June Events at the New Orleans Public Library

June 2018

Get Ready to have FUN this Summer

Register here for the Library’s 2018 Summer Fun & Reading Challenge which features hundreds of free events throughout June and July for children, teens, and adults as well as the opportunity for all who register to win prizes. Get information about the Adult Writing Contest, reading log, prizes, and events here.

June Magazine

View the June magazine here to keep up with everything that's going on at your New Orleans Public Library.

New Orleans 300 Events

Freedom Train

Join Keith Weldon Medley for a look at how the power of activism by New Orleans' free people of color led to the Plessy v. Ferguson case. Alvar Library Thursday, June 7 from 6pm - 7:30pm ---------------------------------------------------

Engine of Equality

Join Kara Tucina Olidge, PhD, Executive Director of the Amistad Research Center at Tulane University, to explore New Orleans as a frontier for legal battles and protests that fueled the Civil Rights movement. Central City Library Wednesday, June 13 from 5pm - 6:30pm

Featured Events

Snowball Social

Megan Braden-Perry, author of Crescent City Snow: The Ultimate Guide to New Orleans Snowball Stands, will chat about and answer questions regarding snowballs and stands throughout the greater New Orleans area and beyond. Following her talk, attendees will be treated to snowballs from one of Megan's favorite stands, Imperial Woodpecker Sno-Balls. While supplies last. Sponsored by the Friends of the New Orleans Public Library. Tuesday, June 12 from 6pm - 8pm

Video Gaming

Hang out with your friends and play video games at the Library. We’ve got a number of Nintendo Switch games to choose from. Tuesday, June 19 from 3pm - 4pm

Adult Craft: Jar Lid Collage 

Learn how to create your own jar lid collage using found art and other small embellishments such as beads, buttons, pictures or flowers. Feel free to bring your own found art or embellishments to add or use the items and lids provided. Thursday, June 28 from 6pm - 7:30pm

This is only a sampling of what's going on at Keller Library & Community Center this month. To see the full schedule of all Keller Library & Community Center programs, click here.