As of July 1, 2025, all San Diego Public Library locations are closed on Sundays.

In the coming months, Monday hours will be subject to change.

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Branches	SDPL Virtual Branch	Central Library	Kensington-Normal Heights Library	La Jolla/Riford Library	Mission Hills-Hillcrest/Knox Library	Mission Valley Library	Pacific Beach/Taylor Library	Point Loma/Hervey Library	Rancho Bernardo Library	Rancho Peñasquitos Library
All Day	This event is in the "Middle School Age" group This event is in the "Teens" group A Teen Short Story Contest 2025: Level Up All Day 6/2–8/31 Middle School Age, Teens SDPL Virtual Branch Virtual Event This event is in the "Middle School Age" group This event is in the "Teens" group Library Branch: SDPL Virtual Branch Age Group: Middle School Age, Teens Program Type: Online/Virtual, Literature Event Details: Join San Diego Public Library's 2025 A Teen Writing Contest. All teens ages 12-18 in the San Diego County area are invited to submit a short story which will be judged by a panel of SDPL librarians. This event is in the "Elementary School Age" group This event is in the "Middle School Age" group This event is in the "Teens" group This event is in the "Emerging Adults" group This event is in the "Adults" group This event is in the "Older Adults" group Table of Contents: A Community Collectors' Showcase Open Registration All Day 7/1–8/30 Elementary School Age, Middle School Age, Teens, Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults SDPL Virtual Branch Virtual Event This event is in the "Elementary School Age" group This event is in the "Middle School Age" group This event is in the "Teens" group This event is in the "Emerging Adults" group This event is in the "Adults" group This event is in the "Older Adults" group Library Branch: SDPL Virtual Branch Age Group: Elementary School Age, Middle School Age, Teens, Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults Program Type: Featured, Community Engagement, Cultural Appreciation Event Details: Welcoming all collectors and curiosities! From Pokémon cards to postage stamps, we want to see your collection!	This event is in the "All Ages" group Voice Out 2025 All Day 5/12–7/24 All Ages Central Library This event is in the "All Ages" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Central Library Age Group: All Ages Program Type: Featured, Art, Community Engagement, Cultural Appreciation Event Details: Voice Out 2025 - Youth Media Arts & Outside the Lens Central Library \| 2nd Floor Display May 12, 2025 - July 27, 2025	Gallery Closed for Installation All Day 6/16–8/1 Central Library Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Central Library Room: AC - Art Gallery - Central	This event is in the "All Ages" group In The Land of... Feminist Image Group Exhibition All Day 6/22–10/12 All Ages Central Library This event is in the "All Ages" group Library Branch: Central Library Room: AC - Popular Library - Fairway - Central Age Group: All Ages Program Type: Art, Community Engagement Event Details:	This event is in the "All Ages" group This event is in the "Middle School Age" group This event is in the "Teens" group Lambda Archives Intergenerational Exhibit All Day 7/3–7/31 All Ages, Middle School Age, Teens Central Library This event is in the "All Ages" group This event is in the "Middle School Age" group This event is in the "Teens" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Central Library Room: AC - Pauline Foster Teen Center (2nd Floor) - Central Age Group: All Ages, Middle School Age, Teens Program Type: Art, Community Engagement, LGBTQIA+ Event Details: Lambda Archives will exhibit their intergenerational oral history projects created by and for local LGBTQ+ youth and elders. Learn about figures in our local community.	This event is in the "All Ages" group This event is in the "Elementary School Age" group This event is in the "Middle School Age" group This event is in the "Teens" group This event is in the "Emerging Adults" group This event is in the "Adults" group This event is in the "Older Adults" group The Wizard's Quest All Day 7/5–8/31 All Ages, Elementary School Age, Middle School Age, Teens, Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults Kensington-Normal Heights Library This event is in the "All Ages" group This event is in the "Elementary School Age" group This event is in the "Middle School Age" group This event is in the "Teens" group This event is in the "Emerging Adults" group This event is in the "Adults" group This event is in the "Older Adults" group Library Branch: Kensington-Normal Heights Library Age Group: All Ages, Elementary School Age, Middle School Age, Teens, Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults Program Type: Community Engagement, Summer Reading Program Event Details: Happy Summer Reading Program! As our staff were getting things ready to help everyone Level Up at Your Library, we discovered a mysterious note left in our book drop:	This event is in the "All Ages" group Remember Us The Holocaust (RUTH) Exhibit All Day 1/12–6/28 All Ages La Jolla/Riford Library This event is in the "All Ages" group Library Branch: La Jolla/Riford Library Room: LJ - Garth Family Reading Level - La Jolla/Riford Age Group: All Ages Program Type: Art, Community Engagement Event Details: Now extended through June 28, 2026!	This event is in the "All Ages" group Life in the Ocean Underwater Photography All Day 6/28–9/25 All Ages La Jolla/Riford Library This event is in the "All Ages" group Library Branch: La Jolla/Riford Library Room: LJ - Community Room - La Jolla/Riford Age Group: All Ages Program Type: Art, Community Engagement Event Details: Life in the Ocean: Presented by the San Diego Underwater Photographic Society On exhibit from June 28, 2025 to September 25, 2025	Lambda Archives-Writing as Resistance: A Celebration of Queer Literature Exhibit All Day 7/7–7/31 Mission Hills-Hillcrest/Knox Library Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Mission Hills-Hillcrest/Knox Library Program Type: Celebration Month, Art, LGBTQIA+ Event Details: In celebration of San Diego Pride, come check out Lambda Archives of San Diego's Writing as Resistance: A Celebration of Queer Literature Traveling Exhibit.	This event is in the "All Ages" group On View: Constructs-Elliott Linwood All Day 5/2–7/30 All Ages Mission Valley Library This event is in the "All Ages" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Mission Valley Library Room: MV - Community Room - Mission Valley Age Group: All Ages Program Type: Art, Community Engagement Event Details: Constructs Elliott Linwood May 2 - July 30, 2025	This event is in the "All Ages" group On View: Colored Pencil Society All Day 6/14–8/8 All Ages Pacific Beach/Taylor Library This event is in the "All Ages" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Pacific Beach/Taylor Library Room: PB - Community Room/Taylor Gallery - Pacific Beach/Taylor Age Group: All Ages Program Type: Art, Community Engagement Event Details: The Colored Pencil Society is a not-for-profit organization founded to promote the stature and awareness of colored pencil art as a viable art form. This exhibit is works by the members of the San Diego Chapter.	This event is in the "All Ages" group Paintings by Tony Jeffreys All Day 7/1–8/31 All Ages Point Loma/Hervey Library This event is in the "All Ages" group Library Branch: Point Loma/Hervey Library Room: PO - Community Room & Park Area - Point Loma Age Group: All Ages Program Type: Art, Community Engagement Event Details: Local artists Tony Jeffreys current art work. This event is in the "All Ages" group Fine Art by Rose Mizrahi All Day 7/5–9/27 All Ages Point Loma/Hervey Library This event is in the "All Ages" group Library Branch: Point Loma/Hervey Library Room: PO - Community Room & Park Area - Point Loma Age Group: All Ages Program Type: Art, Community Engagement Event Details: Contemporary abstract artist.	This event is in the "All Ages" group Laura Green: Mountains to Sea All Day 7/1–9/30 All Ages Rancho Bernardo Library This event is in the "All Ages" group Library Branch: Rancho Bernardo Library Room: RB - Bill & Marcia Collins Community Room - Rancho Bernardo Age Group: All Ages Program Type: Art, Community Engagement Event Details: Laura Green’s acrylic paintings on canvas are inspired by her exploration of river trails and coastlines. Many of her paintings show figures on journeys.	This event is in the "All Ages" group Artist Maggie Yang All Day 7/17–9/17 All Ages Rancho Peñasquitos Library This event is in the "All Ages" group Library Branch: Rancho Peñasquitos Library Room: RP - Community Room - Rancho Peñasquitos Age Group: All Ages Program Type: Art, Community Engagement, Cultural Appreciation Event Details: Located in the Community Room and Upper Mezzanine Art Niche This event is in the "All Ages" group Artist Shylaja Nanjundiah All Day 7/17–9/17 All Ages Rancho Peñasquitos Library This event is in the "All Ages" group Library Branch: Rancho Peñasquitos Library Room: RP - Community Room - Rancho Peñasquitos Age Group: All Ages Program Type: Art, Community Engagement Event Details: Originally from India, Shylaja has been painting all her life. Her art reflects the joy and admiration she feels at all the beautiful things in nature.

Branches

SDPL Virtual Branch

Central Library

Kensington-Normal Heights Library

La Jolla/Riford Library

Mission Hills-Hillcrest/Knox Library

Mission Valley Library

Pacific Beach/Taylor Library

Point Loma/Hervey Library

Rancho Bernardo Library

Rancho Peñasquitos Library

Rooms

No room assigned

AC - Art Gallery - Central

AC - Popular Library - Fairway - Central

AC - Pauline Foster Teen Center (2nd Floor) - Central

No room assigned

LJ - Garth Family Reading Level - La Jolla/Riford

LJ - Community Room - La Jolla/Riford

No room assigned

MV - Community Room - Mission Valley

PB - Community Room/Taylor Gallery - Pacific Beach/Taylor

PO - Community Room & Park Area - Point Loma

RB - Bill & Marcia Collins Community Room - Rancho Bernardo

RP - Community Room - Rancho Peñasquitos

All Day

A Teen Short Story Contest 2025: Level Up

All Day 6/2–8/31

Middle School Age, Teens

SDPL Virtual Branch

Virtual Event

Library Branch: SDPL Virtual Branch

Age Group: Middle School Age, Teens

Program Type: Online/Virtual, Literature

Event Details:

Join San Diego Public Library's 2025 A Teen Writing Contest. All teens ages 12-18 in the San Diego County area are invited to submit a short story which will be judged by a panel of SDPL librarians.

Table of Contents: A Community Collectors' Showcase Open Registration

All Day 7/1–8/30

Elementary School Age, Middle School Age, Teens, Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults

SDPL Virtual Branch

Virtual Event

Library Branch: SDPL Virtual Branch

Age Group: Elementary School Age, Middle School Age, Teens, Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults

Program Type: Featured, Community Engagement, Cultural Appreciation

Event Details:

Welcoming all collectors and curiosities!

From Pokémon cards to postage stamps, we want to see your collection!

Voice Out 2025

All Day 5/12–7/24

All Ages

Central Library

Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.

Library Branch: Central Library

Age Group: All Ages

Program Type: Featured, Art, Community Engagement, Cultural Appreciation

Event Details:

Voice Out 2025 - Youth Media Arts & Outside the Lens

Central Library | 2nd Floor Display

May 12, 2025 - July 27, 2025

Gallery Closed for Installation

All Day 6/16–8/1

Central Library

Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.

Library Branch: Central Library

Room: AC - Art Gallery - Central

In The Land of... Feminist Image Group Exhibition

All Day 6/22–10/12

All Ages

Central Library

Library Branch: Central Library

Room: AC - Popular Library - Fairway - Central

Age Group: All Ages

Program Type: Art, Community Engagement

Event Details:

Lambda Archives Intergenerational Exhibit

All Day 7/3–7/31

All Ages, Middle School Age, Teens

Central Library

Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.

Library Branch: Central Library

Room: AC - Pauline Foster Teen Center (2nd Floor) - Central

Age Group: All Ages, Middle School Age, Teens

Program Type: Art, Community Engagement, LGBTQIA+

Event Details:

Lambda Archives will exhibit their intergenerational oral history projects created by and for local LGBTQ+ youth and elders. Learn about figures in our local community.

The Wizard's Quest

All Day 7/5–8/31

All Ages, Elementary School Age, Middle School Age, Teens, Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults

Kensington-Normal Heights Library

Library Branch: Kensington-Normal Heights Library

Age Group: All Ages, Elementary School Age, Middle School Age, Teens, Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults

Program Type: Community Engagement, Summer Reading Program

Event Details:

Happy Summer Reading Program! As our staff were getting things ready to help everyone Level Up at Your Library, we discovered a mysterious note left in our book drop:

Remember Us The Holocaust (RUTH) Exhibit

All Day 1/12–6/28

All Ages

La Jolla/Riford Library

Library Branch: La Jolla/Riford Library

Room: LJ - Garth Family Reading Level - La Jolla/Riford

Age Group: All Ages

Program Type: Art, Community Engagement

Event Details:

Now extended through June 28, 2026!

Life in the Ocean Underwater Photography

All Day 6/28–9/25

All Ages

La Jolla/Riford Library

Library Branch: La Jolla/Riford Library

Room: LJ - Community Room - La Jolla/Riford

Age Group: All Ages

Program Type: Art, Community Engagement

Event Details:

Life in the Ocean: Presented by the San Diego Underwater Photographic Society

On exhibit from June 28, 2025 to September 25, 2025

Lambda Archives-Writing as Resistance: A Celebration of Queer Literature Exhibit

All Day 7/7–7/31

Mission Hills-Hillcrest/Knox Library

Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.

Library Branch: Mission Hills-Hillcrest/Knox Library

Program Type: Celebration Month, Art, LGBTQIA+

Event Details:

In celebration of San Diego Pride, come check out Lambda Archives of San Diego's Writing as Resistance: A Celebration of Queer Literature Traveling Exhibit.

On View: Constructs-Elliott Linwood

All Day 5/2–7/30

All Ages

Mission Valley Library

Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.

Library Branch: Mission Valley Library

Room: MV - Community Room - Mission Valley

Age Group: All Ages

Program Type: Art, Community Engagement

Event Details:

Constructs

Elliott Linwood

May 2 - July 30, 2025

On View: Colored Pencil Society

All Day 6/14–8/8

All Ages

Pacific Beach/Taylor Library

Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.

Library Branch: Pacific Beach/Taylor Library

Room: PB - Community Room/Taylor Gallery - Pacific Beach/Taylor

Age Group: All Ages

Program Type: Art, Community Engagement

Event Details:

The Colored Pencil Society is a not-for-profit organization founded to promote the stature and awareness of colored pencil art as a viable art form.

This exhibit is works by the members of the San Diego Chapter.

Paintings by Tony Jeffreys

All Day 7/1–8/31

All Ages

Point Loma/Hervey Library

Library Branch: Point Loma/Hervey Library

Room: PO - Community Room & Park Area - Point Loma

Age Group: All Ages

Program Type: Art, Community Engagement

Event Details:

Local artists Tony Jeffreys current art work.

Fine Art by Rose Mizrahi

All Day 7/5–9/27

All Ages

Point Loma/Hervey Library

Library Branch: Point Loma/Hervey Library

Room: PO - Community Room & Park Area - Point Loma

Age Group: All Ages

Program Type: Art, Community Engagement

Event Details:

Contemporary abstract artist.

Laura Green: Mountains to Sea

All Day 7/1–9/30

All Ages

Rancho Bernardo Library

Library Branch: Rancho Bernardo Library

Room: RB - Bill & Marcia Collins Community Room - Rancho Bernardo

Age Group: All Ages

Program Type: Art, Community Engagement

Event Details:

Laura Green’s acrylic paintings on canvas are inspired by her exploration of river trails and coastlines. Many of her paintings show figures on journeys.

Artist Maggie Yang

All Day 7/17–9/17

All Ages

Rancho Peñasquitos Library

Library Branch: Rancho Peñasquitos Library

Room: RP - Community Room - Rancho Peñasquitos

Age Group: All Ages

Program Type: Art, Community Engagement, Cultural Appreciation

Event Details:

Located in the Community Room and Upper Mezzanine Art Niche

Artist Shylaja Nanjundiah

All Day 7/17–9/17

All Ages

Rancho Peñasquitos Library

Library Branch: Rancho Peñasquitos Library

Room: RP - Community Room - Rancho Peñasquitos

Age Group: All Ages

Program Type: Art, Community Engagement

Event Details:

Originally from India, Shylaja has been painting all her life. Her art reflects the joy and admiration she feels at all the beautiful things in nature.

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Welcoming all collectors and curiosities!

Constructs

Elliott Linwood