Holiday Movie Week: Elf (PG)

Sat, Feb 04, 10:00am - 1:00pm

Certified teachers meet with small groups of students in one-hour sessions to provide homework help and tutoring in reading, math, and science. Students are encouraged to bring homework material or school assignments for assistance in specific subject areas. This free service is available to all students in grades K-12. Please visit https://www.mdpls.org/tutor/ for course offerings, location information, and to register. Funded in part by The Children's Trust.

Author Series with Shelly Cruz

Sat, Feb 04, 10:00am - 1:00pm

Sat, Feb 04, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Join author Shelly Cruz as she discusses her latest novel Amor in the 305, a contemporary romance that highlights Cuban culture and life in Miami. After the discussion, enjoy a Q&A session with the author. Best for ages 18+.

Mobile HIV/Hepatitis C Testing

Tue, Feb 07, 10:00am - 3:00pm

Auditorium

Representatives from Midway Specialty Care Center will be providing free HIV screenings, Hepatitis C testing and rapid HIV testing. Individuals will have their results within 20 minutes of testing. Ages 19 yrs.+

Tue, Feb 07, 10:30am - 11:00am

Join us for soothing stories, songs and finger plays for babies and their caregivers. For more information, contact (305) 535-4219. Ages 0 - 18 mos.

Talking is Teaching: Talk, Read, Sing for Preschoolers

Tue, Feb 07, 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Conference Room 203 A

Would you like to practice your Spanish conversation skills? Participate in our conversation circle and gain confidence speaking Spanish in a friendly, relaxed setting. For more information, please contact the branch at 305-535-4219 or capleyb@mdpls.org. Ages 19 yrs.+

Wed, Feb 08, 10:30am - 11:00am

Join us in the storytime room for stories, songs and activities for preschoolers. For more information, contact (305) 535-4219. Ages 3 - 5 yrs.

Wed, Feb 08, 4:00pm - 6:00pm

Children's Story Room

Whether you're a beginner or an experienced chess player, match your skills and learn a few new tricks about this game of strategy. For more information, contact (305) 535-4219. Ages 8 yrs. +

Thu, Feb 09, 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Whether you're a beginner or an experienced chess player, match your skills and learn a few new tricks about this game of strategy. For more information, contact (305) 535-4219. Ages 19 yrs. +

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (TV-PG) - Black History Movie Month

Thu, Feb 09, 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Miami Beach Toastmasters provides a comfortable, warm and nurturing environment to help you develop your public speaking and leadership skills. This is also a great way for accomplished, experienced speakers to hone their skills and perfect their art. For more information, contact (305) 535-4219. Ages 19 yrs.+

Fri, Feb 10, 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Auditorium

Join us for a free film screening in celebration of Black History Month. In Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn's final screen pairing (their ninth), they play an affluent couple whose liberal views are put to the test when their daughter brings home her fiancé, and he turns out to be a black doctor. (108 mins.)

Online Event: The Same Principle Lives in Us - People of African Descent in the American Revolution

Fri, Feb 10, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

American Revolutionaries struggled with a key question: would the words of the Declaration of Independence - "all men are created equal" - apply to all people? Hear the stories and explore objects to help imagine what the Revolution was like for people of African descent. Registration is required. Zoom link will be emailed to registrants within 24 hours of the event start time. For more information, please contact the library at 305-535-4219 or capleyb@mdpls.org. Ages 19 yrs.+

Sat, Feb 11, 10:00am - 1:00pm

Sat, Feb 11, 10:00am - 1:00pm

Black History Month Movie: Remember the Titans (PG)

Sat, Feb 11, 10:30am - 12:30pm

¿Le gusta escribir? Te invitamos a participar de un taller para personas interesadas en escribir cuentos. Las sesiones están coordinadas por el escritor Jaime Cabrera González. El espacio para este evento en línea es limitado y requiere inscribirse. Las personas que se inscriban recibirán el enlace de la plataforma Zoom, mediante correo electrónico, 24 horas antes de la hora de inicio del evento. Para mayores de 19 años.

Valentine's Day Crafts

Sat, Feb 11, 10:30am - 11:30am

Get creative for Valentine's Day by making a card and other crafts for a special someone. Materials provided while supplies last. Ages 5 - 12 yrs.

Sat, Feb 11, 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Auditorium

Join us for a free film screening in celebration of Black History Month. A football coach tries to promote racial harmony among the players of a newly integrated high-school squad in early 1970s Virginia. (114 mins.) For more information, please contact the library at 305-535-4219 or capleyb@mdpls.org.

Classic Cinema - Valentine's Day Movies

Tue, Feb 14, 10:30am - 11:00am

Join us for soothing stories, songs and finger plays for babies and their caregivers. For more information, contact (305) 535-4219. Ages 0 - 18 mos.

Tue, Feb 14, 3:00pm - 7:00pm

Auditorium

Celebrate Valentine's Day at the library with a double feature! Watch Casablanca (PG) from 3 p.m. - 5 p.m. and Love Story (PG) from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. For more information, please contact the library at 305-535-4219 or capleyb@mdpls.org.

Talking is Teaching: Talk, Read, Sing for Preschoolers

Tue, Feb 14, 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Conference Room 203 A

Wed, Feb 15, 10:30am - 11:00am

Join us in the storytime room for stories, songs and activities for preschoolers. For more information, contact (305) 535-4219. Ages 3 - 5 yrs.

Wed, Feb 15, 4:00pm - 6:00pm

Children's Story Room

Whether you're a beginner or an experienced chess player, match your skills and learn a few new tricks about this game of strategy. For more information, contact (305) 535-4219. Ages 8 yrs. +

Thu, Feb 16, 10:00am - 11:30am

Join us online and discuss short stories from the "100 Great Short Stories" collection edited by James Daley. Library copies available upon request. Registration is required. Zoom link will be emailed to registrants within 24 hours of the event start time. For more information, please contact the branch at 305-535-4219 or capleyb@mdpls.org. Ages 19 yrs.+

Thu, Feb 16, 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Whether you're a beginner or an experienced chess player, match your skills and learn a few new tricks about this game of strategy. For more information, contact (305) 535-4219. Ages 19 yrs. +

Hidden Figures (PG) - Black History Movie Month

Thu, Feb 16, 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Fri, Feb 17, 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Auditorium

Join us for a free film screening in celebration of Black History Month. Three female African-American mathematicians provide crucial calculations for NASA's space race against the Soviets, all while dealing with the racist and sexist assumptions of their white co-workers. (127 mins.)

Sat, Feb 18, 10:00am - 1:00pm

Move It! Shake It! with Miss Leslie: Music for Babies and Toddlers

Sat, Feb 18, 10:00am - 1:00pm

Sat, Feb 18, 11:00am - 11:30am

Nurture your child's natural love of music with songs, rhymes, dances, and games designed to foster their fine motor skills development. Registration is required. For more information, please contact the branch at 305-535-4219 or capleyb@mdpls.org. Ages 3 yrs. and under.

Tue, Feb 21, 10:30am - 11:00am

Join us for soothing stories, songs and finger plays for babies and their caregivers. For more information, contact (305) 535-4219. Ages 0 - 18 mos.

Talking is Teaching: Talk, Read, Sing for Preschoolers

Tue, Feb 21, 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Conference Room 203 A

Wed, Feb 22, 10:30am - 11:00am

Join us in the storytime room for stories, songs and activities for preschoolers. For more information, contact (305) 535-4219. Ages 3 - 5 yrs.

Wed, Feb 22, 4:00pm - 6:00pm

Children's Story Room

Whether you're a beginner or an experienced chess player, match your skills and learn a few new tricks about this game of strategy. For more information, contact (305) 535-4219. Ages 8 yrs. +

Thu, Feb 23, 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Whether you're a beginner or an experienced chess player, match your skills and learn a few new tricks about this game of strategy. For more information, contact (305) 535-4219. Ages 19 yrs. +

Celebrate Black History Month Movie - Ruby Bridges (TV-PG)

Thu, Feb 23, 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Fri, Feb 24, 12:30pm - 2:30pm

Auditorium

Join us for a free film screening in celebration of Black History Month. Fact-based drama is about a six-year-old black girl who was one of the first children to be integrated into New Orleans' public school system in 1960. (120 mins.) For more information, please contact the library at 305-535-4219 or capleyb@mdpls.org.

Soul (PG) - Black History Movie Month

Fri, Feb 24, 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Auditorium

Join us for a free film screening in celebration of Black History Month. What is it that makes you...YOU? Pixar Animation Studios' all-new feature film SOUL introduces Joe Gardner (voice of Jamie Foxx) - a middle-school band teacher who gets the chance of a lifetime to play at the best jazz club in town. (90 mins.)

Sat, Feb 25, 10:00am - 1:00pm

Sat, Feb 25, 10:00am - 1:00pm

Sat, Feb 25, 10:30am - 12:30pm

Tue, Feb 28, 10:30am - 11:00am

Join us for soothing stories, songs and finger plays for babies and their caregivers. For more information, contact (305) 535-4219. Ages 0 - 18 mos.

Talking is Teaching: Talk, Read, Sing for Preschoolers

Tue, Feb 28, 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Conference Room 203 A

Wed, Mar 01, 10:30am - 11:00am

Join us in the storytime room for stories, songs and activities for preschoolers. For more information, contact (305) 535-4219. Ages 3 - 5 yrs.

Wed, Mar 01, 4:00pm - 6:00pm

Children's Story Room

Whether you're a beginner or an experienced chess player, match your skills and learn a few new tricks about this game of strategy. For more information, contact (305) 535-4219. Ages 8 yrs. +

Thu, Mar 02, 10:00am - 11:30am

Thu, Mar 02, 3:00pm - 4:30pm

Every Thursday this March, a famous woman from history will visit the library. Stop by and say hello during this historical role play program! Take pictures, ask questions, and learn how these amazing women made the world a better place. Ages 6 yrs.+

Thu, Mar 02, 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Whether you're a beginner or an experienced chess player, match your skills and learn a few new tricks about this game of strategy. For more information, contact (305) 535-4219. Ages 19 yrs. +

Thu, Mar 02, 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Sat, Mar 04, 10:00am - 1:00pm

9 to 5 (PG) - Women's History Month Movie

Sat, Mar 04, 10:00am - 1:00pm

Sat, Mar 04, 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Auditorium

Join us for a free film screening in celebration of Women's History Month. Three female office workers become friends and get revenge against their boss, a sexist egotistical lying hypocritical bigot, and in so doing create a more efficient and pleasant work environment. (110 mins.)

Mobile HIV/Hepatitis C Testing

Tue, Mar 07, 10:00am - 3:00pm

Auditorium

Tue, Mar 07, 10:30am - 11:00am

Join us for soothing stories, songs and finger plays for babies and their caregivers. For more information, contact (305) 535-4219. Ages 0 - 18 mos.

Talking is Teaching: Talk, Read, Sing for Preschoolers

Tue, Mar 07, 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Conference Room 203 A

Wed, Mar 08, 10:30am - 11:00am

Join us in the storytime room for stories, songs and activities for preschoolers. For more information, contact (305) 535-4219. Ages 3 - 5 yrs.

Wed, Mar 08, 4:00pm - 6:00pm

Children's Story Room

Whether you're a beginner or an experienced chess player, match your skills and learn a few new tricks about this game of strategy. For more information, contact (305) 535-4219. Ages 8 yrs. +

Thu, Mar 09, 3:00pm - 4:30pm

Thu, Mar 09, 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Whether you're a beginner or an experienced chess player, match your skills and learn a few new tricks about this game of strategy. For more information, contact (305) 535-4219. Ages 19 yrs. +

Thu, Mar 09, 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Sat, Mar 11, 10:00am - 1:00pm

Sat, Mar 11, 10:00am - 1:00pm

A League of Their Own (PG) - Women's History Month Movie

Sat, Mar 11, 10:30am - 12:30pm

Sat, Mar 11, 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Auditorium

Join us for a film screening in celebration of Women's History Month. This look at the first women's professional baseball league is set during World War II and focuses on the rivalry between sisters, one a sweet-swinging catcher and the other a pouty, impulsive pitcher, who play on the same team, which is managed by a washed-up, hard-drinking ex-Major Leaguer. (128 mins.)

Tue, Mar 14, 10:30am - 11:00am

Join us for soothing stories, songs and finger plays for babies and their caregivers. For more information, contact (305) 535-4219. Ages 0 - 18 mos.

Talking is Teaching: Talk, Read, Sing for Preschoolers

Tue, Mar 14, 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Conference Room 203 A

Wed, Mar 15, 10:30am - 11:00am

Join us in the storytime room for stories, songs and activities for preschoolers. For more information, contact (305) 535-4219. Ages 3 - 5 yrs.

Teen Chat and Crafts - Make a Frida Kahlo-Inspired Floral Headband

Wed, Mar 15, 3:00pm - 5:00pm

In celebration of Women's History Month, let's explore the work of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo! Learn about her use of flowers and make a floral headband while also chatting about Women's History Month and your favorite historical figures. Materials will be provided, while supplies last. Ages 12 - 18 yrs.

Julius Caesar (TV-PG)

Wed, Mar 15, 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Auditorium

Join us for a free film screening in recognition of the Ides of March. "Friends, Romans, countrymen" and critics heaped praise and a Best Picture nomination on Shakespeare's historical drama of tyranny, deceit, political betrayal and assassination in ancient Rome. (120 mins.) For more information, please contact the branch at 305-535-4219 or capleyb@mdpls.org.

Wed, Mar 15, 4:00pm - 6:00pm

Children's Story Room

Whether you're a beginner or an experienced chess player, match your skills and learn a few new tricks about this game of strategy. For more information, contact (305) 535-4219. Ages 8 yrs. +

Thu, Mar 16, 10:00am - 11:30am

Thu, Mar 16, 3:00pm - 4:30pm

Thu, Mar 16, 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Whether you're a beginner or an experienced chess player, match your skills and learn a few new tricks about this game of strategy. For more information, contact (305) 535-4219. Ages 19 yrs. +

Queen of Katwe (PG) - Women's History Month Movie

Thu, Mar 16, 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Sat, Mar 18, 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Join us for a free film screening in celebration of Women's History Month. This biopic of Ugandan chess prodigy Phiona Mutesi traces her journey from the slums of Katwe, where she is forced to abandon her schooling at the age of nine, to the upper echelons of the chess world after she develops an interest in the game at a youth-outreach program.

Tue, Mar 21, 10:30am - 11:00am

Join us for soothing stories, songs and finger plays for babies and their caregivers. For more information, contact (305) 535-4219. Ages 0 - 18 mos.

Talking is Teaching: Talk, Read, Sing for Preschoolers

Tue, Mar 21, 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Conference Room 203 A

Wed, Mar 22, 10:30am - 11:00am

Join us in the storytime room for stories, songs and activities for preschoolers. For more information, contact (305) 535-4219. Ages 3 - 5 yrs.

Wed, Mar 22, 4:00pm - 6:00pm

Children's Story Room

Whether you're a beginner or an experienced chess player, match your skills and learn a few new tricks about this game of strategy. For more information, contact (305) 535-4219. Ages 8 yrs. +

Thu, Mar 23, 3:00pm - 4:30pm

Thu, Mar 23, 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Whether you're a beginner or an experienced chess player, match your skills and learn a few new tricks about this game of strategy. For more information, contact (305) 535-4219. Ages 19 yrs. +

Thu, Mar 23, 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Little Women (PG) - Women's History Month Movie

Sat, Mar 25, 10:30am - 12:30pm

Sat, Mar 25, 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Join us for a film screening in celebration of Women's History Month. Four sisters learn about love, life, and loss as they grow through their young womanhood against the backdrop of post-Civil War America. At the heart of the family is the headstrong Jo who aspires, above all else, to forge her own path. Based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott. (135 mins.)

Tue, Mar 28, 10:30am - 11:00am

Join us for soothing stories, songs and finger plays for babies and their caregivers. For more information, contact (305) 535-4219. Ages 0 - 18 mos.

Talking is Teaching: Talk, Read, Sing for Preschoolers

Tue, Mar 28, 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Conference Room 203 A

Wed, Mar 29, 10:30am - 11:00am

Join us in the storytime room for stories, songs and activities for preschoolers. For more information, contact (305) 535-4219. Ages 3 - 5 yrs.

Wed, Mar 29, 4:00pm - 6:00pm

Children's Story Room

Whether you're a beginner or an experienced chess player, match your skills and learn a few new tricks about this game of strategy. For more information, contact (305) 535-4219. Ages 8 yrs. +

Thu, Mar 30, 10:00am - 11:30am

Thu, Mar 30, 3:00pm - 4:30pm

Thu, Mar 30, 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Whether you're a beginner or an experienced chess player, match your skills and learn a few new tricks about this game of strategy. For more information, contact (305) 535-4219. Ages 19 yrs. +

Little Women (PG) - Women's History Month Movie

Thu, Mar 30, 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Rescheduled

Fri, Mar 31, 3:00pm - 5:00pm

New date Saturday, March 25, 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Sat, Apr 01, 10:00am - 1:00pm

Mobile HIV/Hepatitis C Testing

Sat, Apr 01, 10:00am - 1:00pm

Tue, Apr 04, 10:00am - 3:00pm

Auditorium

Tue, Apr 04, 10:30am - 11:00am

Join us for soothing stories, songs and finger plays for babies and their caregivers. For more information, contact (305) 535-4219. Ages 0 - 18 mos.

Talking is Teaching: Talk, Read, Sing for Preschoolers

Tue, Apr 04, 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Conference Room 203 A

Wed, Apr 05, 10:30am - 11:00am

Join us in the storytime room for stories, songs and activities for preschoolers. For more information, contact (305) 535-4219. Ages 3 - 5 yrs.