The public is invited to bring gardening tools and gloves to help landscape Hastings Branch Library with drought tolerant plants on Saturday. The Pasadena branch library and Council District 4’s Team Up to Clean Up will join forces with other

Excited about the upcoming release of the movie “New Moon?”   Then test your skills and take part in some fun Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn trivia La Pintoresca Branch Library will offer Twilight Trivia, based on the

Hasting Branch Library will host a Fall Craft Workshop for children on Tuesday, November 24 from 3 to 5 p.m.There’s a chill in the air so come inside, use your imagination and create a fun filled fall craft.Hastings Branch Library

Hastings Branch Library will present a series of special Thanksgiving storytimes on Monday, November 23 at 7 p.m. and Wednesday, November 25 at 10 15 and 11 15 a.m. Join in celebrating the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday and everything we’re thankful for

Participate in a Creative Memories Workshop this Thanksgiving weekend with Xoehitl Martinez, an independent Creative Memories Consultant.  The workshop will be held at La Pintoresca Branch Library on Saturday, November 28 from 1 to 5 p.m.   Enjoy four hours of

Storyteller Helda Khajerian will present Armenian Storytime for families on Saturday, November 28 at 3 p.m. at Santa Catalina Branch Library.  Enjoy listening to Armenian stories, singing songs, snacks and making friends.Santa Catalina Branch Library is located at 999 E.

Lamanda Park Branch Library will host a Buck a Bag Booksale on Saturday, November 21 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.  Do your holiday shopping early this year  Fiction, non fiction, adult and children’s books, paperbacks and more.  Bring your

Children’s books originated through the oral tradition of storytelling.  Pasadena Public Library will celebrate Children’s Book Month this November by holding special storytelling programs at each branch library.Alidz Agbabian will present Armenian Tales on Tuesday, November 17 at 11 a.m.

Pasadena Public Library will explore the global, religious and ethnic origins of storytelling including folk and fairy tales, legends, and stories as part of ORIGINS Art & Ideas 2009.   Storytelling is an outgrowth of the oral tradition that existed before

Santa Catalina Branch Library will receive a landscape make over courtesy of Pasadena Beautiful and the Pasadena Community Foundation.  Project partners Pasadena Beautiful, Pasadena Public Library and the City of Pasadena’s Public Works Parks and Natural Resources Division have designed

For More Information Contact Christine Reeder, Branch ManagerSan Rafael Branch Library(626) 744 7270Leonard Lane, Branch ManagerHill Avenue Branch Library(626) 744 7264Jennifer DriscollCentral Library, Children’s Room(626) 744 4066 option 4Come in costume and enjoy these special Halloween storytimes on Wednesday, October

For More Information Contact Pat Smith, Branch ManagerLamanda Park Branch Library(626) 744 7266Wear your Halloween socks and join us for a ghastly, ghostly fun time with special Halloween stories and fun on Wednesday, October 28 at 7 p.m. at Lamanda

For More Information Contact Leonard Lane, Branch ManagerHill Avenue Branch Library(626) 744 7264Hill Avenue Branch Library will partner with Women At Work on Wednesday, October 28 at 3 30 p.m. for a timely program on Help with Your Job Hunting

For More Information Contact Shauna Redmond, Branch ManagerAllendale Branch Library(626) 744 7260Enjoy a special screening of  the movie Twilight and Halloween treats for the non vampires in the audience on Thursday, October 29 at 3 p.m. at Allendale Branch Library,

For More Information Contact Michael Pierce, Branch LibrarianHastings Branch Library (626) 744 7262 Hastings Branch Library will hold a College Application Essay Workshop on Thursday, October 22 from 4 to 6 p.m. and Saturday, October 24 from 1 to 3

For More Information Contact Michael Pierce, Branch ManagerHastings Branch Library(626) 744 7262 In celebration of Teen Read Week Hastings Branch Library will present an afternoon of Karaoke for teens on Tuesday, October 20 at 4 p.m. Whether you fancy yourself

For More Information Contact Pam GaggioliCentral Library(626) 744 4045 In celebration of Teen Read Week October 18 24 the Pasadena Public Library will forgive your overdue library fines (except for lost books) and replace lost library cards for free during

For More Information Contact Christine Reeder, Branch ManagerSan Rafael Branch Library(626) 744 7270 Pasadena Public Library will offer free flu shots to adults 18 and older by the Huntington Hospital Community Outreach Department on Saturday, October 10 from 10 a.m.

For More Information Contact Christine Reeder Branch ManagerSan Rafael Branch Library(626) 744 7270 Philip Ostergard, author of The Inspired Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, will speak on Saturday, October 10 at 11 a.m. at the San Rafael Branch Library, 1240 Nithsdale

For More Information Contact Christine Reeder, Branch ManagerSan Rafael Branch Library(626) 744 7270 Enjoy a multi cultural, multi generational evening exploring the unparalleled creative possibilities of America’s national pastime through the visual arts, music, performance, film and literature.  The Pasadena

For More Information Contact Pat Smith Branch ManagerLamanda Park Branch Library(626) 744 7266 Lamanda Park Branch Library will host a PALS (Preschool Assisted Literacy Storytime) Special Needs Storytime on Thursday, October 8 from 11 30 a.m. to 12 30 p.m. 

For More Information Contact Pam GaggioliCentral Library(626) 744 4045 The Wicked Lit crew will read The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe, adapted by Paul Millet A Ghost Story by Mark Twain, adapted by Jonathan Josephson

Enjoy this Creative Memories Workshop featuring four hours of uninterrupted scrap booking time with Xoehitl Martinez, an independent Creative Memories Consultant at La Pintoresca Branch Library on Saturday, September 26 from 1 to 5 p.m. Get your questions answered, share

La Pintoresca Branch Library will hold a Facebook workshop on Friday, September 25 at 1 p.m. designed specifically for novices who want to learn what Facebook is, how it works and how to create their own Facebook page.  La Pintoresca

Linda Vista Branch Library will host an Eco Friendly Composting event on Saturday, September 26 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.  It’s all the rage, it’s great for the garden and it’s environmentally responsible. Learn

Lamanda Park Branch Library’s Deaf Book Club will meet on Saturday, September 19 at 10 30 a.m.   Deaf, Hard of Hearing and ASL signers students are welcome to this unique book club. Lamanda Park Branch Library is located at 140 S. Altadena

Pasadena Public Library will host an anime afternoon program for teens on Saturday, September 19 from noon to 2 p.m. in Pasadena Central Library’s Children’s Story Room.  The library is an “official” anime club and shows new anime

The Emerging Urban Poets will host featured and open poetry readings at Santa Catalina Branch Library on Saturday, September 12 and 26 from 3 to 5 p.m. The meetings, facilitated by Don Kingfisher Campbell, are open to the public and feature two

Slack Key Guitarist Jim “Kemo” West will perform Hawaiian music on Tuesday, September 15 at 4 p.m. at Hastings Branch Library, 3325 East Orange Grove Blvd.  One of the world’s top “slack key” guitarists and a recent winner of the Hawaii Music

Art Center College of Design students will share their drawing skills with children ages 4 to 10 every Saturday at 10 30 a.m. at the San Rafael Branch Library, 1240 Nithsdale Rd. and at 4 p.m. at Hill Avenue Branch Library, 55

Betty Parnell teaches the art of knitting at 2 p.m. every Thursday afternoon at San Rafael Branch Library, 1240 Nithsdale Road.  If you love knitting or want to learn how to knit please come. For more information, call the San

HOT (Hands on Technology) a series of free workshops sponsored by the Flintridge Operating Foundation and presented by Women At Work at the La Pintoresca Branch Library will feature three introductory workshops in Spanish for those who wish to learn

The 2009 2010 LA Opera Series will begin with a fun and informative talk on The Elixir of Love (L’elisir d’amore) on  Thursday, September 10 at 7 p.m. in Central Library’s Donald R. Wright Auditorium.  A melodrama in two acts by the

Tutor Training Classes will be held for adult volunteers who wish to serve as Literacy Tutors on September 8, 10, 15 & 17 from 6 30 to 9 30 p.m. at La Pintoresca Branch Library, 1355 N. Raymond Ave.  Classes and materials

Perkins Alley Poets will host poetry writing and critique workshops on Saturday, September 5 and 19 from 3 to 5 p.m. at Santa Catalina Branch Library. The meetings are open to the public. The September 5th writing workshop offers participants writing ideas

Pasadena Public Library will celebrate National Library Card Sign Up Month this September.  A library card provides access to books, magazines, DVDs, CDs, e books, freeWi Fi and internet access, databases, Homework Help and more. Your first library card is

An instructor from the Armory Center for the Arts will conduct a five day photography class for teens at the La Pintoresca Branch Library, 1355 N. Raymond Ave., August 17 through 21 from 2 to 4 p.m. Students will look

JPL scientists will direct teens in a five day robotics workshop at the La Pintoresca Branch Library, 1355 N. Raymond Ave., August 10 through 14 from 3 to 6 p.m. Students will learn about robotics and how to program their

Teens will learn how to create characters for video games, animation films and illustrations at a five day character design camp at Central Library, 285 E. Walnut St., August 10 through 14 from 2 to 5 p.m. This class is

Santa Catalina Branch Library will offer a five day teen camp for budding magicians featuring Wayne the Magician, August 10 through 14 from 2 to 5 p.m. Participants will learn the tricks of the magic trade. Practice and performing hours

Adults can teach themselves to use Microsoft Power Point using a self paced online tutorial by LearnKey. The tutorial will take place at the La Pintoresca Branch Library, 1355 N. Raymond Ave., on Fridays, August 7, 14, 21 and 28

Teens can join in playing the popular game Go on Saturday, August 8 from 1 to 5 p.m. at Central Library’s Teen Central, 285 E. Walnut St. This Go celebration features competitions, teaching games for beginners and fun activities for

Central Library will host a Monopoly Tournament for teens on Thursday, August 6 at 10 30 a.m. Boardwalk and Park Place await Stay out of jail and come to the Monopoly Tournament. Juice and donuts will be served to participants

Death Note The Motion Picture will be shown on Saturday, August 1 from 12 to 3 p.m. in the Central Library’s Donald R. Wright Auditorium, 285 E. Walnut St., This live action film is based on the same story which

Children are invited to discover “Creative Critters” as they look at the animal body coverings and camouflage for survival of an invertebrate, amphibian, bird, reptile and mammal. This program will be held on Monday, August 3 at 1, 3 30

Instructors from the Pasadena Armory Center for the Arts will teach a five day t shirt design camp for teens from 3 to 4 30 p.m. at Lamanda Park Branch Library, 140 S. Altadena Dr., July 27 through 30. Students

Reiyukai America will lead a four day art class for teens, July 27 through 30 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the San Rafael Branch Library, 1240 Nithsdale Rd. Students will make a different art project each day based on

Musician Brother Yusef will present Kids Get the Blues on Thursday, July 23 at 10 a.m. in Central Library’s Donald R. Wright Auditorium, 285 E. Walnut St., and at 3 p.m. at Linda Vista Branch Library, 1281 Bryant St. In

Central Library will offer a free, short preview of Theater 360’s production of Beauty and the Beast starring local children on Saturday, July 18 at 1 p.m. in the Donald R. Wright Auditorium. Central Library is located at 285 E.

Pasadena Central Library will offer a five day digital photography class for teens taught by professional photographer Janell Mithani, July 20 through 24 from 2 30 to 5 30 p.m. at the Pasadena Central Library’s Teen Central, 285 E. Walnut

The popular Disney movie Bolt will be shown on Tuesday July 21 at 4 p.m. at Allendale Branch Library, 1130 S. Marengo Ave. and on Wednesday, July 29 at 4 p.m. in Central Library’s Donald R. Wright Auditorium, 285 E.

Alex Zepeda, an investigator with the Los Angeles County Department of Consumer Affairs, will speak about identity theft at Hastings Branch Library, 3325 E. Orange Grove Blvd., on Wednesday, July 22 at 6 30 p.m. Zepeda will address identity theft

Children can read to a well trained dog at the Barks and Books program at Hastings Branch Library, 3325 E. Orange Grove Blvd., on Tuesday, July 14 at 3 30 p.m. This program was made possible by the volunteers at

Naturalist Elise Jackson, Arroyo Seco Program Coordinator of the City of Pasadena’s Parks and Natural Resources Division, will speak at Hastings Branch Library, 3325 E. Orange Grove Blvd., on Tuesday, July 14 at 7 p.m. Jackson will present an overview

The La Pintoresca Branch Library will offer Microsoft Word training using a self paced online tutorial by LearnKey. It starts at the beginning and takes students through step by step as they create presentations, format text, add animation, and much,

Pasadena Public Library will present storyteller Jim Cogan as part of their Tales and Tunes program this summer. Cogan will perform at three library sites on Thursday, July 9 at 10 a.m. at Central Library’s Donald R. Wright Auditorium, 285

Pasadena Public Library will present Tale of Despereaux as part of their Summer Film Series on Thursday, July 9 at 3 p.m. at Hill Avenue Branch Library, 55 S. Hill Ave. on Wednesday, July 15 at 4 p.m. at Central

The Pasadena African American Genealogy Group will meet at Lamanda Park Branch Library, 140 S. Altadena Dr. on Saturday, July 11 and Saturday, August 1 from 2 30 to 4 30 p.m. Newcomers are welcome. Search out your heritage and

Monetary and Memorial monetary donations are accepted at all service desks of the Pasadena Public Library. All books donations become the property of the Library and may either be added to the Library’s collection, or donated to the Friends of the

Magician Allen will perform this July at the Pasadena Public Library and its nine library branches. Allen has tricks up his sleeve, in his hat and ones he can pull out of the air. You won’t believe your eyes. Perfect

Pasadena teens 13 to18 years of age are invited to submit original photos for Pasadena Public Library’s photography contest “Reading in the 21st Century.” Photos may be in color or in black and white and should be no smaller than

Job Prep 101 is a series of free job assistance workshops for adults held monthly at La Pintoresca Branch Library, 1355 N. Raymond Ave., Pasadena. Each workshop covers a different search related topic. The June workshop will focus on “How

The whish of the ball, the crack of the bat followed by the roar of the crowd. Its baseball season once again. Former Dodger pitcher Jim Gott will share his experiences as a Los Angeles Dodger from 1989 – 1994

Deb Swartz and Deanna Clark of Old Town Cooking School will share tips on fruits, vegetables and greens for hot weather cooking complete with demonstrations and samples Saturdays, June 20, July 25 and August 8 at 11 a.m. at San

Just in time for summer, professional photographer Janell Mithani will share photography tips on composition, editing, downloading and saving your treasured shots at Hastings Branch Library, 3325 East Orange Grove Blvd. on Tuesday, June 16 at 7 p.m. Bring your

Starting this month kids from toddlers to teens can join the popular Summer Reading Club at Central Library or any of the nine Pasadena Public Library branches. Summer Reading Club encourages students to read for pleasure and helps reluctant readers

Held on Sunday, April 5, Mr. Urrea shared his experience writing The Hummingbird’s Daughter, followed by a Question & Answer session from the audience. Watch the video

The Library Journal, primary trade magazine for America’s libraries rated Pasadena Public Libraries among the highest “stars” of public library service nationwide in their February 15, 2009 edition. The Pasadena Public Libraries received a five

  Betty Parnell will teach the art and craft of knitting Thursdays at 2 p.m. at San Rafael Branch Library, 1240 Nithsdale Road. If you love knitting or want to learn how to knit please come. Contact Leonard Lane, Branch

La Pintoresca Branch Library and Women At Work successfully partnered six months ago to establish a satellite Women At Work office in Northwest Pasadena offering job seekers free assistance with resume writing, interviewing skills, job applications, and other career related

Now you can search the collections of libraries throughout California, and the world from the convenience of the Pasadena Public Library's catalog and website.From the Library’s website (www.pasadenapubliclibrary.net) click on the “library catalog” button. Look for the link that says

Santa Catalina Branch Library will host Emerging Urban Poets Saturdays from 1 30 to 4 30 p.m. Don Kingfisher Campbell will facilitate. If you have ever wanted to write a poem but just didn’t know how to start? Then this