Week Calendar

Stay and Play is a play group and storytime for kids age 0-5 and their adults. We especially invite nontraditional caregivers (friends, family members, and neighbors) who care for children in an informal way.

Teen-led program. Beginner friendly computer-aided design (CAD) projects such as keychains and simple geometric models. Geared toward middle and high school students. No 3D printing during program (3D printing during open 3D lab hours only).

Join City of San Diego’s Transportation Department-Urban Forestry for an "Urban Forestry Storytime."  Enjoy listening to a read-aloud programing, hearing from a professional arborists, and learning about the trees and plants that grow in the

LEGO Free Play: Imagine and build with LEGO! Keep your engineering and problem-solving skills sharp using the library's LEGO bricks.

All sewing levels welcome!   New to sewing?  No problem.   No experience necessary.  We will show you the basic skills that can be used in future sewing projects.

Welcome to the Core Biology Concept Workshop!

Looking for something fun to do on a Monday afternoon? Stop by the Legler Benbough Teen IDEA Lab for Maker Mondays, happening every week from 2 to 7 PM.

Join City of San Diego’s Transportation Department-Urban Forestry for an "Urban Forestry Storytime."  Enjoy listening to a read-aloud programing, hearing from a professional arborists, and learning about the trees and plants that grow in the

Why be BORED when there is BOARD Game Club every Wednesday, 3:30-4:30?  Come on down to the Children's and Teen Areas where you will find classic board games as well as steam based games.  Bring your friends -

Calling all LEGO Builders!

Put your engineering and problem-solving skills to the test by taking part in unique LEGO building challenges or let your imagination run wild and build your own special LEGO creations.

Each week's LEGO

Join us for our weekly LEGO Club program! Promoting STEAM and creativity, let your kids express their inner engineer! Designs will be displayed in the children's library stacks.

Observe an acid-base chemical reaction as you make decorative paper apples using baking soda and vinegar paint. For ages 5 and up.

New time!

Learn more about home vegetable gardening during this FREE four-session workshop. Home vegetable gardening is a fun and healthy activity for families, individuals, neighbors, and friends.

 Let's get creative with Perler Beads! You can make keychains, coasters, necklaces, bracelets, or ornaments by creating any designs using little beads bonded together with heat.  It's easy, lots of fun, and even meditative.

A simple introduction to Programming concepts using Scratch for grades 1-6.

Let's play chess!  All ages and skill levels are welcome to play casual games in our relaxed setting. 

Use your creativity and engineering skills to build a variety of contraptions and mazes. Make ‘em tall, make ’em fast, make ‘em COMPLEX!

Parking at the Library:

Youth are invited to join the La Jolla/Riford Library and   students from the Point Loma Nazarene Biology Department in a fun & hands-on series of Bio Lab workshops! 

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Come & build racetracks then let’s race! 
Feel free to bring your own race cars and join the fun! 

Come join us for Lego Club on the first and third Wednesdays of the month from 4pm - 5pm! The library provides the Lego for creative free build. Creations are displayed at the library for 2 weeks. All materials must stay at the library.

Students will be introduced to key electrical engineering concepts by building circuits with basic low-power electrical components and learning how electrical components work through experiments. Recommended for grades 6-8.

CREATE - SHARE - PLAY!

Calling all artist! Come beautify our outdoor patio with chalk then let's get more creative with a craft activity. 

Join us for a new fun weekly craft for children each Thursday in October at 4pm...Let's Get Crafty with Miss Gaby!

10/9:  Banned Book craft

10/16: Nuestra Cultura craft

Science Club is for 3rd through 6th graders who are interested in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, & Mathematics). Each week kids engage in a new and fun hands-on/minds-on activity exploring a wide range of subjects.

Kids can enjoy being creative by building with LEGO blocks and DUPLO bricks. It's a great opportunity for exploring with new ideas, as well as sharing concepts and strategies with other attendees.

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!

Join Miss Claudia for a special Dia de los Muertos Family Art Night drawing Day of the Dead sugar skull Calaveras with oil pastels on black paper! 

Girls Who Code Club is hosting a series of classes to learn coding. The series is five weeks long and meets on a weekly bases for one hour. They will use the program Python.