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Beyond our regular storytimes, Tinker Tuesdays, Dance Pants, LEGO, book clubs, adult craft lab, and concert, please take note of the following special events:
ADULTS
- Making a Plan Before the Disaster—11/7 (Sat), 2:30 PM—Worried about El Niño, fires, flooding, & earthquakes? San Diego CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) will help you make a plan before disaster strikes.
- Movie: The Naked Gun—11/13 (Fri), 2:30 PM—See the latest Naked Gun movie on the big screen in the community room. Following in his father’s footsteps, a detective (Liam Neeson) works to solve a murder case and save his police department from closure in this slapstick comedy.
- Travel to the Galapagos—11/14 (Sat), 2:30 PM—Biologist Fred Bercovitch, PhD, will describe his own trip to the Galapagos Islands, Charles Darwin, and the animals that inhabit the Galapagos Islands.
- How to Talk about Memory Loss—11/20 (Fri), 1:00 PM—Alzheimer’s San Diego will discuss how to plan for successful, lower-stress family discussions about difficult topics like changes in memory, driving, and living alone.
- Flute Concert by Toni Aguilar & Valerie McElroy—11/24 (Tues), Noon—Enjoy beautiful music performed by two talented flutists.
KIDS
- Mosquito Storytime—11/17 (Tues), 11:30 AM—Join us for a fun and educational storytime. Staff from the County of San Diego will briefly discuss the mosquito life cycle, read a story, and lead a simple craft.
- Kids Book Club & Craft—11/17 (Tues), 4:00 PM—Kids ages 8-12 will discuss Raina Telgemeier’s One Book, One San Diego selection, the graphic novel The Cartoonists Club. Snacks are provided! Sign up and pick up a copy to keep at the children’s reference desk, while supplies last.
- Movie: The Sheep Detectives—11/20 (Fri), 3:30 PM—Kids and adults will enjoy the 2026 movie The Sheep Detectives. Every night a shepherd (Hugh Jackman) reads aloud a murder mystery, pretending his sheep can understand. When he is found dead, the sheep realize at once that it was a murder and think they know everything about how to go about solving it.
- Cupcake Wars!—11/21 (Sat), 3:30 PM—Youth ages 5-17 will compete in two rounds of themed cupcake decorating. Register at https://sandiego.events.mylibrary.digital/event?id=332663
- Kamishibai Storytime—11/25 (Wed), 10:00 AM—A storyteller stands behind a little wooden theater and reveals a series of illustrations as he narrates a story, doing all the characters’ voices and the many sound effects.
We hope you’ll be able to make it to one or more events this month!