Week Calendar

The children will have the opportunity to use the components of DiscoverRead which incorporates reading, talking, writing, singing and playing.

The children will have the opportunity to use the components of DiscoverRead which incorporates reading, talking, writing, singing and playing.

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

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

This week's theme - I Love My Dad!

No registration is needed.

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

This week's theme - I Love My Dad!

No registration is needed.

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

This week's theme - I Love My Dad!

No registration is needed.

Come to the Cordova Branch Library for a Juneteenth celebration.  Share stories and make 2 quilt squares.  Take 1 home and leave one to be made into a Quilt at the Cordova Library.

For all ages and no registration is needed.

Donate blood at the Cordova library's Juneteenth fest and get a $10 gift card, Juneteenth themed t-shirts and a chance to win $10,000!

Please join us for the fourth annual Juneteenth Fest at Cordova Library!

Come support local Memphis businesses selling food, drinks, accessories, home decor, and other fun merchandise. 

Join us every Wednesday this summer from 4:00 to 4:30 PM for our Weekly Reader Club! We will be reading Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.

Join us for our monthly Lego Club. Try completing one of our Lego challenges, try your hand at one of the Lego sets in our collection, or create your own masterpiece! 

We provide the lego bricks and you come with the creations!

Join us to for a lively discussion on our book of the month!

Calling all little chefs!👩🏿‍🍳 Come slice and dice up new recipes with the Kids Can Cooking Club! We will also learn about balanced eating habits and the impact food has on our bodies.

Curious about poetry? Is it for you? Join us at the Orange Mound Library for The People's Poetry Club, where we prefer poems that speak to you instead of at you.

Robots are useful in many types of manufacturing.  Woodworking is no exception!  Come join us at the Cordova library to learn about the basics of CNC (computer numerical control) woodworking.

Come to the Cordova Library for Art!  Dixon Gallery & Gardens' Art-to-Grow van will be here with fabulous 3-D art to make.

For ages 5-12.  No registration is needed.

Come to the Cordova Branch Library to learn to crochet!  Staff member Kellea will teach all kids, tweens and teens how to do easy crochet stitches and projects.  Yarn and needles provided.

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

Did you know...

Kids: Join us at your Randolph Branch Library on the second Saturday of each month for Lego Club!

Book discussion

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.

Join us for the Seed Library Garden Club, a welcoming space for gardening lovers of all levels!

Come enjoy the Summer Movie Series at one of our library locations!

June 11- Bohemian Rhapsody (PG-13) 5:30 Raleigh Library 

EPISTOLARY HEALING: LETTERS UNSENT. 

A transformative 6-week letter writing workshop.

Unwritten words carry weight. What would happen if you finally gave them an assigned space?

One of the longest running book clubs in the MPL system, the Central Readers Club meets regularly on the 2nd Monday evening of each month.

This month's book selection is The Women by Kristin Hannah.

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 this incredible opportunity for writers of all levels to hone their skills in this writing workshop series with Carnegie Writers! Practice different writing styles, prose, and more while collaborating with fellow writers in activities.

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.

Lit at the Library: The Memoir

Thursdays, 6:00-7:30 pm

May 15-June 26 (No class on June 19)