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Check out some of our highlights from 2024 including details on our programming and outreach efforts!
MPL by the Numbers 2024 Year in Review
Stop by and check out our beautiful mural by Brandon Marshall. It has been a delight to watch […]
Orange Mound Mural
We’re thrilled to announce the official launch of the Seed Library Garden Club this January! Whether you’re an […]
Seed Library Garden Club Newsletter
Talented professional artists and musicians play, perform and teach at locations where seniors live and gather. Musical performances […]
Creative Aging Programs
We hope December finds you safe and cozy. With rain in the forecast (December typically averages just under six […]
What’s New at Central 2024 December
Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library3rd Tuesdays, 1-2 PM Join The Dixon Garden and Gallery’s Shawna White for a […]
Seed Library and Colorcopia
Marilyn reviews LINCOLN’S LAST DAYS: THE SHOCKING ASSASSINATION THAT CHANGED AMERICA FOREVER, by Bill O’Reilly and Dwight Jon […]
Memphis Reads: LINCOLN’S LAST DAYS: THE SHOCKING ASSASSINATION THAT CHANGED ...
We are excited to announce that Memphis Public Library will be hosting regular Repair Days in 2025 in […]
MPL Repair Cafe
Do you have a 901 Pass card and would like to use it to access the Memphis Public […]
Activate Your 901 Pass as a Library Card
A Publication of the Memphis Library Foundation The second issue of MPL UNBOUND is out now! In this […]
MPL Unbound
This week is our final mystery in the Fall series focusing on newly digitized materials. The photos come […]
Dig Memphis Mystery: 1987 WHBQ-TV Black History Month
This week’s newly digitized photos were gifted together by Gordon Fox and are all part of the M […]
Dig Memphis Mystery: People on Horseback Mystery
Laura reviews MARS HOUSE, by Natasha Pulley, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014, 469 pages. The science fiction novel Mars House by Natasha […]
Memphis Reads: The Mars House by Natasha Pulley
Memphis Magazine, October 2024 – “Kelis Rowe and her sister, Adriane Johnson-Williams, grew up in Whitehaven, walking distance […]
A Sister Story
Submit your nomination today! Memphis Public Libraries will hold the fourth Richard Wright Literary Awards during March 2026 celebrating and […]
Richard Wright Literary Award Nominations
News Channel 3 – September 13, 2024 “A Memphis Public Library program lets kids cuddle up with a […]
Lovie the library dog gets kids to love literacy
Cherokee had another couple of successful sewing classes Saturday! We learned to sew on zippers and made a […]