Events Calendar

Attention Night Owls! Bring your creative writing projects to the library and get focused in our peaceful Community Room.

Do you like sports? Does literature speak to you? Would you like to go for a walk? Then join us for our Book Walk and Talk. Each month we celebrate a different theme with short selections of sports, poety, or fiction.Meet us at Central Library's 630…

The UCLA Mobile Health Clinic will provide free on-site community health care and screenings. No insurance or identification required.Services include:Wound care and immediate treatmentHealth and mental well-being screeningsCare for chronic medical…

Learn how to make a soft cover, long stitch book. First, you’ll get to choose the color and look of your cover, your thread, and (optionally) add a cool charm to your binding. Then, you will learn the long stitch method of sewing together a book…

Each Thursday we will play with science.

Calling all adults! Come celebrate spring with storyteller Martha Stevens-- feel free to bring a short story to share.No pressure if you don't have a story to share, we'd love to have you join us!Martha Stevens is an award-winning storyteller who has…

Michael Rayner's Found Object Juggling show has been described as "preposterous brilliance" and "wacky jugglement," a combination of hilarious tricks and stunts with uproarious stand-up and a bounty of improvised fun and zingers. A high-energy…

The Library provides online resources geared toward job searches, career exploration, and resume or cover letter review. This course can help you learn more about these resources and librarians can assist in creating accounts for these services…

Celebrating Summer With The Library, join us for some LEGO® fun!We provide the bricks, you provide the creativity.Children and their families are invited to spend time designing and building their own creations.

Express yourself by combining different materials and techniques to create a self-portrait that is uniquely yours. This activity is recommended for kids and teens aged 10 to 18.

Celebrate this year’s Summer with the Library theme, Postmarked from L.A., and decorate your own postcards to send off to other teens at libraries around Los Angeles. You’ll receive one in return from a teen at another library later this Summer…

Join us for a visit from the friendly therapy dogs of the BARK Program. Kids, improve your reading skills by practicing with these specially trained dogs who love to listen to stories.

A beginner-friendly coding workshop where students create their own simple video game using Scratch. Students learn core programming concepts like loops, events, and conditionals while building a playable game. This program is a single 60-minute…

How does a director help the audience understand the story? In collaboration with the California Student Media Festival, Westwood Library will host professional filmmakers to share their expertise in creating media art. This workshop will be held in…

The stage has been set-now we have to follow the clues, find inconsistencies, and start to connect the dots between our victim and the suspects in our Teen Murder Mystery!

Join us for a fun pastel art craft program creating iconic Sun Valley and Los Angeles landmark postcards. Art supplies will be provided.

Celebrate pride with abstract squeegee art!

Celebrate Pride Month with creativity, color, and community! Join us for a fun, hands-on workshop where you can design and create your own custom Pride keychain.¡Celebra el Mes del Orgullo con creatividad, color y comunidad! Únete a nuestro taller…

Join Certified Food Preservation Instructor Brie Wakeland Muszynski for a hands-on presentation on how to care for sourdough starter and use it to make pancakes at home. The presentation includes tasting samples, making butter and whipping cream by…

Get creative with Perler Beads and make colorful magnets or keychains to take home! Kids will have fun designing cool creations in this hands-on craft program.This program is for kids ages 6-12.¡Ponte creativo con Perler Beads y haz coloridos imanes…

Baila Baila introduces kids to Spanish using music and movement. During our program kids and parents spend quality time together while they dance, read books, play and sing in Spanish.

Join us for a special reading session featuring a therapy dog who loves to listen! Children are invited to bring a book and read alongside our friendly furry companion. This program is designed to help shy and reluctant readers feel comfortable in a…

Support your local branch by purchasing used books from the Friends of the Silver Lake Library. Sale runs from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. on the front patio.

A death café is a safe space for people to gather, enjoy cake and tea, and engage in discussions about death. The aim is to promote awareness of death to help individuals make the most of their limited time in life. There is no set agenda or theme…