Name: -Arts & Crafts for Kids
Start: 2020-04-25
End: 2020-04-25
Location: University Heights Library

-Arts & Crafts for Kids

All Day

University Heights Library

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Library Branch: University Heights Library

Age Group: Preschoolers, Elementary School Age, Middle School Age

Program Type: Art

Event Details:

Let's get creative! Color, paint, draw, and create a variety of fun and easy art and craft projects! Held every Saturday.

Library program

All Day

Scripps Miramar Ranch Library

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Library Branch: Scripps Miramar Ranch Library

Room: Community Room - Scripps Miramar Ranch

Adult Yoga

9:30am - 10:30am

College-Rolando Library

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Library Branch: College-Rolando Library

Room: Community Room - College-Rolando

Age Group: Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults

Program Type: Community Engagement, , Wellness

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Join us for YOGA!

The benefits of yoga include increased flexibility, strength, balance, and body awareness as well as stress reduction.

Meditation

9:30am - 10:30am

San Carlos Library

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Library Branch: San Carlos Library

Room: Winer Family Community Room & Art Gallery

Age Group: All Ages, Adults, Older Adults

Program Type: Wellness

Event Details:

According to the Mayo Clinic, "If stress has you anxious, tense and worried, consider meditation. Spending even a few minutes in meditation can restore your calm and inner peace." Every Saturday except the 1st Saturday of the month.

Citizenship Classes

9:30am - 11:30am

San Ysidro Library

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Library Branch: San Ysidro Library

Room: Kreutzkamp Foundation Foundation Children's Homework Center - San Ysidro

Age Group: Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults

Program Type: Citizenship and Immigration

Event Details:

Citizenship classes - Saturday Mornings - 9:30 - 11:30am

Art Class for Kids

9:30am - 12:00pm

La Jolla/Riford Library

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Library Branch: La Jolla/Riford Library

Room: Community Room - La Jolla/Riford

Age Group: Preschoolers, Elementary School Age

Program Type: Art

Event Details:

Join us as professional artist Joe Nyiri introduces a fun new project for children each session. Free and all supplies provided. For ages 5 and up.

Screen Free Saturday

9:30am - 12:00pm

Central Library

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Library Branch: Central Library

Room: Denny Sanford Children's Library (1st Floor)

Age Group: Babies/Toddlers, Preschoolers, Elementary School Age, Middle School Age

Program Type: Art, Performing Arts, Science/STEAM, Wellness

Event Details:

Put down your phones, turn off your tablet and log off the computer—it’s time for family fun! The Children’s Library will be turning off the computers and providing programs to take a “digital break”.

Aztec Bridge Club

9:30am - 3:00pm

Valencia Park/Malcolm X Library

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Library Branch: Valencia Park/Malcolm X Library

Room: Lounge/ Multi-Media Open Area

Age Group: Adults, Older Adults

Program Type: Community Engagement

Math Busters

10:00am - 11:00am

Rancho Peñasquitos

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Library Branch: Rancho Peñasquitos

Room: Children's Area - Rancho Peñasquitos

Age Group: Elementary School Age, Middle School Age

Program Type: , Science/STEAM

Event Details:

Math Muddle?

Middle and elementary school students wanting math help will find it with Math Busters!

Saya - Wind Instruments

10:00am - 11:00am

Carmel Valley Library

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Library Branch: Carmel Valley Library

Room: Community Room - Carmel Valley

Age Group: Elementary School Age, Middle School Age

Program Type: , Performing Arts

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Seats Remaining: 3

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High school students give free music lessons to children. There will be openings for 3 FLUTE Students and 2 TRUMPET Students. Students must supply their own instruments as they are not provided.

Meditación en Español

10:00am - 11:30am

Logan Heights Library

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Library Branch: Logan Heights Library

Room: David C. Copley Foundation Teen IDEA Lab

Age Group: Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults

Program Type: Community Engagement, En Español, Wellness

Event Details:

Prácticas de meditación para disminuir la presión, el estrés y mejorar la salud total.

The League of Amazing Programmers/Coding

10:00am - 11:30am

Valencia Park/Malcolm X Library

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Library Branch: Valencia Park/Malcolm X Library

Room: Legler Benbough Teen IDEA Lab

Age Group: Middle School Age, Teens

Program Type: , IDEA Labs/Makerspaces, Science/STEAM

Event Details:

Dive right into coding with Java, one of the world's most scalable and popular programming languages. This is a practical and fun workshop with not lecture-style teaching. You will learn by doing! Workshops provided by the League

Computers 2 Kids

10:00am - 12:00pm

City Heights/Weingart Library

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Library Branch: City Heights/Weingart Library

Age Group: All Ages

Program Type:

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Seats Remaining: 16

Event Details:

Take a computer skills class and, if you qualify, you may receive a computer! Please contact Computers 2 Kids if you have any questions.

https://www.c2sdk.org/contact/

Computers 2 Kids

10:00am - 12:00pm

Serra Mesa-Kearny Mesa Library

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Library Branch: Serra Mesa-Kearny Mesa Library

Age Group: Middle School Age, Teens, Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults

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Parents, sign up for this introductory computer class for the chance to qualify for a free computer from Computers 2 Kids. Sign-ups begin on the first day of the month at the circulation desk.

Computers 2 San Diego Kids

10:00am - 12:00pm

Logan Heights Library

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Library Branch: Logan Heights Library

Age Group: Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults

Program Type: Community Engagement,

Event Details:

Families attend training class then receive a basic desktop computer at no cost. To sign up please call the Logan Heights Branch Library for registration at (619) 533-3968.

Computers 2 San Diego Kids

10:00am - 12:00pm

Otay Mesa-Nestor Library

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Library Branch: Otay Mesa-Nestor Library

Room: Seminar Room - Otay Mesa-Nestor

Age Group: Preschoolers, Elementary School Age, Middle School Age, Teens, Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults

Program Type: Community Engagement

Event Details:

Do you need a computer but can't afford to buy one? Sign-up for the C2SDK seminar where you will learn how to qualify and apply for a computer. Registration required.

San Diego People of Color Quilt Guild

10:00am - 2:00pm

Valencia Park/Malcolm X Library

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Library Branch: Valencia Park/Malcolm X Library

Room: Seminar Room (A-B) - Valencia Park/Malcolm X

Age Group: Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults

Program Type: Art, Community Engagement

Event Details:

Our Guild's goal is to promote interest in all forms of quilting and textile art and to provide a forum for the continuation of the tradition of quilting as an art and as a method of recording history and story-telling within the community.

Friends of the Balboa Library Book Sale

10:00am - 3:00pm

Balboa Library

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Library Branch: Balboa Library

Age Group: All Ages

Program Type: Community Engagement, Literature

Event Details:

Mark your calendars! Great bargains starting at 25-cents! Stock up now for your spring and summertime reading! All proceeds support Balboa Branch Library and its programs.

Zumba

10:15am - 11:15am

Point Loma/Hervey Library

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Library Branch: Point Loma/Hervey Library

Room: Marla Haas Community Room - Point Loma/Hervey

Age Group: Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults

Program Type: Wellness

Event Details:

Join the Zumba craze! Find out what makes this fun workout such a hit. A towel and bottled water are recommended for our Zumba sessions.

Toddler Storytime with Mr. Luan

10:30am - 11:15am

Linda Vista Library

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Library Branch: Linda Vista Library

Room: Meeting Room - Linda Vista

Age Group: Babies/Toddlers

Program Type: , Literature

Event Details:

Join Mr. Luan as he takes toddlers on an interactive storytime ride using felt boards, fingerplays, songs, maybe some puppets, and a lively book or two!

Paws for Reading

10:30am - 11:30am

Carmel Mountain Ranch Library

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Library Branch: Carmel Mountain Ranch Library

Room: Children's Area - Carmel Mountain Ranch

Age Group: Preschoolers, Elementary School Age

Program Type: , Literature

Event Details:

Children can read aloud to trained and certified therapy dogs. “Paws for Reading” is designed to help children improve their reading skills and confidence in reading out loud. All therapy dogs are provided courtesy of Love on a Leash,

Zentangle

10:30am - 12:00pm

Kensington-Normal Heights Library

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Library Branch: Kensington-Normal Heights Library

Room: Children's Area - Kensington

Age Group: Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults

Program Type: Art

Event Details:

Zentangle is an easy-to-learn relaxing method of drawing beautiful images from structured patterns. During the process you relax, focus, and get in a state of well being – healing art. Limited to 15 - please register online.

Signing Storytime

11:00am - 11:30am

North Park Library

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Library Branch: North Park Library

Room: Children's Area - North Park

Age Group: Babies/Toddlers, Preschoolers

Program Type:

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Sign language fun for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers with Ms. Jennifer Duncan!

Come learn some simple signs and songs at this fun weekly event!

SAYA - PIANO & STRING INSTRUMENTS

11:00am - 12:00pm

Carmel Valley Library

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Library Branch: Carmel Valley Library

Room: Community Room - Carmel Valley

Age Group: Elementary School Age, Middle School Age

Program Type: , Performing Arts

Encouraged

Seats Remaining: 0

Event Details:

High school students give free music lessons to children. There will be openings for 4 PIANO students and 5 VIOLIN students. Students must supply their own instruments as they are not provided.

Studio 5148

11:00am - 12:00pm

Valencia Park/Malcolm X Library

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Library Branch: Valencia Park/Malcolm X Library

Room: Legler Benbough Recording Studio

Age Group: Middle School Age, Teens

Program Type: , IDEA Labs/Makerspaces, Science/STEAM

Event Details:

Want to learn how to use our studio? Come to our class and we'll show you basics of using our recording studio.

Zovargo Animal Show

11:00am - 12:00pm

Central Library

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Library Branch: Central Library

Room: Discovery Corner - Denny Sanford Children's Library

Age Group: Babies/Toddlers, Preschoolers, Elementary School Age, Middle School Age

Program Type: Science/STEAM

Event Details:

Screen Free Saturday presents the animal of Zovargo. Visit the library and meet new animals friends! Animal Educators will answer questions, teach interesting facts and help kids learn about the environment.

Villa Musica

11:00am - 2:00pm

Valencia Park/Malcolm X Library

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Library Branch: Valencia Park/Malcolm X Library

Room: Music Room - Valencia Park/Malcolm X

Lego Builders Club

11:00am - 3:00pm

North Clairemont Library

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Library Branch: North Clairemont Library

Room: Children's Area

Age Group: Preschoolers, Elementary School Age

Event Details:

Kids make Lego creations. Be creative and have fun!

No sign-up needed. Appropriate for ages 3 to 8 years.

Villa Musica Adult Guitar Class

11:30am - 12:30pm

Logan Heights Library

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Library Branch: Logan Heights Library

Room: Gracia Molina de Pick & Richard Allen Pick Centro Cultural

Age Group: Teens, Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults

Program Type: Community Engagement, , Performing Arts

Event Details:

Free guitar classes at the Logan Heights Branch Library! Applications available the front desk two weeks prior the start of classes. Please return applications before the classes begin.

D.I.Y. Rainforest Terrarium: Spring Into STEAM

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Mira Mesa Library

Encouraged

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Library Branch: Mira Mesa Library

Room: Community Room

Age Group: Middle School Age

Program Type: Featured, Science/STEAM

Encouraged

Seats Remaining: 20

Event Details:

Join us for "DIY Rainforest Terrariums" to learn the importance of this diverse Biome, and create your very own miniature Rainforest. We'll GO WILD with this Hands-On workshop that's fun, educational, and not to be missed!

Admit One: SAT Test Prep Series

12:00pm - 4:00pm

College-Rolando Library

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Library Branch: College-Rolando Library

Room: Community Room - College-Rolando

Program Type: , Library NExT

Event Details:

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR SPRING - ENROLL TODAY! https://sallyridescience.ucsd.edu/admit-one/

Copy of Admit One: SAT Test Prep Series

12:00pm - 4:30pm

College-Rolando Library

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Library Branch: College-Rolando Library

Room: Community Room - College-Rolando

Program Type: , Library NExT

Event Details:

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR SPRING - ENROLL TODAY! https://sallyridescience.ucsd.edu/admit-one/

Library NExT: Admit One SAT Test Prep Series

12:00pm - 4:30pm

Otay Mesa-Nestor Library

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Library Branch: Otay Mesa-Nestor Library

Room: Community Room - Otay Mesa-Nestor

Program Type: , Library NExT

Event Details:

Let San Diego Public Libraries assist you in preparing for the transition from high school to college through the Admit One College Prep Academy! Admit one provides an advantage on SAT & ACT test preparation.

Villa Musica Youth Guitar Classes

12:30pm - 1:30pm

Logan Heights Library

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Library Branch: Logan Heights Library

Room: Gracia Molina de Pick & Richard Allen Pick Centro Cultural

Age Group: Elementary School Age, Middle School Age

Program Type: Community Engagement, , Performing Arts

Event Details:

Free guitar classes at the Logan Heights Branch Library! Applications available the front desk two weeks prior the start of classes. Please return applications before the classes begin.

Tech Tutoring

12:30pm - 2:30pm

Balboa Library

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Library Branch: Balboa Library

Age Group: Adults, Older Adults

Program Type:

Event Details:

Are you looking to expand your technology skills? Would you like support setting up email, creating a resume, and accessing library databases? We're here to help!

Kids' Krafternoon

1:00pm - 2:00pm

Balboa Library

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Library Branch: Balboa Library

Room: Children's Area - Balboa

Age Group: Preschoolers, Elementary School Age, Middle School Age

Program Type: Art, Community Engagement,

Event Details:

Visit the library and create your own fun craft to take home! [Kindergarten-4th grade]

Healthy Adventures: Cooking Classes for Teens & Adults

1:00pm - 2:30pm

Tierrasanta Library

Encouraged

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Library Branch: Tierrasanta Library

Room: Community Room - Tierrasanta

Age Group: Teens, Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults

Program Type: Wellness

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Seats Remaining: 20

Event Details:

Healthy Adventures Foundation’s chef will conduct a healthy cooking demonstration and hands-on class to encourage the consumption of more whole grains, fruits, and vegetables.

Library NExT: Program Your Future

1:00pm - 4:00pm

San Ysidro Library

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Library Branch: San Ysidro Library

Room: Lloyd de Llamas Community Room - San Ysidro

Age Group: Teens, Emerging Adults

Program Type: , Library NExT, Science/STEAM

Event Details:

Program Your Future

FREE Certificate Programs for High School Students!

Saturdays, January 25, 2020 - September 27, 2020 | 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Nature All Around Us: Biomimicry

1:00pm - 4:00pm

Linda Vista Library

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Library Branch: Linda Vista Library

Room: Meeting Room - Linda Vista

Program Type: , Library NExT, Science/STEAM

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Seats Remaining: 15

Event Details:

Ever wonder why airplanes resemble birds? Why submarines are shaped like whales? It's because of biomimicry, an approach to development that creates solutions to human challenges by imitating the designs of nature.

Villa Musica Mariachi Ensemble

2:00pm - 3:00pm

Logan Heights Library

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Library Branch: Logan Heights Library

Room: Community Room - Logan Heights

Age Group: Middle School Age, Teens, Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults

Program Type: Community Engagement, , Performing Arts

Event Details:

Mariachi Ensemble (ages 10+)

Spring Into STEAM: Go Wild!: Sounds of the Rainforest: Making a Manguaré

2:00pm - 3:30pm

City Heights/Weingart Library

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Library Branch: City Heights/Weingart Library

Room: Community Room - City Heights/Weingart

Age Group: Middle School Age

Encouraged

Seats Remaining: 20

Event Details:

Learn how the Bora-Huitoto People, one of the many tribes living on the Amazon forest, make and use their drums to communicate among themselves and between villages.

Chess Club for Ages 7-17

2:00pm - 4:00pm

Carmel Valley Library

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Library Branch: Carmel Valley Library

Room: Children's Area - Carmel Valley

Age Group: Elementary School Age, Middle School Age, Teens

Program Type: Community Engagement,

Event Details:

Children ages 7-17, of all levels are welcome to attend Chess Club, which meets on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month at the Children's Area from 2pm-4pm.

Create It!

2:00pm - 4:00pm

Central Library

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Library Branch: Central Library

Room: Denny Sanford Children's Library (1st Floor)

Age Group: Preschoolers, Elementary School Age, Middle School Age

Program Type: Art

Event Details:

Need something to do? Come on by and get your creative juices flowing! Art supplies are put out so that you can make simple and easy crafts.

Fun Learning Saturdays-

2:00pm - 4:00pm

University Heights Library

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Library Branch: University Heights Library

Age Group: Middle School Age

Program Type: Science/STEAM

Event Details:

Participate in fun projects & activities. Join our teen volunteers who want to share their love for learning!

Open Source Computing Lab

2:00pm - 4:00pm

Central Library

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Library Branch: Central Library

Room: Innovation Lab (3rd Floor)

Age Group: Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults

Program Type: , IDEA Labs/Makerspaces

Event Details:

Join us at this drop-in clinic for training and help with open-source software, including Inkscape/Inkstitch, OBS, GIMP, Blender, Audacity, and many more! Demos and help with installation and configuration will be provided. Please brin

Do Your Homework @ the Library

2:00pm - 5:00pm

Central Library

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Library Branch: Central Library

Room: Union Bank Homework Center (2nd Floor)

Age Group: Preschoolers, Elementary School Age, Middle School Age, Teens

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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

Fun with The Ukulele

3:00pm - 4:00pm

Mira Mesa Library

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Library Branch: Mira Mesa Library

Room: Community Room

Age Group: Elementary School Age, Middle School Age, Teens, Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults

Event Details:

Join us for an hour of musical fun with the ukulele. All levels are welcome at this informal get together. Please bring your own ukulele and your sense of adventure.

Maker Lab: Smart Phone Speaker

3:00pm - 4:00pm

Valencia Park/Malcolm X Library

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Library Branch: Valencia Park/Malcolm X Library

Room: Legler Benbough Teen IDEA Lab

Teen Council

3:00pm - 4:00pm

Otay Mesa-Nestor Library

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Library Branch: Otay Mesa-Nestor Library

Room: Seminar Room - Otay Mesa-Nestor

Age Group: Teens

Program Type: Community Engagement

Event Details:

Need volunteer hours for school? Join our Teen Council for a fun, community based volunteer program!

Villa Musica Violin Classes

3:00pm - 4:00pm

Logan Heights Library

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Library Branch: Logan Heights Library

Room: Gracia Molina de Pick & Richard Allen Pick Centro Cultural

Age Group: Elementary School Age, Middle School Age, Teens

Program Type: Community Engagement, , Performing Arts

Event Details:

To sign-up please visit the Logan Heights Library to obtain the registration form.

Violin Brillante, 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Wax Paper Sun Catcher by Toshwerks

3:00pm - 4:00pm

North Clairemont Library

Encouraged

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Library Branch: North Clairemont Library

Room: Meeting Room - North Clairemont

Age Group: Elementary School Age, Middle School Age, Teens, Emerging Adults, Adults

Program Type: Art, Community Engagement

Encouraged

Seats Remaining: 12

Event Details:

Make a beautiful sun catcher from wax shavings, pressed flowers and leaves.

Pajama storytime: Adaptation of The Squeaky Door and craft

6:00pm - 6:15pm

SDPL Virtual Branch

Virtual Event

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Library Branch: SDPL Virtual Branch

Age Group: Babies/Toddlers, Preschoolers

Program Type: Online/Virtual, Art, , Literature

Event Details:

Join Ms. Marika from the Mission Valley Library in this bedtime story adaptation of The Squeaky Door by Margaret Read MacDonald and Mary Newell DePalma. Plus sing a bedtime song and design your own pajamas (see attached PDF template)!