Week Calendar

Every Thursday from 4:15-5pm come and sharpen your reading skills. This group is for Pre-k to 5th grade.

Hollywood hits the road for Read for the Record at Douglass Headstart. Book of the day is Piper Chen Sings by Phillipa Soo. 

Hollywood hits the road for Read for the Record at Jackson Elementary. Book of the day is Piper Chen Sings by Phillipa Soo. 

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.

Topics include Estate Planning, Elder Abuse, Nursing Home Care, Social Security, Conservatorship, Eviction Prevention, Rent Disputes and more.

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!

Join us for a fun-filled story time, for ages 0-2.

Attention Veterans in Memphis: If you’re struggling with homelessness, help is available!

Join us for a fun aerobics exercise with Ms. Linda Epps. It's a great way to enjoy 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.

Gather around and enjoy a good story followed by a crafting activity. 

How can your creativity and appreciation for the arts support your well-being? What exactly is meditation? How can mindfulness make creativity and relaxation more accessible?

Come to the Orange Mound Library for language-enhanced parenting classes!

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

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.

For those who attended Landscape Watercolor.

Attention Veterans in Memphis: If you’re struggling with homelessness, help is available!

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

Join us for a fun-filled story time, for ages 3-5. 

Join us in Meeting Room B for Mystery Book Club, on the Fourth Thursday of every month! (November and December meetings will be on the Third Thursday this year)

Nov. 21 (rescheduled from 28) 

Whitehaven Branch Library and the UrbanArt Collective are proud to present: The Movable Collection Artists Spotlight Series.

Racheal S. will be returning to Cordova every other Friday morning to teach her students the basics of the beautiful art of calligraphy . Every other week, we will be building on what we learned the week before so plan to attend all sessions.

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

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 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. 

We are having another sidewalk chalk event thrown by the Raleigh Chicks. Come flex your creative muscles and get down and dirty with some chalk to beautify our sidewalk! All ages welcome! 

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.

Applying for jobs? Bring in your existing resume for review or create a brand-new resume using the Peterson's resume builder.

Join us for some not-so-scary stories on silly pumpkins, quiet scarecrows and creepy carrots on Tuesday this October!

We will read a story and enjoy some simple coloring sheets and crafts. 

Come to the Cordova Branch Library for Baby Storytime.  Share stories, songs and bubbles.

This week's theme is Owls.

No registration is needed.

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

Join our new craft program, Tangled in Crafts, as both patrons and staff tackle crafts with little to no experience! 

October: Painting

Come to the Cordova Branch Library for Storytime.  Share stories, songs and crafts.

This week's theme is Owls.

No registration is needed.

Join us at Hollywood for our weekly technology classes. Learn all about how to best use technology to your advantage! The first hour will be a structured class and the last 45 minutes, we will answer questions about devices. See you there!

We encourage our seniors to come to the Levi Library and test their skills in our Bingo Wednesday!

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 is Owls.

No registration is needed.

Sensory Storytime is a welcoming interactive environment deigned for sensory seeking children with autism or other sensory integration challenges. 

Through language-enhanced parent education, we hope to enhance the knowledge you already have of child development, particularly in language and social-emotional development through LENA Research coupled with Nurturing Parenting and Adverse Childh

Come to the Cordova Branch Library for a Halloween party!

Share stories. Face paint. Decorate a pumpkin!

Family storytimes are a great opportunity for children and caretakers to come together, hear stories, sing songs, and work together on crafts or other activities. Get in the Halloween spirit with this storytime all about monsters! 

Come down to Cossitt Library to not only celebrate the amazing food resources that the library system has, but to also enjoy the international flavors that have come to permeate our great city!

It’s not only working out and burning calories, but also dancing and having fun! Join our classes on September 09, October 05 & 26 as well as November 16!

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!

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!

Ladies put on your favorite shade of pink while being inspired by testimony from women who have faced breast cancer. Find out about available resources and participate in fun and educational activities. Together we Fight.

Come out and enjoy chair yoga with other adults as well as a refreshing smoothie afterwards.

Come, join and see Ms. Amy Hutcheson's fine art works and is eager to meet in this 6-week course every Tuesday starting October 1st until November 5th from 1-3 p.m. Ms.

Ever wonder how to make cranes and other paper folding crafts? On October 24 at 1:00, Cheryl T will be teaching a Japanese Origami class for adults 18 and up.

Come join us at the Levi Library for our 5th Annual Spooky Fest on October 26, from 1-4 p.m.!

Join us for popcorn and a movie! This month's movie is Coco.

Whitehaven Branch Library and the UrbanArt Collective are proud to present: The Movable Collection Artists Spotlight Series.

Hollywood hits the road for Read for the Record at Promise Academy. Book of the day is Piper Chen Sings by Phillipa Soo. 

Let's greet this spooky season with a movie followed by crafts. We will be watching the infamous Coraline while we indulge in fall themed snacks. Come and enjoy!

🎃 Join Us for a Spooktacular Costume Giveaway! 🎃

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.

Join us on Saturday at the Frayser Branch Library to celebrate National Popcorn Month with the featured movie "Inside Out 2" and enjoy refreshments. Children 12 years of age and under must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. 

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.

Welcome to Movie Mondays at CLOUD901! In the month of October, we will be featuring a different scary movie each Monday.

Halloween is around the corner! Have you picked out your costume yet? Make your costume shine with hand-made accessories! 

Kids 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.

Join us for a special edition of our weekly Fiber Arts Club! This week, Ms. Karen will be joining us to teach us visible mending.

Halloween is around the corner! Have you picked out your costume yet? Make your costume shine with hand-made accessories! 

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

Come join us at the East Shelby Library Branch to work on your current knitting or crochet project with fellow artists in the Memphis area! Make connections with and learn new tricks and tips from other local artists. 

Halloween is around the corner! Have you picked out your costume yet? Make your costume shine with hand-made accessories! 

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. 

A special showing of Big Hero 6 for the Tween group

Love the idea of a book club but not so keen on assigned reading? Join us for a Book Talk where you can discuss whatever you've been reading lately! Whether you loved it or hated it, bring it along and let us know why!

A book club for anyone who gets their book recommendations online. Join local Memphis BookTokers as we talk about what makes a great BookTok book, our faves and our DNFs!

Do you want to know more about career development and apprenticeship opportunities in the area?  

Meet us at the Raleigh Branch Library for an informative session to empower youth ages 14-24.  

Kids can come to their Randolph Branch Library after school on Mondays and utilize their creativity with craft making!

The only objective is to put words on paper! Think of this as a NaNoWriMo "write-in," but for those of us who need longer than a year to write a book! Bring a writing project to work on, or start something new. All skill levels welcome.

Come join us in excavating the chocolate chips out of cookies! Cookies and toothpicks will be provided. 

Grace H. will be leading a 6 week Crochet class teaching the basics. 

Music is an important part of life. People use music to learn their ABCs, exercise, work, and enjoy the world. The Star Center's board-certified Music Therapists use these qualities of music to help people meet their individual goals.

Join us for a monthly art series sponsored by Dixon Art Gallery's TAG (Teens.Art.Gardens). In this month's class, participants will use cut paper and tissue to create a piece of art reminiscent to Henry Matisse's Vigne.

All Hollywood teens are invited to join us as we discuss how we can make our community better! Food provided! 

Learn to speak English in this intermediate class.

Grace H. will be leading a 6 week Crochet class teaching the basics. 

Music is an important part of life. People use music to learn their ABCs, exercise, work, and enjoy the world. The Star Center's board-certified Music Therapists use these qualities of music to help people meet their individual goals.

Come join us in the children's department for a spooky pajama party! Dress up in your favorite comfy clothes or PJ's or a Halloween costume and bring your favorite stuffed animal for a Halloween-y evening in the library.

Join us for a Spooktacular Halloween Movie Night at the library! Get ready for a ghoulish good time as we enjoy kid-friendly Halloween movies. 

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

Local Breast Cancer survivors sharing their personal stories.

Join Master Gardener Chuck Page and the Seed Library crew to learn all about how to save your own seeds! No experience necessary; example plants will be provided for demonstration.

Robyn Jones is a classical clarinetist and Associate Professor of Clarinet in the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music at the University of Memphis. 

This is the Python seminar portion of coding club, taught by our brilliant Dr. Karishma Gangwani! 

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.

Are you a High School junior or senior? Want to know about more options after high school? Join us at the library to break down trade schools and their admission processes. 

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.

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

Compose Yourself: AI Literacy

October 22-November 19 (No class on October 29)

Tuesdays, 6:00-7:30 PM

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.

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.

Join this incredible opportunity for writers of all levels to hone their skills in this writing workshops series with Carnegie Writers!

Literature: Then & Now
with instructor Aaron Brame

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.

Join us for the 2nd annual Cordova Fall Movie Night! 

We will have excited movies, snacks, and movie box giveaways!

Outdoor movie nights will take place next to the book drop and indoor movie nights will be in Room A.