screenplay page and understanding how to take an idea and turn it into a cinematic story.

Special Notes

Memphis Library Foundation

This event made possible by the Memphis Library Foundation.

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Fall Break STEM Week

2:00pm–3:00pm
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: STEAM stem
Registration Required
Event Details:

Looking for something fun to do over Fall Break? Students in 3rd-6th grade are invited to the South Branch Fall Break STEM Week!

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Boo Week!

2:00pm–3:30pm
Children (Age 0-5), Children (Age 6-8), Tweens (Age 8-12)
Hollywood Library
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Library Branch: Hollywood Library
Room: Meeting Room (HOL)
Age Group: Children (Age 0-5), Children (Age 6-8), Tweens (Age 8-12)
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, STEAM stem
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Monday 3D: Paper Pumpkins

🎃Come get crafty and make your own 3D Paper Pumpkins! 

Tuesday: Monster Books

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Friends of the Library

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Memphis Library Foundation

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Art Unleashed: Tween Fall Fun Camp - Session 2

2:00pm–4:00pm
Tweens (Age 8-12)
Frayser Library
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Library Branch: Frayser Library
Room: Meeting Room B (FRA)
Age Group: Tweens (Age 8-12)
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, STEAM arts
Event Details:

This is Session 2 of our 3-day Fall Fun Camp.  Children ages 8-12 have the opportunity to explore their creative talents in building a diorama based on their favorite book.

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Lego Stem Challenge

2:00pm–4:00pm
Children (Age 0-5), 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 0-5), Children (Age 6-8), Tweens (Age 8-12)
Program Type: STEAM stem
Event Details:

Put your creativity and problem-solving skills to the test with our Lego STEM Challenge this Fall Break!

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Tie-Dye Tuesday

2:00pm–4:00pm
Children (Age 0-5), Children (Age 6-8), Tweens (Age 8-12)
Levi Library
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Library Branch: Levi Library
Room: Library Outdoor Grounds (LEV)
Age Group: Children (Age 0-5), Children (Age 6-8), Tweens (Age 8-12)
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

If you want to experience science, art, and color in one siting, please join us for a psychedelic time! Please bring at least one item to tie dye. There will be a scrunchies available to tie-dye, but they are limited.

Memphis Zoo Storytime

2:45pm–3:45pm
Children (Age 0-5), Children (Age 6-8), Tweens (Age 8-12), Teens, Adults, Adults-Seniors
Connect Crew
Offsite Event
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Library Branch: Connect Crew
Age Group: Children (Age 0-5), Children (Age 6-8), Tweens (Age 8-12), Teens, Adults, Adults-Seniors
Program Type: Outreach Event, Story Times
Event Details:

Connect Crew will be hosting a family storytime event at the Memphis Zoo! The storytime and animal meet and greet program will be held at the Wild Encounter location. The storytime event will occur during the zoo's Free TN Tuesday hours.

CLOUD901 FIRST Robotics Team: Interest Interview (30 mins)

4:00pm–4:30pm
Teens
CLOUD901
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Library Branch: CLOUD901
Room: Robotics Zone
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: STEAM stem
Registration Required
Event Details:

It's recruitment season for CLOUD901's community-based FIRST Robotics team! Teens are invited to meet 1 on 1 with our Robotics Coach to learn all about it.

What is FIRST Robotics?

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CANCELLED - Board Game Buffet

4:00pm–5:00pm
Tweens (Age 8-12), Teens
South Library
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Library Branch: South Library
Age Group: Tweens (Age 8-12), Teens
Program Type: Games
Event Details:

THIS EVENT WILL RETURN IN TWO WEEKS

Teens are invited to try a different Board Game every two weeks at South.  Card games, Dungeon Crawlers, Deck Builders, Strategy versus ALL OUT CHAOS - it’s all on the table at Board game Buffet.

Fall Break Fossil Digging

4:00pm–5:00pm
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 6-8), Tweens (Age 8-12)
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Exhibits, Games, STEAM stem
Event Details:

Looking for something to do during fall break? Come to the Officer Redd Library and learn all about fossils! Kids will get to examine fossils, learn how they're formed and categorized, and get to do some dinosaur themed crafts! 

Music Lab: Recording Basics

4:00pm–6:00pm
Teens
CLOUD901
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Library Branch: CLOUD901
Room: Audio Production Lab
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Music, STEAM arts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Get introduced to CLOUD901's Sound Mixing Lab and learn the basics needed for recording our city's next biggest hit!

Note: We do not allow cursing or inappropriate subject matter in the Music Lab.

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Memphis Library Foundation

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From the Page to the Stage 4-Part Series (Writer's Edition of Continuing Education & Lifelong Learning)

4:30pm–5:30pm
Teens, Adults, Adults-Seniors
Cherokee Library
Open
Registration Required
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Library Branch: Cherokee Library
Room: Meeting Room (CHE)
Age Group: Teens, Adults, Adults-Seniors
Program Type: Poetry and Writing, Theater
Registration Required
Event Details:

This class/workshop will focus on dramatic writing culminating to presenting works on stage including poetry, short stories, and prose in a dramatic form.

Special Notes

Memphis Library Foundation

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CLOUD901 FIRST Robotics Team: Interest Interview (30 mins)

5:00pm–5:30pm
Teens
CLOUD901
Registration Closed
Registration Required
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Library Branch: CLOUD901
Room: Robotics Zone
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: STEAM stem
Registration Required
Event Details:

It's recruitment season for CLOUD901's community-based FIRST Robotics team! Teens are invited to meet 1 on 1 with our Robotics Coach to learn all about it.

What is FIRST Robotics?

Special Notes

Memphis Library Foundation

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Long Live the King!-Chess Club

6:00pm–7:30pm
Children (Age 0-5), Children (Age 6-8), Tweens (Age 8-12), Teens, Adults, Adults-Seniors
Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library
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Library Branch: Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library
Room: Lobby
Age Group: Children (Age 0-5), Children (Age 6-8), Tweens (Age 8-12), Teens, Adults, Adults-Seniors
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.

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Memphis Library Foundation

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A Wider Angle Film Series: BEFORE, NOW & THEN

6:00pm–8:00pm
Teens, Adults
Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library
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Library Branch: Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library
Room: Meeting Rooms (CEN)
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Movies
Event Details:

For October, A Wider Angle, our monthly film series highlighting independent global cinema, will screen the 2022 drama Before, Now & Then, written and directed by Indonesian filmmaker Kamia Andini, which she adapted from the nove

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