Event List

Science Book Club: "The Great Auk: Its Extraordinary Life, Hideous Death and Mysterious Afterlife", by Tim Birkhead

Sunday, December 21, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm

A/V Conference Room - 2nd Floor at East Bank Regional Library

Program Type:

Book Club

Age Group:

Adults

The group meets at 1 p.m. to discuss "The Great Auk: Its Extraordinary Life, Hideous Death and Mysterious Afterlife" by Tim Birkhead.

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Library: East Bank Regional Library

Room: A/V Conference Room - 2nd Floor

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Book Club

Event Details:

The group meets at 1 p.m. to discuss "The Great Auk: Its Extraordinary Life, Hideous Death and Mysterious Afterlife" by Tim Birkhead.

All Jefferson Parish Libraries will be open 9am to 5pm

All Day

Avondale Library, Belle Terre Library, East Bank Regional Library, Grand Isle Library, Gretna Library, Harahan Library, Lafitte Library, Lakeshore Library, Live Oak Library, North Kenner Library, Old Metairie Library, River Ridge Library, Rosedale Library, Terrytown Library, Wagner Library, West Bank Regional Library, Westwego Library

All Jefferson Parish Libraries will close at 5pm on Wednesday, December 23, 2025, in observance of the Christmas Holidays.

Closing

Branches:

Avondale Library, Belle Terre Library, East Bank Regional Library, Grand Isle Library, Gretna Library, Harahan Library, Lafitte Library, Lakeshore Library, Live Oak Library, North Kenner Library, Old Metairie Library, River Ridge Library, Rosedale Library, Terrytown Library, Wagner Library, West Bank Regional Library, Westwego Library

Description:

All Jefferson Parish Libraries will close at 5pm on Wednesday, December 23, 2025, in observance of the Christmas Holidays.

Jefferson Highway Book Club

Tuesday, December 23, 2025 at 2:30pm - 4:00pm

Meeting Room at River Ridge Library

Program Type:

Book Club

Age Group:

Adults

Book: The Frozen River, by Ariel Lawhon

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Library: River Ridge Library

Room: Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Book Club

Event Details:

Book: The Frozen River, by Ariel Lawhon

All Jefferson Parish Libraries will close at 5pm

Tuesday, December 23, 2025 at 5:00pm - 9:00pm

Avondale Library, Belle Terre Library, East Bank Regional Library, Grand Isle Library, Gretna Library, Harahan Library, Lafitte Library, Lakeshore Library, Live Oak Library, North Kenner Library, Old Metairie Library, River Ridge Library, Rosedale Library, Terrytown Library, Wagner Library, West Bank Regional Library, Westwego Library

All Jefferson Parish Libraries will close at 5pm on Wednesday, December 23, 2025, in observance of the Christmas Holidays.

Closing

Branches:

Avondale Library, Belle Terre Library, East Bank Regional Library, Grand Isle Library, Gretna Library, Harahan Library, Lafitte Library, Lakeshore Library, Live Oak Library, North Kenner Library, Old Metairie Library, River Ridge Library, Rosedale Library, Terrytown Library, Wagner Library, West Bank Regional Library, Westwego Library

Description:

All Jefferson Parish Libraries will close at 5pm on Wednesday, December 23, 2025, in observance of the Christmas Holidays.

All Jefferson Parish Libraries Closed for Christmas Holidays

All Day 12/24 - 12/26

Avondale Library, Belle Terre Library, East Bank Regional Library, Grand Isle Library, Gretna Library, Harahan Library, Lafitte Library, Lakeshore Library, Live Oak Library, North Kenner Library, Old Metairie Library, River Ridge Library, Rosedale Library, Terrytown Library, Wagner Library, West Bank Regional Library, Westwego Library

All Jefferson Parish Libraries will be closed Wednesday, December 24, 2025, Thursday, December 25, 2025, and Friday, December 26, 2025, in observance of the Christmas holidays.

Closing

Branches:

Avondale Library, Belle Terre Library, East Bank Regional Library, Grand Isle Library, Gretna Library, Harahan Library, Lafitte Library, Lakeshore Library, Live Oak Library, North Kenner Library, Old Metairie Library, River Ridge Library, Rosedale Library, Terrytown Library, Wagner Library, West Bank Regional Library, Westwego Library

Description:

All Jefferson Parish Libraries will be closed Wednesday, December 24, 2025, Thursday, December 25, 2025, and Friday, December 26, 2025, in observance of the Christmas holidays.

All Jefferson Parish Libraries will be open 9am to 5pm

All Day

Avondale Library, Belle Terre Library, East Bank Regional Library, Grand Isle Library, Gretna Library, Harahan Library, Lafitte Library, Lakeshore Library, Live Oak Library, North Kenner Library, Old Metairie Library, River Ridge Library, Rosedale Library, Terrytown Library, Wagner Library, West Bank Regional Library, Westwego Library

All Jefferson Parish Libraries will close at 5pm on Wednesday, December 31, 2025, in observance of the New Year Holiday.

Closing

Branches:

Avondale Library, Belle Terre Library, East Bank Regional Library, Grand Isle Library, Gretna Library, Harahan Library, Lafitte Library, Lakeshore Library, Live Oak Library, North Kenner Library, Old Metairie Library, River Ridge Library, Rosedale Library, Terrytown Library, Wagner Library, West Bank Regional Library, Westwego Library

Description:

All Jefferson Parish Libraries will close at 5pm on Wednesday, December 31, 2025, in observance of the New Year Holiday.

All Jefferson Parish Libraries will close at 5pm

Wednesday, December 31, 2025 at 5:00pm - 9:00pm

Avondale Library, Belle Terre Library, East Bank Regional Library, Grand Isle Library, Gretna Library, Harahan Library, Lafitte Library, Lakeshore Library, Live Oak Library, North Kenner Library, Old Metairie Library, River Ridge Library, Rosedale Library, Terrytown Library, Wagner Library, West Bank Regional Library, Westwego Library

All Jefferson Parish Libraries will close at 5pm on Wednesday, December 31, 2025, in observance of the New Year Holiday.

Closing

Branches:

Avondale Library, Belle Terre Library, East Bank Regional Library, Grand Isle Library, Gretna Library, Harahan Library, Lafitte Library, Lakeshore Library, Live Oak Library, North Kenner Library, Old Metairie Library, River Ridge Library, Rosedale Library, Terrytown Library, Wagner Library, West Bank Regional Library, Westwego Library

Description:

All Jefferson Parish Libraries will close at 5pm on Wednesday, December 31, 2025, in observance of the New Year Holiday.

All Jefferson Parish Libraries Closed for New Year Holiday

All Day 1/1 - 1/2

Avondale Library, Belle Terre Library, East Bank Regional Library, Grand Isle Library, Gretna Library, Harahan Library, Lafitte Library, Lakeshore Library, Live Oak Library, North Kenner Library, Old Metairie Library, River Ridge Library, Rosedale Library, Terrytown Library, Wagner Library, West Bank Regional Library, Westwego Library

All Jefferson Parish Libraries will be closed Thursday, January 1, 2026, and Friday, January 2, 2026, in observance of the New Year Holiday.

Closing

Branches:

Avondale Library, Belle Terre Library, East Bank Regional Library, Grand Isle Library, Gretna Library, Harahan Library, Lafitte Library, Lakeshore Library, Live Oak Library, North Kenner Library, Old Metairie Library, River Ridge Library, Rosedale Library, Terrytown Library, Wagner Library, West Bank Regional Library, Westwego Library

Description:

All Jefferson Parish Libraries will be closed Thursday, January 1, 2026, and Friday, January 2, 2026, in observance of the New Year Holiday.

Book Club: What Counts is That We Don't Betray Each Other: George Orwell Beyond Animal4 and 198Farm

Saturday, January 3, 2026 at 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Meeting Room at Rosedale Library

Program Type:

Book Club

Age Group:

Adults

This book club will explore books written by George Orwell as well as books written about him.

Saturday, January 3

Burmese Days , by Orwell, 1934.

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Library: Rosedale Library

Room: Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Book Club

Event Details:

This book club will explore books written by George Orwell as well as books written about him.

Saturday, January 3

Burmese Days , by Orwell, 1934.

A Perfect Cup of Tea Book Club -The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman

Wednesday, January 7, 2026 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Meeting Room at Old Metairie Library

Program Type:

Book Club

Age Group:

Adults

Tea will be served at 2:00 PM with discussion to follow at 2:30 PM. I hope you will be able to join us. Please bring your own mug!

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Library: Old Metairie Library

Room: Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Book Club

Event Details:

Tea will be served at 2:00 PM with discussion to follow at 2:30 PM. I hope you will be able to join us. Please bring your own mug!

Any Book Club (Adventure)

Wednesday, January 14, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Meeting Room at West Bank Regional Library

Program Type:

Book Club

Age Group:

Adults, Senior Citizens

Join us for an Any Book Club. Choose any book from the genre--this month it's Adventure! Read about any Adventure and come ready to discuss it with the group.

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Library: West Bank Regional Library

Room: Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults, Senior Citizens

Program Type: Book Club

Event Details:

Join us for an Any Book Club. Choose any book from the genre--this month it's Adventure! Read about any Adventure and come ready to discuss it with the group.

Maybe Book Club

Friday, January 16, 2026 at 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Meeting Room at Gretna Library

Program Type:

Book Club

Age Group:

Adults

Gretna Book Club – The members of the book club meet from 1:30 to 2:30 P.M. on the third Friday of each month. The following books will be read and discussed.

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Library: Gretna Library

Room: Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Book Club

Event Details:

Gretna Book Club – The members of the book club meet from 1:30 to 2:30 P.M. on the third Friday of each month. The following books will be read and discussed.

Science Book Club: "A Crack in Creation: The New Power to Control Evolution", by Jennifer Doudna and Samuel Sternberg

Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm

A/V Conference Room - 2nd Floor at East Bank Regional Library

Program Type:

Book Club

Age Group:

Adults

The group meets at 1 p.m. to discuss "A Crack in Creation: The New Power to Control Evolution" by Jennifer Doudna and Samuel Sternberg.

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Library: East Bank Regional Library

Room: A/V Conference Room - 2nd Floor

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Book Club

Event Details:

The group meets at 1 p.m. to discuss "A Crack in Creation: The New Power to Control Evolution" by Jennifer Doudna and Samuel Sternberg.

All Jefferson Parish Libraries Closed for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

All Day

Belle Terre Library, East Bank Regional Library, Grand Isle Library, Gretna Library, Harahan Library, Lafitte Library, Lakeshore Library, Live Oak Library, North Kenner Library, Old Metairie Library, River Ridge Library, Rosedale Library, Terrytown Library, Wagner Library, West Bank Regional Library, Westwego Library

All Jefferson Parish Libraries will be closed Monday, January 19, 2026, in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Closing

Branches:

Belle Terre Library, East Bank Regional Library, Grand Isle Library, Gretna Library, Harahan Library, Lafitte Library, Lakeshore Library, Live Oak Library, North Kenner Library, Old Metairie Library, River Ridge Library, Rosedale Library, Terrytown Library, Wagner Library, West Bank Regional Library, Westwego Library

Description:

All Jefferson Parish Libraries will be closed Monday, January 19, 2026, in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Cover Image of Nobody's Fool by Harlan Coben

Old Metairie Mystery Book Club - Nobody’s Fool by Harlan Coben

Tuesday, January 20, 2026 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Meeting Room at Old Metairie Library

Program Type:

Book Club

Age Group:

Adults

Sami Kierce, a young college grad backpacking in Spain with friends, wakes up one morning, covered in blood. There's a knife in his hand. Beside him, the body of his girlfriend. Anna. Dead. He doesn't know what happened.

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Library: Old Metairie Library

Room: Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Book Club

Event Details:

Sami Kierce, a young college grad backpacking in Spain with friends, wakes up one morning, covered in blood. There's a knife in his hand. Beside him, the body of his girlfriend. Anna. Dead. He doesn't know what happened.

Cookbook Club

Tuesday, January 20, 2026 at 2:30pm - 4:00pm

Library Commons at Lakeshore Library

Program Type:

Book Club

Age Group:

Tweens (Ages 8-11), Teens (Ages 12-18), Adults

Join us for our monthly Cookbook Club event at the Jefferson Parish Library - Lakeshore Library! Bring your favorite dish inspired by our chosen cookbook of the month and share it with fellow foodies.

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Library: Lakeshore Library

Room: Library Commons

Age Group: Tweens (Ages 8-11), Teens (Ages 12-18), Adults

Program Type: Book Club

Event Details:

Join us for our monthly Cookbook Club event at the Jefferson Parish Library - Lakeshore Library! Bring your favorite dish inspired by our chosen cookbook of the month and share it with fellow foodies.

Jefferson Highway Book Club

Tuesday, January 20, 2026 at 2:30pm - 4:00pm

Meeting Room at River Ridge Library

Program Type:

Book Club

Age Group:

Adults

Book Information Coming Soon...

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Library: River Ridge Library

Room: Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Book Club

Event Details:

Book Information Coming Soon...

Reader Down: The Defiantly Deep, Mercifully Brief Reading Club

Tuesday, January 20, 2026 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Meeting Room at Rosedale Library

Program Type:

Book Club

Age Group:

Adults, Senior Citizens

A poem and short story reading club at Rosedale Library, 3rd Tuesday in January.

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Library: Rosedale Library

Room: Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults, Senior Citizens

Program Type: Book Club

Event Details:

A poem and short story reading club at Rosedale Library, 3rd Tuesday in January.

Great Books Discussion Group - "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad

Tuesday, January 20, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm

A/V Conference Room - 2nd Floor at East Bank Regional Library

Program Type:

Book Club

Age Group:

Adults

"Heart of Darkness" is an 1899 novella by Polish-British novelist Joseph Conrad in which the sailor Charles Marlow tells his listeners the story of his assignment as steamer captain for a Belgian company in the African interior.

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Library: East Bank Regional Library

Room: A/V Conference Room - 2nd Floor

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Book Club

Event Details:

"Heart of Darkness" is an 1899 novella by Polish-British novelist Joseph Conrad in which the sailor Charles Marlow tells his listeners the story of his assignment as steamer captain for a Belgian company in the African interior.

Cozy Mystery Book Club: Mumbo Gumbo Murder

Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Meeting Room at Westwego Library

Program Type:

Book Club

Age Group:

Everybody

Join Westwego Library's amateur sleuths over a cup of tea as we discuss new and classic whodunits!

We will meet on the last Tuesday of every month from 2-4. Bring your own mug!

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Library: Westwego Library

Room: Meeting Room

Age Group: Everybody

Program Type: Book Club

Event Details:

Join Westwego Library's amateur sleuths over a cup of tea as we discuss new and classic whodunits!

We will meet on the last Tuesday of every month from 2-4. Bring your own mug!

SciFi and Fantasy Discussion Group at Old Metairie Library - All Systems Red by Martha Wells

Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Meeting Room at Old Metairie Library

Program Type:

Book Club

Age Group:

Adults

The Old Metairie Library’s SciFi and Fantasy Discussion Group meets at 6:30 p.m. on the 4th Wednesday of each month, except for holidays, at the Old Metairie Library, 2350 Metairie Road.

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Library: Old Metairie Library

Room: Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Book Club

Event Details:

The Old Metairie Library’s SciFi and Fantasy Discussion Group meets at 6:30 p.m. on the 4th Wednesday of each month, except for holidays, at the Old Metairie Library, 2350 Metairie Road.