Black History Moments at Vance Avenue Youth Developement Center

2:00am–3:00pm
Children (Age 6-8), Tweens (Age 8-12), Teens, Adults, Adults-Seniors
Cornelia Crenshaw Memorial Library
Offsite Event
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Library Branch: Cornelia Crenshaw Memorial Library
Room: Offsite Location
Age Group: Children (Age 6-8), Tweens (Age 8-12), Teens, Adults, Adults-Seniors
Program Type: Cultural Awareness, History/Genealogy
Event Details:

Come learn about Unknown Black Heros and how they help change America.

Music Therapy Story Time: Singable Books for Children & their Caregivers

10:30am–11:00am
Tweens (Age 8-12), Teens
Hollywood Library
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Library Branch: Hollywood Library
Room: Main Floor
Age Group: Tweens (Age 8-12), Teens
Program Type: Music, Story Times
Event Details:

Enjoy a fun and interactive story time where books come to life through music! This special session combines singing, movement, and storytelling to engage young children and their caregivers in a joyful, musical experience.

Special Notes

Friends of the Library

This event made possible by the Friends of the Library.

Finger Knitting

11:00am–12:00pm
Children (Age 6-8), Tweens (Age 8-12)
South Library
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Library Branch: South Library
Room: Meeting Room (SOU)
Age Group: Children (Age 6-8), Tweens (Age 8-12)
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Sewing, Needlework, etc.
Event Details:

You might think that to knit you need knitting needles, but this project allows you to learn how to knit using just your fingers. 

Special Notes

Friends of the Library

This event made possible by the Friends of the Library.

Memphis Library Foundation

This event made possible by the Memphis Library Foundation.

Photograph Notice

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Black History Moments

11:30am–1:00pm
Tweens (Age 8-12), Teens, Adults, Adults-Seniors
Cornelia Crenshaw Memorial Library
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Library Branch: Cornelia Crenshaw Memorial Library
Room: Meeting Room (CRE)
Age Group: Tweens (Age 8-12), Teens, Adults, Adults-Seniors
Program Type: History/Genealogy

3D Line Hand Drawing

12:00pm–1:00pm
Children (Age 0-5), Children (Age 6-8), Tweens (Age 8-12)
Gaston Park Library
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Library Branch: Gaston Park Library
Age Group: Children (Age 0-5), Children (Age 6-8), Tweens (Age 8-12)
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Children will experience the chance to make a 3D hand drawing.

Story Time with Crayons

12:00pm–1:30pm
Children (Age 6-8), Tweens (Age 8-12)
East Shelby Library
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Library Branch: East Shelby Library
Room: Tween Scene & Children's Room (ESB)
Age Group: Children (Age 6-8), Tweens (Age 8-12)
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Color Your World - EM, Literacy Instruction, Story Times
Event Details:

Come join us for midday story time, arts, crafts!

Special Notes

Friends of the Library

This event made possible by the Friends of the Library.

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Art to Grow with Dixion Gallery & Gardens

1:00pm–2:00pm
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, Color Your World - EM, Neighborhood Events
Event Details:

Join us at the Officer Geoffrey Redd Library for a special arts & crafts presentation presented by the Dixon Gallery & Gardens. Come create a flower just like the flowers at the Dixon. All supplies provided.

Crafternoon: Thinking Money

1:00pm–2:00pm
Children (Age 6-8), Tweens (Age 8-12)
Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library
Registration Closed
Registration Required
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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: Arts & Crafts, Color Your World - EM, Personal Finance
Registration Required
Event Details:

As Thinking Money Week continues we will have a special crafternoon that will explore themes of personal finance in ways that children can relate.

Each child will receive a pottery piggy bank that they may paint to their liking.

Special Notes

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Shadow Drawing

1:00pm–2:00pm
Children (Age 6-8), Tweens (Age 8-12)
Randolph Library
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Library Branch: Randolph Library
Age Group: Children (Age 6-8), Tweens (Age 8-12)
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Color Your World - EM, STEAM arts, STEAM stem

Special Notes

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Step by Step Gardening for Beginners

2:00pm–4:00pm
Tweens (Age 8-12), Teens, Adults, Adults-Seniors
Raleigh Library
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Library Branch: Raleigh Library
Age Group: Tweens (Age 8-12), Teens, Adults, Adults-Seniors
Program Type: Gardening
Event Details:

What's a better way to solve food scarcity than growing your own garden? Having your own garden has always made sense for so many reasons.

Special Notes

Friends of the Library

This event made possible by the Friends of the Library.

Memphis Library Foundation

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Photograph Notice

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Fix a Stitch: Beanies

2:30pm–3:30pm
Tweens (Age 8-12), Teens
Whitehaven Library
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Library Branch: Whitehaven Library
Room: Teen Innovation Center
Age Group: Tweens (Age 8-12), Teens
Program Type: Sewing, Needlework, etc.
Event Details:

Learn to crochet and make your very own beanie in this 5-week program, guided by MPL’s Caitlin Prilliman. By the end of the summer, you’ll have the skills to create a stylish beanie from start to finish! Open to all skill levels.

Special Notes

Friends of the Library

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Memphis Library Foundation

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Wonderful Wednesdays at Parkway Village!

2:30pm–4:30pm
Children (Age 0-5), Children (Age 6-8), Tweens (Age 8-12), Teens, Adults, Adults-Seniors
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, Adults, Adults-Seniors
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, College Preparation, Color Your World - EM, Community Information, Cooking and Food, Cultural Awareness, Games, Health & Wellness, History/Genealogy, Holidays, Movies, Music, Neighborhood Events, Poetry and Writing, Sewing, Needlework, etc., STEAM arts, STEAM stem, Story Times, Theater, Travel
Event Details:

Wednesdays are Wonderful at Parkway Village. Join us ever Wednesday this summer for an array of games, activities, crafts, movies and so much more!

Special Notes

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Tween and Teen Summer Crafts: Shrinky-Dink Key Chains

3:00pm–4:30pm
Tweens (Age 8-12), Teens
Cordova Library
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Library Branch: Cordova Library
Room: Teen Innovation Center
Age Group: Tweens (Age 8-12), Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Join us in the Teen Innovation Center for to make cool keychains! Ages 8-17. 

Special Notes

Friends of the Library

This event made possible by the Friends of the Library.

Weekly Readers Club

4:00pm–4:30pm
Tweens (Age 8-12), Teens
Orange Mound Library
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Library Branch: Orange Mound Library
Room: Meeting Room A (OM)
Age Group: Tweens (Age 8-12), Teens
Program Type: Book Clubs, Literacy Instruction, Literature Classes, Story Times
Event Details:

Join us every Wednesday this summer from 4:00 to 4:30 PM for our Weekly Reader Club! We will be reading Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.

Special Notes

Friends of the Library

This event made possible by the Friends of the Library.