Event List

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.

Come join us as we explore the wonderful world of children's literature for toddlers! No groups please.

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.

Come to the Cordova Branch Library for Storytime.  Share stories, songs and crafts.

This week's theme - Beautiful Bugs

No registration is needed.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Stories, songs, fingerplays, and crafts for the preschool age group.

Join Dr. Malle (Maya) Carrasco-Harris for a fun and engaging activity for tweens and teens! Learn more about all Overton Park has to offer!

Join us for a fun-filled story time, for ages 3-5. 

Children will have the opportunity to read with others to increase literacy.  The children will be using the concept of DiscoverRead and work with some of the components of reading, writing, talking, singing and playing.

Come to the Cordova Branch Library for Storytime.  Share stories, songs and crafts.

This week's theme - Beautiful Bugs

No registration is needed.

Come on down to the library for an afternoon of family bingo! 

Celebrate National Video Game Day with a casual gaming session at the library! Play your favorite games in a relaxed setting with friends or make new ones.

Join us for a special visit from a park ranger to learn about animals! Participants are invited to have an in-depth conversation with Hollywood's ranger friends.