Week Calendar

Join Lawson Arney, CFP® and Mary Golden, AAMS® of Raymond James for an interactive presentation that guides you through a timeline of financial planning topics as you prepare for and navigate through retirement.

Get ready to move and groove as you step to the beat of your favorite songs! 

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

No computer skills needed to participate! Just bring yourself. We'll have live demos with AI tools and lots of opportunity for audience participation. 

Topics we will cover: 

Have you always been interested in learning how to play the piano? Join musician Stephen Lee of Memphis Jazz Workshop for this 8-week course to learn. The piano is a beautiful instrument and learning it could help express creativity and emotions.

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

Join the Memphis Medical District Collaborative (MMDC) for an engaging panel discussion exploring the vital role of Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) in advancing equitable economic growth and financial inclusion.

Have strong opinions about third-act breakups, miscommunication tropes, and love triangles? You might just be The One we've been looking for! Join us at Randolph for our Romance Readers book club one Saturday out of every month.

Branching Out: Discover Gardening at the Library!

Join us for Fall Vegetable Gardening!

Memphis Public Libraries provides free notary services to the public during drop-in hours: WEDNESDAYS from Noon – 2 PM at the Central Library in the Business & Sciences Department on the 3rd floor.

Perfect your photo game! Learn how to take clean, scroll-stopping photos to promote your brand, small business, or side hustle. We’ll cover lighting, composition, product photography, and simple editing tools like Canva.

Learners 65+ register here to join teaching artist Samilia Pelshak for this five-week course exploring

Join us every third Thursday of the year for art inspired by nature! Learn about what's growing at the Dixon while getting creative with ever changing seasonally inspired crafts! No experience with art necessary, all supplies provided!

Chicago Stepping is returning to the Levi Library! Join us every Monday and Wednesday from 1:30-2:30 p.m. as Ray Hilliard demonstrates the Chicago Style 8 count step-by-step while getting in the groove. 

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

Shawna White from the Dixon Art Gallery will be here Wednesday, August 20 at 1:00 to provide another Colorcopia art program. This is a free, fun, creative program for adults.

Participants will work with teaching artist Kristi Duckworth to learn the basic skills of creating mosaics including drawing and coloring a mosaic pattern, cutting pieces out of clay, glazing, adhering mosaic pieces, and grouting.

Movie showing TBA soon!

Chicago Stepping is returning to the Levi Library! Join us every Monday and Wednesday from 1:30-2:30 p.m. as Ray Hilliard demonstrates the Chicago Style 8 count step-by-step while getting in the groove. 

We are excited to host this book club, led by local author Andrea Hardaway! Books are chosen each month by attendees. All genres are welcome, but this group loves nonfiction, inspirational, and must-read books by contemporary black authors.

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

Rookie Moves is a casual chess hour for players of all levels and ages. Chess boards are provided.

Ladies and gentlemen, you are cordially invited to a screening of Pride & Prejudice (2005). 

Tea service will be provided.

Regency-era attire is encouraged, though far from required. 

Welcome to the Night Cafe!

I’m excited to invite you to a special community event on Saturday, August 23,2025  from 4:00–6:00 PM at the Raleigh Library to introduce my new role as the Innovator-in-Residence (IIR) focused on Culinary Arts & Entrepreneurship.

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.