Event List

Bring your projects, your questions, your disasters and your triumphs, and share the love of making clothing with like-minded people in this discussion and support group for people who love to create clothing. 

Android Phones 101 for Seniors is designed for seniors with limited smartphone experience. Participants will learn smartphone terminology and have hands-on experience.

The Jefferson Parish Library, in conjunction with YMCA New Orleans, offers an intermediate English as a Second Language class.

This event includes stories and activities for children newborn to 5 years old. 

Book: Juba This, Juba That by Helaine Becker 

Craft:    Homemade Straw Pan Flute

Join us for a gathering of sewists and crafters for charity.  Bring your own supplies and sewing machine. This isn't a class, but a gathering of people who are interested in creating items to donate to various charities. 

Join us and the Clear Head Adult Day Care for a craft or art project each week! Caretaker must be present. 

The “Read and Sing Storytime” includes stories, songs, and finger plays for infants and toddlers. 

Designed for ages 0-2, but open to all children

Our Children's Storytime introduces the love of books and reading to young children ages 0 to 7 years old. Stories, rhymes, and music are used to encourage children to discover and explore the world around them.

Take a fun-filled spin around the world if African and Louisiana folktales, music, and dance with Mama Saba!

Join us for books, songs, and play! Our program starts with stories and songs before our weekly activity. This event is for toddlers and preschool children.

This gentle yoga class is given by Registered Yoga Teacher Peter Spera every Wednesday & Thursday at the Gretna Library. Spera has 20 years of experience in yoga. Bring a yoga mat and wear comfortable clothes.

iPhone 101 for Seniors is designed for seniors with limited smartphone experience. Participants will learn smartphone terminology and have hands-on experience.

This event is a casual crocheting group for adults. Come work on your crochet projects and enjoy a cup of our Library Blend coffee while you crochet and socialize with other fiber artists.

Take a fun-filled spin around the world of African and Louisiana folktales, music, and dance with Mama Saba!

Think waffles are just for breakfast? Think again! Join us for Will It Waffle? and get creative as we experiment with all sorts of fun ingredients to see what we can waffle!

Come to the library after school to play some Nintendo Switch games with your friends. Snacks are available for the price of checking out a book!

Join us at LOA for STORYTIME! Followed by crafts, competition, and sometimes pizza! Come for a new perspective, for summer reading points, and fun themed crafts to make it through this hot summer. Materials provided.