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.  

Want to learn to play Mahjong? We have a beginning class series forming now! Crystal Shi, Mahjong Instructor, will teach a series of 5 beginner classes beginning Monday, Jan.

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.

Customers are encouraged to come for Levi for a free health screening and medical checkup, if needed, courtesy of the Tri State Community Health Center staff.

Come out, enjoy and have fun learning some of the hottest line dancing steps of many genres of music. New comers will have to register. See you there.

The Computer Basics class is for the very beginner who has very little computer experience. We start with the basics and help you build knowledge in operating a computer.

The Probate Court Clerk's Office will offer Passport services at Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library on the 3rd Thursday of each month (except June 2025).

Ena Esco will be joined with the President of the National Civil Rights Museum, Dr. Russell Wigginton, to discuss the incredible work of the National Civil Rights Museum and its pivotal role in our community.

Eat, Learn, and Move in this six week series! Join Family and Consumer Sciences TNCEP Agent Lauren Wells for bi weekly programming promising good food, kitchen safety skills, achievable exercise, and budget friendly advice.

Join Library Staff on the third Saturday of each month for a good cuppa, a good book and a good chat.

This month we will look at what books we want to read in 2025!

Sheryl M. from UT Extension Services is coming back to Cordova to teach everyone how to eat better, to shop smarter. and to exercise more effectively.

Positive Solutions for Families (PSF) is an evidence-informed seven-part series for parents and caregivers of young children.

Join us as we  travel around the globe without leaving the comfort of the Hollywood Library.

Join us to for a lively discussion on our book of the month! For January, we will discuss Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver. Copies are on reserve at the Randolph Circulation desk.

One on one technical assistance on tablet, laptop or smart device including accessing the library's digital services. (This is not a formal class).

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.

Do you have a Children’s book idea that you have been waiting to publish, but don’t know where to start? Start here.  

Need help with your phone, laptop, tablet, email, photos, videos, etc.? Come to the library for free one on-one tech support!

Please join us to write compassionate, encouraging letters for our senior populations.

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

Men will be discussing book of the month.

Come join us to learn how to prepare your healthy meals on a budget. Would you like to know how to make healthier meals at home? Come and you can feel better, look better and eat better!

Fiber arts creators come together and work on your current project!

Get ready to dream, create and manifest the future you want. This is all about having fun, getting creative, and setting your sights on the  big goals you want to achieve.

Heart and Soul Book Club Relocates to Raleigh Library

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.

Learn to speak English in this intermediate class.

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

Join us for the final session in our Life After High School series, where we’ll dive into financial planning for future education.

We'll be kickstarting the MPL Garden Club at 5 pm. Join us for a meet and greet with your sponsoring librarians and take a tour of the Seed Library. 

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 plan to be on time.

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.

For January , A Wider Angle, our monthly film series highlighting independent global cinema, will screen the 2019 film God of the Piano, directed by Israeli director Itay Tal.

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 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 plan to be on time.