Upcoming Events

We're spacing out at the library and throwing an out-of-this-world after-hours event. Enjoy free food, live trivia, and a fierce lip sync competition. Prizes will be given to the trivia winner, best costume, and the lip sync competition winner.

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.

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

Customers will learn basic skills for operating a computer. 

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.

Skill Training and Resourceful Teaching Helping Everyone Reach Entrepreneurship or START HERE is a mentorship program helping youth ages 13-21 in the areas of job readiness, financial literacy and advance life skills.

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

Get hands-on with the basics of turning raw clips into polished videos. This session introduces cutting, arranging, and adding music or titles to create short, engaging videos.

So you've watched every classic 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 Sitcom Trivia with us! Light snacks and beverages will be provided. 

If you've ever wanted to join  a guild or informal crocheting group but don't know where to start, then you've come to the right place. Beginners and advance crocheters are welcome to share ideas and join the fun.

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.

Join us every Saturday to practice reading/speaking English and building new vocabulary in a casual friendly environment. Each attendee is welcome to read aloud a page from the suggested book.

For September, our "page-to-screen" book club, I Read That Movie @ the Library, is reading the 1996 crime fiction novel Out of Sight, written by Elmore Leonard, many of whose popular novels and stories have been adapted for film and telev

Join poet Glenn North for an afternoon of spoken word and reflection inspired by Unmasked, an art installation that reimagines two groundbreaking 1935 anti-lynching exhibitions.

Join us every 3rd Saturday of the month for a lively book discussion for adults. 

Level Up Your Game at the Orange Mound Chess Club! 

Get ready, Memphis! The 2025 PodBox Memphis Podcast Festival is set to unite podcasters, creators, and media innovators for two dynamic days of panels, live shows, and networking.

Joseph Oliver and a variety of skilled professionals conduct weekly classes with customers participating in hands-on repair and learning exercises. Participants will be exposed to the basics of electricity and electronics theory and repair.

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!

Looking for a way to set healthy goals or start an exercise routine? Join us at Levi as we move and groove with modern, easy to use equipment. Your choice, Your Pace!

Join us at Levi for a fun take on the Biggest Loser program. This 6-week program will be geared toward adults looking to achieve maintainable weight loss and healthy goals.

Chicago Stepping is returning to the Levi Library! Join us every Monday from 2:00-3:00 and Wednesday from 1:30-2:30 p.m. as Ray Hilliard demonstrates the Chicago Style 8 count step-by-step while getting in the groove. 

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!