Upcoming Events

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.

Join us each Tuesday evening in May for 'open play' pickleball on our three courts here at the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library parking lot! We have balls and paddles for folks to use, or feel free to bring your own. No registration required!

For May, A Wider Angle, our monthly foreign and independent film series, will screen the 2018 film Dead Pigs, directed by first-time feature film director Cathy Yan, whose next film was the DC Comics superhero film Birds of Prey

Join us for stories, songs, fingerplays, and fun with the toddler in your life. Appropriate for children ages 18-36 months. No groups.

MALS, through the Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services, presents a new grant partnership with the Tennessee Department of Human Services to provide more access to free, civil legal services for families and children throughout Tennessee.

A business plan is an essential road map for business success, whether you are a new business or restarting an existing business.

Living Poets Society

April 25-May 30

Thursdays 6-8pm

With due respect to Mr.

Techy Seniors – Phone Basics

Learn the basic functions of smart phones and tablets. Participants will explore settings, and learn the following basic functions:

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

Join Master Gardener Pam Beasley to learn all about Raised Bed Gardening!

Hey, fans of comics, movies, anime, manga, video games and pop culture in general!

This is the cosplay registration for the Memphis Public Library Comic Con on Saturday, May 18th from 10am - 3pm. 

Enjoy stories, songs, and fun as children ages 3-5 are introduced to the joy-filled world of children’s books. Groups must pre-register.

The VA Mobile Vet Center will be back in the Central Library parking lot to provide Readjustment Counseling Service for all Veterans who served in a combat zone.

Memphis Fair Housing Center, a division of Memphis Area Legal Services, will hold a free legal advice clinic addressing housing questions.

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.

Join us each Tuesday evening in May for 'open play' pickleball on our three courts here at the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library parking lot! We have balls and paddles for folks to use, or feel free to bring your own. No registration required!

Join us for stories, songs, fingerplays, and fun with the toddler in your life. Appropriate for children ages 18-36 months. No groups.

Please join Memphis Area Legal Services for a free Family Law Legal Clinic for Seniors age 60 and older. 

Eric Terrell, an SBA representative, in conjunction with SCORE, will present information on 

1.  How to Market to the Federal Government 

2. Women Owned Certification 

3.  Hubzone Certification 

Living Poets Society

April 25-May 30

Thursdays 6-8pm

With due respect to Mr.

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