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Instead of our usual weekly Storytime, bring the whole family out for a FREE, fun sing along, morning jam with Hullabaloo music!

Join us for a special storytime event with Literature Comes to Life.  Audience members will join the cast and help tell the story with fun props and costumes.

For babies, toddlers and preschoolers.

Join Children’s Librarian Miss Julie for stories, songs, fingerplays, and lots of fun!

Learn signs to use with your child! Signing fun with songs, stories, and finger plays as well as tips for using sign language as a preverbal communication tool with your little one.

Get ready for storytime fun! Little ones and their caregivers are invited to enjoy stories, songs, rhymes, and more every Wednesday. 

Join in as we read, sing, dance, and play at Toddler Storytime!  Come and build essential early literacy skills and foster a love of reading. Designed for children ages 1-3.

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

Join Ms. Jessica and guest author Mariam Shapera for an interactive Storytime featuring books, music, movement, and crafts to encourage Early Literacy skills. Children of all ages and abilities welcome.

Enjoy fun songs and engaging stories with Carrie The Librarian! Due to Covid restrictions, masks for children and unvaccinated adults are highly encouraged. 

Come enjoy stories and active songs!

Mind and Body Fitness is done mostly standing or in a chair. No mats required.
Space is limited to 25 people per class.

Be sure to get to the library a little early, this class fills up fast!

This bilingual program is designed for preschool children to experience both English and Tagalog in a fun, engaging setting. During each session, we will read stories and sing in both languages. 

Ms. Jennifer will share stories, songs, puppets and more with children ages 0-2. Older siblings are welcome! Please bring a blanket to sit on the grass.

It is how it sounds: Show & Tell!  Every child has the opportunity to share something in the course of the program!  If your child isn't much of a speaker yet, no worries!  He can show everyone

It is how it sounds: Show & Tell!  Every child has the opportunity to share something in the course of the program!  If your child isn't much of a speaker yet, no worries!  He can show everyone

Join Ms. Joyce for storytime on the alphabet rug inside of the library. We will read simple books, sing songs, shake our shakers, and have fun!

Mr. Larry reads fun stories and sings songs followed by craft time.

Join us on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 11am for Kamishibai Storytime . Before TV and comic books existed in Japan, there was kamishibai, or paper theater.

Join us under the trees of our courtyard for casual, friendly conversation designed to increase participants' comfort with the English language and make new friends.  

Southern Caregiver Resource Center (SCRC) offers free services to family caregivers of adults with chronic and disabling conditions or diseases. You're invited to meet with us at the library to see if our services would be helpful to you.

Stop in for one on one assistance with your technology questions or for assistance in applying for low/no cost computers or Internet.  

Get together with your friends after school and have fun with a big box of different STEAM projects and games.

Join us for Pre-school and elementary story time and craft. 

This hour will treat you to the energy and beauty of California surf music. Musically we'll catch the early sets of creativity with Dick Dale, the Challengers, and the California Balboa Ballroom night scene.

"Behind the Curtain" hands-on-theatre workshop series around the Globe for All's Fall tour production of Henry V.  Participants will work with official production designers to shape the show's lighting, sound, set, costumes, and more. 

Monthly meeting of the Allied Gardens FoL

Join us on the Patio outside the children's room for arts and crafts after school every Wednesday at 2pm.

Make your own centerpiece!

It's surprisingly easy, and equally easy to maintain.

Attendance is limited to adults and ages 13+.

Please arrive early. Tickets will be given out beginning at 1:30 p.m.

Join us for story-inspired stretches, music, and child-friendly props! We conclude by using our breath to transition from silly to calm. Please bring a mat or towel.

Ages 3-8.  

This after-school storytime will feature stories geared to children ages 3-6.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

Calling all LEGO Builders!

Put your engineering and problem-solving skills to the test by taking part in unique LEGO building challenges or let your imagination run wild and build your own special LEGO creations.

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Join us and local artists Toshwerks for a fun, hands-on DIY crafty project recommended for ages 7 and up: a Fall Terrarium. Supplies for the workshop will be provided, must pre-register. Sponsored by SRFOL.

Are you ready to explore your family tree? The North Park Library is offering a monthly class (2nd Wednesday of the month) which will provide you with the basics to start your genealogy search!

All levels welcome to build something extraordinary!

Join your children's librarian for stories, songs and fun activities by the sea on the grass at Ellen Browning Scripps Park at La Jolla Cove. 

Music, theater, and opera instruction for youth.

Register by emailing: john.gabriel@sdopera.org

An afternoon discussing poetry and how to use clues around us to create words that inspire, inform, and move us to express our thoughts onto paper!

The Teen Game is open! Come check out our Nintendo Switch, PS4 and more.

YA books aren't just for teens! If you're Young Adult at Heart, join us monthly to discuss YA lit! 

University City Community Association - This is a community meeting featuring updates from law enforcement, fire-rescue service, legislative and other community leaders. All are welcome.

Finest City Improv presents The Improv Project SD (IPSD), an outreach program that brings the principles and practices of improvisation to people beyond the traditional improv comedy theater, focusing on those most in need of more connection, cour

Finest City Improv presents The Improv Project SD (IPSD), an outreach program that brings the principles and practices of improvisation to people beyond the traditional improv comedy theater, focusing on those most in need of more connection, cour

Finest City Improv presents The Improv Project SD (IPSD), an outreach program that brings the principles and practices of improvisation to people beyond the traditional improv comedy theater, focusing on those most in need of more connection, cour