Free Fresh Produce & Dry Goods for All San Diego Residents! No income or ZIP code restrictions! Walk-up only, first come, first served while supplies last. Please bring your own bags or cart.
Live Interactive Video Preschool/Kindergarten Storytime with Mr. Luan
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 indoor Storytime at the Balboa Library. Children and caregivers will have the branch to themselves before we open to the public. We’ll read fun stories and sing songs.
Magical Juggling Show at Mountain View Community Center for Summer Lunch Program
Join us for Free Summer Lunches for minors at Mountain View Community Center and get to watch the amazing Micheal Rayner perform his fantastic juggling act! This is a free program.
Come join us every Tuesday at 11:30am for Music and Motion! This program is designed to introduce babies and toddlers to music, dance and instruments. We will learn new motor skills, shake our sillies out and sing at the top of our lungs.
An instructor from Silver Age Yoga will lead a yoga program that can be done on a mat or a chair. Silver Age Yoga is a 501(c)(3) whose mission is to provide health enhancing yoga classes for seniors. Although this program is designed f
Mind-Body Fitness for Older Adults is a restorative and contemplative class designed to promote physical and emotional balance, release stress, and create greater inner awareness through Hatha Chair Yoga.
This class blends
NEED TECH HELP AND TECH RESOURCES?!
The City of San Diego and the San Diego Futures Foundation are offering FREE Digital Navigator drop-in services.
Come join us for Toddler Happy Hour! Right after Storytime, parents and caregivers with young children can come and meet their neighbors! Age-appropriate toys and games will be provided for the little ones to play with.
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.
Baby Play & Learn is designed to support the development of children ages 0-24 months. This program includes stories, rhymes, songs, and movement activities followed by an open play time.
Come one, come all to this story time designed for little ones and their caregivers. Enjoy songs, rhymes, and books with captivating illustrations.
Free Summer Lunch @ the Library: Trinity Theatre
Trinity Theatre
Trinity Theatre brings beloved children’s books to life with an engaging book reading and a fun, interactive theatrical performance.
Meditation - Part of the Living Well for Adults program series
Whether you're new to meditation or have been practicing for years, this session is designed to immerse yourself in relaxation and tranquility as you are guided through various techniques, including breathwork, visualization, and mindfulness exerc
Help your child explore and reinforce their knowledge of the alphabet this summer! Through engaging Animal Alphabet crafts, songs, letter writing, and activities, your child will build a solid foundation for reading.
Free Summer Lunch!
DIY Tuesdays
Teen IDEA Lab /Laboratorio de Ideas para Adolescentes
The Teen IDEA Lab is a space to be used for creative projects that require specialized equipment and software.
Featuring a music studio, Makerspace, and iMac workstations and so much more!
Ikebana is the Japanese art of flower arrangement. It is more than simply putting flowers in a container. It is a disciplined art form that breathes life into each composition, harmonizing the elements of nature and humanity.
Open to the public and are free of charge. Play variety board games.
Intro to Earth Science with Project NexTech
Learn about the basic foundation of Environmental Sciences! This course builds an understanding of the living world, environmental issues, and sustainability through engaging activities, demos, and instruction.
DYH@L Presents: Summer Enrichment
DYH@L Presents: Summer Enrichment
Drop in hours: 1pm-4pm
Summer Reading Enrichment Program
Let’s have fun while exploring our reading skills!
Reading, phonics, writing and other helpful practices in Language Arts are some of the topics that will be covered.
Join Bernadette with Silver Age Yoga for gentle yoga classes that can be done on a mat or seated in a chair.
All skill levels are welcome. Please bring your mat and water.
Space is limited. First come, first served.
La Maestra Music & Theatre Classes
Join La Maestra on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons FOR FREE to learn about music, storytelling, and community building through theatre games!
Ages 10-16 years old.
The Teen Game Room is open! Come check out our Nintendo Switch and PS5. Teens regularly play Smash Bros., Mario Kart, Fortnite, Gang Beasts, Marvel Rivals, NBA 2K and more.
Look! Over there! Coming out of that library! It's . . . BOOKMAN! Using the superpower of reading, BOOKMAN has magically traveled all around the world – even into space!
Beginning Rocketry - Day Two
This rocketry camp is for students aged 8-12 who are interested in entering the fun-fueled world of rocketry.
DYH@L: Sharpen Your Skills
SUMMER ENRICHMENT!
LEGO Play Lab
Learn, play, and create with LEGOs!
Children can build with LEGOs and display their creations in the library.
SD Opera - Discovering Voices: Career Paths in the Arts
FREE and open to all, but great for Grades 9 to 12, College and young Graduates!
Join us every Tuesday afternoon for stories and songs for all ages!
Stretch your imagination and discover the artist within you've always known existed! Create fabulous crafts! In this program, get detailed instructions on how to make a craft you'll be able to take home!
Get Lit with Patty
Get Lit with Patty Bookclub will be discussing Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney.
Copies available at the Circulation Desk, while supplies last.
Sparkles the Clown: Magic and Bubbles
Sparkles the clown will amuse, delight, make you giggle, and maybe even put you in a giant bubble! Intrigued? Come and see what's happening! All ages and families welcome.
Crafternoon: Layered Story Craft
Join us to create your own visual story, layer by layer. For ages 4 and up.
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.
Reading Buddies
Join us each Tuesday as teen volunteers read one-on-one with children of all ages.
A GREAT way for children to build reading skills through positive reinforcement from a teen role model.
Spanish Conversation Club
Join the new Spanish Club at PHR Library with Dalbert the Spanish Tutor!
Summer Reading Event: Ruth & Emilia Musical Show
Ruth and Emilia's humorous, kid-friendly music show features wacky characters in stories sure to inspire audiences to be their very best, while making the world a better place.
Join us for a variety of teen activities every Tuesday!
Chess at the Beach
Let's play chess! All ages and skill levels are welcome to play casual games in our relaxed setting.
Teen Night: Art Smart Water Color Cat Painting
This Teen Night we will have Art Smart here to teach us the technical skills of watercolor. Each patron will be able to paint thier own cat. Whether that is a large wild cat or a domestic cat is up to them!
Sit and Knit /Club de Tejido
Join us on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month to practice knitting. Beginners and knitters of all levels are welcome to attend. We provide materials and instruction. Bring a project you're currently working on, or try somethin
Blocks Party!
Come join us for our LEGO BLOCK PARTY!!
Are you the next Judith Polgar? Do you aspire to become the next Beth Harmon? Can you dethrone Magnus Carlsen and become the Chess World Champion? Or, do you simply want to enhance your memory and prevent Alzheimer’s?
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.
Rainbow Spaces: Dungeons & Dragons /Calabozos y Dragones
In partnership with Rainbow Spaces come grab your character sheets and get ready to roll! We're playing Dungeons and Dragons at the library so get ready to have your character's story told here!
The Focused Fiction Writing Group
San Diego Writers Ink welcomes Fiction writers at any stage to join the Fiction Focused Writing Group located inside the Pacific Highlands Ranch Library.
The Celebrity Memoir Book Club selects a celebrity memoir to read and discuss each month. This month's selection is Being Henry by Henry Winkler.
Bring your mat, water, and wear comfortable clothing to this free weekly yoga class. Bilingual.
A reclusive romance novelist on a book tour with her cover model gets swept up in a kidnapping attempt that lands them both in a cutthroat jungle adventure.
Bilingual Storytime - SPANISH/ENGLISH
Join Ms. Lea for an engaging storytime with stories and songs in English and Spanish!
For ages 5-8. No registration necessary.
Program dates and times subject to change.
Get ready to “Shake Your Sillies Out”!
Enjoy stories, fingerplays, and songs selected for toddlers and preschoolers. Shhhh! Don’t tell them we’re getting them ready for kindergarten. The focus is on FUN!
English as a Second Language (ESL) Conversation Group in Seminar Room
Join us for casual, friendly conversation designed to increase participants' comfort with the English language and maybe make new friends.
The Carmel Valley Library Family Concert Series presents a different artist each month. Admission is free. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Carmel Valley Library.
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Short "Classics" Book Club
Join us for a discussion of "classic" books on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 6:30 pm in the Community Room.