Upcoming Events

Bring the iconic Wright Library home with our special paper template kit! Using detailed templates, designed by Metro Library staff, to create your own paper model of this historic library.

Celebrate Share Your Care Day (September 9th) and create a foam plate Care Bear-like bear.

Supplies Needed - Scissors and Glue

Let's create a souvenir with history. Based off items in the library's historic collections, these pennants take us back the State Fair of the 1940s! Kit includes felt pennant, heat release decal, and fabric paint.

Let's create a souvenir with history. Based off items in the library's historic collections, these pennants take us back the State Fair of the 1940s! 

Celebrate 100 years of Stockyards City Library with a Stockyards City scavenger hunt! Pick up your official entry form at the Stockyards City Library or the Downtown Library, then boot-scoot over to Stockyards City to spot special

Stop by the Ralph Ellison Library to do this month's Scavenger Hunt! This month's theme is "I Love My Library" for National Library Card Sign-up Month in September! 

Bring the iconic Wright Library home with our special paper template kit! Using detailed templates, designed by Metro Library staff, to create your own paper model of this historic library.

Step right up to fun at the library! Pick up your State Fair Passport and explore our tables full of fair-themed activities. Each time you complete an activity, you’ll earn a stamp in your passport.

Visit the Ralph Ellison Library to pick up a Clothespin Shark Craft Kit and create two vibrant, colorful sharks of your own. The kit includes everything you need except for glue.

Pages & Prose Parcel is a four-month library book box subscription service geared toward children ages 8 – 14. Children up to age 18 may sign up, but the highest reading level of books selected will be Junior Nonfiction or Junior Fiction.

Welcome to our Low-Key Book Club! Stop by the library to pick up a box featuring a different book title each month, available on a first-come, first-served basis. Each box includes the book and some reading goodies to enhance your experience.

The Southern Oaks Library welcomes the community to join in spreading kindness throughout the year. A kindness calendar will be available each month for library guests to pick up in person or available curbside.

Have you always wanted to explore creative writing but never had the chance? Pick up one of our creative writing chapbooks filled with creative writing exercises meant to strengthen your creative muscles!

It can be difficult to take a moment to stop, slow down, and focus on something that’s good for our well-being. Pick up one of our monthly mindfulness journals filled with prompts to help you focus on your mental health! 

Do you like books? Are you between 12-18? If the answer to both of those are "yes," then we have the thing for you!

Sign up for a book bag and we will try to find you your new favorite book!

Busca los platos ricos de los países diferentes de Latinoamérica que están escondidos en la biblioteca. ¿Ve la comida de su país? 

Calling all teens or adults who love reading teen books! Bookish is back and is now available for adults to check out too!