Week Calendar

Experience a new musical experience with teaching artist David Virone in a 6-week beginner guitar class. This course is designed for beginners to learn fundamental techniques, basic chords, and simple songs. 

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

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

Once again this September, Opera Memphis is bringing the magic of music to unexpected places all over the city—including 14 Memphis Public Library branches!

Join us for a performance by Opera Memphis to celebrate 30 Days of Opera this September!

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.

Come join us at the Levi Branch Library for our Seniors' Health & Wellness Fair on September 13, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. We will have various screenings for blood pressure, glucose and BMI body mass index.

It’s not only working out and burning calories, but also dancing and having fun! Join our classes on the second Saturday, February through November.

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.

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 the middle of your career.

Join teaching artist Carol Buchman for this 5-weeks introduction to mask making. Participants learn basic history of masks and how they are used in various cultures around the world.

The club will focus on engaging residents in collaborative gardening, learning about gardening and exploring garden ideas, while promoting a sense of community and improving environmental conditions. 

Join us for an afternoon of fun, refreshments and prizes for Seniors 60 plus.   See you there!!!

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.

Join us at the East Shelby Branch Library for some classic Chess fun! Play Chess with people in your community and learn some new strategies while you're at it. This club will be part educational and tons of practice!

Join us September 13 from 1-3 at the Orange Mound Library for the Genealogy Center's tribute to the past, present, and future of the Blues in Memphis!

Care Angels is hosting a Caregivers Support Group at the

Whitehaven Branch Library on september 13, 2025,

1:30pm-4:30Pm support group is for individuals

who are Family Caregivers. The activities will include

Once again this September, Opera Memphis is bringing the magic of music to unexpected places all over the city—including 14 Memphis Public Library branches!

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.

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.

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Come enjoy the Pop-Up Live music entertainment with 30 Days of Opera.

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

Welcome to the King’s Court Chess Club, where strategy meets community!

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

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.

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.