The Library will be closed on Sunday, April 20, 2025, in observance of Easter.

STEAM Events

A boy cleaning dinosaur fossils with a brush.
April 17, 2025 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Join us for an exciting event focused on fossils and dinosaurs! Discover how scientists uncover clues from the past and learn about the...


Multicolored code against a black background
April 17, 2025 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Join us for a three-part series on coding! Led by a computer science teacher, this series will introduce kids to text-based coding to...


building of an aquarium museum
April 17, 2025 4:00 PM
Come explore the wonders of the ocean in this hands-on presentation all about sea animals! Children will have the chance to interact with...


close-up image of a 3D printer
April 18, 2025 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Learn more about 3D Printing in the Koreatown Media Lab and use lab materials to build 3D files and projects. Files completed by the end of...


grassy flowers
April 19, 2025 8:30 AM to 11:00 AM
In honor of Earth Day, we are partnering with Recreation and Parks and Friends of Griffith Park to invite you to beautify the Griffith Park...


Adult helping two children with a writing project
Saturdays from April 19 - May 31
Be part of project literacy. Come to the library and be paired with a tutor from UCLA.


close up of a vegan sushi roll
April 19, 2025 10:30 AM
Please join us for a demonstration of how to make vegan sushi, along with a discussion of how vegan food is nutritious, delicious, fun...


Climate change community with a globe of the earth in the center and wind turbines behind it.
Pickup April 15 - 30, 2025 While Supplies Last!
Celebrate Earth Month with a take home craft! Create your own seed bombs and help bring plant life back to your own backyard!


Birds eye view of various arts and crafts materials on a table with two hands holding scissors.
Every Third Tuesday at 2:30 p.m.
Join us after school for our monthly craft-teen program. Get ready for a blend of fun and creativity as we rotate through various crafting...


bird in a hard hat measuring a nest
April 22, 2025 3:00 PM
Keep celebrating Earth Month by learning more about the birds around us. Use bits and bobs to make a nest. Will it stand up to the drop...


3D Printers and other equipment on a shelf
April 22, 2025 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM
Learn 3-D printing, sewing, button making, zine making, custom sticker design, and more! This program is geared towards teens but open to...


two butterflies sit on a dish filled with water and half an orange
April 22, 2025 4:00 PM
Butterfly puddlers attract butterflies and other pollinators by providing them with much needed nutrients and minerals. To celebrate Earth...


The word "create" surrounded by arts and crafts supplies.
April 22, 2025 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Teens are invited to learn about the science behind light reflection and refraction while making suncatchers!


vegan sushi rolls
April 22, 2025 4:00 PM
Join us to celebrate Earth Day and the City Nature Challenge 2025!Have you been wanting to learn more about vegan food? In this vegan sushi...


Teens Making Tiny Terrariums
April 22, 2025 4:15 PM to 5:15 PM
Create your own mini-greenhouse in a jar, with a live plant, moss, soil, and decorations. Nurture a young plant by giving it a home, while...


tree and earth with nasa logo
April 23, 2025 3:30 PM
Join us for an exciting adventure to explore Earth’s mysteries! Learn the secrets about trees, how to measure them, and discover how you...


A child's hands full of lego bricks in a variety of colors.
Fourth Wednesdays at 4 p.m.
Come build with us at the Library. Each month, we will have a suggested building theme. Your LEGO® bricks creation may be chosen to be...


Three images of marine life, coastline, and two people working with marine specimens..
April 23, 2025 4:00 PM
Do you like exploring? Do you want to know more about your ocean backyard? Do you have questions about ocean creatures? Join ocean...


Several rows of seedlings are pictured in pots of soil.
April 23, 2025 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Join us for a special storytime celebrating seeds and plants! We will have fun book read alouds, as well as movement activities all about...


A set of tiny plants in soil with white flower pots.
April 23, 2025 4:00 PM
Learn a Korean and Japanese fermentation method to convert food scrap and similar organic matter into a soil amendment, which adds...


Gardening workshop
April 24, 2025 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Please join us for a spring and summer gardening workshop taught by Master Gardener Yvonne Savio. All ages welcome!Free seeds will be...


A pair of hands holding LEGO pieces.
April 24, 2025 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Join us for Game Day! Build, create, and have fun with building bricks and board games. Meet new friends and enjoy endless entertainment at...


A man holds a skink and one child pets it while another looks on.
April 24, 2025 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Join us for this fun, safe, and educational hands-on program with reptiles, amphibians and arthropods! Kids will have an opportunity to...


Close up of two hands together holding assorted building blocks.
April 24, 2025 4:00 PM
Love to build? Come join our building blocks club at the library!¿Te encanta construir? ¡Ven y forma parte de nuestro club de constructores...


two hands hold colorful plastic toy bricks
Fourth Thursday of the Month at 4:15 p.m.
An hour of free play to create and experiment! Be challenged with bricks and other building toys, wooden train tracks and brain-teaser...


Hands pickle vegetables in jars to the left, and pickling vegetable ingredients are to the right.
April 24, 2025 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Come enjoy a family-friendly hands-on pickling workshop in our Meeting Room, and learn the basic concepts of fermentation and vinegar...


closeup of phone making observation
April 26, 2025 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM
In partnership with the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, join hundreds of cities worldwide for community-led conservation in Los...


Adult helping two children with a writing project
Saturdays from April 19 - May 31
Be part of project literacy. Come to the library and be paired with a tutor from UCLA.


carboard creations with hinges made of carboard
April 26, 2025 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Cardboard is accessible, sustainable, recyclable, fun, and readily available for makers who want to continue their projects at home. Learn...


A family of four with young children are smiling while cutting vegetables and cooking together.
April 26, 2025 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
CrEATive Plate brings hands on experience through cooking. Children will have the opportunity to have fun while cooking and learn about...


Koreatown Media Lab logo
April 26, 2025 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Want a chance to check out the Koreatown Media Lab? Are you working on a project and want to brain storm with lab staff? Take some time...


Climate change community with a globe of the earth in the center and wind turbines behind it.
Pickup April 15 - 30, 2025 While Supplies Last!
Celebrate Earth Month with a take home craft! Create your own seed bombs and help bring plant life back to your own backyard!


Three images of marine life, coastline, and two people working with marine specimens..
April 28, 2025 4:00 PM
Do you like exploring? Do you want to know more about your ocean backyard? Do you have questions about ocean creatures? Join ocean...


seed bomb, soil, earth day, gardening
April 28, 2025 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM
Celebrate Earth Day by making clay and compost seed bombs filled with California native wildflower seeds! In this talk-and-do workshop,...


hand-holding-legos
First and Third Tuesday of the Month at 3 p.m.
Build whatever you can imagine with building bricks!


child hands holding small legos over larger legos.
April 29, 2025 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Bring your engineering ideas to life with soft blocks, Legos, and more.


Overlapping images of polaroids
April 29, 2025 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Join our Teen Council and creatively document your 2025 Spring Break! Bring your digital and physical photos, trinkets, and journals that...


An assortment of brightly-colored paper tissue flowers.
April 30, 2025 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Learn about circuits and create decorative flowers that light up.


Multicolored code against a black background
May 1, 2025 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Join us for a three-part series on coding! Led by a computer science teacher, this series will introduce kids to text-based coding to...


Adult helping two children with a writing project
Saturdays from April 19 - May 31
Be part of project literacy. Come to the library and be paired with a tutor from UCLA.


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