Create your own art using some favorite books for inspiration!  Learn how to make your own art pieces using a variety of techniques and materials. Space is limited, registration is required.

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!

Join the Fleet Science Center for a four day virtual camp of  science-themed, hands-on activities! Conduct exciting experiments, intriguing investigations and have tons of fantastic fun!

Get your child ready for their first day of school! This is a perfect time for your child to prepare for kindergarten!

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. 

The Romantic Guitar is a musical journey from the 19th century. From Central Europe to South America, listen to some of the most prominent and virtuosic compositions written for the guitar.

When was the last time you sent a thank you note to a loved one, wrote a letter to an elected official or composed a poem or story? 

Party Bridge for ages 16 - Adult. Experience necessary.

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. 

Come with us on a wild adventure as we meet animals from around the world and learn about their habitats.  Each trip ends with a hands-on activity.  Space is limited, register now!

The arts and science collide as you mold your own plaster creations, concoct super groovy glitter slime, make paper directly from pulp, design and erupt artsy volcanoes, create some out-of-this-world paintings, and more!

Come learn to cook different cuisines from around the world. All skill levels welcome. 

Want to improve your computer skills or learn how to navigate the internet?

Come create something unique at Lego Club.  We will be meeting each Tuesday at 2:30 pm for an hour of fun building original lego creations.  Preschool through sixth grade.  Duplos are available for younger builders.

Learn about free and fully online career training certificate programs, including Auto, plumbing, HVAC, welding, IT, culinary, healthcare, clothing and textiles, and child development!

Come test your skills against others during our weekly video game time. We have plenty of consoles and games to choose from. Video game time will be every Tuesday from 3 pm-5 pm, there will be a capacity and time limit for each participant/group.

Kids K through 8: having trouble with that homework?  Need a little help?  Our friendly Coaches will provide assistance!  They'll guide you through math and science assignments, sit with you as you try to sound out words while readi

Kids K through 8: having trouble with that homework?  Need a little help?  Our friendly Coaches will provide assistance!  They'll guide you through math and science assignments, sit with you as you try to sound out words while readi

Kids K through 8: having trouble with that homework?  Need a little help?  Our friendly Coaches will provide assistance!  They'll guide you through math and science assignments, sit with you as you try to sound out words while readi

Kids K through 8: having trouble with that homework?  Need a little help?  Our friendly Coaches will provide assistance!  They'll guide you through math and science assignments, sit with you as you try to sound out words while readi

Kids K through 8: having trouble with that homework?  Need a little help?  Our friendly Coaches will provide assistance!  They'll guide you through math and science assignments, sit with you as you try to sound out words while readi

Kids K through 8: having trouble with that homework?  Need a little help?  Our friendly Coaches will provide assistance!  They'll guide you through math and science assignments, sit with you as you try to sound out words while readi

Kids K through 8: having trouble with that homework?  Need a little help?  Our friendly Coaches will provide assistance!  They'll guide you through math and science assignments, sit with you as you try to sound out words while readi

Kids K through 8: having trouble with that homework?  Need a little help?  Our friendly Coaches will provide assistance!  They'll guide you through math and science assignments, sit with you as you try to sound out words while readi

Kids K through 8: having trouble with that homework?  Need a little help?  Our friendly Coaches will provide assistance!  They'll guide you through math and science assignments, sit with you as you try to sound out words while readi

Kids K through 8: having trouble with that homework?  Need a little help?  Our friendly Coaches will provide assistance!  They'll guide you through math and science assignments, sit with you as you try to sound out words while readi

Join us this summer as we try to prevent the “Summer Slide” and help students build their Math and Reading skills! Students are assessed to see where they need assistance, then given specific activities to help them practice and learn.

This Summer's reading theme is Read Beyond the Beaten Path, so we are screening films based on books that take you to far off places.  During Tuesdays in June, you can enjoy The Lord of the Rings 

An hour painting class to make sunset art. Pre-registration is required.

Learn, play, and create with LEGOs!

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

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

Come join us at the City Heights Library every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month to watch the hottest and newest anime of the season!

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.

STEAM pirates are invited to come raid the STEAM treasure trunk and play in the library's community room from 4-5pm every other Tuesday.  It is full of 22 of the latest librarian-approved activities to get kids thinking and learning.  Gr

Join us via Zoom for Virtual Teen Graphic Novel Club! We will have a  discussion on the assigned graphic novel and share our favorite books. This month's reading is This Was Our Pact  by Ryan Andrews.

Join Dave at the Allied Gardens Benjamin branch via Zoom for a live discussion of the monthly selection of the SDPL Short Classics Book Club.  This month we will be reading "Herland" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.  

Join us every Tuesday from 5pm-6pm for Create! At the Library, featuring a new craft each week.

For now, this program will only be available as a take-home kit (while supplies last). 

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 want to improve your math skills?

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.

Join us for an evening panel discussion featuring artists Angie Jennings, Christopher Lloyd Tucker, Maxx Moses and Jermaine Williams. Their work is currently on view in the Echoes of Africa Exhibition at the San Diego Central Library Art Gallery.

An award-winning singer/guitarist will play kid-friendly tunes that will get your children clapping and flapping along!  It's a party!  Have some fun, dance and sing along with amazing music.

Join the library's book group for speculative and science fiction readers! Copies of the monthly title is available for check-out at the desk.

April 26 - Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

For the final program in our Books for Good Trouble series, we're taking a closer look at the importance of representation and identity.

Caregivers and kiddos, one and all, come on down for Family Craft Night at North Park Library!  This month, Toshwerks will be teaching you how to make your own gooey slime!

The Old Globe is producing an extra-giant production in summer 2023 of Shakespeare's Henry VI trilogy.

Too self-conscious to woo Roxanne himself, wordsmith Cyrano de Bergerac helps young Christian nab her heart through love letters.

2021. PG-13. 123 minutes.

Come and learn more from an FBI Special Agent about how and why how seniors may be targeted from scrams and fraud, what some common elder fraud schemes are, how to protect yourself and how to report it if you believe you or someone you know may ha

Learn to edit Wikipedia pages and contribute to making knowledge more accessible!

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. 

Get cozy with fun stories and songs in your pajamas!

Miss Kim plays favorite tunes and reads stories in this special early-evening storytime.

Join us for an informal English language conversation group.  Please note, this is not an English instruction class but a way to practice your conversational English skills in a group setting.   

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.