Week Calendar

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.  

Come join us for stories, songs and fun, specially designed for pre-school children! Groups must pre-register.

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

Come join us for story time appropriate for the youngest children! No groups please.

Come join us as we explore the wonderful world of children's literature for toddlers! No groups please.

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).

Learners ages 65+ are invited to join Creative Aging teaching artist Carol Buchman for a 5-session journey into the works of prominent Harlem Renaissance artists, including William H. Johnson, Romare Bearden, and Faith Ringgold.

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.

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

Hand lettering is a creative and meditative way to personalize your things and make gifts for friends and family.

Calling all teens! Join us for a special Teen Roundtable at the library. This is your chance to have your voice heard and help shape the future of library services for teens.

At the roundtable, we'll discuss:

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. 

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.