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!

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 September series focuses on Apple iPads. 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. 

Enjoy  music performed by flutists Valerie McElroy and Dr. Yana Zixuan Yan. Light snacks will be provided.

Biographies

Valerie McElroy

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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+. 

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?

Drop into the Legler Benbough Teen IDEA Lab every Monday to Thursday in September 2023 and learn how to sew through beginner friendly projects.

Learn, play, and create with LEGOs!

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

Words and Music

San Diego Opera’s Words and Music program is a collection of long-term in-school, after-school, and summer artist residencies.

The Teen Game Room is open! Come check out our Nintendo Switch and PS4. Teens regularly play Smash Bros., Mario Kart, Gang Beasts and more. 

Join us to make a cute apple craft using popsicle sticks and colored paper. (For ages 4 and up).

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

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

THIS WEEK'S PROJECT: 

Cypher Sleuth: Code Breaking

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 us for Crazy 8 Math club, an after-school recreational club that's over-the-top to get kids excited about math. You'll build glow-in-the-dark structures, crack secret spy codes and play get-up-and-move games like Ninjas on the Run!

Help us celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month! Participants in our Nuestra Cultura event will use chalk to paint the sidewalk in the tradition of famous Mexican and Chicano muralists Diego Rivera and Victor Ochoa.

Students will deepen their understanding of maps as they explore the history of mapping and learn how maps are created.

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.

Join the Legler Benbough Teen IDEA Lab for Maker Mondays, every 2nd and 4th Monday from 4-5 pm. Each session the IDEA Lab team will focus on a different design and creativity project and will highlight a piece of technology found within our lab.

Nuestra Cultura Celebration! Celebrate Latine Heritage Month with stories, traditional tortilla making, and a screening of Encanto. Join us for some Spanish and a side of tortilla!

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.

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. 

Everyone is welcome at Family Movie Night the 4th Tuesday of each month. Celebrate Latine Heritage Month with us as we watch Encanto.

FREE POPCORN! Bring your own snacks and drinks!

Do you want to 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 you want? Sign-up for our hands-on cooking classes.

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. 

In honor of Nuestra Cultura, we will play lotería, a traditional game that originated in Italy and was brought to Mexico in 1769. Lotería is very similar to bingo. Winners can claim free San Diego Public Library swag.

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 pair of U.S. Navy fighter pilots risk their lives during the Korean War and become some of the Navy's most celebrated wingmen.

2022. PG-13. 139 minutes.

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

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

Ok by Dominic

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 our Short "Classics" Book Club, which meets on the fourth Tuesday of every month.  For September we will be discussing Pale Horse, Pale Rider by Katherine Anne Porter.  The story details the relationship between a ne

The Carmel Valley Library Family Concert Series presents Slack Key 'Ohana, a Kaleponi (California)-based Hawaiian band with a "Tiki" Waikiki vibe, performing harmony-rich original songs in the Hawaiian style and unique interpretations of trad

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

One Book, One San Diego Author Event with Heather McGhee

In-Person: Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.