Upcoming Events

Adult Literacy – YMCA Literary Services will hold adult literacy classes from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesday, Wednesdays and Thursdays at the Belle Terre Library, 5550 Belle Terre Road.

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

This event will consist of an hour of one on one VR experience (only one person can register per session). This event is for adults, teens, and children ages 10 years old and up.

The French Literature Discussion Group is a book club of Francophones who’ve had some basic schooling in the French language, and who’ve been to France. However, meetings are conducted in English. 

Memory Cafés are social gatherings for people living with changes in their memory or thinking, and the people who care about them.

Mahjong game hosted by Old Metairie Civic Club. Open to the public. Please register in advance by calling Denise Oliva at 504-884-9603.

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts

In this class you will learn basic watercolor skills and complete a painting in an hour and a half. Step by step instructions will be given. Art supplies are provided or bring your own supplies. Registration is required.

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

Take part in a table read and share your script ideas! Actors, readers, and writers are invited to submit materials. This event is open to the public and performers, with additional written works welcome. For ages 18+

This book club explores books written by and about George Orwell.

Saturday, October 11

Churchill and Orwell: The Fight For Freedom, by Thomas Ricks, 2017.

Members of the Crescent City Stamp Club meet to discuss stamp collecting.

Cyril Lagvanec, PhD, the curator of the American-Italian Research Library located on the second floor of the East Bank Regional Library, will give a lecture on Louisiana’s commercial oyster business at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Oct.

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. 

Adult Literacy – YMCA Literary Services will hold adult literacy classes from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesday, Wednesdays and Thursdays at the Belle Terre Library, 5550 Belle Terre Road.

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.

Come play Dominos at River Ridge Library, third Wednesday of the month. Adults only. 

Still haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia's life gets turned upside down when her daughter discovers a portal to the afterlife.

Adult Literacy – YMCA Literary Services will hold adult literacy classes from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesday, Wednesdays and Thursdays at the Belle Terre Library, 5550 Belle Terre Road.

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.

Join us for Bridge Club in the Old Metairie Meeting Room!  Beginners welcome!

A social group and open time for fiber arts enthusiasts. Come visit and sew, knit, crochet, embroider, or work on any other craft in our Jefferson Room. (EBR Makerspace program)