Week Calendar

Attention High School Teens! Need a dress for prom? The Princess Project San Diego is partnering with the Valencia Park/Malcolm X Library for a Free Prom Dress Giveaway: Saturday, April 9 and Monday, April 11 - Thursday, April 14.

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Communities Fighting COVID-19 is providing walk-up rapid COVID-19 testing while supplies last.
No appointment needed. 
Results in 15-20 minutes.
Ages 6 and up can get tested, parental consent needed for minors.

This is a gentle egg hunt event suitable for our very youngest patrons (ages 0-3) and their caregivers right after the library opens for the day. Space is very limited.

Join in as we read, sing, dance, and play at Preschool Storytime! Come and build essential early literacy skills and foster a love of reading. Designed for children ages 3-5.

Robert Warren leads this popular qi gong class, a mind-body-spirit practice that improves one's mental and physical health by integrating posture, movement, and breathing technique.

The Paradise Gardeners is a 501(c)(3), tax exempt organization that contributes to Southeastern San Diego’s diverse communities in areas of civic engagement, tree planting and other improvements, and educating community members in the disciplines

Get free help preparing your tax return. Tax preparation is for same-day signups only for available slots on the day of. No phone appointments. Must be a California resident. Income limit: $80,000/individual or $100,000/family.

AARP TaxAide will take place every Thursday from February 3 to April 14. Appointment only. Appointments may be made in-person on any Thursday only from February 3 to April 14.

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Clases gratis de Ciudadanía para Adultos
Las clases son impartidas por Juan Diego Adult Centers.

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 enjoy stories and active songs!

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

Join us for a super fun and energetic journey through children's literature.

Filled with interactive stories, songs, dancing, games, bubbles, and more!

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.

Join us in the library's spacious community room where we can all safely space out for a Storytime with Miss Melissa or Miss Jennifer appropriate for preschoolers.

Children and their caregivers are invited to enjoy simple stories, songs and community.  Reading practice helps young ones to develop school readiness skills and also encourages  perspective-taking, enhanced language ability, and critica

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

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

Get Ready to Read!

Story times are back at Logan and we're excited to have you join us!

All story times will take place in the community room to provide enough space for all of our friends!

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. 

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 us for Toddler Storytime Outdoors & in person with Mrs. Suzanne!  We'll have fun reading a book, singing songs & dancing to get our wiggles out.

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

Join us for outdoor storytime at Olive Grove Park presented by the Balboa Branch Library. We’ll read fun stories and sing songs. There will be take-home crafts, giveaways & more! Please bring chairs or blankets. All ages are welcome.

The Tierrasanta Library Monthly Book Club is held every 2nd Thursday of the month from 10:00 am-11:15 pm. This month's selection is A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle.

Open to the public and are free of charge. Play variety board games. Attendees should be fully vaccinated and have masks

Are you looking to learn some computer skills?  These sessions—with instruction, hands-on opportunities, and plenty of time for questions and answers—are just for you!  

Join Ms. Katia for an engaging preschool storytime that promotes a love of reading and quality together time. Featuring stories, songs, and fun! 

Join us on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month for a virtual storytime via Zoom, perfect for toddlers and preschoolers. Questions? Call 858-581-9934.

I'll show kids how to draw basic shapes.  Then we'll add other elements to those shapes to create popular objects like people, bunnies, cars, fish, caterpillars, houses, etc..  Throughout the lessen I'll have them color parts of those ob

I'll show kids how to draw basic shapes.  Then we'll add other elements to those shapes to create popular objects like people, bunnies, cars, fish, caterpillars, houses, etc..  Throughout the lessen I'll have them color parts of those ob

Join us for stories, songs, movement activities, dancing, puppets and bubble! Build early literacy skills for your toddler and preschooler. Bring a blanket to sit on, the grass can be wet.

Recommended for ages 2-5, this storytime program includes books, songs, games, and early literacy fun!

Join in as we read, sing, dance, and play in this special storytime meant to encourage a love of reading and build essential early literacy skills.

Stay for an after-storytime craft project featuring a new craft each week.

All young children and their caregivers are welcome to join us for stories, songs and rhymes. Held outdoors on the grass, bring a blanket or chair.  No Registration required. We hope to see you there!

Families are invited to a special storytime with Elmo from Sesame Street.

Bring your babies and toddlers and enjoy the opportunity to play with toys & books in an unstructured outdoor setting all while listening to music.  We'll sing a few songs, and of course bubbles are included!

When the Scripps family arrived in the 1980s, San Diego was a sleepy little town. E.W. and his half-sister Ellen Browning Scripps quickly found their places in the business and philanthropic communities.

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 bilingual English/Mandarin Chinese stories and songs with Ms. Danning at the library. All ages welcome. The storytime will be on the 3rd Saturday of the month from 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Please join us for stories and songs every Saturday morning on the patio at 10:00AM.

Classes will run from 4/9-6/11...register below!

English

Saturday Sontage poetry discussion

First come, first served - get your tech questions answered.

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

Free ballet and jazz classes. Join us on Saturdays to learn how to dance ballet and jazz.

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.

Ages 0 - 17 months

Bond with baby through books, songs, and bounces at our lap-sit story time.

Join us for stories, songs, movement activities, dancing, puppets and bubble! Build early literacy skills for your toddler and preschooler. Bring a blanket to sit on, the grass can be wet.

Hop on over to the Point Loma/Hervey Library for an eggs-tra special egg hunt for toddlers and preschoolers!
 

At 10:30am, join us for a fun craft in the Community Room as we decorate our spring-themed goodie bags. Then,

This alternative book club gives young adults the chance to share what they are reading in front of a peer for 10 minutes at a time. When the time runs out, it's time to switch and find a new partner to talk books with.

April showers may bring May flowers and they also bring rainbows.  Join us for a Rainbow Painting Party to create a hanging rainbow decoration.  Fun for the whole family. 

All materials will be provided.

Learn the basics of circuitry! Students will learn how to interpret circuit drawings and how to use capacitors and transistors in fun projects.

This is a virtual workshop.

Volunteers from AARP's Tax-Aide program will help you prepare and file your income taxes.  Mondays, through April 11, 2022.  Masks are required by all participants, per AARP.  

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.

Please join miss Minoo for storytime, songs, and some fun!

Join us for a special storytime focusing on inclusion and belonging. Afterward, we will meet Hershey Kiss, a miniature therapy horse who helps people in the San Diego region.

Can’t make it to our in-person book club at the Carmel Mountain Ranch Library? Try this virtual alterative! A limited number of this month’s selection (The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver) will be available at the Circulation Desk.

Scripps Ranch Library Branch Manager Matt Beatty conducts a tour of the library, discussing features preserved from the Meanley House, and sharing the history of the Scripps Mansion, the Meanley House, and Evan’s Pond. 

Branch Librarian Matt Betty, conducts a tour of the library, discussing features preserved from the Meanley House, History of Scripps Mansion, the Meanley house, and Evan's Pond.

This course will introduce students to Python programming and the basics of computer science.

Chiara Capobianco was born in Milano Italy in 1980; she is a Music Graduate in Harp  at Conservatorio “G. Verdi” of Milano.  She started playing with many different Orchestras touring all over Europe since she was fifteen years old.

Celebrate Dia de los Ninos, Earth Day and Spring on April 16th, 11am-3pm in the Jeremy Henwood Memorial Park behind the City Heights/Weingart Branch Library! Free family friendly event.

Musical instrument lessons.

Meet La Jolla Library’s Ms. Katia at the Museum of Contemporary Art in La Jolla for an art-themed interactive storytime and explore the newly renovated space! Let’s celebrate the grand reopening, library style. Free and for all ages.

Signing fun with songs, stories, and fingerplays as well as tips for using sign language as a preverbal communication tool with your baby. Geared to ages 0+.

Stop by for FREE Tax Preparation help generously provided by AARP.

AARP Foundation Tax-Aide offers free tax preparation to anyone of any age - especially if you are 50 or older or can't afford paid tax preparation.

Come one, come all to this story time designed for toddlers. Little ones and their caregivers will enjoy songs, rhymes, and books with captivating illustrations. 

Party Bridge for ages 16 - Adult. Experience necessary.

Did you know that one blood donation can save up to three lives?  Or that someone in the United States needs blood every two seconds?  You can help save a life by donating blood at your library.  Sign up online at redcrossblood.org,

The San Diego Public Library has partnered with the nonprofit Home Start to offer free basic tax return preparation to qualified individuals. Appointments are required!

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.

Learn how to be a change agent for justice and equity and join us for a seminar on understanding African American history and culture.

Every month, our youth empowerment group (ages 12-18) will focus on a new theme and topic. 

Ready to earn pre-college credit while learning about business management? This virtual series is designed for high school students who are excited to learn about logistics and coordination of activities in a business setting.

*Please note time change to 1-2pm*

When was the last time you sent a thank you note to a loved one, wrote a letter to an elected official or composed a poem or story? 

Participants will use recycled materials to create a landscape collage.  They will explore how artists have shown landscapes in art as inspiration to draw their own landscapes.  Finally, participants will cut and crumple recycled materia

Want to improve your computer skills or learn how to navigate the internet?

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

Monthly meeting of the Allied Gardens FoL

Improve your computer skills or learn how to navigate the internet.  The Access 4 All Express offers FREE in-person classes for people of all skill levels.  Don't have a device?  One can be provided to you free during the class, or

A Mah Jong Group for adults is meeting every Monday and Thursday from 1:00pm-3:30pm. Knowledge of American Mah Jong rules is required to play. Please bring your own Mah Jong tiles if possible.

Be part of a Zoom writer’s group. Partake in writing exercises designed to help you set into words your literary world.

Instructors are from Silver Age Yoga.  Designed so that seniors can safely participate at their level of comfort. Every class utilizes chairs but please bring your own exercise mat if desired. Registration required for each session

Looking for a creative outlet?

Here’s your chance to make your own slime!

Followed by a fun story time with songs and magic!

Reserve your  spot for this event.

Kids, join our Easter egg hunt to see how many eggs you can find!  There will be multiple egg hunt sessions separated by age, while waiting for the egg hunt please enjoy a craft and movie in our community room.

Hutchins Consort, classical and popular: This eight-member string ensemble, performing on custom acoustically designed violin-family instruments, from the 18.5 inch treble to the 7.5 foot contrabass, brings rich sonority

Mindful meditation can help lower heart rate, respiration, blood pressure, and stress.  Instructors from the Healthy Adventures Foundation will lead participants in meditative breathing, a contract/relax exercise, and guided imagery.  At

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

Join Carmel Valley library Art Workshop to create art projects in a relaxed and fun atmosphere. Drawing media will include acrylics, watercolor, mixed media/collage. Program is for ages 8-13.

Interested in achieving better brain function while improving your memory, cognitive abilities, and strategic thinking? Then play chess!

Chess is played by over 600 million people and is the most popular game in the world.

An open forum for caregivers and the aging to help untangle the eldercare bramble bush. One hour presentation and one hour for questions about the eldercare process.

Classes will run from 4/9-6/11...register below!

English

It’s slime time! Just like slime, Earth’s glaciers, mudslides and quaking bogs are made of fluids that are neither liquid nor solid. We’ll use slime to investigate how things work in the natural world.

This is a virtual workshop.

Learn how to program an Arduino Nano microcontroller to control a vibration sensor and OLED to display your fortune!

Hop on over to the Point Loma/Hervey Library for an eggs-tra special egg hunt!
 

At 2:30pm, join us for a fun craft in the Community Room as we decorate our spring-themed goodie bags. Then,

Join the Legler Benbough Teen IDEA Lab for Maker Mondays, every Monday from 3-5 pm. Each week the IDEA Lab team will focus on a different design and creativity project and will highlight a piece of awesome technology found within our amazing lab.

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

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

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

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

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