Study and Chill: Artful Summer

11:30am - 7:30pm
Valencia Park/Malcolm X Library
Library Branch: Valencia Park/Malcolm X Library
Room: Legler Benbough Teen IDEA Lab
Age Group: Middle School Age, Teens
Program Type: Art, Community Engagement, IDEA Labs/Makerspaces
Event Details:

Looking for a cool space to get away from the summer heat?

Free Summer Lunch!

12:00pm - 2:00pm
Skyline Hills Library
Library Branch: Skyline Hills Library
Room: Multipurpose Room - Skyline Hills
Age Group: Babies/Toddlers, Preschoolers, Elementary School Age, Middle School Age, Teens
Program Type: Accessibility, Featured, Art, Cultural Appreciation, Early Learning, Summer Reading Program, Wellness
Event Details:

DIY Tuesdays

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm: Free Lunch  for youth ages 0-18!

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm: Join our Summer Lunch DIY Tuesdays & TRACE with Toshwerks

Free Summer Lunch: Upcycling Denim (Clicbitz)

12:00pm - 2:00pm
Central Library
Library Branch: Central Library
Room: Pauline Foster Teen Center (2nd Floor)
Age Group: Middle School Age, Teens
Program Type: Featured, Art
Event Details:

Join us for a workshop to upcycle a jean jacket and create a denim pouch! Ages 12-18 only.

Lego Club

2:30pm - 3:30pm
Allied Gardens/Benjamin Library
Library Branch: Allied Gardens/Benjamin Library
Room: Community Room - Allied Gardens/Benjamin
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Art

LEGO Play Lab

3:30pm - 4:30pm
College-Rolando Library
Library Branch: College-Rolando Library
Room: Children's Area - College-Rolando
Age Group: Preschoolers, Elementary School Age, Middle School Age
Program Type: Art,
Event Details:

Learn, play, and create with LEGOs!

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

Crafts for Kids with Mr. Luan

4:00pm - 4:45pm
Linda Vista Library
Library Branch: Linda Vista Library
Age Group: Preschoolers, Elementary School Age
Program Type: Art,
Event Details:

Stretch your imagination and discover the artist within you've always known existed! Create fabulous crafts! In this program, get detailed instructions on how to make a craft you'll be able to take home!

Crafternoon: Tissue Paper Campfire Craft

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Balboa Library
Library Branch: Balboa Library
Age Group: Preschoolers, Elementary School Age, Middle School Age
Program Type: Art
Event Details:

Make a pretend campfire out of craft sticks and scrunched-up tissue paper.

(For ages 4 and up).

 

S.T.E.A.M. Tuesday: Solar System Art

4:00pm - 5:00pm
La Jolla/Riford Library
Library Branch: La Jolla/Riford Library
Room: Community Room - La Jolla/Riford
Age Group: Preschoolers, Elementary School Age
Program Type: Art, Science/STEAM
Event Details:

STEAM every other Tuesday with library staff as we take on a unique science or art project!  All supplies provided.  Grades K—5th.

THIS WEEK'S PROJECT: 

Solar System Art

Teen DIY: Friendship Bracelets

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Rancho Bernardo Library
Library Branch: Rancho Bernardo Library
Room: Bill & Marcia Collins Community Room - Rancho Bernardo
Age Group: Middle School Age, Teens
Program Type: Art, Summer Reading Program
Event Details:

Use yarn and a cardboard loom to make friendship bracelets.

 

For teens entering grades 6 - 12. No registration necessary. WHILE SUPPLIES LAST.

Program dates and times subject to change.

Anime Club

4:00pm - 6:00pm
Valencia Park/Malcolm X Library
Library Branch: Valencia Park/Malcolm X Library
Age Group: Middle School Age, Teens
Program Type: Art, Community Engagement, Cultural Appreciation, Films, IDEA Labs/Makerspaces
Event Details:

Join the Legler Benbough Teen IDEA Lab on the last Tuesdays of the month at 4pm to watch popular anime of the current anime season, eat some Japanese snacks, talk about current manga you're reading, and make some friends.

Sit and Knit /Club de Tejido

4:30pm - 6:00pm
Logan Heights Library
Library Branch: Logan Heights Library
Room: Seminar Room 1 - Logan Heights
Age Group: Teens, Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Art
Event Details:

Join us on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month to practice knitting.  Beginners and knitters of all levels are welcome to attend.  We provide materials and instruction.  Bring a project you're currently working on, or try somethin

Blocks Party!

5:00pm - 6:00pm
Skyline Hills Library
Library Branch: Skyline Hills Library
Room: Children's Nook - Skyline Hills
Age Group: All Ages, Babies/Toddlers, Preschoolers, Elementary School Age, Middle School Age, Teens, Emerging Adults, Adults
Program Type: Accessibility, Art, Community Engagement, Wellness
Event Details:

Come join us for our LEGO BLOCK PARTY!!

Paint Night Tuesdays: Paper Roll Flower

5:00pm - 6:00pm
Paradise Hills Library
Library Branch: Paradise Hills Library
Age Group: Middle School Age, Teens, Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Featured, Art
Event Details:

Join us every Tuesday night for Paint Night where each week we'll learn creative ways to paint.  

Tinker Tuesdays

5:00pm - 7:00pm
Mission Hills-Hillcrest/Knox Library
Library Branch: Mission Hills-Hillcrest/Knox Library
Room: Community Room - Mission Hills/Hillcrest
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Art, , IDEA Labs/Makerspaces, Science/STEAM
Event Details:

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.

Summer Reading Program: Summer Serenade Concert

5:30pm - 6:30pm
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: Art, Performing Arts, Summer Reading Program
Event Details:

Summer Serenade Concert with Emilia Lopez-Yañez, oboe, and Ruth Hertz Weber, piano.

Family Craft Night: Pride Flower Crowns

6:00pm - 7:30pm
North Park Library
Encouraged
Library Branch: North Park Library
Room: Children's Area - North Park
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Celebration Month, Featured, Art, LGBTQIA+
Encouraged
Seats Remaining: 16
Event Details:

Join us for this month's Family Craft Night as we make rainbow flower crowns in honor of Pride Month!  

1 craft per registrant. All supplies provided.