Mandarin Chinese Story Time

10:30am - 11:30am
Mira Mesa Library
Library Branch: Mira Mesa Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: All Ages, Babies/Toddlers, Preschoolers, Elementary School Age
Program Type: Cultural Appreciation, Literature
Event Details:

Join Ms Canndy as she presents Stories and Songs in Mandarin, followed by play and social time.

Balboa Library Chess Club

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Balboa Library
Library Branch: Balboa Library
Age Group: All Ages
Event Details:

Enjoy playing chess or have you always wanted to learn? Chess increases problem solving skills, abstract reasoning, creative and strategic thinking, and pattern recognition. Best of all, it’s fun to play!

All ages and levels welcome!

Family Arts Project: Molas

4:00pm - 5:15pm
Scripps Miramar Ranch Library
Library Branch: Scripps Miramar Ranch Library
Room: Community Room - Scripps Miramar Ranch
Age Group: All Ages, Babies/Toddlers, Preschoolers, Elementary School Age, Middle School Age, Teens
Program Type: Art
Event Details:

Molas are a hand-made textile that forms part of the traditional women's clothing of the indigenous Kuna people from Panamá.

Downtown Chess @ San Diego Central Library Courtyard/1st floor Lobby

4:00pm - 5:30pm
Central Library
Library Branch: Central Library
Room: Lobby - Central
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Community Engagement, Cultural Appreciation
Event Details:

Join us every Thursday from 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm for Courtyard Chess. Downtown Chess meets at the courtyard/1st floor lobby of the San Diego Central Library @ Joan ^ Irwin Jacobs Common. All ages are welcome to join. 

Author Talk: Barrio Rising by María Dolores Águila

4:00pm - 6:00pm
Logan Heights Library
Library Branch: Logan Heights Library
Room: Children's Area - Logan Heights
Age Group: All Ages, Babies/Toddlers, Preschoolers, Elementary School Age, Middle School Age, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Featured, Author Talk, Cultural Appreciation, Literature, Local Author, Summer Reading Program
Event Details:

A vivid historical fiction account of the community activism behind San Diego's Chicano Park—home to the largest outdoor mural collection in the U.S.—and just one example of the Mexican American community’s rich history of resistance and r

Summer Reading Program: The Rob Thorsen Jazz Quartet

4:30pm - 5:30pm
College-Rolando Library
Library Branch: College-Rolando Library
Room: Community Room - College-Rolando
Age Group: All Ages, Teens, Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Performing Arts, Summer Reading Program
Event Details:

The Rob Thorsen Jazz Quartet features some of San Diego’s best jazz musicians who educate families on the history of jazz, improvisation and its cultural contributions.