Day Calendar

Join in as we read, sing, dance, and play at Preschool Storytime! Come and build essential early literacy skills and foster a love of reading. Designed for children ages 3-5.

Robert Warren leads this popular qi gong class, a mind-body-spirit practice that improves one's mental and physical health by integrating posture, movement, and breathing technique.

Join us for outdoor storytime at Olive Grove Park presented by the Balboa Branch Library. We’ll read fun stories and sing songs. There will be take-home crafts, giveaways & more! Please bring chairs or blankets. All ages are welcome.

Join like-minded bibliophiles to discuss fiction titles.  This program will be held on our outside patio. A limited number of each month’s selection will be available at the Circulation Desk.

Staff is on hand to assist you with applying for free/low cost Internet, computers or laptops.  Stop in to get one on one assistance in meeting your technological needs.  

Join us for "Sign-a-Story Circle Time" with Baby Sign Language Basics author, Monta Z. Briant. Parents learn how to use ASL signs for early communication with their babies through stories, songs, and other fun activities. 

Come join us for Preschool Storytime. Every week we will have a new theme so check our Facebook and Instagram pages to find out the theme. 

Each week we will engage your child in stories, music and crafts!

This entertaining and educational Signing Story Time with Jennifer Duncan is infused with joy and American Sign Language signs.

Come get your groove on with Dance to EvOLvE in this creative movement class with a jungle safari theme. Perform to the beats!

Open to the public and are free of charge. Play variety board games. Attendees should be fully vaccinated and have masks

Are you looking to learn some computer skills?  These sessions—with instruction, hands-on opportunities, and plenty of time for questions and answers—are just for you!  

Join us on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month for a virtual storytime via Zoom, perfect for toddlers and preschoolers. Questions? Call 858-581-9934.

Your child will love this very special Summer Reading Program because children love literature when they don costumes and become beloved storybook characters in fairy tales, fables and award winning stories.

Hullabaloo is a foot-stamping, wing-flapping celebration of song that honors and entertains kids and families.

Join Ms. Katia for an engaging preschool storytime that promotes a love of reading and quality together time. Featuring stories, songs, and fun! 

Recommended for ages 2-5, this storytime program includes books, songs, games, and early literacy fun! Afterward, we will be joined by ODI the Coyote, our very own library mascot! Stay for in-person crafts and a preschool backpack raffle too.

Wild Wonders has your passport to adventure in this interactive wildlife education program! Meet face-to-face with furry, feathered, or scaley animal teachers from all over the world.

Please join miss Minoo for storytime, songs, and some fun!

Storybox Theatre is a wonderful way to present illustrated stories to youngsters.  Storybox is the American name we have given to the Japanese storytelling tradition called kamishibai.  (Kami = paper; shibai = theatre).  A storytell

The timeless lesson that hard work and dedication pay off comes to life with handmade puppets and original songs.  While two little pigs are content to take the easy route, their pigheadedness could spell trouble when the Big Bad Wolf comes k

Story Times are back at the Oak Park Library!

Get ready to listen, read, dance and create!

Some mornings will include pop-up crafts.

I'll show kids how to draw basic shapes.  Then we'll add other elements to those shapes to create popular objects like people, bunnies, cars, fish, caterpillars, houses, etc..  Throughout the lessen I'll have them color parts of those ob

I'll show kids how to draw basic shapes.  Then we'll add other elements to those shapes to create popular objects like people, bunnies, cars, fish, caterpillars, houses, etc..  Throughout the lessen I'll have them color parts of those ob

Learn how to integrate more fruits, vegetables and whole grains into your diet, in a way that is tasty and doesn’t leave you feeling deprived of the foods they want!

A Mah Jong Group for adults is meeting every Monday and Thursday from 1:00pm-3:30pm. Knowledge of American Mah Jong rules is required to play. Please bring your own Mah Jong tiles if possible.

Interested in achieving better brain function while improving your memory, cognitive abilities, and strategic thinking? Then play chess!

Chess is played by over 600 million people and is the most popular game in the world.

Don't stop learning this summer!

Stop by any of our Homework Centers to sharpen your skills.  We've got bananagrams, math games, learning activities, and more fun ways to learn.

Don't stop learning this summer!

Stop by any of our Homework Centers to sharpen your skills.  We've got bananagrams, math games, learning activities, and more fun ways to learn.

Don't stop learning this summer!

Stop by any of our Homework Centers to sharpen your skills.  We've got bananagrams, math games, learning activities, and more fun ways to learn.

Don't stop learning this summer!

Stop by any of our Homework Centers to sharpen your skills.  We've got bananagrams, math games, learning activities, and more fun ways to learn.

Don't stop learning this summer!

Stop by any of our Homework Centers to sharpen your skills.  We've got bananagrams, math games, learning activities, and more fun ways to learn.

Don't stop learning this summer!

Stop by any of our Homework Centers to sharpen your skills.  We've got bananagrams, math games, learning activities, and more fun ways to learn.

Don't stop learning this summer!

Stop by any of our Homework Centers to sharpen your skills.  We've got bananagrams, math games, learning activities, and more fun ways to learn.

Join the fun as we'll be singing songs, playing percussion instruments, and reading stories!

Enjoy a selection of board games the whole family can play at this fun weekly event.  We'll have Chess, Jenga, Chutes and Ladders, Connect 4 and more!

Get ready for foot stomping, toe tapping, hand clapping, sing-along fun as Craig brings TEN different instruments to our library and leads us in music.

Join us every Thursday from 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm for Courtyard Chess. Downtown Chess meets at the courtyard of the San Diego Central Library @ Joan ^ Irwin Jacobs Common. All ages are welcome to join. 

The Teen Game is open! Come check out our Nintendo Switch, PS4 and more.

Jump into the world of animals, learning about local wild animals, how to make sure we stay safe and keep our wild neighbors stay safe too.

The David C. Copley Foundation Teen IDEA Lab would like to invite you to Tinker Thursday!

Give pointillism painting a try using Q-tips and tempera paint.

Open to teens entering grades 6-12.

No advance registration. Space is limited.

Learn the importance of this diverse Biome, and create your very own miniture forest. Activity is free, but space is limited. Registration is required.