Week Calendar

This 4-part class is designed to teach students the principles, procedures, and techniques of videography. Students will execute practical exercises in video production.

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.

Bring your tablet, laptop, or smart device and receive one-on-one technical assistance in accessing the Library’s digital services.  This is not a formal class and customers receive assistance on a first-come first-served basis.  

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.

Toddlers and their caregivers are invited to Randolph Library for stories, songs, rhymes and a craft!

Do you enjoy light exercise? If so, this is perfect for you. Chair yoga is great for seniors and those with minimal mobility.  Please bring your own mat. 

Join us for a fun aerobics class with Ms. Linda Epps. It's a great way to have fun exercising while allowing you to stretch, and improve flexibility, muscular strength, and cardiovascular fitness. 

A beginning Spanish class designed for students that have no familiarity with the language. Registration not necessary and we can start you with our beginners group and work you up to our advanced group.

This program is meant for writers who need motivation and community encouragement to get writing. Every Tuesday, writers will gather at Crosstown Concourse, 7th floor at the big table, to enjoy the company of other writers and get some work done!

Join us each Tuesday for Storytime! Ages 5 and under.

ESL participants can learn basic Intermediate English through reading and writing.

What is a Cricut?

This program is meant for writers who need motivation and community encouragement to get writing. Every Tuesday, writers will gather at Crosstown Concourse, 7th floor at the big table, to enjoy the company of other writers and get some work done!

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

Are you a computer beginner? Or do you need a refresher course? Join the Frayser Branch Library's Computer Basics class for a simple step-by-step course on computers, their parts, and how to navigate them.

Welcome to the Lev(I)magintion Storytime Station! We invite you to join us as we Explore, Discover, and Learn through Reading, Singing, and Crafts at the Levi Library.

Come out, enjoy and have fun learning some of the hottest line dancing steps of many genres of music for beginners at Raleigh. 

Join us for a fun aerobics class with Ms. Linda Epps. It's a great way to have fun exercising while allowing you to stretch, and improve flexibility, muscular strength, and cardiovascular fitness. 

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

Join us at OGR Library at the corner of Poplar and White Station for stories, songs, movement, and more! 

Join us for a fun-filled story time.

Are you new to computers or looking to freshen up on your skills? Please join us for our computer basics class! Come learn about accessing essential tools on the desktop and on the web. We can't wait for you to join us! 

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

Join the Dixon Gardens and Gallery's Shawna White to learn about connections between our local flora and the arts while making your own creations.

Walk a mile and get a free book! We are going to walk from the library entrance, complete the walking path around the Bert Ferguson community center (approx. 1 mile), and return to the library.

Bring the family to storytime to explore stories and facts, shake your sillies out, sing and rhyme together, and more! 

This storytime occurs on Mondays at 11:00 a.m.

Embark on a journey into the heart of Chinese language and culture.

CLOUD Air Skateboard Camp is for teens 13-18 who love traditional & digital art. No experience with skateboarding necessary! CLOUD Air will be held for 2 weeks (Monday-Friday) at CLOUD901 Teen Lab, located inside the Benjamin L.

Register for Code Crew's Designers & Data: Tech Wearables here!

Family story times are a great opportunity for children and caretakers to come together, hear stories, sing songs, and work together on crafts or other activities.

Come to the Cordova Branch Library for Baby Storytime.  Share stories and songs and bubbles!  This week's theme is: Happy Hippos  No registration is needed.

Come to the Cordova Branch Library for Baby Storytime.  Share stories and songs and bubbles!  This week's theme is: Happy Hippos.  No registration is needed.

Adult participants come out and enjoy various provided games; interacting with peers and establishing relationships with others. 

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

CLOUD Air Skateboard Camp is for teens 13-18 who love traditional & digital art. No experience with skateboarding necessary! CLOUD Air will be held for 2 weeks (Monday-Friday) at CLOUD901 Teen Lab, located inside the Benjamin L.

Register for Code Crew's Designers & Data: Tech Wearables here!

Come to the Cordova Branch Library for Storytime.  Share stories, songs and crafts.  This week's theme: Happy Hippos.  No registration is needed.

Make your very own painting using bubbles instead of a paintbrush!

If you want to feel better and look better, eat better!  Join us for the popular series of 6 programs presented by a nutritionist from UT Extension Services.

CLOUD Air Skateboard Camp is for teens 13-18 who love traditional & digital art. No experience with skateboarding necessary! CLOUD Air will be held for 2 weeks (Monday-Friday) at CLOUD901 Teen Lab, located inside the Benjamin L.

Register for Code Crew's Designers & Data: Tech Wearables here!

We encourage our seniors to come to the Levi Library and test their skills in our Bingo Wednesday! Our special guest will be Dale Street!

If you have any questions, please call us at 901-415-2773!

Come to the Cordova Branch Library for Storytime.  Share stories, songs and crafts.  This week's theme: Happy Hippos.  No registration is needed.

Creative Aging Studio Course: Faces and Spaces Painting Course

Adults will learn the basics of computer literacy in a welcoming and entertaining environment.

CLOUD Air Skateboard Camp is for teens 13-18 who love traditional & digital art. No experience with skateboarding necessary! CLOUD Air will be held for 2 weeks (Monday-Friday) at CLOUD901 Teen Lab, located inside the Benjamin L.

Register for Code Crew's Designers & Data: Tech Wearables here!

CLOUD Air Skateboard Camp is for teens 13-18 who love traditional & digital art. No experience with skateboarding necessary! CLOUD Air will be held for 2 weeks (Monday-Friday) at CLOUD901 Teen Lab, located inside the Benjamin L.

Register for Code Crew's Designers & Data: Tech Wearables here!

Come to the Cordova Branch Library for a performance by the Cazateatro Bilingual Theater Group.  See a play.  Then stay for a craft.  For all ages and no registration is needed.

Led by Successful Living & Economic & Community Development Corporation, this 4-part series is designed around how an entrepreneur can make as much money as possible in one year.

Learn the basics of genealogy research, ways that descendants of both free people and the formerly enslaved can trace their ancestors, and how the use of DNA is leading the way to repair families torn apart by the system of slavery.

Care Angels is hosting a Caregivers Support Group at the Whitehaven Branch Library on June 29, 2024. The support group is for individuals who are Family Caregivers.

Reading is an adventure, join us on one at Hollywood Library! During the afternoons, we'll have a selection of books to choose from! Ask a librarian to read or share center stage to read with your new friends.

Come and view the award-winning eight-part docu-series "High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America." We will then sample cuisines mentioned in the film. Every Monday in June and July.

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 for an exciting learning experience. Children and families can learn about fire safety, how to recognize the emergency, and what to do in the event of a fire.

Embark on a journey into the world of podcasting with our Podcast Bootcamp for High Schoolers! This interactive program offers students the opportunity to explore the exciting realm of podcast creation from start to finish.

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!

Embark on a journey into the world of podcasting with our Podcast Bootcamp for High Schoolers! This interactive program offers students the opportunity to explore the exciting realm of podcast creation from start to finish.

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!

Embark on a journey into the world of podcasting with our Podcast Bootcamp for High Schoolers! This interactive program offers students the opportunity to explore the exciting realm of podcast creation from start to finish.

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!

We provide the Lego bricks and you make the creations. Come get your build on!

Please join us Saturday afternoons for children's craft time at Cossitt Library. We will have a guided craft, but also will provide supplies for artistic free play. Come get crafty with us!

Have you ever been curious about the rising popularity of the tabletop roleplaying game, Dungeons and Dragons?

Do you like building Legos and like a challenge? Join us at the library for a Lego party! Build Legos with friends and try to complete the different Lego challenges we have in store. 

Watercolor artist Susan Maakestad works with participants to learn watercolor history, varying methods of applying watercolor to paper, and creating their own watercolor paintings.

Join us at Levi for a fun take on the Biggest Loser  Challenge. This 8-week program will be geared toward adults looking to achieve maintainable weight loss and healthy goals.

We'll bring the popsicles and books; you guys bring the picnic blankets and lots and lots of snacks! Be prepared to enjoy story time under the tent!

East Shelby Book Lovers Club will meet on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, @ 1:30 pm, in the conference room at East Shelby Branch Library.

Kids: Join us at your Randolph Branch as we host Memphis City Beautiful for Storytime and a Recycled craft!

 Join us at Levi for KidKuisine-Adventures in the Kitchen. Adventures in the Kitchen is a series of four hands-on cooking lessons created by the University of Tennessee Extension.

Join us at the library to cook up some great nutritious and delicious recipes with UT Extension Services!  Today's recipe will be Salmon Patties.

Can you whistle? Well, can you whistle with a mouth full of cookie!? Come try this treat from the Philippines. Please join us for a fun Filipino activity with Polvoron cookies.

During this 4-part course, participants will be introduced to the history and essential tools of calligraphy (the art of decorative handwriting). Participants will learn various techniques before completing a personalized keepsake.

Explore elements of design in this beginner’s landscape painting course.

Jessica Clark and Heather Issel presented a poster at the American Library Association's Annual conference. The poster is about their work with Sensory Storytime at Bejamin L. Hooks Library. 

Teens will have a chance to learn about social media awareness through Digi Tech, presented by UT-TSU instructor Lauren Wells. 

This is a four-week program, and participants are required to register for each session.

Young chefs will get an opportunity to enjoy this 5-day cooking camp. They will have hands-on fun with creating healthy recipes. 

This 4-part course is designed for beginners who are new to graphic design and want to learn how to create stunning designs using Canva.

Young chefs will get an opportunity to enjoy this 5-day cooking camp. They will have hands-on fun with creating healthy recipes. 

Join us for a screening of Studio Ghibli's The Cat Returns in the teen innovation center!

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

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!

Would you like to read a book to a dog? Join us and choose a good book to read to Lovie, the Library Therapy Dog.

Join us for big fun with little things! Learn to make jewelry for yourself or someone . Your imagination can take you anywhere! All supplies included.

Young chefs will get an opportunity to enjoy this 5-day cooking camp. They will have hands-on fun with creating healthy recipes. 

If you're interested in crochet and want to learn more or improve your skills, come join our fun crochet workshop! This program is perfect for beginners or for those who just need a little refresher.

This 4-part introductory Japanese course is designed to introduce the Japanese language to learners with little to no experience.

Young chefs will get an opportunity to enjoy this 5-day cooking camp. They will have hands-on fun with creating healthy recipes. 

Participants will discuss concepts and sketch ideas with teaching artist Sarah Nowlin for an original sculpture creation. The sculptures are created with cardboard, foil, wire, masking tape, paper, and various other materials.

Young chefs will get an opportunity to enjoy this 5-day cooking camp. They will have hands-on fun with creating healthy recipes. 

Need help with your phone, laptop, tablet, email, photos, videos, etc.? Come to the library for free one on-one tech support! Our staff member Eddie will be happy to help you out.

Join us every Saturday from 2pm to 4pm to practice reading/speaking English and building new vocabulary in a casual friendly environment. Each attendee is welcome to read a page from the suggested book aloud.

For June (and July), our "page-to-screen" book club, I Read That Movie @ the Library, will feature a 2-month selection for the first time.

Come to the Cordova Branch Library for Art.  Listen and learn from Art-to-Grow with the Dixon Gallery.  Then create a masterpiece to take home.  For ages 5-12 and no registration is needed.

Join us for our monthly Lego club. June's theme is Lego Challenges. Pick a challenge card, get creative and build! How many of our Lego challenges can you complete?

Design a “create-ure” that has never been seen before or combine features from other animals in a brand new way!

Join us for an intro to hand embroidery with our Tween librarian, Marty. Ages 8-17 only. Supplies limited. 

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. 

Love playing board games? Want to learn some new ones? Come hang out with us at the Board Game Club at the East Shelby Branch Library! We've got tons of board games to choose from, and we'll teach you a new one every month.