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The Art of Calligraphy

Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:30am - 12:30pm
Meeting Room (COR) at Cordova Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Poetry and Writing
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Rachael S. has a talent for letter writing, and she wants to share her gift. Please attend this bi-monthly class where you will learn the beauty and style of calligraphy. She will ...

Cancelled
Required
Library Branch: Cordova Library
Room: Meeting Room (COR)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Poetry and Writing
Event Details:

Rachael S. has a talent for letter writing, and she wants to share her gift. Please attend this bi-monthly class where you will learn the beauty and style of calligraphy.

Teens Turn Up Fridays

Friday, May 17, 2024 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Teen Innovation Center at Hollywood Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Book Clubs, College Preparation, Computers and Technology, Cooking and Food, Exhibits, Games, Health & Wellness, Job and Career, Language Classes, Literature Classes, Movies, Music
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Teens Turn Up Fridays is time for our teens to express themselves through music, arts, and crafts. It's also a time for us to explore new skills and experiences like learning new l...

Library Branch: Hollywood Library
Room: Teen Innovation Center
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Book Clubs, College Preparation, Computers and Technology, Cooking and Food, Exhibits, Games, Health & Wellness, Job and Career, Language Classes, Literature Classes, Movies, Music
Event Details:

Teens Turn Up Fridays is time for our teens to express themselves through music, arts, and crafts.

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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This picture of members of the Renaissance Men's Book Club with Kimberla Lawson Roby

Renaissance Men's Book Club

Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Virtual at North Library
Program Type:
Book Clubs
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

 Join the Renaissance Men's Book to  discuss The Woman God Created You To Be by Kimberla Lawson Roby. New York Bestselling Author Kimberla Lawson Roby will be joining thi...

Virtual Event
Library Branch: North Library
Room: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Clubs
Event Details:

 Join the Renaissance Men's Book to  discuss The Woman God Created You To Be by Kimberla Lawson Roby. New York Bestselling Author Kimberla Lawson Roby will be joining this meeting.

Heart and Soul Book Club

Sunday, May 19, 2024 at 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Meeting Room (BAR) at Bartlett Library
Program Type:
Book Clubs
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join us monthly or whenever the book catches your eye. We love lively discussions and enjoy reading a variety of genres (romance, fantasy, non-fiction, and more!) selected by Club ...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Bartlett Library
Room: Meeting Room (BAR)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Clubs
Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:

Join us monthly or whenever the book catches your eye. We love lively discussions and enjoy reading a variety of genres (romance, fantasy, non-fiction, and more!) selected by Club members at the beginning of each year.

REad to the Dog!

Monday, May 20, 2024 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Story Time Room at Whitehaven Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Literature Classes, Music, STEAM stem, Story Times
Age Group:
Children (Age 0-5), Children (Age 6-8), Tweens (Age 8-12)
Event Details:

Join us as we have an incredible story time with our favorite library pup Lovie! Lovie absolutely loves story time, and she loves it so much more when she can share it with all of ...

Library Branch: Whitehaven Library
Room: Story Time Room
Age Group: Children (Age 0-5), Children (Age 6-8), Tweens (Age 8-12)
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Literature Classes, Music, STEAM stem, Story Times
Event Details:

Join us as we have an incredible story time with our favorite library pup Lovie! Lovie absolutely loves story time, and she loves it so much more when she can share it with all of her friends!

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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Book Club

Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Meeting Room (OGR) at Officer Geoffrey Redd Library
Program Type:
Book Clubs
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

The Officer Geoffrey Redd Library Book Club is off to a running start. We meet on the third Tuesday of each month at 11:00am.  We select well-received, award-winning books to ...

Library Branch: Officer Geoffrey Redd Library
Room: Meeting Room (OGR)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Clubs
Event Details:

The Officer Geoffrey Redd Library Book Club is off to a running start.

Book Chat Book Club

Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room (BAR) at Bartlett Library
Program Type:
Book Clubs
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join us for Book Chat an informal book club where you share your reads, and get ideas for new reads from other participants. For more information call the Bartlett Library, 386-896...

Library Branch: Bartlett Library
Room: Meeting Room (BAR)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Clubs
Event Details:

Join us for Book Chat an informal book club where you share your reads, and get ideas for new reads from other participants. For more information call the Bartlett Library, 386-8968 and ask for Cathy.

East Shelby Book Lovers Club

East Shelby Book Lovers Club

Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 1:30pm - 3:00pm
East Shelby Library
Program Type:
Book Clubs
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

East Shelby Book Lovers Club will meet on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, @ 1:30 pm, in the conference room at East Shelby Branch Library. We will discuss The Seven Husbands of ...

Library Branch: East Shelby Library
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Clubs
Event Details:

East Shelby Book Lovers Club will meet on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, @ 1:30 pm, in the conference room at East Shelby Branch Library. We will discuss The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid.

Special Notes

Friends of the Library

This event made possible by the Friends of the Library.

Photograph Notice

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words say science is cool

Science Spectacular: A Day of Discovery at the Library

Wednesday, May 22, 2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Cornelia Crenshaw Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Book Clubs, Story Times
Age Group:
Children (Age 0-5), Children (Age 6-8)
Event Details:

Calling all curious minds! Get ready to ignite your imagination and embark on a scientific adventure at our Science Spectacular! We're transforming the library into a hub of hands-...

Library Branch: Cornelia Crenshaw Memorial Library
Age Group: Children (Age 0-5), Children (Age 6-8)
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Book Clubs, Story Times
Event Details:

Calling all curious minds! Get ready to ignite your imagination and embark on a scientific adventure at our Science Spectacular!

Creative Aging Studio Course: Exploring Black American Poetry

Creative Aging Studio Course: Exploring Black American Poetry

Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 11:00am - 12:30pm
Whitehaven Library
Program Type:
Cultural Awareness, Poetry and Writing
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Exploring Black American PoetryEnglish enthusiast and educator, Aaron Brame guides both experienced and reluctant writers through this popular poetry workshop, which gives particip...

Library Branch: Whitehaven Library
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Cultural Awareness, Poetry and Writing
Event Details:

Exploring Black American Poetry

Lit at the Library Graphic

Lit at the Library: Living Poets Society

Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
L-56 Training Room at Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library
Program Type:
Literature Classes
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Event Details:

 Living Poets SocietyApril 25-May 30Thursdays 6-8pmWith due respect to Mr. Keating from the film Dead Poets Society, too many of us associate the traditional study of poetry w...

Closed
Required
Library Branch: Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library
Room: L-56 Training Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Literature Classes
Required
Seats Remaining: 8
Event Details:

 

Living Poets Society

April 25-May 30
Thursdays 6-8pm

With due respect to Mr.

Special Notes

Memphis Library Foundation

This event made possible by the Memphis Library Foundation.

Teens Turn Up Fridays

Friday, May 24, 2024 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Teen Innovation Center at Hollywood Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Book Clubs, College Preparation, Computers and Technology, Cooking and Food, Exhibits, Games, Health & Wellness, Job and Career, Language Classes, Literature Classes, Movies, Music
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Teens Turn Up Fridays is time for our teens to express themselves through music, arts, and crafts. It's also a time for us to explore new skills and experiences like learning new l...

Library Branch: Hollywood Library
Room: Teen Innovation Center
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Book Clubs, College Preparation, Computers and Technology, Cooking and Food, Exhibits, Games, Health & Wellness, Job and Career, Language Classes, Literature Classes, Movies, Music
Event Details:

Teens Turn Up Fridays is time for our teens to express themselves through music, arts, and crafts.

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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A Beautiful Mind book cover and movie poster

I Read That Movie @ the Library: A BEAUTIFUL MIND

Saturday, May 25, 2024 at 2:00pm - 5:00pm
L-56 Training Room at Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library
Program Type:
Book Clubs, Movies
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Event Details:

For May, which has been observed as Mental Health Awareness Month since 1949, our "page-to-screen" book club, I Read That Movie @ the Library, will read A Beautiful Mind, the 1998 ...

Library Branch: Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library
Room: L-56 Training Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Book Clubs, Movies
Event Details:

For May, which has been observed as Mental Health Awareness Month since 1949, our "page-to-screen" book club, I Read That Movie @ the Library, will read A Beautiful Mind, the 1998 biography of Nobel Prize-winner John Nash by Sylvia Nasar,

Special Notes

Friends of the Library

This event made possible by the Friends of the Library.

Arts and Crafts

Kid's Comic Club

Wednesday, May 29, 2024 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Orange Mound Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Book Clubs, Literacy Instruction
Age Group:
Children (Age 6-8)
Event Details:

Are you a Cat Kid's Comic Club fan? Come to the library and make your own one-page comic! 

Library Branch: Orange Mound Library
Age Group: Children (Age 6-8)
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Book Clubs, Literacy Instruction
Event Details:

Are you a Cat Kid's Comic Club fan? Come to the library and make your own one-page comic! 

Special Notes

Friends of the Library

This event made possible by the Friends of the Library.

Photograph Notice

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Lit at the Library: Living Poets Society

Thursday, May 30, 2024 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
L-56 Training Room at Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library
Program Type:
Literature Classes
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Event Details:

 Living Poets SocietyApril 25-May 30Thursdays 6-8pmWith due respect to Mr. Keating from the film Dead Poets Society, too many of us associate the traditional study of poetry w...

Closed
Required
Library Branch: Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library
Room: L-56 Training Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Literature Classes
Required
Seats Remaining: 8
Event Details:

 

Living Poets Society

April 25-May 30
Thursdays 6-8pm

With due respect to Mr.

Special Notes

Memphis Library Foundation

This event made possible by the Memphis Library Foundation.

Teens Turn Up Fridays

Friday, May 31, 2024 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Teen Innovation Center at Hollywood Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Book Clubs, College Preparation, Computers and Technology, Cooking and Food, Exhibits, Games, Health & Wellness, Job and Career, Language Classes, Literature Classes, Movies, Music
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Teens Turn Up Fridays is time for our teens to express themselves through music, arts, and crafts. It's also a time for us to explore new skills and experiences like learning new l...

Library Branch: Hollywood Library
Room: Teen Innovation Center
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Book Clubs, College Preparation, Computers and Technology, Cooking and Food, Exhibits, Games, Health & Wellness, Job and Career, Language Classes, Literature Classes, Movies, Music
Event Details:

Teens Turn Up Fridays is time for our teens to express themselves through music, arts, and crafts.

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

This event may be recorded or photographed for use by the Memphis Public Libraries or the City of Memphis for media, social media, broadcast, and/or print purposes.

Frayser Book Club

Frayser Book Club

Saturday, June 1, 2024 at 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Meeting Room (FRA) at Frayser Library
Program Type:
Book Clubs
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join the Frayser Book Club for a lively book discussion! Listen and discuss plot points, writing style, and hidden messages in the novel. This is a fantastic opportunity to connect...

Library Branch: Frayser Library
Room: Meeting Room (FRA)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Clubs
Event Details:

Join the Frayser Book Club for a lively book discussion! Listen and discuss plot points, writing style, and hidden messages in the novel.

Three of the book club members!

Tween Book Club: Chat & Chew

Saturday, June 1, 2024 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Tween Scene & Children's Room (ESB) at East Shelby Library
Program Type:
Book Clubs
Age Group:
Tweens (Age 8-12)
Event Details:

Tweens, join us in a page turning of new and exciting books just for you!

Library Branch: East Shelby Library
Room: Tween Scene & Children's Room (ESB)
Age Group: Tweens (Age 8-12)
Program Type: Book Clubs
Event Details:

Tweens, join us in a page turning of new and exciting books just for you!

Special Notes

Friends of the Library

This event made possible by the Friends of the Library.

Photograph Notice

This event may be recorded or photographed for use by the Memphis Public Libraries or the City of Memphis for media, social media, broadcast, and/or print purposes.

Young Writers' Workshop flyer. June 3-5 from 10am-5pm (10am-3pm on the final day) in CLOUD901 Teen Lab.

Young Writers' Workshop - Day 1

Monday, June 3, 2024 at 10:00am - 5:00pm
Performance Stage at CLOUD901
Program Type:
Poetry and Writing
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Applications open now! Register here to attend: https://www.youngwritersworkshop.org/2024-info-application Presented by Humanities Tennessee. This is a FREE 3-day workshop:Jun...

Library Branch: CLOUD901
Room: Performance Stage
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Poetry and Writing
Event Details:

Applications open now!

Special Notes

Photograph Notice

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Young Writers' Workshop flyer. June 3-5 from 10am-5pm (10am-3pm on the final day) in CLOUD901 Teen Lab.

Young Writers' Workshop - Day 2

Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at 10:00am - 5:00pm
Performance Stage at CLOUD901
Program Type:
Poetry and Writing
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Applications open now! Register here to attend: https://www.youngwritersworkshop.org/2024-info-application Presented by Humanities Tennessee. This is a FREE 3-day workshop:Jun...

Library Branch: CLOUD901
Room: Performance Stage
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Poetry and Writing
Event Details:

Applications open now!

Teens Writing Club

Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Teen Innovation Center at Officer Geoffrey Redd Library
Program Type:
Poetry and Writing
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Teens Writing Club is a writing space for young writers and aspiring authors to be surrounded by and collaborate with other young writers as they work on their own projects.This ye...

Library Branch: Officer Geoffrey Redd Library
Room: Teen Innovation Center
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Poetry and Writing
Event Details:

Teens Writing Club is a writing space for young writers and aspiring authors to be surrounded by and collaborate with other young writers as they work on their own projects.

Writer

Speak the Speech! Public Speaking 4-Part Series (Continuing Education & Lifelong Learning Summer)

Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Meeting Room (CHE) at Cherokee Library
Program Type:
Literature Classes, Poetry and Writing
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

“SPEAK THE SPEECH!” is a focused public speaking workshop designed to teach participants the rudiments of public speaking (often, threatening) in a non-threatening confidence build...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Cherokee Library
Room: Meeting Room (CHE)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Literature Classes, Poetry and Writing
Required
Seats Remaining: 26
Event Details:

“SPEAK THE SPEECH!” is a focused public speaking workshop designed to teach participants the rudiments of public speaking (often, threatening) in a non-threatening confidence building manner.

Special Notes

Memphis Library Foundation

This event made possible by the Memphis Library Foundation.

Young Writers' Workshop flyer. June 3-5 from 10am-5pm (10am-3pm on the final day) in CLOUD901 Teen Lab.

Young Writers' Workshop - Day 3

Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at 10:00am - 3:00pm
Performance Stage at CLOUD901
Program Type:
Poetry and Writing
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Applications open now! Register here to attend: https://www.youngwritersworkshop.org/2024-info-application Presented by Humanities Tennessee. This is a FREE 3-day workshop:Jun...

Library Branch: CLOUD901
Room: Performance Stage
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Poetry and Writing
Event Details:

Applications open now!

Arts and Crafts

Tween Creative Writing

Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Orange Mound Library
Program Type:
Poetry and Writing
Age Group:
Tweens (Age 8-12)
Event Details:

Are you a tween that loves to write? Join us for creative writing at the Orange Mound Library. Bring a story you’re working on or use one of our prompts for inspiration to start a ...

Library Branch: Orange Mound Library
Age Group: Tweens (Age 8-12)
Program Type: Poetry and Writing
Event Details:

Are you a tween that loves to write? Join us for creative writing at the Orange Mound Library. Bring a story you’re working on or use one of our prompts for inspiration to start a new story.

Special Notes

Friends of the Library

This event made possible by the Friends of the Library.

Photograph Notice

This event may be recorded or photographed for use by the Memphis Public Libraries or the City of Memphis for media, social media, broadcast, and/or print purposes.