Preschool Storytime & Craft

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."Take & Make" craft kits will also be available o......More

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."Take & Make" craft kits will also be available on the day of (while supplies last).Designed especially for children ages 3-5.

3701 Voltaire St., San Diego, CA, 92107, US

Chess Club

Interested in achieving better brain function while improving your memory, cognitive abilities, and strategic thinking? Then play chess!Chess is played by over 600 million people and is the most popular game in the world. The Point Loma/Hervey Branch Library offers open......More

Interested in achieving better brain function while improving your memory, cognitive abilities, and strategic thinking? Then play chess!Chess is played by over 600 million people and is the most popular game in the world. The Point Loma/Hervey Branch Library offers open chess play every Thursday from 2:00-5:00pm where players can drop-in, play, and indulge in this ancient game.All players - from beginners to experts - are welcome to join in!Geared towards players between the ages of 7-18+

3701 Voltaire St., San Diego, CA, 92107, US

Memorial Day

Closed for Holiday

Pajama Storytime

Come enjoy a pajama party with us in the cozy, downstairs reading nook! Get ready in your pajamas (or comfy clothes) to enjoy an evening storytime in the library, complete with singing, reading, and playing with friends.

3701 Voltaire St., San Diego, CA, 92107, US

Picture This! Mulan

To keep her ailing father from serving in the Imperial Army, a fearless young woman disguises herself as a man and battles northern invaders in China.2020 · 115 minutes · PG-13

3701 Voltaire St., San Diego, CA, 92107, US

Sing & Sign Toddler Storytime

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. Recommended for children ages 12-36 months.This program will be held in the library's Co......More

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. Recommended for children ages 12-36 months.This program will be held in the library's Community Room.

3701 Voltaire St., San Diego, CA, 92107, US

OASIS: AI for Creative Writers: Brainstorming with the Bot

AI is an amazing research and brainstorming tool for creative writers. Based on the workbook, AI for Creative Writers: Brainstorming with the Bot, author Patricia Benesh cuts through all the hysteria and hype and drills down to AI's capabilities and limitations - and ho......More

AI is an amazing research and brainstorming tool for creative writers. Based on the workbook, AI for Creative Writers: Brainstorming with the Bot, author Patricia Benesh cuts through all the hysteria and hype and drills down to AI's capabilities and limitations - and how to use it ethically and responsibly in your creative writing. Like other computer programs, AI is susceptible to "garbage in, garbage out." The key to inspirational brainstorming is to prompt AI with the data it needs. See how AI is put through its paces with prompts "engineered" to manipulate the fundamentals of classic novels in the public domain. Examples of "prompt engineering" show how to use your material to "brainstorm with the bot" beyond your wildest imagination. The power is in your prompt.

3701 Voltaire St., San Diego, CA, 92107, US

LEGO Builders Club

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 builds will be put on display in the child......More

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 builds will be put on display in the children's library for all to appreciate and enjoy.Recommended for children ages 4+

3701 Voltaire St., San Diego, CA, 92107, US

Book with a Ballerina

Join City Ballet of San Diego for "A Book and a Ballerina!" Enjoy listening to a read-aloud, hearing from a professional ballerina, and learning some basic dance steps. This hour-long program is an introduction to the world of classical ballet for kids in grades Pre-K t......More

Join City Ballet of San Diego for "A Book and a Ballerina!" Enjoy listening to a read-aloud, hearing from a professional ballerina, and learning some basic dance steps. This hour-long program is an introduction to the world of classical ballet for kids in grades Pre-K through 5th.

3701 Voltaire St., San Diego, CA, 92107, US

Chess Club

Interested in achieving better brain function while improving your memory, cognitive abilities, and strategic thinking? Then play chess!Chess is played by over 600 million people and is the most popular game in the world. The Point Loma/Hervey Branch Library offers open......More

Interested in achieving better brain function while improving your memory, cognitive abilities, and strategic thinking? Then play chess!Chess is played by over 600 million people and is the most popular game in the world. The Point Loma/Hervey Branch Library offers open chess play every Thursday from 2:00-5:00pm where players can drop-in, play, and indulge in this ancient game.All players - from beginners to experts - are welcome to join in!Geared towards players between the ages of 7-18+

3701 Voltaire St., San Diego, CA, 92107, US

Pegasus Poetry Workshop

Join us for a poetry workshop series- part lecture and analysis, part opportunity to showcase and workshop your own work.The first hour will consist of a lecture and analysis format in which the instructors will alternatively present one classical or popular poem to the......More

Join us for a poetry workshop series- part lecture and analysis, part opportunity to showcase and workshop your own work.The first hour will consist of a lecture and analysis format in which the instructors will alternatively present one classical or popular poem to the class by one poet. The instructor will create context for the selected poet and the poem to serve as the basis of a deconstruction and analysis of the poem itself, the intentions of the poet who wrote it and the social and political context of the time it was written.We will commence with Allen Ginsberg’s seminal poem HOWL, as presented by Igor Goldkind. Other poets and poems will include The Secret Rose by Yeats, works by Lord Byron, Shelly, William Blake as well as Carolyn Forche, Gary Snyder, Alan Watts, Gregory Corso, Robert Duncan, Kenneth Rexroth, Maya Angelou, James Weldon Johnson, Bob Kaufman, Leroi Jones, Amiri Baraka: and Amanda Gorman. The second hour will focus on students’ poems in which individuals will recite their new works for the purposes of group discussion. Each student will have a printed copy of the written poem in a group dynamic so that the poet may receive constructive feedback and answer questions about their work in a safe, environment. Criticism positive and constructive feedback. Students will be encouraged to rewrite their pieces and return to read them again.

3701 Voltaire St., San Diego, CA, 92107, US

Accordion Afternoon

3701 Voltaire St., San Diego, CA, 92107, US