Week Calendar

Celebrate Ramadan by joining us for a special bilingual storytime featuring stories in both Arabic and English!

For those contemplating constructing a family tree, as well as for experienced genealogy researchers.

Volunteers are there to help guide you in your research.

No appointment necessary. First come, first served.

Join us for a special Storytime in Kensington Park. We will have Ms. Zeina visiting to do a special bilingual Arabic English Storytime for Ramadan. Bring a blanket to sit on and get ready for stories, songs, and bubbles! Recommended for ages 1-5.

Presented by Write Out Loud San Diego, "StoryBox" is the American name given to the Japanese storytelling tradition called kamishibai.

In celebration of Read Across America Month, join us for an exciting Kamishibai Storytime Performance! Before  TV & comic books existed in Japan, there was kamishibai, or paper theater.

For those contemplating constructing a family tree, as well as for experienced genealogy researchers.

Volunteers are there to help guide you in your research.

No appointment necessary. First come, first served.

Join us for a Bilingual Hindi-English Story Time, music, crafts and play! 

Sometimes known as a Surrealist painter, Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) is probably Mexico’s best known artist, known for her vibrant colors, unflinching self portraiture, and her celebration of the indigenous culture.

We will be reading and singing in Korean and English!

우리는 한국어와 영어로 읽고 노래할 거예요!

Join us for a game of Mahjong. Materials provided. Mahjong Club meets every third Wednesday of the month. 

Recommended for ages 18+. No registration required.

Join City Ballet of San Diego for "A Book and a Ballerina!"

Join Ms Mei as she presents stories and songs and crafts in Mandarin.  

All ages are welcome.

In honor of Nowruz learn how to hand sew a fish plushie for a Nowruz Haft-Sin Table using materials provided by the library.

Join City of Ballet of San Diego for "A Book and a Ballerina!" Enjoy Listening to a read aloud story, hearing from a professional ballerina, and learning some basic dance steps.

Celebrate Holi, the Festival of Colors, with the library! Make a card and a colorful piece of art. Add your hand to our community handprint painting! 

Snacks while supplies last.

Community members with a basic grasp of English language can have fun themed conversations and build relationships with one another. We will talk about ourselves, our cultures, and more.

Children’s craft every Thursday at 4pm. Join us every week to learn a different medium, how to recycle everyday materials into art, and explore monthly observances and holidays!

Make a Frida Kahlo self portrait and learn to blend colors!

Join us every Thursday from 4:00 - 5:30 pm for Chess in the 1st floor Mary Hollis Clark Conference Center, off of the main lobby of the San Diego Central Library.

Join El Tesoro Del Folklor at the Annex for free Ballet Folklorico classes! Children and adults from beginners to experienced are welcome to join this amazing group of talented performers to improve their skills.

Skyline Hills Crafting Circle is celebrating the Aztec New Year with new patterns!

Join El Tesoro Del Folklor at the Annex for free Ballet Folklorico classes! Children and adults from beginners to experienced are welcome to join this amazing group of talented performers to improve their skills.

Bilingual Spanish/English conversation night and Book Club- practice your Spanish while mingling with others, reading books (Graphic Novels in Spanish ) and playing games.

San Carlos Branch Library is celebrating Norouz, the Persian New Year.

Join us for casual, friendly conversation designed to increase participants' comfort with the English language and maybe make new friends.  

Acclaimed best-selling writer Gary Phillips delivers the 4^th Annual Clara Breed Civil Liberties Lecture, named after heroic former San D