The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will conduct a boating safety class beginning at 9:15 a.m., Saturday, Ag. 9, at the Jane O'Brien Chatelain West Bank Regional Library, 2751 Manhattan Blvd., Harvey.

Introduction to sitting and walking Zen meditation. Please bring a cushion to sit on.

Held the second Saturday of each month, the Saturday Morning Writer's Clinic consists of two sessions - one at 9:30 a.m. and one at 11 a.m. - which feature an author who speaks on some aspect of writing - plot, dialog, chracterization, etc.

The Jigsaw Puzzle Extravaganza, hosted by the East Bank Regional Library, will occur from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 9, at the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon, Metairie. 

The River Ridge Poets group meets at River Ridge Library on the second Saturday of each month to discuss poetry.