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Free AARP Tax Help

Bring the following to complete your taxes:

2018 tax documents
Photo ID for each taxpayer
Social security cards for every individual on tax return
Checking/savings account information

More information on what to bring can be found here. Free tax help will be available, offered on a first-come, first-serve basis. In partnership with AARP.

Algiers Regional Library
Mondays & Thursdays until April 15 from 10am - 2pm

Latter Library
Tuesdays & Thursdays until April 9 from 10am - 2pm

Norman Mayer Library
Tuesdays & Thursdays until April 11 from 10am - 2pm

East New Orleans Regional Library
Wednesdays until April 10 from 10am - 2pm

Winter Writing Contest Readers' Night

Hear our Inaugural Winter Writing Contest winners read their work in the handsome setting of the Keller Library & Community Center meeting room. The contest and this community event is sponsored by the Friends of New Orleans Public Library.

Keller Library & Community Center

Tuesday, February 5 from 6pm - 7:30pm

Heart Healthy Cooking Class

Certified Louisiana Master Gardener Dov Block and the Library's Health Literacy Educator Dana Wilkosz will provide a hands-on cooking demonstration. Reservations recommended. For ages 6 & over. For American Heart Month, kids and caregivers will have the opportunity to create veggie spring rolls, and will also learn about the important role vegetables play in keeping your heart healthy at any age. Space is limited. Children under 15 years old must be accompanied by an adult. Reservations may be made by calling 504-596-3113 or emailing Dana at dwilkosz@nolalibrary.org.

Hubbell Library

Wednesday, February 6 from 6pm - 7pm

Stories of the African Diaspora

Explore storytelling and oral tradition through the examination of several stories from all over the African Diaspora. Storytelling and oral tradition are the cornerstones of living culture. This is especially true for the African stories whose webs unified kingdoms; and, ultimately, people who were caught up in the Transatlantic slave trade. Bereft of physical, spiritual, and personal trappings, only the stories of heroes and divinities remain. While these stories may change from continent to continent, island to island, even from plantation to plantation, their purpose and morals remain true. Today these stories are back to contextualize the Black experience in the terms of its own high culture.

In partnership with Academie Gnostique and Botanica Macumba.

This series includes the following parts:

Part 1 (Feburary 6): Yourba creation story, Legba, and the pataki of how slavery came to be
Part 2 (February 13): High John the conquer stories, tales of Elegua, and Anasi the spider.
Part 3 (Feburary 20): Yourban goddesses, tales of Ochun, Oya, Yemaya and Obba

Alvar Library

Wednesday, February 6 from 6pm - 8pm

Bystander Response Training

Before first responders arrive, you can save a life by knowing how to provide hands-only CPR, administer naloxone, and stop bleeding. This two-hour class will teach participants how to identify someone who has overdosed from opioids, gone into cardiac arrest, or has uncontrolled bleeding. The training is free and no medical background is needed. To learn more or sign up, click here.

Nora Navra Library

Friday, February 9 from 10am - 12pm

Occasionally, event dates and times change. To ensure you are viewing the most current event information, visit nolalibrary.org/events or contact the Library.

Celebrate Black History Month

Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing the central role they have played in U.S. history. Since 1976, every U.S. president has officially designated the month of February as Black History Month. Other countries around the world, including Canada and the United Kingdom, also devote a month to celebrating Black history. Click here to see how the Library is celebrating.