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 June series focuses on Community Topics. Classes are held every Tuesday from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Learn how to weave with an expert textile artist and develop your art and math skills!  This class is targeted to homeschooling youth ages 10+. No prior experience required, and all materials will be provided.

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.

Free Summer Lunch at San Diego Public Library. Monday-Friday from 12-1 PM. Ages 0-18. Join us!

Party Bridge for ages 16 - Adult. Experience necessary.

Enjoy free lunch and learn about STEM! Lunch only for ages 0-17.
Performer: Mad Science

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. 

Arty Loon from Dreamscapers visits the Library

Join us for a lunchtime concert performed by one or more faculty members from Villa Musica, a nonprofit music education organization.

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.

You can save lives by participating in the Red Cross Blood Drive at Rancho Peñasquitos Branch Library!

Blood supplies are dangerously low. All blood types needed now. Your one donation can save up to three lives. 

In partnership with the San Diego Unified  School District, Lunch @ Your Library will provide free hot lunches to children ages 0-18.

Dinosaurs used to rule the earth! Explore the world of dinosaurs with fun hands-on activities, crafts, and interactive learning. 

Kits will be provided for registered campers.  Virtual camp will be conducted using Zoom.

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

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.

"From the Page to the Stage" is a fun and engaging presentation that shows how works of literature can end up on the musical stage.  This program demonstrates the power of imagination in both reading and watching live theatre.

Want to be more efficient on your personal device? Have questions about how to do something on your device? Bring in one of the following applicable devices and a staff member will help you.

Join us for Music and Motion. During this program we will introduce children to instruments, music and dance. Every class will end with a bubble dance party. Come shake your sillies out with us!

Science comes “alive” in this interactive wildlife education program!

Visit with the mysterious rainforest dwellers of South America! This may include a kinkajou, boa constrictor, iguana, or armadillo!

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

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.

Don't stop learning this summer!

Stop by our Homework Center to hone your skills.

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!

Don't stop learning this summer!

Stop by any of our Homework Center to hone your skills.

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.

Come create something unique at our hour and a half of building original LEGO creations. Each week's LEGO builds will be put on display in the children's library for all to appreciate and enjoy. Recommended for children ages 4+. 

Don't stop learning this summer!

Stop by any of our Homework Center to hone your skills.

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.

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

Join us to make colorful alien figurines out of cardboard tubes. (For ages 4 & up).

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

Come join us at the City Heights Library to test your knowledge!

Topic: STEM 

Participants are required to have a device with internet access to participate. Wi-fi is available at the library

Come dance, stomp your feet, flap your wings and sing-along with San Diego's very own award-winning Hullaballoo. The concert will take place on the grass on the south side of the library.

STEAM every other Tuesday afternoon with library staff as we take on a unique science, technology, engineering, art, or math 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.

ESL II is a noncredit course for students to learn English for academic and everyday purposes. This course is a continuation in activities at novice-mid level, encouraging independent learning.

You bring your phone and we'll bring the fun! Play a variety of Jackbox games with us on your smartphone or tablet while enjoying snacks.

Plant your own seeds and watch them grow! At the end of the 4 week program, each registered child will take home their growing plant in a pot that they have decorated.

"From the Page to the Stage" is a fun and engaging presentation that shows how works of literature from Cervantes to Mark Twain to Charles Schulz can end up on the musical stage, demonstrating the power of imagination in both reading and watching

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

Join us for on the last Tuesday of each month from 4 -6 pm for the monthly meeting of the Legler Benbough Teen IDEA Lab Anime Club!

Come hang out and watch anime with us, and make new friends! Japanese snacks will be provided.

Ever wanted to design your own website? You will get famiiar with HTML and CSS as you use templates to build a website highlighting a topic of your choice. 

This is a virtual workshop.

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.

Drop in most Tuesday evenings throughout June and July to make your own Pride and pronouns buttons! We'll have plenty of graphics to choose from, so feel free to come in more than once.

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?

Come join us for our LEGO BLOCK PARTY!!

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.  

Do you want to learn how to integrate more healthy food into your dog's diet, in a way that is tasty and doesn’t leave them feeling deprived of the foods they want? Sign-up for our hands-on cooking classes.

It's not too late to create a vision board or revised your current one from the beginning of this year. Join us for an evening of crafting a Mid-Year vision board. Magazines, poster board, pens, crayons and markers provided or bring your own.

Grab some friends and join us June 27th from 6:00pm-8:00pm at Storyhouse Spirits for some nerdy bar trivia with the San Diego Public Library!  

Please join us for a concert featuring Relative Pitch. They are an acapella quartet with roots in Barbershop and a penchant for jazz harmonies.

Stop by the library on Tuesday, June 27th at 6:00pm and join the Sci-Fi Book Club discussion of Atomic Anna by Rachel Barenbaum.

Everybody wants a superpower! Join us as Fleet Science presents a super-charged, super-fun show showcasing super strength and other powers through a variety of science topics ranging from electricity to mutations and more.

Participating Jedi will design and decorate a pool noodle lightsaber. Perfect for Comic-Con month!

Ages 5 and up are welcome with parental craft assistance. 1 craft per registrant.
 

The Ocean Beach Book Club is back in the library! Join this long-standing group for spirited discussions and diverse books the 4th Tuesday of the month.

A group of friends made it their life-long mission to go to the Super Bowl and meet NFL superstar Tom Brady.

2023. PG-13. 98 minutes.

Presented by Write Out Loud San Diego, "StoryBox" is the American name given to the Japanese storytelling tradition called kamishibai.

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 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