Event List

New Tutor Training for Adult Literacy on transparent cream background

Tutor Training for New Adult Literacy Volunteers

Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 12:00pm - 4:00pm

Faulkner Gallery at Central Library

Program Type:

Adult Literacy, Tutor Training

Age Group:

Adults

Create connections and serve your community by volunteering as an Adult Literacy Tutor at Santa Barbara Public Library!

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Register Now

Registration Required

Open

Library Branch: Central Library

Room: Faulkner Gallery

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Adult Literacy, Tutor Training

Registration Required

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Create connections and serve your community by volunteering as an Adult Literacy Tutor at Santa Barbara Public Library!

Relax & Craft for Teens

Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 3:00pm - 4:30pm

Upper Level at Central Library

Program Type:

For Teens, Spanish, STEAM & Maker

Age Group:

Teen (Junior High), Teen (High School)

Calling all teens in grades 7-12! Join us for a relaxing crafting session! Head upstairs to the Teen Area and learn to crochet, relax and color, or explore classic crafts like friendship bracelets and keychain making.

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Library Branch: Central Library

Room: Upper Level

Age Group: Teen (Junior High), Teen (High School)

Program Type: For Teens, Spanish, STEAM & Maker

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Calling all teens in grades 7-12! Join us for a relaxing crafting session! Head upstairs to the Teen Area and learn to crochet, relax and color, or explore classic crafts like friendship bracelets and keychain making.

LOTG | Villa Santa Fe

Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am

In the Community at Library on the Go (LOTG)

Program Type:

Library on the Go, Spanish

Age Group:

Adults

Library on the Go:

Visit the Library on the Go! We'll have a mix of adult and children's materials along with WiFi access. Check out books, get a library card, or just come by to say hi! Disclaime...

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Offsite Event

Library Branch: Library on the Go (LOTG)

Room: In the Community

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Library on the Go, Spanish

Visit the Library on the Go! We'll have a mix of adult and children's materials along with WiFi access. Check out books, get a library card, or just come by to say hi!

Disclaimer(s):

Participants in this event may be photographed by Library staff. These photos may be used in promotional or educational publications, including in print, social media, and presentations. Please see staff if you do not consent to having your photo taken. Staff will obtain individual, signed photo releases of photographs that contain only an individual as opposed to a group.

In case of inclement weather, outdoor activities may be canceled. For the most up to date information, please contact the library with any questions or concerns before traveling to library events.

Participate in Mental Health Awareness Month at SBPL with a lesson in Indigenous ways of healing and wellness

Honoring Indigenous Ways of Healing: Integrating the Medicine Wheel for Wellness

Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am

Eastside Patio at Eastside Library

Program Type:

Arts & Culture, Honoring Mental Health Awareness Month, Spanish

Age Group:

Teen (High School), Adults

Join the Santa Barbara Public Library and Dr. Heidi Coronado for an interactive workshop that invites participants to explore Indigenous ways of healing and wellness through the Medicine Wheel.

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Register Now

Registration Required

Open

Library Branch: Eastside Library

Room: Eastside Patio

Age Group: Teen (High School), Adults

Program Type: Arts & Culture, Honoring Mental Health Awareness Month, Spanish

Registration Required

Details/Detalles:

Join the Santa Barbara Public Library and Dr. Heidi Coronado for an interactive workshop that invites participants to explore Indigenous ways of healing and wellness through the Medicine Wheel.

LOTG | Presidio Springs

Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at 12:15pm - 1:15pm

In the Community at Library on the Go (LOTG)

Program Type:

Library on the Go

Age Group:

Adults

The Library on the Go will be in front of Presidio Springs housing complex loaded with adult materials like large type, fiction, nonfiction, and Spanish language materials.

Disclaimer(s):

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Offsite Event

Library Branch: Library on the Go (LOTG)

Room: In the Community

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Library on the Go

Details/Detalles:

The Library on the Go will be in front of Presidio Springs housing complex loaded with adult materials like large type, fiction, nonfiction, and Spanish language materials.

Disclaimer(s):

LOTG | State Street near the Farmers Market

Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at 4:00pm - 6:30pm

In the Community at Library on the Go (LOTG)

Program Type:

Library on the Go, Spanish

Age Group:

Early Childhood (Ages 0-5), School-aged children (Grades K-2), School-aged children (Grades 3-6), Teen (Junior High), Teen (High School), Adults, Family, All Ages

The Library on the Go will be just outside the entrance to the Farmers Market on State and Canon Perdido Streets with a ton of books for all ages. Load up on books, get a library card, return items, or just drop by to say hi!

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Offsite Event

Library Branch: Library on the Go (LOTG)

Room: In the Community

Age Group: Early Childhood (Ages 0-5), School-aged children (Grades K-2), School-aged children (Grades 3-6), Teen (Junior High), Teen (High School), Adults, Family, All Ages

Program Type: Library on the Go, Spanish

Details/Detalles:

The Library on the Go will be just outside the entrance to the Farmers Market on State and Canon Perdido Streets with a ton of books for all ages. Load up on books, get a library card, return items, or just drop by to say hi!

Promotional graphic for Teen Talk Healthy Relationship with people with arms around each other with the text "What is love"

Roadmap to Healthy Friendships & Relationships: A Teen Workshop

Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at 4:15pm - 5:00pm

Faulkner Gallery West at Central Library

Program Type:

For Teens, Special Event

Age Group:

Teen (Junior High), Teen (High School)

Teens: are you looking to improve your emotional intelligence and create stronger social connections? Join SBPL and founder of What is LOVE, Christy Stillwell, M.A.

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Library Branch: Central Library

Room: Faulkner Gallery West

Age Group: Teen (Junior High), Teen (High School)

Program Type: For Teens, Special Event

Details/Detalles:

Teens: are you looking to improve your emotional intelligence and create stronger social connections? Join SBPL and founder of What is LOVE, Christy Stillwell, M.A.

Teen Advisory Board

Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at 5:00pm - 6:30pm

Faulkner Gallery West at Central Library

Program Type:

For Teens

Age Group:

Teen (High School)

Teen Advisory Board:

Teen Advisory Board combines community service and youth development, underlining the value of teen involvement towards the success of the Santa Barbara Public Library and the Sant...

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Library Branch: Central Library

Room: Faulkner Gallery West

Age Group: Teen (High School)

Program Type: For Teens

Teen Advisory Board combines community service and youth development, underlining the value of teen involvement towards the success of the Santa Barbara Public Library and the Santa Barbara community at large. The program gives high school students positive ways to discover their voice, develop leadership skills, and create lasting change within their community. Teens will identify community needs, create projects to support those needs, and help shape the library's teen services, programs, and collections.

T.A.B. meetings will be held twice a month, January through June, once a month in July and August, and resume meeting twice a month September through December. T.A.B. members will receive community service hours for attending T.A.B. meetings and events, and additional volunteer opportunities and team building activities will be offered on a weekly basis.

Interested in joining? Apply to T.A.B. now!

Email our Teen Services Librarian for questions: KSaffie@santabarbaraca.gov

Disclaimer(s):

Participants in this event may be photographed by Library staff. These photos may be used in promotional or educational publications, including in print, social media, and presentations. Please see staff if you do not consent to having your photo taken. Staff will obtain individual, signed photo releases of photographs that contain only an individual as opposed to a group.

Closed for Staff Training

All Day

Central Library, Eastside Library, Montecito Library, Library on the Go (LOTG), Virtual, Off Site

All SBPL locations are closed for staff training.

Closing

Branches:

Central Library, Eastside Library, Montecito Library, Library on the Go (LOTG), Virtual, Off Site

Description:

All SBPL locations are closed for staff training.

SBPL partners with Santa Barbara County to present a webinar in suicide prevention

QPR Suicide Prevention Training Webinar

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Virtual

Program Type:

Arts & Culture, Honoring Mental Health Awareness Month, Parents & Caregivers, Spanish, Special Event

Age Group:

Teen (High School), Adults, Family

*This virtual training will be conducted in English, but all are welcome to attend*

Open

Register Now

Registration Required

Virtual Event

Open

Library Branch: Virtual

Age Group: Teen (High School), Adults, Family

Program Type: Arts & Culture, Honoring Mental Health Awareness Month, Parents & Caregivers, Spanish, Special Event

Registration Required

Details/Detalles:

*This virtual training will be conducted in English, but all are welcome to attend*

Yoga Bilingüe: Movimiento y Bienestar

Thursday, May 15, 2025 at 9:30am - 10:30am

MLK Jr. Room (Eastside) at Eastside Library

Program Type:

Arts & Culture, Honoring Mental Health Awareness Month, Spanish

Age Group:

Adults, Family

Join SBPL and Pink Means Go Wellness for a series of special yoga and mindfulness sessions in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month.

Open

Register Now

Registration Required

Open

Library Branch: Eastside Library

Room: MLK Jr. Room (Eastside)

Age Group: Adults, Family

Program Type: Arts & Culture, Honoring Mental Health Awareness Month, Spanish

Registration Required

Details/Detalles:

Join SBPL and Pink Means Go Wellness for a series of special yoga and mindfulness sessions in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month.

Knit 'n' Needle

Thursday, May 15, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:30pm

Montecito Library

Program Type:

Arts & Culture

Age Group:

Adults

Knit 'n' Needle:

Join us for our weekly Knit 'n' Needle gatherings, open to all skill levels! Whether you knit, crochet, embroider, or enjoy any other fiber arts, you're welcome to come and shar...

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Library Branch: Montecito Library

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Arts & Culture

Join us for our weekly Knit 'n' Needle gatherings, open to all skill levels!

Whether you knit, crochet, embroider, or enjoy any other fiber arts, you're welcome to come and share your creativity with us.

Disclaimer:

Participants in this event may be photographed by Library staff. These photos may be used in promotional or educational publications, including in print, social media, and presentations. Please see staff if you do not consent to having your photo taken. Staff will obtain individual, signed photo releases of photographs that contain only an individual as opposed to a group.

LOTG | Santa Barbara High School

Thursday, May 15, 2025 at 2:15pm - 4:15pm

In the Community at Library on the Go (LOTG)

Program Type:

For Teens, Library on the Go

Age Group:

Teen (Junior High), Teen (High School)

The Library on the Go is coming to Santa Barbara High School! Stop by to check out our teen volunteer opportunities and paid summer internships, get a library card, or use our Wi-Fi.

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Offsite Event

Library Branch: Library on the Go (LOTG)

Room: In the Community

Age Group: Teen (Junior High), Teen (High School)

Program Type: For Teens, Library on the Go

Details/Detalles:

The Library on the Go is coming to Santa Barbara High School! Stop by to check out our teen volunteer opportunities and paid summer internships, get a library card, or use our Wi-Fi.

Trail Talks: Protecting California’s Rare Native Grasslands with Lauren Harris

Thursday, May 15, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Faulkner Gallery at Central Library

Program Type:

Trail Talks

Age Group:

Adults

Native grassland habitats across the Coastal Range foothills are threatened by continuous feedback between decades of uncontrolled grazing, historic and current fire occurrence, and the threats of invasive grasses.

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Library Branch: Central Library

Room: Faulkner Gallery

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Trail Talks

Details/Detalles:

Native grassland habitats across the Coastal Range foothills are threatened by continuous feedback between decades of uncontrolled grazing, historic and current fire occurrence, and the threats of invasive grasses.

LOTG | Oak Park

Friday, May 16, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm

Oak Park at Library on the Go (LOTG)

Program Type:

Library on the Go, Spanish

Age Group:

Early Childhood (Ages 0-5), School-aged children (Grades K-2), School-aged children (Grades 3-6), Teen (Junior High), Teen (High School), Adults, Family, All Ages

Visit the Library on the Go! We'll have a mix of adult and children's materials along with WiFi access. Check out books, get a library card, or just come by to say hi!

Disclaimer(s):

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Library Branch: Library on the Go (LOTG)

Room: Oak Park

Age Group: Early Childhood (Ages 0-5), School-aged children (Grades K-2), School-aged children (Grades 3-6), Teen (Junior High), Teen (High School), Adults, Family, All Ages

Program Type: Library on the Go, Spanish

Details/Detalles:

Visit the Library on the Go! We'll have a mix of adult and children's materials along with WiFi access. Check out books, get a library card, or just come by to say hi!

Disclaimer(s):

Teen Volunteer Time

Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:30pm

Eastside Library

Program Type:

Civic Engagement, For Teens, Spanish

Age Group:

Teen (Junior High), Teen (High School)

Teen Volunteer Time-Eastside:

Teens are welcome to come and earn 90 mins of community service time every week at the Eastside Library. Teens will be helping with finding books, organizing library materials, pre...

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Library Branch: Eastside Library

Age Group: Teen (Junior High), Teen (High School)

Program Type: Civic Engagement, For Teens, Spanish

Teens are welcome to come and earn 90 mins of community service time every week at the Eastside Library. Teens will be helping with finding books, organizing library materials, preparing arts and crafts activities and other tasks.

No registration required!

Disclaimer(s):

Participants in this event may be photographed by Library staff. These photos may be used in promotional or educational publications, including in print, social media, and presentations. Please see staff if you do not consent to having your photo taken. Staff will obtain individual, signed photo releases of photographs that contain only an individual as opposed to a group.

Fix-It Fair

Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Michael Towbes Library Plaza at Central Library

Program Type:

Spanish, Special Event, STEAM & Maker, Sustainably SBPL

Age Group:

Early Childhood (Ages 0-5), School-aged children (Grades K-2), School-aged children (Grades 3-6), Teen (Junior High), Teen (High School), Adults, Family, All Ages

SBPL is proud to invite community members to our second Fix-It Fair!

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Library Branch: Central Library

Room: Michael Towbes Library Plaza

Age Group: Early Childhood (Ages 0-5), School-aged children (Grades K-2), School-aged children (Grades 3-6), Teen (Junior High), Teen (High School), Adults, Family, All Ages

Program Type: Spanish, Special Event, STEAM & Maker, Sustainably SBPL

Details/Detalles:

SBPL is proud to invite community members to our second Fix-It Fair!

LOTG | Samarkand

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am

In the Community at Library on the Go (LOTG)

Program Type:

Library on the Go, Spanish

Age Group:

Adults

The Library on the Go is coming to Samarkand!

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Offsite Event

Library Branch: Library on the Go (LOTG)

Room: In the Community

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Library on the Go, Spanish

Details/Detalles:

The Library on the Go is coming to Samarkand!

LOTG | Grace Village

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 12:15pm - 1:15pm

In the Community at Library on the Go (LOTG)

Program Type:

Library on the Go, Spanish

Age Group:

Adults

Library on the Go:

Visit the Library on the Go! We'll have a mix of adult and children's materials along with WiFi access. Check out books, get a library card, or just come by to say hi! Disclaime...

View Details

Offsite Event

Library Branch: Library on the Go (LOTG)

Room: In the Community

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Library on the Go, Spanish

Visit the Library on the Go! We'll have a mix of adult and children's materials along with WiFi access. Check out books, get a library card, or just come by to say hi!

Disclaimer(s):

Participants in this event may be photographed by Library staff. These photos may be used in promotional or educational publications, including in print, social media, and presentations. Please see staff if you do not consent to having your photo taken. Staff will obtain individual, signed photo releases of photographs that contain only an individual as opposed to a group.

In case of inclement weather, outdoor activities may be canceled. For the most up to date information, please contact the library with any questions or concerns before traveling to library events.

Get college advice from current college students at SBPL!

Teen Talk: College Advice Q&A

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:30pm

Faulkner Gallery at Central Library

Program Type:

For Teens, Job & Career

Age Group:

Teen (Junior High), Teen (High School)

Calling all high schoolers! Join us for an advice session where local college students will answer all of your college-related questions! Snacks and drinks will be provided.

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Library Branch: Central Library

Room: Faulkner Gallery

Age Group: Teen (Junior High), Teen (High School)

Program Type: For Teens, Job & Career

Details/Detalles:

Calling all high schoolers! Join us for an advice session where local college students will answer all of your college-related questions! Snacks and drinks will be provided.

LOTG | State Street near the Farmers Market

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 4:00pm - 6:30pm

In the Community at Library on the Go (LOTG)

Program Type:

Library on the Go, Spanish

Age Group:

Early Childhood (Ages 0-5), School-aged children (Grades K-2), School-aged children (Grades 3-6), Teen (Junior High), Teen (High School), Adults, Family, All Ages

The Library on the Go will be just outside the entrance to the Farmers Market on State and Canon Perdido Streets with a ton of books for all ages. Load up on books, get a library card, return items, or just drop by to say hi!

View Details

Offsite Event

Library Branch: Library on the Go (LOTG)

Room: In the Community

Age Group: Early Childhood (Ages 0-5), School-aged children (Grades K-2), School-aged children (Grades 3-6), Teen (Junior High), Teen (High School), Adults, Family, All Ages

Program Type: Library on the Go, Spanish

Details/Detalles:

The Library on the Go will be just outside the entrance to the Farmers Market on State and Canon Perdido Streets with a ton of books for all ages. Load up on books, get a library card, return items, or just drop by to say hi!

Considered Coffee Bus

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 9:30am - 1:30pm

Michael Towbes Upper Plaza at Central Library

Age Group:

Adults

Enjoy a hot beverage or snack on the Library Plaza! Schedule is subject to change, please visit the Considered Coffee Bus site for the most up to date information.

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Library Branch: Central Library

Room: Michael Towbes Upper Plaza

Age Group: Adults

Details/Detalles:

Enjoy a hot beverage or snack on the Library Plaza! Schedule is subject to change, please visit the Considered Coffee Bus site for the most up to date information.

Teen Volunteer Time

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 4:15pm - 5:45pm

Upper Level at Central Library

Program Type:

Civic Engagement, For Teens, Spanish

Age Group:

Teen (Junior High), Teen (High School)

Teens can earn 90 minutes of community service time every week at the Central Library. Teens will help find books, organize library materials, prepare arts and crafts activities, and other tasks.

Open

Register Now

Registration Required

Open

Library Branch: Central Library

Room: Upper Level

Age Group: Teen (Junior High), Teen (High School)

Program Type: Civic Engagement, For Teens, Spanish

Registration Required

Details/Detalles:

Teens can earn 90 minutes of community service time every week at the Central Library. Teens will help find books, organize library materials, prepare arts and crafts activities, and other tasks.

Romance Book Club

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Faulkner Gallery West at Central Library

Program Type:

Books & Reading

Age Group:

Adults

Join us for Romance Book Club to meet other romance readers in the community, chat about your favorite romances, and discuss the month's reading selection (books are available digitally for checkout).

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Library Branch: Central Library

Room: Faulkner Gallery West

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Books & Reading

Details/Detalles:

Join us for Romance Book Club to meet other romance readers in the community, chat about your favorite romances, and discuss the month's reading selection (books are available digitally for checkout).

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