Express yourself in art using watercolors, crayons, markers and paints

Join us for YOGA!

The benefits of yoga include increased flexibility, strength, balance, and body awareness as well as stress reduction.

According to the Mayo Clinic, "If stress has you anxious, tense and worried, consider meditation. Spending even a few minutes in meditation can restore your calm and inner peace." Every Saturday except the 1st Saturday of the month.

Take some time to disconnect from your devices and enjoy books, games and activities for children ages 0-12.  The Children's Library computers will not be available during this time, 9:30am to 12:00pm.

This is a baseball program with SABR (Society for American Baseball Research).  Speakers talk about various aspects of the game, about their research projects, or authors will talk about their latest works. 

Teens will learn design thinking & entrepreneurial skills to allow them to be Social Innovators- entrepreneurs dedicated to the most pressing problems facing us today.

Math Muddle?      

Middle and elementary school students wanting math help will find it with Math Busters!

This event consists of a talk and two short documentary films, covering ancient and modern Korea.

Dive right into coding with Java, one of the world's most scalable and popular programming languages.  This is a practical and fun workshop with not lecture-style teaching.  You will learn by doing!  Workshops provided by the League

Take a computer skills class and, if you qualify, you may receive a computer!  Please contact Computers 2 Kids if you have any questions.

https://www.c2sdk.org/contact/

Bring in your baby or toddler for a storytime that will help develop communication skills through storybooks and songs. 

Explore your child's artistic side and create something fun and unique to bring home.   Join us every Saturday, all supplies provided. 

·  Make your own paper lantern to celebrate Lunar New Year and the Year of the Rat

·  Fun for the entire family!

Read aloud to certified therapy dogs.  Studies show that children can improve their confidence and reading skills by reading aloud to animals.  Dogs make the perfect nonjudgmental audience!

Kids make Lego creations. Be creative and have fun!

No sign-up needed. Appropriate for ages 3 to 8 years.

Let San Diego Public Libraries assist you in preparing for the transition from high school to college through the Admit One College Prep Academy!

Page Turners will be discussing On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan.

Balboa Branch Library is calling all nature explorers to join us at the library for a Winter Wildlife program with Park Ranger James Ibelle from the Open Space Canyons.

Healthy Adventures Foundation’s chef will conduct a healthy cooking demonstration and hands-on class to encourage the consumption of more whole grains, fruits, and vegetables.

A new year and a new you!

We are ushering in the Year of the Rat! We will have a fun craft and a special Lion Dance performance.

Please come join us for celebrating our new library's 1st anniversary and Chinese New Year!

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm       Face Painting, Cake, Chinese New Year Crafts and Snacks

Program Your Future

FREE Certificate Programs for High School Students!

Saturdays, January 25, 2020 - September 27, 2020 | 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Have you ever wanted to play with pretend snow? Beckwourth celebrates winter!  Join us for a special winter story time and crafts for children and adults, while supplies last.

Children ages 7-17, of all levels are welcome to attend Chess Club, which meets on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month at the Children's Area from 2pm-4pm.

Participate in fun projects & activities.  Join our teen volunteers who want to share their love for learning!  On this day, we will be working with Experimental Design.  Discover & understand the mysteries of the world thro

Join us at this drop-in clinic for training and help with open-source software, including Inkscape/Inkstitch, OBS, GIMP, Blender, Audacity, and many more!  Demos and help with installation and configuration will be provided.  Please brin

Join People Enjoying Poetry (PEP) for an open mic event for poetry sharing. Read your published or unpublished works, or read someone else's poetry.

This workshop introduces students to the many marine mammals native to San Diego, including seals, sea lions, dolphins and great whales.

New York Times bestselling author, Caitlin Rother, will discuss and sign her book DEAD RECKONING, about the murder of Tom and Jackie Hawks by transgender killer Skylar Deleon, who tied the couple to an anchor and threw them overboard near Newport

Join us for an hour of musical fun with the ukulele. All levels are welcome at this informal get together.  Please bring your own ukulele, and your sense of adventure.

The Mission Hills-Hillcrest/Knox Library proudly presents a series of programs highlighting the rich history of the neighborhoods in the Uptown area, in partnership with the Mission Hills-Hillcrest/Knox Friends of the Library, and the San Diego Hi

Join The Library Shop on Saturday January 25th beginning at 4pm to celebrate the release of THE CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS, the fifth novel in Ransom Riggs’s Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children series.