Join Ms. Carrie, on Zoom, Tuesday mornings for virtual stories, songs, and fun that foster early literacy skills.

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!

Come join us for Toddler Happy Hour!

Ages 0-5

Come join us every Tuesday at 11:30am for Music and Motion! This program is designed to introduce babies and toddlers to music, dance and instruments. We will learn new motor skills, shake our sillies out and sing at the top of our lungs.

An instructor from Silver Age Yoga will lead a yoga program that can be done on a mat or a chair.  Silver Age Yoga is a 501(c)(3) whose mission is to provide health enhancing yoga classes for seniors.  Although this program is designed f

Tuesday is game day!  Games available from 11:30-1:00.  From BINGO to Trivia, board games to role-play, games of all kinds will be offered to children and families.

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

Get your child ready for their first day of school!  This is a perfect time for your child to prepare for kindergarten!  KinderCamp offers a variety of lessons and activities that focus on a child's academic development, learning readine

Free Digital Literacy Classes presented by the San Diego Futures Foundation and the SD Access 4 All Initiative.

There is no formal curriculum for June. Open office hours provide one-on-one help with basic tech questions.

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

Do you love competitive board game classics like Jenga, Dominoes, Uno, Monopoly, or maybe relaxing by working on a jigsaw puzzle? Drop by the Legler Benbough Teen IDEA Lab with your friends this summer from June to August and play!

Work on your flexibility, strength building and quiet your mind with functional movement practice. Participate at your own ability. Wear flexible clothing and bring any preferred yoga equipment.

Baby Play & Learn is designed to support the development of children ages 0-24 months. This program includes stories, rhymes, songs, and movement activities  followed by an open play time.

Come one, come all to this story time designed for little ones and their caregivers. Enjoy songs, rhymes, and books with captivating illustrations. 

Free summer lunch at the library! 12-1 PM in the Teen Center.

San Diego Public Library has partnered with the San Diego Unified School District to help end summer hunger.

Lunch is Served: STEAM Tuesdays with Fleet Science Center!

Free Summer Lunch at San Diego Public Library. Monday-Friday from 12-1 PM. Join us!
Lunch can only be served to youth ages 0-18. 

Grab your passport and get ready to travel on a global exploration around the world!  Adventurers will discover diverse cultures through interactive activities.  

Space is limited, registration required.

DIY Tuesdays

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

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm: San Diego Community Power 

Free Summer Lunch craft program. Join us for a workshop to create your own rug from yarn!

Koalas are not bears, but marsupials, and are an endangered species.  Find out how climate change is impacting their behavior and ecology.

Presented by Fred Bercovitch

San Diego Opera’s Words and Music program is a collection of long-term in-school, after-school, and summer artist residencies.

Open to the public and are free of charge. Play variety board games.

Join Bernadette with Silver Age Yoga for gentle yoga classes that can be done on a mat or seated in a chair.

All skill levels are welcome. Please bring your mat and water.

Space is limited. First come, first served.

Come join us every Tuesday at 2pm for Music and Motion! This program is designed to introduce babies and toddlers to music, dance and instruments. We will learn new motor skills, shake our sillies out and sing at the top of our lungs.

FREE music & theatre classes with La Maestra Foundation. 

The Teen Game Room is open! Come check out our Nintendo Switch and PS5. Teens regularly play Smash Bros., Mario Kart, Fortnite, Gang Beasts and more. 

Learn all about how to find and apply for jobs with the City of San Diego.

Zovargo provides an interactive program featuring friendly animal ambassadors! Get close & experience an animal program that is full of fun!

Space is limited and reservations are required. Signs ups will start on June 11. This workshop series will meet on June 25, July 9, July 16, July 23, July 30, and August 6.  

Don't stop learning this summer!  Stop by any of our Homework Centers to hone your skills.  We've got games' learning activities, and more fun ways to learn.

Don't stop learning this summer!  Stop by any of our Homework Centers to hone your skills.  We've got games, learning activities, and more fun ways to learn.

Don't stop learning this summer!

Stop by any of our Homework Center to hone your skills.

Don't stop learning this summer!

Stop by any of our Homework Center to hone your skills.

Don't stop learning this summer!  Stop by any of our Homework Centers to hone your skills.  We've got games' learning activities, and more fun ways to learn.

Don't stop learning this summer!

Stop by any of our Homework Center to hone your skills.

Learn, play, and create with LEGOs!

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

We are adding more colorful rocks to our Octopus Garden. Attending this library program meets one of the activity requirements for the Summer Reading Challenge.

All ages can sign up here:

Genes play an important role in the makeup of all living things.

Attention all Tweens and Teens!

Stop by the Teen IDEA Lab where we will DIY projects using various equipment in the lab. 

For tweens and teens ages 9 - 18. 

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The Teen IDEA Lab is a space to be used for creative projects that require specialized equipment and software.

Featuring a music studio, Makerspace, and iMac workstations and so much more!

Join us every Tuesday afternoon for stories and songs for all ages!

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!

Get Lit with Patty Bookclub will be meeting to discuss their current read, Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano.

Copies are available at the Circulation Desk, while supplies last.  

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

THIS WEEK'S PROJECT: 

Fireworks in a Jar

Teens and tweens ages 10-18 are invited to join Sketch Night!  This free virtual drawing program is run by the San Diego County Parks and Recreation Department in conjunction with staff from the Carmel Mountain Ranch, Central, and City Height

Check out out-of-this-world demonstrations and experiments. See amazing chemical reactions, fantastic forces, and more.

Learn how to make your own soap!

Soap will need to set overnight. Participants can pick up their finished bar of soap the next day, July 10th

Business owners will learn the foundations of business finance.

Let's play chess!  All ages and skill levels are welcome to play casual games in our relaxed setting. 

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

Parent and Caregiver Education: Socioemotional Needs and Stress Reduction offers parents a foundational understanding of emotional development over the lifespan and its connection to brain development, learning and memory.

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 simply want to enhance your memory and prevent Alzheimer’s?

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 every 2nd Tuesday for Spanish Bilingual Storytime! This storytime is meant for children to experience early Spanish literacy skills.

In this education, informative, empowering talk, local attorney Dawn Allenby will guide you to make sure you know what you need to have a plan that will work when your family needs it most.

Join us as we make Poke ball Terrariums! For those fortunate enough to go to San Diego Comic Con this month, you know you've seen these wonderfully, playful Poke Balls, decorated with your favorite Pokémon, and filled plants, waterfalls, etc.

Monthly citizenship workshop event, where we will go over the eligibility with clients for their naturalization process.

Pajama Signing Story Time with Jennifer Duncan of Signs at Play is a cozy and fun event for families with young children. It combines the joy of bedtime stories with the added fun of Baby Sign Language (ASL).

Come learn about how the Friends of the University Heights Library support our mission by attending this Zoom meeting.

Aryn Rannazzisi leads a gentle paced class combining breath work and postures (asanas) to promote strength, flexibility and balance. This all-level class will include inversions, back bends and sun salutations.

Noteworthy Puppets delivers high quality original puppet musicals featuring live singing. Artist Kevin Noonchester brings his Broadway and Disney experience to deliver S.T.E.A.M.works: The Puppet Musical!

Pen! Paper! Prompts. Come play with your imagination. Maybe the genesis of a memoir, novel? Your story is waiting. In English or Spanish—or both! 

Open to the public

Join Ms. Lea for an engaging storytime with stories and songs in English and Spanish!

For ages 5-8. No registration necessary.

Program dates and times subject to change.