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 us for indoor Storytime at the Balboa Library. Children and caregivers will have the branch to themselves before we open to the public. We’ll read fun stories and sing songs.

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.

Come join us for Toddler Happy Hour! Right after Storytime,  parents and caregivers with young children can come and meet their neighbors!  Age-appropriate toys and games will be provided for the little ones to play with.

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

Ikebana is the Japanese art of flower arrangement. It is more than simply putting flowers in a container. It is a disciplined art form that breathes life into each composition, harmonizing the elements of nature and humanity.

NEED TECH HELP AND TECH RESOURCES?!

The City of San Diego and the San Diego Futures Foundation are offering FREE Digital Navigator drop-in services.

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.

Please join us for a special Halloween storytime with Ms Teri. Following storytime, we will have trick or treating stations throughout the library! 

 Storytime includes stories, songs, fingerplays, and a craft.

Enjoy Halloween standards performed in Hawaiian jazz style, performed on vibraphones and other percussion instruments.

Whether you're new to meditation or have been practicing for years, this session is designed to immerse yourself in relaxation and tranquility as you are guided through various techniques, including breathwork, visualization, and mindfulness exerc

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.

Give your child the thrill of making their very first video game!

Join the excitement and test the limits of your vocabulary against other players in Scrabble. Enjoy going letter-to-letter with your fellow wordsmiths and keep those wits sharp. Learn new tips, tricks, and words as you play.

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.

During the 6-week course, you will learn how to:

The San Diego American Indian Health Center will provide free information about their services and resources.

Kids K through 8: having trouble with that homework?  Need a little help?  Our friendly Homework Coaches will provide assistance and guide you through your school assignments.

Kids K through 8th: having trouble with that homework?  Need a little help?  Our friendly Homework Coaches will provide assistance and guide you through your school assignments.

Kids K through 8: having trouble with that homework?  Need a little help?  Our friendly Homework Coaches will provide assistance and guide you through your school assignments.

Kids K through 8: having trouble with that homework?  Need a little help?  Our friendly Homework Coaches will provide assistance and guide you through your school assignments.

Got Homework? We've got help!

The Do Your Homework @ the Library program offers FREE homework assistance for students to support out-of-school learning and engagement.

Kids K through 8: having trouble with that homework?  Need a little help?  Our friendly Homework Coaches will provide assistance and guide you through your school assignments.

Got Homework?  Students in grades K-8 can get FREE assistance at one of our library homework centers located throughout the City of San Diego.

Learn, play, and create with LEGOs!

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

Violin classes with Villa Musica!

Violin ages 7-9, 3:30 pm - 4:10 pm

Violin ages 10-12, 4:10 pm - 4:50 pm

Level 2, 4:50 pm - 5:30 pm 

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!

Meet the magnificent Andrea Zuill for a fun, spooky, slimy storytime reading of Bob the Vampire Snail.

Join us to build a friendly monster out of an empty tissue box and other craft supplies. For ages 4 and up.

Celebrate the spooky season at this special Halloween-themed edition of Sketch Night! Teens and tweens ages 10–18 are invited to unleash their creativity.

Join the new Spanish Club at PHR Library with Dalbert the Spanish Tutor!

Zombies are coming! Join us to learn how to best prepare for the zombie apocalypse and other major disasters by exploring tools and resources.

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 12 - 18. 

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Join us for drop-in craft Tuesdays. Kids of all ages can make a craft to take with them. All supplies provided. No reservations needed. 

Join us for a spooktacular time at the Oak Park Library!
Bring your family and friends for games, prizes, treats, and tons of fun!

👻 Costumes welcome!
🎯 Fun for all ages!
🍬 Free treats while they last!

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

Come celebrate the past year of Emerging Makers and the Second Chance Youth Garden with a documentary showcase on Tuesday, Oct 28 at 6pm, spotlighting the local food economy and creative placemaking in the Diamond District. 

create your own cosplay outfits, share ideas and tips, and hang out in a friendly, welcoming environment.

Come join us for our LEGO BLOCK PARTY!!

Come build your creations while making new friends!  All Legos will be supplied by the North University Community Branch Library.  Your creation may even be featured in our display case!

Blending poetry, prose, performance, film/video, and oral history, Jason Magabo Perez's body of work explores Filipino American histories, colonialism, state violence, solidarity, migration, memory, and intimacy.

Decorate a small shadow box altar to learn how to prepare and set up a traditional altar for Mexican Day of the Dead. We will provide material and instruction to help you create an altar in celebration of your departed loved ones.

Learn how to make a mini magical hat using foam, ribbon, and other embellishments!

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.

Come enjoy a pajama party with us in the cozy, downstairs reading nook! 

Join us for our Halloween Spooktacular Event. There will be themed crafts and a scavenger hunt with prizes! (While supplies last.)

Event Schedule: 

5:30pm- Crafts, scavenger hunt, face painting and balloon animals.

Introducing...Cinema Club!

Discover the Difference Between Science and the Paranormal

Monthly speakers on a variety of topics of interest to gardeners.  The group tours members gardens and goes on outings to interesting nurseries and farms. 

San Diego Writers Ink welcomes Fiction writers at any stage to join the Fiction Focused Writing Group located inside the Pacific Highlands Ranch Library.

Let's get ready for Halloween by getting down to Michael Jackson's Thriller dance on the Pacific Beach Library's Cass Street Plaza! 

To prepare for our 

Join us for interesting roundtable discussion of fascinating, fun and thrilling fiction.  This month's book is Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

Mindful Moments is your chance to nurture your mental health & well-being while building community along the way.

The Halloween and Christmas Holidays mashup when  Santa takes a spur of the moment vacation and winds up on a zany musical adventure in Halloweentown!

The Ocean Beach Book Club is back in the library! Join this long-standing group for spirited discussions and diverse books the last Tuesday of the month.

Enjoy an evening of music with Kensington Baroque Orchestra featuring Cathe Sobke, Ulla Sinz, Sandra Stram, Pama Lynn Broeckel, and Susan Willis-Powers.

Come to the library and make a Skeleton Book. Please call the library to reserve a spot. All materials and tools are provided.

Join us for this month's Family Craft Night as we make Halloween-y watercolor art! Paint a spooky Spider Web with a watercolor relief technique and make a fuzzy pom-pom spider friend to go with it!

Two witch sisters, raised by their eccentric aunts in a small town, face closed-minded prejudice and a curse which threatens to prevent them ever finding lasting love.

1998 · 104 minutes · PG-13

The Celebrity Memoir Book Club selects a celebrity memoir to read and discuss each month. This month's selection is: The Woman in Me by Britney Spears.

Storytime for babies, toddlers, and all preschoolers!

Put on your favorite PJs and join Ms. Carrie in the Community Room Tuesday evenings for a pajama storytime.

Pajamas are encouraged, but not required. No sign up required.

Disasters can happen at any time and it can be confusing to know what to take with you when you only have moments to decide.  Learn how to build a personalized Go-Bag to help you and your family prepare for and

Celebrate the "Spooky Season" with SDPL and the Hausmann Quartet!

Join us for casual, friendly conversation designed to increase participants' comfort with the English language and maybe make new friends.  

The Carmel Valley Library Family Concert Series presents a different artist each month. Admission is free. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Carmel Valley Library. 

Join us for a discussion of "classic" books on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 6:30 pm in the Community Room.   For October we are reading The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford.  Copies of the book are available at the desk.

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.  Everyone is welcome!

Let's get ready for Halloween by getting down to Michael Jackson's Thriller dance on the Pacific Beach Library's Cass Street Plaza!  Then stay for spooky treats.