Summer Events at the Rancho San Diego Library

Featured Artists:
Esther Corley. Throughout June.
Ofelia Alvarado. Throughout July.
Alta Whitlock. Throughout August.

Children
Summer Reading Club. Sign up to read and win prizes. Starting Monday, June 1
Special Free Programs. All Children’s shows approximately 30 minutes long:

Mad Science. Science show with experiments. Two Showings: Tuesday, June 30, 4:00-4:35 PM & 4:45-5:15 PM

Amazing Dana. Magic Show. Two Showings: Tuesday, July 7, 4:00-4:30 PM & 4:40-5:10 PM

Wild Wonders. Animal Show. Two Showings: Tuesday, July 14, 4:00-4:30 PM & 4:35-5:05 PM

Sparkles the Clown. Magic and bubble show. Two Showings: Tuesday, July 28, 4:00-4:30 PM & 4:40-5:10 PM

John Abrams’ Animal Magic. Magic show featuring live exotic animals. Friday, July 31, 4:00-4:35 PM


Regular Children’s Programs

Stories with Grandma Carmel. Mondays, 10:00AM-noon.

PAWS to Read. Read to therapy dog Sonny. Monday, June 1, 4:30-6:00 PM (not held during summer)

Toddler Storytime. Tuesdays, 10:15-10:45 AM

Preschool Storytime. Tuesdays, 11:15-11:45 AM

Afternoon Storytimes (Grades K-5). Storytime/Puzzles. Tuesdays, June 2, 9 & 16 2:30 PM (not held during summer)

Peek-A-Book Baby Storytimes. Wednesdays, 10:30 AM

Hispanic Cultural (English/Spanish) Storytime & Occasional Craft. Thursdays, 10:30 AM


Teens

Summer Reading Club. Sign up to read and win prizes. Starting Monday, June 1
Special Free Programs. All Teen shows approximately 45 minutes long:

Teen Programs. Thursdays, July 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30, 4:00-4:45 PM

Regular Teen Programs

Dungeons & Dragons. Mondays, 3:30 - 5:00 PM

Teen Advisory Group. Join this group to plan programs and help out the library. Monday, June 1, 4:00 – 5:00 PM (call library for July/August dates)

Teen Book Club. Call branch for June’s book. Monday, June 1, 5:00 – 6:00 PM (not held during summer)

Anime/Manga Club. Discuss and watch Anime with other fans. Wednesdays, 3:30 - 5:00 PM

Axis & Allies/Yu-Gi-Oh. Play board games based on World War II, or play Yu-Gi-Oh (bring your own decks). Fridays, June 5 & 12, 3:30 - 4:45 PM (call library for July/August dates)


Families

Hands-on Archaeology. Presented by the San Diego Archaeological Society. Wednesday, June 17, 12:00 noon.

Adult

Summer Reading Program. Sign up to read and win prizes. Starting Monday, June 1.

ESL Conversation Café. English conversation club. Thursdays, 10 a.m.

First Tuesday:
Harpist Leah Panos. Tuesday, June 2, 6:30 p.m.
Middle Eastern dance with Nadirah. Tuesday, July 7, 6:30 p.m.
Jazz with the Travis Daudert Trio. Tuesday, August 4, 6:30 p.m.

East County Travel Club.
Tuesday, June 9, 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday, July 14, 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday, August 11, 5:30 p.m. (2nd Tuesday)

Fall Prevention for Seniors. With Joanne Price. Friday, June 12, 11:00 a.m.

Adult Crafts. Please sign up in advance at the library.
Journal making with Stephanie Inouye. Friday, June 19, 11:00 a.m.
Fabric-covered birds and birdhouses. Wednesday, July 1, 10:30 a.m.
Bookmarks. Wednesday, July 8, 10:30 a.m.
Cookie decorating with fondant. Wednesday, July 15, 10:30 a.m.
Cupcake decorating. Friday, July 17, 11:00 a.m.
Layered lilies. Wednesday, July 22, 10:30 a.m.
Petal Collage. Wednesday, July 29, 10:30 a.m.
Beadwork with Patty Strong. Friday, August 21, 11:00 a.m.

Mystery Book Club.
June: Book swap and sharing of suggestions for summertime reading, Tuesday, June 30, 5:30 p.m.
July: Turning Angel, by Greg Iles.
Tuesday, July 28, 5:30 p.m.
August: Chasing Darkness by Robert Crais.
Tuesday, August 25, 5:30 p.m. (Last Tuesdays)

Spanish Conversation Club. For beginners. Wednesdays, 10-11 a.m.

Writers’ Club. Thursdays, June 4, June 18, July 2, July 16, August, 6, and August 20. 10 a.m. (1st & 3rd Thursdays)

Friends of the Library Board Meeting.
Thursday, June 11, 5:30 p.m.
Thursday, July 9, 5:30 p.m.
Thursday, August 13, 5:30 p.m. (2nd Thursday).