Week Calendar

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.

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

Pro Se Divorce Workshop

Join us for MPL's Japanese Culture Club! This monthly meeting will be dedicated to the appreciation of Japanese culture.

Have fun learning to play the ukulele with Howard Vance in this 8-week series for beginner and intermediate players. All students will receive a music book with fun tunes to play and sing.

Welcome to our Chronic Disease Self Management Program (CDSMP)!

This program is being funded through a grant by the State of Tennessee to provide people who have chronic diseases, and/or their caretakers, with the tools th

Would you like to read a book to a dog? Lovie, the library therapy dog, loves a good book, especially mysteries! Come join us. Choose a good book, relax, and read to the dog!

Tween Zone is a chance for tweens ages 10-12 to chill out after school. Need to give your mind a break? Stop by the children's department to create art, play games, and chill. 

This 4-part series will take on the natural, visual, non-spoken language with its own distinct grammatical structure. Shape, movements, and location of the hands, facial expressions and body will be utilized for communicating. 

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 Tuesday evenings for our Pickleball 101 program on our 3 courts in the Benjamin L. Hooks Library parking lot! We have balls and paddles for folks to use, but feel free to bring your own. Beginners are welcome and encouraged.

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 

Join us August 2nd from 6-8pm at the Benjamin L. Hooks' Goodwyn Gallery for a celebration of arts and animals! The Pet Portrait Art Show will feature art from the Memphis community that is inspired by our mutual love of pets.

This 4-part series will take on the natural, visual, non-spoken language with its own distinct grammatical structure. Shape, movements, and location of the hands, facial expressions and body will be utilized for communicating.