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Aerobics Fitness Exercise

10:00am–11:00am
Adults
Raleigh Library
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Library Branch: Raleigh Library
Room: Meeting Room (RAL)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:

Join us for a fun aerobics exercise with Ms. Linda Epps. It's a great way to enjoy exercising while allowing you to stretch and improve flexibility, muscular strength, and cardiovascular fitness. 

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Memphis Library Foundation

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Beginning Spanish

10:00am–12:00pm
Teens, Adults, Adults-Seniors
Whitehaven Library
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Library Branch: Whitehaven Library
Room: Meeting Room (WHI)
Age Group: Teens, Adults, Adults-Seniors
Program Type: Job and Career, STEAM stem
Event Details:

A beginning Spanish class designed for students that have no familiarity with the language. Registration not necessary and we can start you with our beginners group and work you up to our advanced group.

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Babies and Books

10:15am–11:00am
Children (Age 0-5)
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)
Program Type: Story Times
Event Details:

Come join us for storytime for caregivers and babies up to 18 months old. We will read stories, sing songs, and give the caregivers the opportunity to connect with each other. 

No groups please.

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Story Time!

10:30am–11:15am
Children (Age 0-5)
Orange Mound Library
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Library Branch: Orange Mound Library
Room: Children's Area (OM)
Age Group: Children (Age 0-5)
Program Type: Story Times
Event Details:

Come and join us for a super cool story time! 

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Baby Story Time

11:00am–11:45am
Children (Age 0-5)
Officer Geoffrey Redd Library
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Library Branch: Officer Geoffrey Redd Library
Room: Children's Area
Age Group: Children (Age 0-5)
Program Type: Literacy Instruction
Event Details:

Songs and books that are perfect for your youngest ones! Baby Story Time occurs weekly and is best suited for children 0-2. 

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Baby Storytime

11:00am–11:45am
Children (Age 0-5)
Cordova Library
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Library Branch: Cordova Library
Room: Story Time Room
Age Group: Children (Age 0-5)
Program Type: Story Times
Event Details:

Come to the Cordova Branch Library for Baby Storytime.  Share stories and songs and bubbles!

This week's theme - African Animals

No registration is needed.

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Coffee Tasting and Brewing Workshop with Sustain Coffee Company-- Cancelled

11:00am–1:00pm
Adults, Adults-Seniors
Frayser Library
Registration Closed
Registration Required
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Library Branch: Frayser Library
Room: Meeting Room B (FRA)
Age Group: Adults, Adults-Seniors
Program Type: Community Information, Cooking and Food, Health & Wellness
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for a 2-part series of a Coffee Tasting and Brewing Workshop presented by the Memphis nonprofit Sustain Coffee Company. Learn the secrets to brewing a perfect cup at home!

Special Notes

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Genealogy Assistance Tuesdays with Skyler!

1:00pm–3:00pm
Tweens (Age 8-12), Teens, Adults, Adults-Seniors
Orange Mound Library
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Library Branch: Orange Mound Library
Room: Genealogy Room (OM)
Age Group: Tweens (Age 8-12), Teens, Adults, Adults-Seniors
Program Type: Cultural Awareness, History/Genealogy, Neighborhood Events
Event Details:

Have questions about genealogy? Wondering how to find that long-lost ancestor? Just getting started on your family history research journey? Have no fear...Genealogy Assistance Tuesdays are here!

Cancelled

Wire Sculpture Flowers w/ Creative Aging

1:00pm–3:00pm
Adults-Seniors
Levi Library
Registration Closed
Registration Required
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Library Branch: Levi Library
Room: Meeting Room (LEV)
Age Group: Adults-Seniors
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Come join Ms. Christen Parker at Levi Library for a 2-part intro course on Wire Sculpture Flowers. You will learn how to take line drawing into the 3rd dimension using wire or pliers to shape petals, leaves, etc.

Special Notes

Memphis Library Foundation

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Caring for House Plants (Gardening) with Booker T. Leigh

2:00pm–3:00pm
Adults, Adults-Seniors
South Library
Registration Closed
Registration Required
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Library Branch: South Library
Room: Meeting Room (SOU)
Age Group: Adults, Adults-Seniors
Program Type: Gardening
Registration Required
Event Details:

Come join in to learn how to successfully care for your house plants.  Memphis Gardening Legend Booker T. Leigh will be waiting to assist with your plant care needs.

 

Special Notes

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The January Movie of the Month is an Alfred Hitchcock spy thriller

2:00pm–4:30pm
Adults
Officer Geoffrey Redd Library
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Library Branch: Officer Geoffrey Redd Library
Room: Meeting Room (OGR)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Movies
Event Details:

The movie for January, 2026 is an American spy thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It was released in 1959 and stars Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason.  Many critics site this movie as Cary Grant's best. It has been called "...

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Open Makerspace (Fiber Arts, Crafts, and DIY Projects)!

3:30pm–5:30pm
Teens
CLOUD901
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Library Branch: CLOUD901
Room: Makerspace
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Sewing, Needlework, etc., STEAM arts
Event Details:

 

Open Makerspace is a daily drop-in opportunity for teens to explore fiber arts like crochet and embroidery, DIY crafts, nail design art, or test new tools and materials.

Special Notes

Friends of the Library

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Tween Zone: Button Making

4:00pm–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:

Tweens will get creative and give old books and magazines new life by designing custom buttons using recycled pages and images. 

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Let's Get Moving with Yoga

5:30pm–6:30pm
Adults
Cordova Library
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Library Branch: Cordova Library
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:

Participate in a yoga experience to stretch the body and soothe the mind.

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.

Special Notes

Memphis Library Foundation

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