Upcoming Events

This program introduces the fundamentals of caring for houseplants so they can thrive indoors. You will learn how to understand plant needs, recognize common problems, and build simple care routines.

The Tennessee Health Department Opioid Response Team will be in branch to provide community members with overdose prevention and education information.

Come join our monthly Thursday Bingo! This is where the fun games begin with great prizes for all our winners and a great time no matter what.

Fiber arts creators come together and work on your current project!

Do you like Dungeons and Dragons but don't know how to play? Great, neither do we! Come play a chaotic game where no one knows the rules but still have to win battles against unknown foes. 

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.

Imagine! Build! Share!  Join us at South each Thursday at 4pm to build amazing Lego creations to be displayed and added to our growing archive of builds!

Memphis Voices: Our Stories, Our City is a monthly, in-person storytelling series hosted at Cossitt Library as part of the Innovator in Residence podcast programming.

Participants will learn the basic functions available in Microsoft Excel, including:

Connect Crew will be present to share free books and library resources for the students and residents in the Whitehaven community! This event will occur in the parking lot next to Brown Baptist, near the Southland Mall.

Join us for a vibrant tribute to the "Poet Laureate of Harlem" as we celebrate the 125th birthday of Langston Hughes.

Join us for two-hours of casual chess. Players of all levels and ages welcome. Participation is first come, first served as space allows.

Welcome to the King’s Court Chess Club, where strategy meets community!

Join us for a generative writing workspace where writers of all ages can work to complete individual projects, follow a weekly prompt, or recharge your writerly battery by reading.

Fridays are for fun! Unwind after a long school week and join us for an afternoon of gaming and snacks.

As February comes to an end, we invite our patrons to come and test their knowledge of the US government through a brand-new board game called Branch Out! 

Intro to Entrepreneurship:

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

Join us as we share information and resources about Autism Spectrum Disorder. Helping those with autism make friends and develop their social skills in a safe and fun environment.

Participants will learn: Drum programming fundamentals, groove and tempo selection, basic chord progressions, bassline writing, arrangement (intro/verse/hook/bridge), and exporting files for collaboration.

Need a hand with homework? Cossitt Library is here to help!

Participants will make a personalized accordion-style genealogy book using a variety of materials like photos, collage elements, ephemera, and family artifacts. The pages can be used for photos, stories and text, and documents.

Get ready to grow your gardening skills at Gardening University! This free series of presentations, led by Master Gardeners, is designed to inspire and inform home gardeners of all experience levels.