Upcoming Events

Discover your roots while immersing yourself in creativity at the Like Really Creative Inspiration Salon: A Genealogy of Community, where you can trace your family history, record your cultural heritage story, flip through tons of art books, and v

Once again this September, Opera Memphis is bringing the magic of music to unexpected places all over the city—including 14 Memphis Public Library branches!

Once again this September, Opera Memphis is bringing the magic of music to unexpected places all over the city—including 14 Memphis Public Library branches!

Connect Crew will be hosting a family storytime event at the Memphis Zoo! The storytime and animal meet and greet program will be held at the Wild Encounter location. The storytime event will occur during the zoo's Free TN Tuesday hours.

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.

Have you always been interested in learning how to play the piano? Join musician Stephen Lee of Memphis Jazz Workshop for this 8-week course to learn. The piano is a beautiful instrument and learning it could help express creativity and emotions.

Memphis Public Libraries provides free notary services to the public during drop-in hours: WEDNESDAYS from Noon – 2 PM at the Central Library in the Business & Sciences Department on the 3rd floor.

Join the Dixon's own Shawna White for an hour of learning inspired by the ever changing seasons and collections at the Gallery. No experience needed to create your own works of art from a wide variety of techniques!

Join us in Meeting Room B for Mystery Book Club, on the Fourth Thursday of every month! Please note that the November and December meetings will take place on the THIRD Saturdays (November 20, December 18).

June 2025 - March 2026 books:

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

Looking for a cozy, no-pressure way to enjoy reading and connect with others? Welcome to The Silent Chapter, our unique book club where the only sound you'll hear is the turning of pages. 

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

Get ready to move and groove as you step to the beat of your favorite songs! 

Have strong opinions about third-act breakups, miscommunication tropes, and love triangles? You might just be The One we've been looking for! Join us at Randolph for our Romance Readers book club one Saturday out of every month.

Join us for this family-friendly event and hear from local nonprofits, sit in on story time, create crafts, play games, learn about local history through Memphis Public Libraries' Vincent Astor Collection, and participate in our raffle for the cha

So you've watched every classic Black sitcom and think you can quote every line, huh? Well we're willing to challenge that assumption. Come and play a few fun rounds of Black Sitcom Trivia with us!

Dr. Love will lead a discussion exploring strategic approaches to writing and publishing a successful book.

We are excited to host this book club, led by local author Andrea Hardaway! Books are chosen each month by attendees. All genres are welcome, but this group loves nonfiction, inspirational, and must-read books by contemporary black authors.

Level Up Your Game at the Orange Mound Chess Club! 

Once again this September, Opera Memphis is bringing the magic of music to unexpected places all over the city—including 14 Memphis Public Library branches!

Device a little slow? Not sure if you have a virus? Do you have general questions about your devices? This is the program for you. 

Once again this September, Opera Memphis is bringing the magic of music to unexpected places all over the city—including 14 Memphis Public Library branches!

Join teaching artist Carol Buchman for this 5-weeks introduction to mask making. Participants learn basic history of masks and how they are used in various cultures around the world.