Upcoming Events

Remember Us The Holocaust (RUTH) Exhibit

All Day 1/12 - 6/28

All Ages

La Jolla/Riford Library

Library Branch: La Jolla/Riford Library

Room: Garth Family Reading Level

Age Group: All Ages

Program Type: Art, Community Engagement

Event Details:

Now extended through June 28, 2026!

25 years of The Drawing Show

All Day 2/22 - 6/15

All Ages

Central Library

Library Branch: Central Library

Room: Art Gallery - Central

Age Group: All Ages

Program Type: Art, Community Engagement

Event Details:

A drawing's most profound potential lies in its ability to shape how we perceive and understand the world around us. Few means of expression can rival its directness.

On View: The Stiletto Collection- Beth Smith

All Day 3/6 - 5/29

All Ages

Mission Hills-Hillcrest/Knox Library

Library Branch: Mission Hills-Hillcrest/Knox Library

Age Group: All Ages

Program Type: Art, Community Engagement, Cultural Appreciation

Event Details:

The Stiletto Collection

March 6 – May 29, 2025

On View: Tom Baldauf

All Day 4/1 - 6/30

All Ages

Point Loma/Hervey Library

Library Branch: Point Loma/Hervey Library

Room: Marla Haas Community Room - Point Loma/Hervey

Age Group: All Ages

Program Type: Art, Community Engagement, Cultural Appreciation

Event Details:

Tom Baldauf

April 1 – June 30, 2025

On View: Let’s Get Wild- Nona Perrin

All Day 4/2 - 6/10

All Ages

Pacific Beach/Taylor Library

Library Branch: Pacific Beach/Taylor Library

Room: Community Room/Taylor Gallery - Pacific Beach/Taylor

Age Group: All Ages

Program Type: Art, Community Engagement, Cultural Appreciation

Event Details:

Let’s Get Wild

April 2 – June 10, 2025

On View: Personal Connections- Joan Bonetti

All Day 4/2 - 6/30

All Ages

Rancho Bernardo Library

Library Branch: Rancho Bernardo Library

Age Group: All Ages

Program Type: Art, Community Engagement, Cultural Appreciation

Event Details:

Personal Connections

April 2 – June 30, 2025

Civil Liberties: Language of Silencing

All Day 4/12 - 6/27

All Ages

Central Library

Library Branch: Central Library

Room: Lobby - Central

Age Group: All Ages

Program Type: Art

Event Details:

The AjA Project’s Civil Liberties Project is a fellowship program encouraging youth and young adult participants to examine the history of Japanese-American incarceration during WWII and how it parallels their own personal histories as immigrants/

Barrier Breakers: From Jackie to Pumpsie

All Day 4/15 - 5/31

All Ages

Central Library

Library Branch: Central Library

Room: Helen Price Reading Room

Age Group: All Ages

Program Type: Featured, Cultural Appreciation

Event Details:

Barrier Breakers: From Jackie to Pumpsie, developed by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, tells the story of the Negro Leagues and the strong-willed, dedicated athletes, who simply refus

Voice Out 2025

All Day 5/12 - 7/27

All Ages

Central Library

Library Branch: Central Library

Age Group: All Ages

Program Type: Featured, Art, Community Engagement, Cultural Appreciation

Event Details:

Voice Out 2025 - Youth Media Arts & Outside the Lens

Central Library | 2nd Floor Display

May 12, 2025 - July 27, 2025

Villa Musica Recital option

1:00pm - 5:00pm

City Heights Performance Annex

Cancelled

Cancelled

Library Branch: City Heights Performance Annex

Room: Outdoor Amphitheater - City Heights Performance Annex

Event Details:

(option for reschedule - waiting for Aaron Bullard to confirm which day.)

Spring Recital!

Family Crafts /Manualidades Familiares

2:00pm - 4:00pm

All Ages

Logan Heights Library

Library Branch: Logan Heights Library

Room: Children's Area - Logan Heights

Age Group: All Ages

Program Type: Early Learning

Event Details:

Bring the whole family for an afternoon of crafting fun! Supplies will be on hand for this regular drop in program so the whole family can create.

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Spring Concert Series

2:00pm - 4:00pm

All Ages

City Heights Performance Annex

Library Branch: City Heights Performance Annex

Room: Black Box Theatre

Age Group: All Ages

Program Type: Performing Arts

Event Details:

Live music performances offered free to the community, showcasing local talent in a variety of styles and genres from all around San Diego!

Memorial Day

All Day

All Branches

Closing

Branches:

SDPL Virtual Branch, Central Library, Allied Gardens/Benjamin Library, Balboa Library, Carmel Mountain Ranch Library, Carmel Valley Library, City Heights/Weingart Library, City Heights Performance Annex, Clairemont Library, College-Rolando Library, Kensington-Normal Heights Library, La Jolla/Riford Library, Linda Vista Library, Logan Heights Library, Mira Mesa Library, Mission Hills-Hillcrest/Knox Library, Mission Valley Library, Mountain View/Beckwourth Library, North Clairemont Library, North Park Library, North University Community Library, Oak Park Library, Ocean Beach Library, Otay Mesa-Nestor Library, Pacific Beach/Taylor Library, Pacific Highlands Ranch Library, Paradise Hills Library, Point Loma/Hervey Library, Rancho Bernardo Library, Rancho Peñasquitos Library, San Carlos Library, San Ysidro Library, Scripps Miramar Ranch Library, Serra Mesa-Kearny Mesa Library, Skyline Hills Library, Tierrasanta Library, University Community Library, University Heights Library, Valencia Park/Malcolm X Library, Outreach

Description:

Closed for Holiday

Picture This!

6:00pm - 8:00pm

Adults, Older Adults

Central Library

Cancelled

Cancelled

Library Branch: Central Library

Room: Neil Morgan Auditorium

Age Group: Adults, Older Adults

Program Type: Featured, Art, Community Engagement, Films

Event Details:

Illusions by Allen Magic Show

10:00am - 10:45am

Preschoolers, Elementary School Age, Middle School Age, Teens, Emerging Adults

Linda Vista Library

Library Branch: Linda Vista Library

Room: Meeting Room - Linda Vista

Age Group: Preschoolers, Elementary School Age, Middle School Age, Teens, Emerging Adults

Program Type: Performing Arts, Summer Reading Program

Event Details:

An award-winning magician who's performed on national television, dazzling Allen will perform mind-blowing tricks using ropes, balloons, balls, and candles; not to mention swords, levitation, and a rabbit!

Storytime at the Library

11:00am - 11:30am

Babies/Toddlers, Preschoolers

Balboa Library

Library Branch: Balboa Library

Room: Children's Area - Balboa

Age Group: Babies/Toddlers, Preschoolers

Event Details:

Join us for indoor Storytime at the Balboa Library. Children and caregivers will have the branch to themselves before we open to the public. We’ll read fun stories and sing songs.

Toddler Happy Hour

11:30am - 12:00pm

Babies/Toddlers, Adults, Older Adults

Balboa Library

Library Branch: Balboa Library

Age Group: Babies/Toddlers, Adults, Older Adults

Event Details:

Come join us for Toddler Happy Hour! Right after Storytime, parents and caregivers with young children can come and meet their neighbors! Age-appropriate toys and games will be provided for the little ones to play with.

Music and Motion

11:30am - 12:15pm

Babies/Toddlers, Preschoolers

Mountain View/Beckwourth Library

Library Branch: Mountain View/Beckwourth Library

Room: Community Room - Mountain View/Beckwourth

Age Group: Babies/Toddlers, Preschoolers

Event Details:

Come join us every Tuesday at 11:30am for Music and Motion! This program is designed to introduce babies and toddlers to music, dance and instruments. We will learn new motor skills, shake our sillies out and sing at the top of our lungs.

Gentle Yoga

11:30am - 12:30pm

Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults

Carmel Mountain Ranch Library

Library Branch: Carmel Mountain Ranch Library

Room: Community Room - Carmel Mountain Ranch

Age Group: Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults

Program Type: Wellness

Event Details:

An instructor from Silver Age Yoga will lead a yoga program that can be done on a mat or a chair. Silver Age Yoga is a 501(c)(3) whose mission is to provide health enhancing yoga classes for seniors. Although this program is designed f

Mind-Body Fitness for Older Adults

11:30am - 12:30pm

Older Adults

La Jolla/Riford Library

Library Branch: La Jolla/Riford Library

Room: Community Room - La Jolla/Riford

Age Group: Older Adults

Program Type: Wellness

Event Details:

Mind-Body Fitness for Older Adults is a restorative and contemplative class designed to promote physical and emotional balance, release stress, and create greater inner awareness through Hatha Chair Yoga.

Chair Yoga

11:45am - 12:15pm

Adults, Older Adults

Serra Mesa-Kearny Mesa Library

Library Branch: Serra Mesa-Kearny Mesa Library

Room: Community Room - Serra Mesa-Kearny Mesa

Age Group: Adults, Older Adults

Program Type: Accessibility, Community Engagement, Wellness

Event Details:

Work on your flexibility, strength building and quiet your mind with functional movement practice. Participate at your own ability. Wear flexible clothing and bring any preferred yoga equipment.

Baby Play & Learn

12:00pm - 12:30pm

Babies/Toddlers

Ocean Beach Library

Library Branch: Ocean Beach Library

Room: Children's Area - Ocean Beach

Age Group: Babies/Toddlers

Program Type: Community Engagement, Literature

Event Details:

Baby Play & Learn is designed to support the development of children ages 0-24 months. This program includes stories, rhymes, songs, and movement activities followed by an open play time.

Storytime with Ms Teri

12:00pm - 12:30pm

Babies/Toddlers, Preschoolers

La Jolla/Riford Library

Library Branch: La Jolla/Riford Library

Room: Children's Area - La Jolla/Riford

Age Group: Babies/Toddlers, Preschoolers

Program Type: Literature

Event Details:

Come one, come all to this story time designed for little ones and their caregivers. Enjoy songs, rhymes, and books with captivating illustrations.

Harp Concert by Chiara Capobianco

12:00pm - 1:00pm

All Ages, Older Adults

Mission Hills-Hillcrest/Knox Library

Library Branch: Mission Hills-Hillcrest/Knox Library

Room: Community Room - Mission Hills/Hillcrest

Age Group: All Ages, Older Adults

Program Type: Featured, Performing Arts

Event Details:

Join us for a concert performed by harpist Chiara Capobianco, a faculty member from the nonprofit music education organization Villa Musica. She was born in Milano, Italy; she studied Harp, Flute, and Piano at Conservatorio “G.

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The Stiletto Collection

Tom Baldauf

Let’s Get Wild

Personal Connections