Events Calendar

Come to the Pico Union Branch Library and paint some miniatures! Painting can be therapeutic and meditative. We provide brushes, paint, and even miniatures that you can keep!

Celebrate Latino Heritage Month by making Papel Picado, traditional decorative banners crafted from colorful tissue paper.

Take home crafts!

Join us for teens crafts.

Fun Interactive Science Hour (FISH) is a project that aims to improve access for all kids to ocean science literacy through free hands-on experiments. Our main goal is to relate – make connections – between the kids and the natural world. By helping…

Celebrate Latino Heritage Month. Get creative and make a colorful mosaic using seeds and beans!

Make a bracelet for you and your BFF!

Build and create with building bricks!

Make a paper doll for Latino History Month to celebrate your heritage, and enjoy snacks from Latin America while supplies last.

Draw, paint, knit, crochet, needle, color, or create in your own way! Stop by the library every Thursday for our ongoing Fiber Art and Arts Club. Bring your project, enjoy tea, and connect with others in a relaxed, friendly space.

Join us for an evening of knitting and crocheting. All levels are welcome, including new learners! Bring your own needles and yarn if you have them.

Do you love knitting? Whether you are a beginner or an expert, come join the fun as we knit, crochet, learn patterns and share stories together. Please bring your own needles, crochet hooks, and yarn.

Join us every Friday afternoon for a free-play session with LEGO-style bricks.

Join Self Help Graphics & Art's Barrio Mobile Art Studio (BMAS) to learn the basic techniques of relief printing through foam blocks that can be drawn on directly.

Tear off some washi tape and get creative!

Our Artist-in-Residence Debra Disman is back at the Northridge Branch for the year 2026-2027, beginning a series of monthly bookmaking programs in July, where you will learn to make a different book each session! No experience is required and there…

This program will introduce you to approachable pour-over techniques to enhance your knowledge and skill set in personal coffee brewing.

STAR Volunteers read and tell stories with children at the library.

Join the Yarniacs of Mar Vista, where we put our needles, hooks, hands, and creativity to work—not just to knit, crochet, embroider, macramé, and weave our crafts of choice, but to build a community of Mar Vista folks who share a love for yarn above…

Join our volunteer Ms. Bobi, for an enjoyable and informative garden session every fourth Saturday of the month.

Join us for knitting and crochet!

Learn the basics of machine sewing in this three-part class series.

Learn about the development of ceramic technology from the Mesoamerican period to today! Participants will create a clay invention to take home. This workshop is limited to 15 participants ages 10 -19.

Join Dr. Gloria Arjona as she presents Califorios Unveiled.