Events Calendar

Stop by the Lake View Terrace Branch to purchase used books. Proceeds go to library programming.

Get free eye exams and glasses.

Learn all about marine life up-close.

Visit the Sun Valley Branch to read to Grant, our lovely friend. Practice your reading, cuddling, combing, or just enjoying the dog's presence.

Get ready to rock and roll with Isabel Brazon in a high energy program of song and dance.

Practice your reading skills by reading aloud to our wonderful therapy dog, Grant!

Strange Interlude presents an intimate salon-style concert.

Join our clay art workshop!

Do you play chess? Are you interested in learning? Then, join Stephen and Avi every Friday afternoon to learn and play chess with other people. All ages are welcome!

Chess Club is Back!

The Friends of the Van Nuys Branch Library is hosting a used book sale, with books, CD's, and DVD's available at bargain prices.

Participants of all ages are invited to a family drum circle led by instructors from Drum for Your Life. This event is limited to 20 participants.

Participants of all ages are invited to a family drum circle led by instructors from Drum for Your Life. This event is limited to 20 participants.

Enjoy an afternoon of live music at the library! Harp and cello duo Strange Interlude present an intimate salon-style chamber concert of works by composers including Anthony R. Green, John Cage, and more, interwoven with contemporary arrangements and…

Join us on the first and third Tuesdays of each month for a Mental Health Pop Up, brought to you in partnership with LA County Mental Health and United Mental Health promoters.

Visit the Sun Valley Branch to read to Grant, our lovely friend. Practice your reading, cuddling, combing, or just enjoying the dog's presence.

Music and dances from the native Incas (Andean style) in English and Spanish.

Practice your reading skills by reading aloud to our wonderful therapy dog, Grant!

Join us for a family-friendly film!

Do you play chess? Are you interested in learning? Then, join Stephen and Avi every Friday afternoon to learn and play chess with other people. All ages are welcome!

Home Video Day 2026! Featuring home videos on the big screen, archivists talk, highlights from home media archives, and more!

Participants of all ages are invited to a family drum circle led by instructors from Drum for Your Life. This event is limited to 20 participants.

Life Without Reservations: Growing Up at the Famed Ambassador Hotel 1921-1938 tells the story of Carlyn Frank, who called the Los Angeles Ambassador Hotel home. Frank's daughter, Lisa Gilmore, tells the story of her mother's life rubbing elbows with…