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.

This week-long workshop is created for younger teens 13-15 who would like an introduction to coding! Presented by the White Station Entrepreneurship Club.

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.

This week-long workshop is created for younger teens 13-15 who would like an introduction to coding! Presented by the White Station Entrepreneurship Club.

Children will have the opportunity to read with others to increase literacy.  The children will be using the concept of DiscoverRead and work with some of the components of reading, writing, talking, singing and playing.

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.

This week-long workshop is created for younger teens 13-15 who would like an introduction to coding! Presented by the White Station Entrepreneurship Club.

Join Dr. Malle (Maya) Carrasco-Harris for a fun and engaging activity for tweens and teens! Learn more about all Overton Park has to offer!

This class is designed to introduce the basic functions of  Microsoft Word for Office 365 in order to create professional documents, resumes, and any other text documents.  The following skills will be covered:

This week-long workshop is created for younger teens 13-15 who would like an introduction to coding! Presented by the White Station Entrepreneurship Club.

Children will have the opportunity to read with others to increase literacy.  The children will be using the concept of DiscoverRead and work with some of the components of reading, writing, talking, singing and playing.

This week-long workshop is created for younger teens 13-15 who would like an introduction to coding! Presented by the White Station Entrepreneurship Club.

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

This camp is designed for performers, songwriters, and audio engineers.

Participants will:

This camp is designed for performers, songwriters, and audio engineers.

Participants will:

You might think that to knit you need knitting needles, but this project allows you to learn how to knit using just your fingers. 

This camp is designed for performers, songwriters, and audio engineers.

Participants will:

Come on down to the library for an afternoon of family bingo! 

This camp is designed for performers, songwriters, and audio engineers.

Participants will:

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

This camp is designed for performers, songwriters, and audio engineers.

Participants will:

Come to the Cordova Branch Library to see The Dinosaur Crew.  Learn about how and when Dinosaurs lived.  Then see and pet giant dinosaur puppets - up to 20 feet long!  Take a Dinosaur craft home.

After weeks of creativity and practice, an incredible group of young people will perform Cossitt's first ever teen musical!

Stop by the Hollywood Library if you enjoy playing Video Games! Play time is every other Saturday from 4-5pm

Sculptures can be made of all different types of materials. Join us for this opportunity to express yourself with pipe cleaners, beads, and other materials. 

Children will experience the chance to make a 3D hand drawing.

Come join us for midday story time, arts, crafts!

Come join us for comic books and good company! We’ll have a wide selection of comics, generously donated by 901Comics, for you to enjoy.

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

Learn the basics of filmmaking, editing, and visual storytelling in this hands-on workshop! Whether you're using a smartphone or a camera, this session will guide you through framing a shot, capturing good audio, planning a story,

To finish of Thinking Money week the tweens have an opportunity to play a life sized Game of Life! Presented like a game show, each team of two tweens will choose career or college, experience payday, have unexpected expenses and more.

For Thinking Money week we will have a special afternoon story time featuring story and play to explore themes like saving, giving, earning and other aspects of money and value.

Join teaching artist B.J. Foster for this 5-week course and have fun transforming old books into pieces of art. Children and teens will learn how to follow a folding pattern creating a visually interesting three-dimensional image.

Casting call to all teens, 13-18!

Get ready to twist, dye, and zap your way to awesome wearable art! Join us for a fast and fun microwave tie dye workshop for teens.

Join us at the Officer Geoffrey Redd Library for a special arts & crafts presentation presented by the Dixon Gallery & Gardens. Come create a flower just like the flowers at the Dixon. All supplies provided.

As Thinking Money Week continues we will have a special crafternoon that will explore themes of personal finance in ways that children can relate.

Each child will receive a pottery piggy bank that they may paint to their liking.

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!

Let’s Make Yummy Snacks! 🍎🥪
 

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.

Join us for Teresa Hill May's Genealogy Class series! This is a two-part class offered twice in the month of July, once at the Orange Mound Library and Genealogy Center and once at the Orange Mound Community Center.

Come join the Cherokee Crochet Club!  Everyone welcome, from beginners to experienced crocheters.  Free to join plus free yarn to beginners.

Movie showing TBA soon!

Join us for a fun, hands-on Corner Bookmark Workshop! Participants will learn how to fold and decorate their own origami-style corner bookmarks—perfect for marking your spot in your favorite summer reads.

We encourage our small customers to come to the Levi Library and test their skills in our Kids' Version of Bingo!

If you have any questions, please call us at 901-415-2773!

Connect Crew will be hosting a family storytime event at the Memphis Zoo! The storytime and animal meet and greet program will be held at the Wild Encounter location. The storytime event will occur during the zoo's Free TN Tuesday hours.

What's a better way to solve food scarcity than growing your own garden? Having your own garden has always made sense for so many reasons.

Learn to crochet and make your very own beanie in this 5-week program, guided by MPL’s Caitlin Prilliman. By the end of the summer, you’ll have the skills to create a stylish beanie from start to finish! Open to all skill levels.

Wednesdays are Wonderful at Parkway Village. Join us ever Wednesday this summer for an array of games, activities, crafts, movies and so much more!

🎉 Join us at Hollywood for Day of Play! Every Thursday, we'll have an activity full of fun, creativity, and adventure!

Do  you want to make video games but  you don't know where to start?  Do  you want to work on a project  yourself or lead a team?

Children are introduced to the art of sewing by making their own stuffed "Wombat."  This fun and easy project is designed for first time sewers, helping them to learn basic hand stiches while expressing their creativity.

Everything is better with bubbles...AND BOOKS!! Come and join us as we blow bubbles and read good books. 

Memphis Area Legal Service offers free consultations to the public each second Friday of the month at 2pm. Appointments are by first come, first served.

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.

Come to South and learn to code in a fun and interactive way. There are no prerequisites for this program and laptops are provided. 

Come to the Cordova Branch Library for art!  The Dixon Gallery & Gardens' Art-to-Grow van returns to make Tapestry art.

For ages 5-12 and no registration is needed.

Celebrate National Video Game Day with a casual gaming session at the library! Play your favorite games in a relaxed setting with friends or make new ones.

Come to South and learn to code in a fun and interactive way. There are no prerequisites for this program and laptops are provided. 

Join us for a summer art class presented by Dixon Art Gallery's TAG (Teens.Art.Gardens). 

Join us in the Teen Innovation Center for to make cool keychains! Ages 8-17. 

Ever wanted to get someone on board with a show you can't stop talking about? Or maybe you think that super popular artist is totally overrated and need to explain why? How about trying to convince folks that the ocean is basically a giant soup?

Come to South and learn to code in a fun and interactive way. There are no prerequisites for this program and laptops are provided. 

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!

Come to South and learn to code in a fun and interactive way. There are no prerequisites for this program and laptops are provided. 

Using the book Swap! for inspiration, we're going to learn about bartering by having a swap meet. 

Get creative and add some color to your wardrobe! Join us for a fun tie-dye session at the library. We'll provide all the dye supplies— you just bring a plain 100% cotton T-shirt (white or light-colored works best).

Come to South and learn to code in a fun and interactive way. There are no prerequisites for this program and laptops are provided. 

Join us for an Open Art Session at Randolph Library This is your chance to explore your artistic talents in a relaxed and fun environment.

You can bring some of your own art supplies or use those that we will provide, including:

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

Want to test your knowledge with different subjects, from pop culture to history and fashion, maybe even learn something new? A crossword puzzle is a great way to do that! Even better with some friendly competition.

Ready for some friendly competition this year! 2025 is the year of gaming! Let's have some fun playing video games. We'll have a different game for every month. Will you be the one to go home with bragging rights?

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.

CLOUD 901 Intro to Video Editing: Mastering Adobe Premiere Pro

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! 

Button pins are used to express a plethora of things from achievement badges to showing pride in one's community. Whatever idea or statement you’d like to convey there’s a button for it.

Use color-mixing to choose your next read! For this activity, you will need a favorite book, either brought from home or plucked off of our shelf.

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.