The Library will be open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, December 24, 2024, in observance of Christmas Eve
and will be closed on Wednesday, December 25, 2024, in observance of Christmas.

STEAM Events

Senorita Mariposa book cover and cityscape illustration
Available for viewing Thursday through Sunday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
In celebration of the fourth annual LA BioBlitz Challenge,
Señorita Mariposa is returning to the Audubon Center at Debs Park! Take a self-...


Lego bricks held in a hand
Every Thursday at 3 p.m.
Come enjoy a weekly drop-in playtime at the library for creative play with LEGO-style bricks and traditional building blocks. Suggested...


3D Printer Machines on a cart with 3D Printing Filament
December 26, 2024 3:00 PM
Our new monthly MakerSpace meets this last Thursday of the month in the community room. Learn 3-D printing, sewing, button making, zine...


Senorita Mariposa book cover and cityscape illustration
Available for viewing Thursday through Sunday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
In celebration of the fourth annual LA BioBlitz Challenge,
Señorita Mariposa is returning to the Audubon Center at Debs Park! Take a self-...


Toddler sits under a colorful parachute in a play space with colorful mats covering the floor.
Mondays from 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Join us for an open playtime for babies, toddlers and their adult caregivers. Make new friends, boost social-emotional growth and enjoy...


People in a maze
December 31, 2024 3:00 PM
Celebrate the last day of 2024. Make a maze and see if hexbots are as good at making it past obstacles as you were this year.


Lego bricks held in a hand
Every Thursday at 3 p.m.
Come enjoy a weekly drop-in playtime at the library for creative play with LEGO-style bricks and traditional building blocks. Suggested...


Lego bricks in youth's hands
January 2, 2025 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Join us for a fun-filled session of brick building! Let your imagination soar as you bring your engineering ideas to life. Create anything...


no prior art text graphic
January 4, 2025 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Design the toy of your dreams! Join Angela Alcerro, Professor of Toy Design at Otis College of Art and Design, for this step-by-step...


Toddler sits under a colorful parachute in a play space with colorful mats covering the floor.
Mondays from 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Join us for an open playtime for babies, toddlers and their adult caregivers. Make new friends, boost social-emotional growth and enjoy...


man and child looking at the sky with a telescope
January 6, 2025 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Come see the moon, Saturn and Venus close-up through telescopes! Weather permitting, the Sidewalk Astronomers and a speaker from NASA will...


hands holding lego bricks
January 7, 2025 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Let your imagination take flight! Create structures and designs using LEGO-style bricks in this open-ended building adventure.


An astronaut and rocket ship in space
January 7, 2025 3:30 PM to 4:15 PM
STEM activities about outer space for ages 3-8.


Lego bricks held in a hand
Every Thursday at 3 p.m.
Come enjoy a weekly drop-in playtime at the library for creative play with LEGO-style bricks and traditional building blocks. Suggested...


Cupped hands holding legos
January 9, 2025 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Come build with us at the Library. Your LEGO® bricks creation may be chosen to be displayed at the library. Recommended for ages four and...


Board games
January 9, 2025 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Join us for board games, card games, video games and block coding games.


magician with a dove
January 9, 2025 4:00 PM
Magician Allen Oshiro presents an outstanding show with a live rabbit and doves, incredible levitation, famous Chinese linking rings,...


scattered craft supplies
January 9, 2025 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Join us after school for our teen craft program. Get ready for a blend of fun and creativity as we rotate through various crafting projects...


A pair of hands holding LEGO pieces.
January 9, 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...


Toddler sits under a colorful parachute in a play space with colorful mats covering the floor.
Mondays from 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Join us for an open playtime for babies, toddlers and their adult caregivers. Make new friends, boost social-emotional growth and enjoy...


kite
January 14, 2025 3:00 PM
Make fun kites and hope for wind!


hands holding lego bricks
January 14, 2025 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Let your imagination take flight! Create structures and designs using LEGO-style bricks in this open-ended building adventure.


Hands holding Lego bricks
Second Tuesday of the Month, 4 - 5:15 p.m.
Expand your engineering and design skills at Builders Club! We provide materials like building bricks, wooden planks, and magnetic tiles....


telescope backlight with night sky and planets
January 14, 2025 6:00 PM
The Sidewalk Astronomers will have telescopes set up so you can take an up-close look at the night sky. We should be able to see the Moon,...


Variety of small children's toys
January 15, 2025 3:00 PM
Design the toy of your dreams! Join Angela Alcerro, Professor of Toy Design at Otis College of Art and Design, for this step-by-step...


Three young girls work on multi-colored building blocks.
Third Wednesday of the Month at 3 p.m.
Drop in and show us your inner architect and engineer for freestyle building blocks time.


Lego bricks held in a hand
Every Thursday at 3 p.m.
Come enjoy a weekly drop-in playtime at the library for creative play with LEGO-style bricks and traditional building blocks. Suggested...


building blocks
January 16, 2025 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
See what you can create with basic blocks. Ages 5-11.


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...


Cupped hands holding legos
January 21, 2025 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Come build with us at the Library. Your LEGO® bricks creation may be chosen to be displayed at the library. Recommended for ages four and...


colorful lenses
January 21, 2025 3:00 PM
Make kaleidoscopes and see the world in a beautiful new way.


family observing clouds to help researchers
January 21, 2025 4:00 PM to 4:45 PM
Middle and High Schoolers are welcome to join our Teen Council meeting via Zoom, and give us your suggestions on what other teens would...


A snake flicking out its tongue to taste the air.
January 21, 2025 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Enjoy a one hour hands-on entertaining and educational show featuring arthropods, amphibians and reptiles of all sizes. You will be taken...


Boys playing with lego blocks
January 21, 2025 4:30 PM
Get creative with our LEGO® bricks, giant blocks, and magna-tiles!LEGO® is a trademark of the LEGO Group of companies which does not...


Two teen boys sitting next to each other in front of Dell computers, looking at screens. One boy is smiling.
Third Tuesdays at 4:30 p.m.
Are you between the ages of 11-18 and interested in STEM? Join us for thirty-minute meetings on the third Wednesday of the month to share...


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...


hands squishing purple glittery and green slime
January 22, 2025 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Squishy, slick and tons of fun! Learn how to make slime and take some home.


Lego bricks held in a hand
Every Thursday at 3 p.m.
Come enjoy a weekly drop-in playtime at the library for creative play with LEGO-style bricks and traditional building blocks. Suggested...


Hands holding assorted Lego bricks.
January 23, 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...


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