Upcoming Events

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

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

This month’s book is By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult. Tea/Coffee served at 2pm. Discussion at 2:30pm. Please bring your own mug!

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!

Storytime

This event includes stories for children ages 3 to 9 years old. This event is held in the Children's area.

The Creative Craft Club is an expansion of the Paper Craft Club. Patrons of all ages are welcome to come and enjoy making a different craft each month using a variety of supplied materials.

For more information, please call 504-838-4375.

More than 3,000 named kinds of Camellias exist, in a remarkable range of colors, forms, and sizes.

The Pontchartrain Astronomy Society was founded in 1959 and currently has a roster of nearly 150 members from South Louisiana and South Mississippi.

The Read and Sing Story Time includes stories, songs, and finger plays for children ages one to three years old.

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

This event includes stories and crafts for school aged children (ages 6 to 11 years old.) 

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Your local librarians are working on their fitness. Come join! We will be working out together using our collection of Zumba, Pilates, and Dance Cardio DVDs. All ages welcome!

The World War II Discussion Group, headed by local teacher and historian Brian Altobello, meets the first Thursday of every month. Speakers focus on the events of the 1930s and 1940s. Free and open to the public; registration is not required.

Come garden with your neighbors and librarians as we work on our very first Community Garden! Learn what to grow and how to tend a vegetable and flower garden during this informal work hour. Open to all ages and experience levels. 

Join us for Chess Club! We welcome amateurs, novices, and dabblers of chess, who would like to play in a semi-competitive and/or social environment. No registration is required. Instruction will be available on occasions.

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.

This event will consist of an hour of one on one VR e

If you are interested in learning the game of Mahjong, but are intimidated by the fast pace of traditional Mahjong clubs, then come join us for a relaxed learning experience.

This even includes stories and crafts for school aged children (ages 6 to 11 years old). 

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This event includes stories for children ages 3 to 7 years old.

Listen to a story read by one of our librarians and stay to do a fun craft together! This event is for children ages 3 to 10 years old. 

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