Week Calendar

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

The Read and Sing Story Time includes stories, songs, and finger plays for infants and toddlers.

Playtime at the library! Informal play and social time for children 0-5 years. Toys will be provided.

Join us for arts and crafts at the library! First come, first served. 

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.

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. 

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)

Do you like card games? Well come join us in our Trading Card Game Day! Come hangout and play Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh and more! Make new friends while you have fun playing your favorite TCG! 

Gotta catch 'em all! We'll review how to find books in the library - and then we'll find Pokemon! 

Open to all levels playing American mah-jong.

This class covers setting up an email account (using Gmail) and the basics of composing, sending and receiving emails. We also discuss uploading and sending an attachment.

This Basic's Training is aimed at helping adults acquire the technology skills they desire in a low-pressure setting. Learners will practice how to use a mouse, locating and opening a program, as well as log off and shut off a computer properly.

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. We have chess sets and clocks available on a first-come basis.

January is Jane Austen's 250th Birthday Celebration month at Jefferson Parish Library! Join us for an array of events across multiple library branches to honor the life, times, and legacy of a treasured author. 

Join us in the Teen Center to create something fun and whimsical at this hands-on craft program. Participants will use colorful beads to design and build their own faux potted plant—perfect for decorating a desk, bookshelf, or windowsill.

This event is for players, experienced and new, to join adventures across different continents, fighting different villains, saving town’s people and slaying some dragons!

Looking for a fun, chill spot to hang out? Join us at the library for our Teen Café! Watch your favorite anime, play video and board games, get creative with crafts, and vibe with friends or meet new ones.

Join us for evening storytime, followed by a craft! Targeted for ages 3-7. 

January is Jane Austen's 250th Birthday Celebration month at Jefferson Parish Library! Join us for an array of events across multiple library branches to honor the life, times, and legacy of a treasured author. 

The New Orleans Chapter of the Women’s National Book Association, in cooperation with the Jefferson Parish Library, will present a panel discussion titled “Business Issues for Writers” at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan.

"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.

Jessica Rareshide, a regular speaker at Jefferson Parish Libraries on the topics of resumes and finding the right job, will discuss “Eight Things to Know Before Getting Married” at 7 p.m., Thursday, Jan.