Holiday Closures

All Mobile Public Library locations will be closed on Wednesday, December 24 and Thursday, December 25, 2025.

Upcoming Events

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Read & Play Storytime

10:00am–10:45am
Ages 0-5
Library Branch: Ben May Main Library
Room: Youth Programing Room (Main)
Age Group: Ages 0-5
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join us in the youth programming room to enjoy storytime with books, songs, fingerplays, and more!

Stimulate your baby’s developing senses and help them build listening and memory skills that can help your baby grow up to be a reader. Enjoy meeting other parents and their little ones and making new friends. This program is best suited for ages 0-3.

 

For more information, please call 251-340-1507 or email mainyou@mplonline.org.


 

Juneteenth

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Ben May Main Library, Grand Bay Library, Local History & Genealogy, Monte L. Moorer/Spring Hill Branch Library, Parkway Branch Library, Saraland Public Library, Semmes Regional Library, Theodore Oaks Branch Library, Trinity Gardens Community Library, Virginia Dillard Smith/Toulminville Branch Library, West Regional Library, Bookmobile & Outreach, Online/Virtual
Description:

All Mobile Public Library locations will be closed on Friday, June 19, 2026.

Probate Minutes to Miscellaneous: African American Genealogy Workshop

10:00am–12:00pm
Adults
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Ben May Main Library
Room: AT&T Technology Center (Main)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Genealogy/History
Registration Required
Event Details:

The African American Genealogical Society is ready to assist you with your research!

Independence Day

All Day 7/3–7/4
Closing
Branches:
Ben May Main Library, Grand Bay Library, Local History & Genealogy, Monte L. Moorer/Spring Hill Branch Library, Parkway Branch Library, Saraland Public Library, Semmes Regional Library, Theodore Oaks Branch Library, Trinity Gardens Community Library, Virginia Dillard Smith/Toulminville Branch Library, West Regional Library, Bookmobile & Outreach, Online/Virtual
Description:
All Mobile Public Library locations will be closed on Friday, July 3 and Saturday, July 4.

From East To South: African American Genealogy Workshop

4:30pm–5:30pm
Adults
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Ben May Main Library
Room: AT&T Technology Center (Main)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Genealogy/History
Registration Required
Event Details:

The African American Genealogical Society is ready to assist you with your research!

Labor Day

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Ben May Main Library, Grand Bay Library, Local History & Genealogy, Monte L. Moorer/Spring Hill Branch Library, Parkway Branch Library, Saraland Public Library, Semmes Regional Library, Theodore Oaks Branch Library, Trinity Gardens Community Library, Virginia Dillard Smith/Toulminville Branch Library, West Regional Library, Bookmobile & Outreach, Online/Virtual
Description:
All Mobile Public Library locations will be closed on Monday, September 7.

The Freedmen’s Bureau: African American Genealogy Workshop

10:00am–12:00pm
Adults
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Ben May Main Library
Room: AT&T Technology Center (Main)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Genealogy/History
Registration Required
Event Details:

Learn through digital collection of records!

Genealogy Social with the Mobile African American Genealogical & Historical Society

10:00am–11:30am
Adults
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Ben May Main Library
Room: Armbrecht Briskman Meeting Room (Main)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Genealogy/History
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us at the Ben May Main Library in the Meeting Room for a Genealogy Social Hour with the newly branded Deep South Roots! 

Disclaimer(s)

Food Allergies

We cannot guarantee that food served at this program has not come into contact with tree nuts, soy or other allergens.