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Join the knitting and crochet circle. Improve your skills in these traditional art forms. Bring your project for social crafting!

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

Join us every Saturday from 10am-noon for Lego and Rokenbok Club! Patrons will be able to build at their own pace.

We will provide a lego square to build on and patrons can continue to build on it week after week. 

Paint a Kindness Rock!

Help us paint rocks for our new KINDNESS ROCK GARDEN. 

Enjoy a walkabout with some of Australia’s most popular and exotic citizens! This theme contains a pre-set assortment of 6 animals, and may include the wallaby, sugar gliders, or blue-tongued skink! Now THAT’s a g’day, mate!

The Friends of the San Diego Public Library will be hosting its next book sale at the University Heights Branch Library at 4193 Park Blvd (at Howard Ave), San Diego 92103. Enter at the Sprouts parking lot entrance.

In celebration of Developmental Disabilities Awareness month, Wild Wonders will bring real wild animals to the Library. This event is aimed especially at adults with special needs, but everyone is welcomed. 

Come meet this month's featured artists! The San Diego District Chapter of the  Colored Pencil Society of America will be presenting their unique art at the San Carlos Branch Library. 

We welcome anyone to wants to learn and those who want to juggle with us! No experience or equipment is required. Check our the event schedule for meet ups!

See you soon!

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! Call 211 to make one.

Experience a Japanese story telling tradition where folktales come to life!

Join the Robert Frost Society and the Library Foundation San Diego for five days of poetry workshops, talks, and readings to celebrate the 150th birthday of Robert Frost, born March 26, 1874. All events are free and open to the public.

Join the Robert Frost Society and the Library Foundation San Diego for five days of poetry workshops, talks, and readings to celebrate the 150th birthday of Robert Frost, born March 26, 1874. All events are free and open to the public.

Join the Robert Frost Society and the Library Foundation San Diego for five days of poetry workshops, talks, and readings to celebrate the 150th birthday of Robert Frost, born March 26, 1874. All events are free and open to the public.

Bring the whole family for an afternoon of crafting fun!  Supplies will be on hand for this regular drop in program so the whole family can create. 

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Providing enrichment for our animal friends is incredibly important! During this monthly program you can help us make fun and easy enrichment items for homeless animals at our local Humane Society. 

Do you want to learn how to play chess? Do you already know how to play and are looking for the perfect place to play? Join us every Saturday for a fun game of chess with friends at Rancho Bernardo Library!

In a land where real vegetation is rare, a young boy (voiced by Zac Efron) seeks to impress his pretty neighbor by getting a tree.

Embrace the spirit of Holi, the Indian Festival of Colors, at UC Library! Dive into a cultural extravaganza featuring captivating music, energetic dance, engaging crafts, and delectable refreshments.

Come all lego-philes and create your own architectural masterpiece, engineering feat, or artistic expression. (For ages 3 and up).

Why be BORED when there is BOARD Game Club every Wednesday, 3:00-5:00?  Come on down to the Children's and teen area where you will find classic board games as well as steam based games.  Bring your friends - or make new ones.

Join the Robert Frost Society and the Library Foundation San Diego for five days of poetry workshops, talks, and readings to celebrate the 150th birthday of Robert Frost, born March 26, 1874. All events are free and open to the public.

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FIG (or friendly, inclusive gardening), designing gardens that are accessible to all ages and all abilities.

Holi, the Festival of Color, is a two day Hindu festival celebrated in India to mark the arrival of spring and the victory of good over evil.

Stop by to speak with staff from the Sustainability and Mobility Department (SuMo) to learn about the City’s first Mobility Master Plan (MMP)!&n

Enjoy a free screening of the Japanese anime Ghost in the Shell on the big screen in the Community Room. Free popcorn will be served.

Enjoy playing chess or have you always wanted to learn? Chess increases problem solving skills, abstract reasoning, creative and strategic thinking, and pattern recognition. Best of all, it’s fun to play!

All ages and levels welcome!

Join us every Tuesday afternoon for stories and songs for all ages!

Have you always wanted to learn how to play chess or improve your skills? If you have never played before, or are just looking for someone to practice with, join us for some friendly competition!  All supplies are provided.

Join us every Thursday from 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm for Courtyard Chess. Downtown Chess meets at the courtyard/1st floor lobby of the San Diego Central Library @ Joan ^ Irwin Jacobs Common. All ages are welcome to join. 

Hangout at the Paradise Hills Branch Library every Friday for "Movie Hangout."   Watch family friendly movies where you can lounge on cushioned mats.

Come to the library to learn and play board games.  We will have a collection of games available and you are also welcome to bring your own games.  Game play will be self-led by participants.  All ages welcome!

Join us in celebrating Holi! Bring your friends and family and join in the crafts, music, treats and fun! Event is for all ages.

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 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!

Everyone enjoyed the Kamishibai Story Performance on Tuesday 3/12 so much that Mr. Walter has agreed to come back again with some new stories to share! Be sure to join us at 6:00pm on March 19th. We look forward to seeing you then!

In celebration of the Visual Arts Program's newest multi-site exhibition - The Art & Vision of James Hubbell: Architecture of Jubilation, now onview at the Central Library's Art Gallery on t

Come let your voice be heard, and learn what’s going on in your community. Local representatives present updates at every meeting. This is a great way to become active in your neighborhood and maybe meet some of your neighbors!