Day Calendar

My Live Interactive Video Preschool/Kindergarten Storytimes, good for kids ages 4 to 6, are fun, kinetic, and humorous experiences!  I make it a point not just to read books, but to perform them as well!

Free Digital Literacy Classes presented by the San Diego Futures Foundation and the SD Access 4 All Initiative. Our February series focuses on Word. Classes are held every Tuesday from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

AARP Tax Preparation. Please bring all necessary documents. By appointment only, in-person only. 

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.

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.

Party Bridge for ages 16 - Adult. Experience necessary.

Come one, come all to this story time designed for toddlers. Little ones and their caregivers will enjoy songs, rhymes, and books with captivating illustrations. 

Flavia Pisco (violin) and Jose Rodriguez (guitar) will play music by Astor Piazzolla, Celso Machado, and Máximo Diego Pujol.

Astor Piazzolla

History of the Tango:

    Café 1930

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.

Basic ESL I is a noncredit course for students to learn English for academic and everyday purposes. Introduces activities at a novice-mid level, encouraging independent learning.

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

This lecture will feature African American artists who have helped shape the visual culture and art evolution of the United States but who have not been widely recognized for their work.

Join us for a game of Scrabble, won't you? 

Go letter-to-letter with your fellow wordsmiths and keep those wits sharp.

Beginner or expert, all are welcome. Just spell it out.

Every Tuesday at 1:00 pm.

Come create something unique at Lego Club.  We will be meeting each Tuesday at 2:30 pm for an hour of fun building original lego creations.  Preschool through sixth grade.  Duplos are available for younger builders.

Kids K through 8: having trouble with that homework?  Need a little help?  Our friendly Homework Coaches will provide assistance and guide you through your school assignments.

The tiny-house movement is sweeping the country! Get the inside scoop on how and why people are designing houses that take up about 15 percent of the space of a traditional home.

Kids K through 8: having trouble with that homework?  Need a little help?  Our friendly Homework Coaches will provide assistance and guide you through your school assignments.

Naomi Iizuka’s brutal and beautiful play Anon(ymous), a powerful retelling of Homer’s epic Odyssey, explores ancient themes of identity, coming-of-age, and the shifting nature of home.

Kids K through 8: having trouble with homework?  Need a little help?  Our friendly Homework Coaches will provide assistance and guide you through your school assignments.

Kids K through 8: having trouble with that homework?  Need a little help?  Our friendly Homework Coaches will provide assistance and guide you through your school assignments.

Kids K through 8: having trouble with that homework?  Need a little help?  Our friendly Homework Coaches will provide assistance and guide you through your school assignments.

Look! Over there! Coming out of that library! It's  . . . BOOKMAN! Using the superpower of reading, BOOKMAN has magically traveled all around the world – even into space!

Kids K through 8: having trouble with that homework?  Need a little help?  Our friendly Homework Coaches will provide assistance and guide you through your school assignments.

Meet adoptable cats at the library while sipping a warm drink. These cats were rescued by Kane’s K-9s & Animal Rescue and cannot wait to meet you!

Kids K through 8: having trouble with that homework?  Need a little help?  Our friendly Homework Coaches will provide assistance and guide you through your school assignments.

Kids K through 8: having trouble with that homework?  Need a little help?  Our friendly Homework Coaches will provide assistance and guide you through your school assignments.

Kids K through 8: having trouble with that homework?  Need a little help?  Our friendly Homework Coaches will provide assistance and guide you through your school assignments.

Kids K through 8: having trouble with that homework?  Need a little help?  Our friendly Homework Coaches will provide assistance and guide you through your school assignments.

Need to finish some homework, work on a project, study for a test, or just relax and read a book away from the distractions at home?

Learn, play, and create with LEGOs!

Children can build with LEGOs and display their creations in the library.

Teens and tweens ages 10-18 are invited to join Sketch Night!  This free virtual drawing program is run by the San Diego County Parks and Recreation Department in conjunction with staff from the Carmel Mountain Ranch, Central, and City Height

Join the Healthy Adventures Foundation and learn how to cook healthy meals from around the world. 

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

Join us at the library to create a Self-Portrait in the style of famous Afro-Latino American artist Jean Michel Basquiat! Use crayon and black marker to create a self-portrait. 

For ages 5 & up. 

Join Ms. Linda every Tuesday afternoon for stories and songs!

Come join us at the City Heights Library every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month to watch and discuss anime!

STEAM every Tuesday afternoon as we take on a unique STEAM activity!  All supplies provided.  Grades K—5^th.

Have you always wanted to learn how to play chess or improve your skills? If you have never played before, or are just looking for someone to practice with, join us for some friendly competition!  All supplies are provided.

Join Dave at Allied Gardens Library for a monthly discussion of a Short Classic selection via Zoom.  This month we will be reading and discussing

"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce. 

Chess is the most popular game in the world—played by over 600 million people globally! It improves strategic thinking, memory, and brain function. Come practice the ancient art of chess at the College-Rolando Library.

Synopsis

An orphaned brontosaurus teams up with other young dinosaurs in order to reunite with their families.

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Join us for a fun afternoon of dance instruction for youth ages 5-12.  Children from beginners to experienced are welcome to join this amazing group of talented performers to improve their skills.  

Bring your ideas to life at our Mobile Maker Lab in the Mission Hills-Hillcrest Library. Learn to use various programs and equipment  such as our 3D printer and die cut machine powered by Silhouette Studio.

We are happy to introduce our new Bilingual Storytime! Join Ms. Hannah for stories and songs in English and Japanese.

Bilingual Storytime will be every 2nd and 4th Tuesday. 

Suggested for ages 2 - 6.

Are you the next Judith Polgar? Do you aspire to become the next Beth Harmon? Can you dethrone Magnus Carlsen and become the Chess World Champion? Or, do you simply want to enhance your memory and prevent Alzheimer’s?

Join us every Tuesday from 5 pm-6 pm for Create! At the Library, featuring a new craft each week. This program is for youth aged 5-11, that will develop fine motor skills and creativity. 

Students and families will work on their design thinking skills and think outside of the box to build a battle shell for your robot to withstand all challengers.

Register today!

Monthly speakers on a variety of topics of interest to gardeners.  The group tours members gardens and goes on outings to interesting nurseries and farms. 

Please join our community of readers as we discuss Sula by Toni Morrison, Tuesday, February 28 @ 6:00 P.M.

Your voice, your library! San Diego Public Library wants to hear what you want for the future of North Park Library! What do you love? What would you change? What would you add?

A historical epic inspired by true events that took place in The Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries.

2022. PG-13. 135 minutes.

Tuesday evenings bring outstanding professional musicians from the SoCal area to Rancho Bernardo.

Join ToshWerks for a candle workshop. You will create and then decorate your very own 100% Beeswax candle!

Join us for a special Pajama Storytime presented by Signs at Play.   Listen to stories and learn sign language.   Feel free to come dressed in your favorite pj's!  Storytime takes place the 4th Tuesday of each month at 6pm

The Scripps Ranch Book Discussion Group invites you to join us on the 4th Tuesday of each month. Copies are available for check-out at the library. 

Welcome to the Fantastical Fiction Forum!

We discuss the best of classic and modern fantasy, horror, and science fiction in a friendly, inclusive group. 

We meet on the last Tuesday of each month.

Join Professor Natalye Pass Harpin of Grossmont College for an enlightening discussion exploring the reality of Nazism's racial policies towards people of African descent duri

Time to get back to writing! Explore your inner writer at these fun drop-in sessions meant to get you brainstorming about that new novel or short story. 

Join us for casual, friendly conversation designed to increase participants' comfort with the English language and maybe make new friends.  

Please join other book loving community members for the monthly meeting of the Banned Book Club.  We read and discuss banned and challenged classics and other thought-provoking titles.  September is when we choose our books to discuss in