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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

AARP Tax preparation. Please bring all relevant documents. By appointment only, in-person only. 

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I'll read in a way that'll keep 2nd and 3rd graders on the edge of their seats--funny stories, bios, fictional absurdities, nonfictional tall tales; whatever works.  The interactive element of the

Stop in to learn Japanese or improve your Japanese language 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!

Come enjoy stories and active songs!

Come join in the fun and portray a Prince, Princess, Knight in Shining Armor , Flower Girl or  Wedding cake! Wear beautiful handmade costumes and participate as a character in The Princess and the Pea by Hans Christian Andersen .

Join Children’s Librarian Miss Julie for stories, songs, fingerplays, and lots of fun!  This program is designed for children ages 2-4.

For babies, toddlers and preschoolers.

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.

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

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.

Join Ms. Jessica select Wednesdays for an interactive Storytime featuring books, music, movement, and crafts to encourage Early Literacy skills.

Ages walker to 5 recommended. All abilities welcome. 

Dance, sing, laugh, and enjoy engaging stories with Carrie The Librarian! This program is recommended for ages 2-5 but all ages are welcome at this fun weekly program. 

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!

Come bring your non-competitive attitude and let’s have some fun! Learn about different kind of crafts. This is a first come, first served basis. While supplies last.

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. 

Mr. Erni 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

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!

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

Ms. Ratula reads fun stories and sings songs followed by craft time.

Join us for "Sign-a-Story Circle Time" with Baby Sign Language Basics author, Monta Z. Briant. Parents learn how to use ASL signs for early communication with their babies through stories, songs, and other fun activities. 

Please join us with your young ones for Preschool Storytime & Craft!
Ms. Sandy will have fun stories, songs, and a special craft to share!

This event takes place every Thursday, excluding the 3rd Thursday of each month.

Each week we will practice our early literacy skills by:

· using our imagination,

· welcoming a new letter of the alphabet into our alphabet neighborhood,

Join us for indoor storytime. We'll read fun stories and sing songs. There will be take-home crafts, giveaways & more! Second Thursday of the month. All ages are welcome.

Join us for a storytime that fosters early literacy!  Features books, songs, action rhymes, and finger plays that invite participation.  Ages 1-5.  Every Thursday. 

Love to read and talk about books? Join the new Morning Book Club!

Join us every Thursday for storytime. Every week we will read a selection of books along with singing songs, playing with instruments, puppets, felt and other storytime aspects. Each storytime will end with a craft!

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 Lab Girl by Hope Jahren.

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!  

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Ages 0-5

Show off your dance moves while meeting new friends at our dance party!  

Join Ms Canndy as she presents Stories and Songs in Mandarin.

Kensington-Normal Heights Librarians will share stories, songs, and bubbles with children ages 3-5. Older and younger siblings welcome! Bring a blanket to sit on the grass. 

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

Preschool storytime for babies, toddlers, and all preschoolers!

Participants agree to follow all relevant City of San Diego COVID protocols. 

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

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

Please note: Weather permitting, this program will be held outdoors.

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!

We invite you to join our Baby Dance Party featuring members of Dance to Evolve! 

We will have songs, parachutes, toys, and bubbles for your babies to dance, play, and interact! 

A 45-minute Storytime for young children including books and music with the addition of American Sign Language signs with Jennifer Duncan from Signs at Play.

Hospice, Palliative, and End-of-Life Care An introduction to hospice and palliative care services, as well as resources for care and support at the end of life.

Need help with your smart phone, tablet, or laptop?  These Open Office Hours sessions will help you get going!

The San Diego Futures Foundation is hosting FREE in-person classes for people of all skill levels.  

Join Ms. Joyce for storytime on the outer space alphabet rug inside of the library. We will read stories, sing songs, shake our shakers and have fun! At the end children and their caregivers can make a craft together.

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 some unstructured playtime for all young children and their caregivers.  We provide the toys and you get to play!!  Music & bubbles included.  Held outdoors on the grass - bring a blanket or chair.  No registrat

Each week we will practice our early literacy skills by:

· using our imagination,

· welcoming a new letter of the alphabet into our alphabet neighborhood,

Recommended for toddlers, preschoolers, and early elementary-school age kids, this simple dance program will feature "The Wheels on the Bus," "Baby Shark," and more. Families, it’s time to show us your moves and come dance with us!

Please join fellow readers in the College-Rolando area for discussions on a different title every month! Call 619-533-3902 for latest book title. 

The Fiction Lovers will be discussing Run, Rose, Run by Dolly Parton and James Patterson.

Stop by and read to some fluffy friends! Join us as we host the San Diego Humane Society to promote literacy! They'll be stopping by with some furry companions that are itching to hear the next story!

Learn how to make 3D-printed models of some of the animals found in the Cabrillo tidepools and paint one of your own to take home.

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The San Diego Public Library’s Visual Arts program is pleased to host portraiture of the unsheltered captured by Jordan Verdin.

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.

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Join the staff from the Kensington-Normal Heights Branch Library for stories, songs, puppets, bubbles and more! Recommended for ages 0-5. Please bring a blanket to sit on the grass.

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!

Travel the world through different art techniques and styles on the second Saturday of each month, alongside professional artist Mel Clarkston.

Join us every Saturday morning for some fun with legos and rokenbox! All materials will be provided. Children can save what they build at the library and continue to build on it every week all month long!

Paint a Kindness Rock!

Help us paint rocks for our new KINDNESS ROCK GARDEN. 

Queendom is a program for Russian/ Kazakh speaking women in San Diego that meet regularly to learn and grow together to encourage and support each other to lean in and step outside our comfort zone. 

The Friends of the Tierrasanta Branch Library is in full swing once again with their monthly used book sale! Come on in and see what we have and get great bargains. We will be here 3 days at 4985 La Cuenta Drive San Diego, CA 92124

Volunteers from AARP's Tax-Aide program will help you prepare and file your income taxes.  Mondays, through April 10, 2023.  Masks are required by all participants, per AARP.  

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 join us every Tuesday for Music and Motion! This program will introduce children to instruments, music and dance. Focused towards infants, toddlers and preschoolers this program will allow them to shake and wiggle their sillies out 

Free Digital Literacy Classes presented by the San Diego Futures Foundation and the SD Access 4 All Initiative. Our February series focuses on Word. Classes are held every Tuesday from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

AARP Tax Preparation. Please bring all necessary documents. By appointment only, in-person only. 

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.

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.

Now that you understand the powerful benefits of a whole food plant-based lifestyle, you may be wondering what to eat.  Here we dive into simple tools and solutions to eat plant-based foods whether you are eating out, traveling, entertaining

In this Japanese tradition, a professional storyteller reveals a series of illustrations contained in a storybox as the narrative unfolds.  Before TV & comic books existed in Japan, there was Kamishibai (kami = paper; shibai = theatre).&n

Please join Miss Lea and Miss Ellie for storytime, songs, and some fun!

Come join us for a fun and safe story time in-person at the Oak Park Library. There will be singing, magic shows and crafts.

Join Lois for chair yoga, gentle toning with weights and bands and balance work.   **Brought to you by the Friends of the Allied Gardens/Benjamin Branch Library**

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

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

Come enjoy a Valentine's Day-themed cookie decorating workshop, and then eat your creations! Cookies & toppings provided.  No registration required.

Saturdays starting at 11:00am.

Legos will be provided.

Registration is required.

For more information please contact Villa Musica Director Aaron Bullard at abullard@villamusica.org. 

The City Heights Multi-Cultural Festival of Love, is an event that will envision the opportunity to showcase the diversity in the community. It is a unique event endemic to the City Heights Community.

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

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+.

Join us in this dancing storytime that geared towards toddlers and their parents. Enjoy new and classic stories of all kinds and get ready to get all those wiggles out and dance away the jiggles and pent up energy!

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. 

Basic ESL I is a noncredit course for students to learn English for academic and everyday purposes. Introduces activities at a novice-mid level, encouraging independent learning.

Party Bridge for ages 16 - Adult. Experience necessary.

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

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.

Learn to use simple ASL signs to open a window into a baby and child's mind, lowering frustration, and enhancing bonding, speech, and literacy with music, stories, puppets, parachute & bubbles, all with ASL signs.

Learn to make one arrangement in each meeting. One-on-one criteques with students on their work will be conducted in each meeting.  Explore other Japanese cultures, including tea ceremony, kimono Japanese cuisine and confection.

Coloring isn’t just for kids, but it’s also for the inner child in you. Come color, meet new friends, get inspired and take it easy. Life can be fun when you get creative. Whether you’re an intermediate artist or a beginner, all is invited.

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

Creator Club encourages children to be creative by designing, and building.

Today's challenge: Design and make a card for your loved one.

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

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.

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 for a game of Scrabble, won't you? 

Go letter-to-letter with your fellow wordsmiths and keep those wits sharp.

Beginner or expert, all are welcome. Just spell it out.

Every Tuesday at 1:00 pm.

Senior Real Estate Specialist Lorelai Taylor will give you tips and strategies to lighten your load and rightsize your life.

In 1932 Charles Lindbergh was one of the most famous and revered Americans in the world. His epic 1927 flight to Paris had earned him fame, fortune and the love of a charming woman.

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

Join us at the library every other Wednesday afternoon for conversation,  knitting, crocheting, or whatever your favorite fiber art may be. Bring your own project and join others who wish to learn and grow their yarn craft skills.

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