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 April series focuses on Social Media Safety. Classes are held every Tuesday from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

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.

Queendom is a program for Russian/ Kazakh speaking women in San Diego that meet regularly to learn and grow together to encourage and support each other to lean in and step outside our comfort zone. 

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. 

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

Join us for our Book Club, which meets on the third Tuesday of every month.  For April we will be discussing Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel.

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.

This Arts & Crafts program promotes wellness and enrichment. Join us for a relaxed art-making experience.

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.

Children grades 1-2 are invited to make a fun and colorful book!  Participants will start by decorating a sheet of paper.  After folding and cutting, it will magically fold into a book that is ready for writing text!

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.

Don't stop learning this summer!  stop by any of our Homework Centers to hone your skills.  We've got games, learning activities, STEAM crafts, and more fun ways to learn.

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.

Join Ms Mei as she presents stories and songs and crafts in Mandarin on the third Tuesday of the month.

All ages are welcome.

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?

Come all lego-philes and create your own architectural masterpiece, engineering feat, or artistic expression.  All ages are welcome!

Learn, play, and create with LEGOs!

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

Build, code, and play with robots in this 2-part series of standalone robotics workshops on April 18 and May 16 (must register for each workshop separately).

Work on Arduino-based Robotic designs while learning about ST

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

Got stuck on borrowing an eBook? Need help setting up that new tablet? Bring your questions and devices to receive one-on-one assistance with:

· Cloud Library, SDPL to Go

· iPad, iPhone, MacBook

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

Join others in playing different Nintendo Switch game and discuss. 

"S" is for Science!  STEAM every other Tuesday afternoon with library staff as we take on a unique science project!  All supplies provided.  Grades K—5^th.

THIS WEEK'S PROJECT: 

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.

Explore what our planet is made of as we test rock hardness and simulate the rock cycle to see why Earth Rocks!  Discover geology through inquiry and hands-on activities with the Fleet Science Center.

Join us for Crazy 8s Math Club! Online Registration required:

Join Crazy 8s Club where you will build stuff, run and jump, make music, make a mess! It's a totally new kind of math club!

What’s almost as much fun as reading a great book? Talking about a great book! Join us for a monthly session where we’ll discuss the book choice for the month and do a related craft together.

Here is the link to enroll to our program:

https://shorturl.at/rABKZ

Stop by to check out all our Idea Lab has to offer and make a project! Equipment: 3D Printers Sewing & embroidery machines Cricut EasyPress Cameo (Desktop cutting machine). 2 MacBook Laptops (Adobe Software).

Join in on a fun filled afternoon of crafting. Materials provided. Designed for ages 11 and up.

Drop in, play with other chess players and enthusiasts, and learn from an expert!

Beginners welcome.  Recommended for ages 8 and up.

Chess sets provided.

Hone your chess 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.

Come join us for our LEGO BLOCK PARTY!!

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. 

The April book is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Pick up a copy at the Circulation Desk at the library.

The Clairemont Book Club meets every 3rd Tuesday of the month at 5:30 p.m.

Review of College Area Community Plan Update

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.

Ready, set, read...Join local athletes from the Lincoln High School Football Team for a monthly read aloud event.  This event takes place on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 5:30pm.  Hosted by Reading Legacies and the Malcolm X Library.

Adults can stop by the Kensington-Normal Heights Branch Library on April 18th at 6:00pm to learn about Zentangle while they create Zentangle tiles of their own.

Please join our community of readers as we discuss Blood Child by Octavia Butler, Tuesday, April 18 @ 6:00 P.M. A collection of stories that challenge our ideas of identity and sheds a moral light on unconventional relationships.

Bring your kiddos in their pajama finery and come on down to the library to hear the story stylings of Ms. Sandy!  She might even wear some pajamas too!  

A young man's life is turned upside down after he is left a quadriplegic. Moving forward seems near impossible until he meets his unlikely service animal, Gigi - a curious and intelligent capuchin monkey.

2022. PG-13. 114 minutes.

Join us for a new pajama storytime featuring sign language basics to foster early literacy skills with Miss Jennifer from Signs at Play, now on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month @6pm.

Snuggle up to a great book at Pajama Storytime. Put on your pajamas and head to the Tierrasanta library to join us for a special, evening Storytime.

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