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 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 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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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