Week Calendar

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!

Day camp visit to the Cordova Library from Bert Ferguson

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. 

Tri State Community Health Center Health Screening in the Cordova library lobby.

Children will gather for open conversation and talk about what they want for the upcoming school year and afterwards we will break into team sessions and put together big puzzles.  They will be using teamwork and communication skills.

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.

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

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. 

Tri State Community Health Center Health Screening in the Cordova library lobby.

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:

Come out and grab a backpack full of school supplies donated by the community and the Raleigh Chicks. The whole library will be celebrating back to school with games, activities, and food. There will be tons of things to do for all ages. 

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.

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

Come join the Cherokee Sewing Club!

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.

For ages 13-18

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: Dinosaurs!  No registration is needed.

Enjoy creating a moving work of art that showcases your dream vacation with the Dixon Gallery and Gardens "Art to Grow" series.  Ages 5-12 

For ages 13-18

Children will enjoy an interactive and engaging storytime that is sure to keep them wanting more!

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

Come enjoy Arts & Crafts with us ! Ages 4-6 are welcomed to this creative and expressive event.

For ages 13-18

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: Dinosaurs!  No registration is needed.

Want tips from some of the best Chefs in Memphis while trying some delicious food? Join our Teen Cooking Sessions to learn what it takes to become an entrepreneur and make some "Bussin" food!

For ages 13-18

Customers can come to the Levi Library to meet with representatives from the Community Services Agency from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. to receive assistance with their water and utilities. There is no registration required.

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

This 4-part class aims to create an immersive and enriching environment through a fusion of art and music healing.

Memphis City Beautiful staff will be stopping by to share the importance of taking care of our city and doing a craft with the kids of the South Branch. 

For ages 13-18

Come to the Cordova Branch Library for the Explore Memphis finale.  All kinds of fun including stomp rockets, chalk stories and all you can eat Popcorn & Snowcones.  For all ages and no registration is needed.

This 4-part series, Africa in the City, is designed to teach members in the Memphis community about the history and culture of various communities in Africa.

ABC24 and MPL team up to encourage elementary children to read during the summer. Children will engage in fun activities during this journalistic story time. 

Reading Wizard Summer 2024 Dates are below:

Get ready to go back to school with the South Branch! Join us for face painting, balloon animals, Mister Softee ice cream, and more! A limited number of free school supply packs will also be available. 

Join the Sigma Lambda Lambda chapter of Omega Psi Phi and the Orange Mound Library for the annual School Supply Give Away! We will have books and backpacks filled with school supplies available for any K-12 students in need of supplies.

Learn photography basics consisting of film, digital photography, lighting, and film print.

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!

Let's have fun and paint (chalk paint) the sidewalk red, green purple or whatever color you'd like!

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!

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!

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 heard of a Cricut machine?  People use these electronic cutters to cut original and pre-made designs from all sorts of materials including paper, card stock, vinyl, iron-on transfers and more.

Do you want to be the next Indiana Jones? Join us in searching for lost, stolen or hidden treasure here at the library!

Join us for a delightful culinary journey where kids aged 6 to 12 and their parents can explore the magic of cooking together!

What types of animals live in the park and what roles do these animals play in their ecosystem? Meet live ambassador animals up close. Join us at the Hollywood Library to discover fun facts about nature!

Kids: Join us at Your Randolph Branch to design your own adventuremobile using recycled materials and glow in the dark tape!

 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 Chocolate Banana Pudding.

Join us for our 2nd annual spicy food challenge. Last year we tried noodle and this year will will do the hot sauce challenge. 

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

Read anything good lately? Let's talk about it! Join others in providing a brief overview of your recent read, including basic plot, characters, and themes, but no spoilers! Let us know why we should (or shouldn't) pick it up for ourselves.

A four week course introducing the Korean language running 7/12, 7/19, 7/26 and 8/2. More details soon.

Did you know that arts and crafts aren't just for kids? Come and join us at Levi as we explore the mind of creativity. Our workshops will help relieve stress and depression, as well as decrease age-related cognitive impairment. 

Dreading the back-to-school blues? We've got the cure! Come join us for our Back-to-School Self-Care Story Time with Jerrika Henderson at the Orange Mound library.

Every 4th Saturday, from 1-4 p.m., Mr. James Williams of Sowing Seeds Enterprises will offer free haircuts to our patrons. Patrons must be between the ages of 3-17 in order to take part in this event.
 

Come join the Cherokee Sewing Club!

Our Teen Pop & Paint series is an opportunity for our teens to express themselves through art. This is usually an informal art session where our teens can paint supplied pictures or freehand paint their own art.

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.

"Intro to Cricut: Cut, Craft, and Create" is a beginner-friendly class where you'll learn to use a Cricut cutting machine and Cricut Design Space. Gain experience and apply new skills to create a colorful craft bag during the session. 

Join us and enjoy learning about food/beverages in our Raleigh Kid's Cafe. Come and create your own recipe. 

This course is geared towards students of all levels. It focuses on fundamentals such as sound, technique, music reading, and improvisation. Participants will learn how to effectively practice and make individual goals on the instrument.

To coincide with the 2024 Summer Olympics, tweens will take part in friendly, competitive library and active movement games. There will be awards for the winners.  Come and join the fun.

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.

The Frayser Anime Club has returned! Join us for an afternoon of creativity as we explore the Japanese art style of Sumi-e. Participants will also create their own Sumi-e inspired artwork using oil pastels.

Hey, if you're into 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.

Educators with the Tennessee State University SNAP-Ed Extension Program will be on hand to share with children the benefits of healthy eating and cooking healthy recipes. Note: Children under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult.

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.

Kids age 6-12 can come and read to our sweet reading therapy dog, Lovie. Books will be available for children to read, or they may bring their own.

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

Join us for an afternoon of art with the Dixon Gallery!

Help us build a working windmill, a bouquet of exotic flowers, or a decorative bonsai tree that looks like the real thing. LEGO Masters will work together in groups to bring these items to life!

Come build the most iconic Paris landmark-The Eiffel Tower. We will design, plan, and build a recreation of the Eiffel Tower using only newspaper and tape.

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. 

Join us for our very own 2024 Olympic Games (Nintendo Sports).

Get ready for an afternoon of family fun and excitement at “Family Bingo", hosted by children’s librarian, Ghaazy! Join us for a delightful hour that promises laughter, friendly competition, and a chance to win fantastic prizes. 

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. 

Hello Ladies and Gentlemen of Distinction:  Please join us on the last Friday of the month for our book club. Thank you for your participation.

Join us at the East Shelby Library for a movie day every other Saturday from 3-5 PM. What adventures will you experience that day? You'll have to come see the movie to find out!

Join us for our second installment of Intro to Crochet (don't worry if you missed the first one, we'll do our best to catch you up!). We will be learning how to read patterns, as well as how to perform a single crochet.

Try your hand at making jewelry to share with your friends, using string and beads!

Are you a Cat Kid's Comic Club fan? Come to the library and make your own one-page comic! 

Learn to speak English in this intermediate class.

Please join us on Wednesdays for fun and fresh programs. Programs will change weekly. 

• cooking
• movies
• board games
• video games
• quiet space
• cricut and more

Which book characters will you recognize on your bingo card? The Orange Mound Library is excited to invite you and your child out to play a fun game of Bookworm Bingo!

Join the Cordova Coding Club and embark on an exciting journey into the world of programming and technology! Whether you're a complete beginner or a seasoned coder, our club offers a welcoming and supportive environment for all skill levels.

Build English skills in a relaxed, friendly environment, meet other English learners, and practice speaking and listening skills in small groups.

Join Board to Beers, Memphis' first and only board game bar, and the Cossitt Library as we enjoy two nights of board game fun! Bring friends and family out to enjoy classic favorites as well as modern gems.

Join us at the Hollywood Community Center for a summer giveaway! Kick your school year off right and say goodbye to summer.

Do you want to learn how to look and feel good while also taking care of your health and well-being?

Participate in a yoga experience to stretch the body and soothe the mind.

Participants can learn about the United States and prepare for the Citizenship exam.

Do you want to learn how to look and feel good while also taking care of your health and well-being?

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.

Join us for our weekly Zumba fitness class! It's an excellent workout that will allow you to burn calories while having fun. It will also strengthen your muscles and improve flexibility.

Please register online. Attendance is limited.

Need assistance with your phone, computer or tablet? Come to Whitehaven on 2nd and 4th Tuesdays from 6pm to 7pm for tech help with:

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.

Healing Through Writing at Cossitt Library.

This is a four week painting series that focuses on the relationship of visual representation to aural stimulation. ART meets MUSIC in this guided painting series with Stacey Saed.

Ever find yourself stuck when you're trying to write? Or, maybe, you don't even know how to start? Then please join us for 'The Writer's Block,' a writing club geared towards gathering writers together and getting words down on the page.

This event occurs for four consecutive Wednesdays:     July 10, 17, 24, 31 6.30pm-7.30pm

Join us for our weekly Zumba fitness class! It's an excellent workout that will allow you to burn calories while having fun. It will also strengthen your muscles and improve flexibility.

Please register online. Attendance is limited.

Join us for a night of laughter! This event features 2 upcoming comedians from Raleigh Stagehouse. 

Non-alcoholic drinks and snacks will be available for purchase from Raleigh Friends of the Library.