Upcoming Events

Kids can come to their Randolph Branch Library after school on Mondays and utilize their creativity with craft making!

Decoden is a Japanese craft involving decorating everyday objects with a whipped cream-like material and then adding other decorations on top. It's a popular way to decorate phone cases, tables, photo frames, binders and other objects. 

Join us for an exciting and interactive session where children, tweens, and teens can explore the power of rhythm through musical games and drumming therapy!

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.

Express yourself! Every Wednesday from January to May local artist and founder of Color Your Story Onto Mine nonprofit, Violet Newborn, will be hosting a series of social artistry workshops for Memphis youth at the Orange Mound Library.

Join us for an hour of building, creating, and making new friends! 

Join Randolph's Movie Club, where we come together to watch blockbuster hits, discuss our love for cinema, and share our hot takes!

Sensory Storytime is a welcoming, interactive environment designed for sensory-seeking children with autism or other sensory integration challenges.

Five Fridays of Jazz is sponsored by the Memphis Library Foundation and presented in conjunction with the Overton Park Shell and Shell on Wheels.

Come to the Cordova Library for a Where the Wild Things Are party.  Celebrate National Library Week with a movie, snacks and make your own monster!

For all ages and no registration is needed.

Rainbow Family Story Time is an inclusive space for all families and will feature stories, songs, crafts, and more!

We provide the lego bricks and you come with the creations!

Juana McCoy and Lovie the Library Therapy Dog will be stopping by the South Branch to help kids learn about how to stay safe around dogs. 

Kids can come to their Randolph Branch Library after school on Mondays and utilize their creativity with craft making!

Ready for some friendly competition this year! 2025 is the year of gaming! Let's have some fun playing video games. We'll have a different game for every month. Will you be the one to go home with bragging rights?

Literature with Lovie! 

Lovie the library dog loves to listen to books. Drop by while she's here to read her a story. We have lots of books to choose from or you can bring your own!

Join us for an exciting and interactive session where children, tweens, and teens can explore the power of rhythm through musical games and drumming therapy!

Do you think you are the fastest typer? Come by the library and compete against your peers to see who is the fastest. Prizes will be given to the fastest typers. 

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.

Discover the world of zero waste with a special presentation from Memphis's first zero waste store! Tweens and teens will learn what zero waste means, why it matters, and how small changes can reduce environmental impact.