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.

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.

Enjoy a fun and interactive story time where books come to life through music! This special session combines singing, movement, and storytelling to engage young children and their caregivers in a joyful, musical experience.

Join us for a fun-filled story time and craft with Overton Park for ages 0-12years. Learn more about what Overton Park has to offer!

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:

The Cherokee Sewing Club meets once per month.

NOTE: CLOUD Air Skateboard Design Camp is a 2-week camp that runs from June 16-20 and June 23-27. Please ensure your summer plans will allow you to attend both weeks!

NOTE: CLOUD Air Skateboard Design Camp is a 2-week camp that runs from June 16-20 and June 23-27. Please ensure your summer plans will allow you to attend both weeks!

Try your hand at blackout, collage, shape poetry and more! 

NOTE: CLOUD Air Skateboard Design Camp is a 2-week camp that runs from June 16-20 and June 23-27. Please ensure your summer plans will allow you to attend both weeks!

NOTE: CLOUD Air Skateboard Design Camp is a 2-week camp that runs from June 16-20 and June 23-27. Please ensure your summer plans will allow you to attend both weeks!

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

NOTE: CLOUD Air Skateboard Design Camp is a 2-week camp that runs from June 16-20 and June 23-27. Please ensure your summer plans will allow you to attend both weeks!

Join us for The Historic Orange Mound Lectures led by anthropologist, Dr. Charles Williams. Dr.

Learn about and try out different print/stamp-making techniques! 

Come to the library for an afternoon of movie-making magic! Local filmmaker, Kate DeSessions, will be presenting a filmmaking workshop entitled "Pre-Production Preparation to Avoid Missteps and How to Pivot When It All Goes Wrong"!

Casting call to all teens, 13-18!

🎨 Spray Squad: Graffiti for Beginners 🎨

Want to learn how to play D&D? Join us every Wednesday in June & July in the Teen Loft as an experienced DM will lead a quest designed for beginners (though teens with all experience levels are welcome to join). 

Casting call to all teens, 13-18!

Tweens, it's always a good day to read an exciting book together!

The Cherokee Sewing Club meets once per month.

Come join us as we paint our very own replicas of famous artists works of art. All supplies will be provided. No artistic experience required. 

Inspired by the Netflix show, Nailed It!, come re-create classic works of art in your own way! 

Read a picture book and think you can tell it better? Remix the story! Let's read aloud a book together and retell it in our own way. What if The Three Little Pigs were The Three Fat Alien Hogs?

Calling all gamers! Flex your skills and go head-to-head with other gamers at Raleigh's Nintendo Switch Game Night. We'll have the classics if you're feeling nostalgic, as well as some newer fan favorites.

Bring the whole family for a cozy movie afternoon at the library! Enjoy a family-friendly film on the big screen with popcorn, comfy seating, and good company. Perfect for winding down, laughing together, and making memories — all for free!

Take advantage of the heat!

Join us at Officer Geoffrey Redd Library for a special engineering challenge. Build your own solar oven as we try to use the weather to our advantage. All supplies provided.

Join us for an engaging story time filled with captivating books and interactive activities! This program will focus on important themes like recycling, litter prevention, beautification, and more.

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

Families are invited to join us at Your Randolph Branch Library for an International Storytime featuring The Philippines! We will celebrate the country and culture with stories, snacks, and a craft!

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 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.

Drawing can seem intimidating for beginners. This program teaches teens the basics of drawing including basic sketching, shading and figure drawing! We can't wait for you to join us! 

Mondays | 5:00–6:00 PM | Tween Zone

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.

Fall in love with a new book! Throughout this series, participants will "date" six romance novels of their choice. On June 12th, we will each check out six books and take them home to start reading.