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Branches Arroyo Grande Library Atascadero Library Cambria Library Creston Library Los Osos Library Morro Bay Library Nipomo Library San Luis Obispo Library Santa Margarita Library
Rooms No room assigned Arroyo Grande Library Children's Area Arroyo Grande Library Lawn No room assigned Atascadero Library O'Grady Conference Room Atascadero Library Polin Community Room Atascadero Library Study Room 2 No room assigned No room assigned No room assigned Los Osos Library Children's Area No room assigned Morro Bay Library Children's Area Morro Bay Library Program Room No room assigned Nipomo Library Community Room No room assigned SLO Library Creative Lab SLO Library Memory Lab No room assigned
All Day

Art Exhibit: Cheryl Barton

All Day 2/9 - 4/27
All Ages
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Library Branch: Arroyo Grande Library
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Art & Culture
Event Details:

Cheryl Barton-Petrie's prints draw inspiration from faces and landscapes, often using images from her world wanderings and life abroad in Greece, Zimbabwe, and many other places. Her muses are bodies, nature, and ancient history.

Peeps Diorama Contest Atascadero

03/06/2024 @ 3:15pm - 03/20/2024 @ 12:00am
All Ages
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Library Branch: Atascadero Library
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Craft & Design
Event Details:

Make a Peeps diorama based on a book, fairytale, or poem. Dioramas will be displayed in the library and people will vote for their favorites. Prizes for the winners! 

Dioramas due to the library by March 20.

Local Artist: Ron Baers

03/05/2024 @ 10:00am - 05/01/2024 @ 6:00pm
All Ages
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Library Branch: Los Osos Library
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Art & Culture
Event Details:

Montage:  “ The technique of producing a new composite whole from fragments of pictures, text or music”

Photography Exhibit by Frederic Welch

All Day 3/1 - 3/29
All Ages
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Library Branch: Morro Bay Library
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Art & Culture
Event Details:

View the photography of local talent Frederic Welch.   Frederic is a landscape photographer who loves to explore and capture the amazing views of nature.

Sign Up for Friends of Morro Bay Library Book Giveaway

All Day 3/12 - 3/23
Preschool, School Age
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Library Branch: Morro Bay Library
Age Group: Preschool, School Age
Program Type: Books & Reading
Event Details:

Kids ages 3-12: sign up for a FREE ocean themed book!
How it works: Between March 12th & March 23rd, Fill out the sign up sheet, Hand it to library staff, Write your first name on a butterfly so we can display it!

Maps and More of SLO History

03/01/2024 @ 9:00am - 04/05/2024 @ 5:00pm
All Ages
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Library Branch: San Luis Obispo Library
Age Group: All Ages
9:15am

E-device Class

9:15am - 10:00am
Adult
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Library Branch: Los Osos Library
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Technology Skills
Event Details:

Bring in your device (phone, laptop, e-reader, Kindle) and Diana will do her best to help you.
9:30am
9:45am
10:00am

SLO Library - 3d Printer

10:00am - 5:30pm
All Ages
Closed
Required
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Library Branch: San Luis Obispo Library
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Craft & Design, Technology Skills
Required
Seats Remaining: 0

3D Printer: Make an appointment

Have a project you'd like us to print? Here's how to get started:

  1. Check our 3D Printer Use Procedures & Policy. 
  2. Make an appointment to bring your project file to the San Luis Obispo Library Children's department. 

This is a DYI project. Please call the Children's department at 805-781-5775 with any questions. 

This program was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.

Event Details:

Please come up to the Children's Area on the 2nd floor of the SLO Library. 

Storytime

10:00am - 10:30am
Children, Baby & Toddler, Preschool, School Age
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Library Branch: Santa Margarita Library
Age Group: Children, Baby & Toddler, Preschool, School Age
Program Type: Storytime & Early Learning

Storytime

Learning is fun at our lively Storytime! Join us for books, songs, and a lot of wiggling. All children are welcome

Can't make it to Storytime? Check out our favorite Storytime books or look for more early learning classes and events.
10:15am
10:30am

Storytime with Ms. Sallie/Hora de cuentos

10:30am - 11:00am
Children, Baby & Toddler, Preschool
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Library Branch: Arroyo Grande Library
Room: Arroyo Grande Library Lawn
Age Group: Children, Baby & Toddler, Preschool
Program Type: Storytime & Early Learning, Family Activities, Parenting

Storytime

Learning is fun at our lively Storytime! Join us for books, songs, and a lot of wiggling. All children are welcome

Can't make it to Storytime? Check out our favorite Storytime books or look for more early learning classes and events.

Event Details:

Join Ms. Sallie for a weekly themed storytime that includes movement, songs, fingerplays, and stories. 

Please bring a small blanket or towel.

Storytime

10:30am - 11:00am
Baby & Toddler, Preschool
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Library Branch: Atascadero Library
Room: Atascadero Library Polin Community Room
Age Group: Baby & Toddler, Preschool
Program Type: Storytime & Early Learning
Event Details:

Join Sally for storytime! We'll read books, sing songs, and have fun!

Ages 5 & under

TMHA Library Outreach Team

10:30am - 12:00pm
Teen, Adult
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Library Branch: Atascadero Library
Room: Atascadero Library Study Room 2
Age Group: Teen, Adult
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:

Get connected with primary care, recovery, clothing, food, Medicare, shelter, mental health, showers, health insurance, and more.  No appointment needed. 

Preschool Storytime/Hora de cuentos

10:30am - 11:00am
Baby & Toddler, Preschool
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Library Branch: Nipomo Library
Room: Nipomo Library Community Room
Age Group: Baby & Toddler, Preschool
Program Type: Storytime & Early Learning

Storytime

Learning is fun at our lively Storytime! Join us for books, songs, and a lot of wiggling. All children are welcome

Can't make it to Storytime? Check out our favorite Storytime books or look for more early learning classes and events.
10:45am
11:00am
11:15am

Storytime

11:15am - 11:45am
Baby & Toddler, Preschool
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Library Branch: Creston Library
Age Group: Baby & Toddler, Preschool
Program Type: Storytime & Early Learning
Event Details:

Join Ms. Cookie every week for stories, rhymes and fingerplays!

¡Acompáñanos a nuestra hora de cuentos, canciones y rimas!
11:30am
11:45am
12:00pm
12:15pm
12:30pm
12:45pm
1:00pm
1:15pm
1:30pm

Job Center @ SLO Library/¿Buscas trabajo?

1:30pm - 3:30pm
Adult
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Library Branch: San Luis Obispo Library
Room: SLO Library Creative Lab
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Job & Career

Looking for Work? Job Center with Eckerd Connects

Do you have limited employment experience? Are you interested in learning how to advance at your current job, or seek a better opportunity? Stop by the Eckerd Connects Workforce Development table to find out what free trainings and resources are available to you. Help available in Spanish.

¿Tiene una experiencia laboral limitada? ¿Estás interesado en aprender cómo avanzar en tu trabajo actual o buscar una mejor oportunidad? Visite la mesa de Eckerd Connects Workforce Development  para averiguar qué capacitaciones y recursos gratuitos están disponibles para usted. Ayuda disponible en español.

In partnership with America’s Job Center of California to provide young adults, adults and dislocated workers ages 18 and above with an opportunity to obtain employment and pursue industry-recognized certifications which align with the Workforce Innovation and opportunity Act (WIOA). 

 

 


 
1:45pm
2:00pm
2:15pm
2:30pm
2:45pm
3:00pm

Hands-on Help with Genealogy

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Adult
Closed
Required
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Library Branch: Arroyo Grande Library
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: History & Genealogy
Required
Seats Remaining: 1
Event Details:

For the final class in the series, the SLO Genealogy Society will provide one-on-one help with issues, and open the SLOCGS Genealogy Library cabinets for browsing.

Fairytale Engineering

3:00pm - 5:00pm
Preschool, School Age
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Library Branch: Morro Bay Library
Room: Morro Bay Library Program Room
Age Group: Preschool, School Age
Program Type: Science & Nature, Family Activities
Event Details:

Magical STEM fun at the library! Read the fairytales, plan, create and test your structural design using 3 different kits. For ages 3+ 
3:15pm

Paws to Read/Programa de lectura con perros

3:15pm - 4:15pm
Preschool, School Age, Tween
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Library Branch: Los Osos Library
Room: Los Osos Library Children's Area
Age Group: Preschool, School Age, Tween
Program Type: Books & Reading
Event Details:

Read your favorite book to Berkeley, a certified therapy dog! Ages 3 and up.
Lee tu libro favorito a Berkeley, nuestro perro de terapia. Para las edades de 3 y más años.
3:30pm

Read to a Dog/Programa de lectura con perros

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Children, Preschool, School Age
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Library Branch: Arroyo Grande Library
Room: Arroyo Grande Library Children's Area
Age Group: Children, Preschool, School Age
Program Type: Books & Reading, Family Activities

Read to a Dog

Kids are invited to practice reading with a gentle certified therapy dog. All abilities welcome.

Event Details:

Join us at the Arroyo Grande Library to practice your reading with our trained therapy dogs.  The dogs will alternate but one will be at the library every Wednesday at 3:30.  For ages 4 and up.

Read to a Dog/Programa de lectura con perros

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Preschool, School Age, Tween
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Library Branch: Morro Bay Library
Room: Morro Bay Library Children's Area
Age Group: Preschool, School Age, Tween
Program Type: Books & Reading
Event Details:

Come read to Billie the Corgi! A great reading partner, Billie enjoys listening to all stories read to her.
*Rain cancels.

Lee cuentos al perro Billie!

Reading to Rover/Programa de lectura con perros

3:30pm - 4:30pm
School Age, Tween
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Library Branch: Nipomo Library
Age Group: School Age, Tween
Program Type: Other

Read to a Dog

Kids are invited to practice reading with a gentle certified therapy dog. All abilities welcome.

Memory Lab Orientation

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Adult
Closed
Required
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Library Branch: San Luis Obispo Library
Room: SLO Library Memory Lab
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Technology Skills
Required
Seats Remaining: 0

Memory Lab: Preserve your photos and videotapes

Sign up for an orientation for our digital preservation studio! You'll be introduced to the basics of VHS digitization and magazine or photo scanning.

Attendance at an orientation is required before booking our do-it-yourself Memory Lab.
3:45pm
4:00pm

Teen Book Club

4:00pm - 4:30pm
Teen
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Library Branch: Atascadero Library
Room: Atascadero Library O'Grady Conference Room
Age Group: Teen
Program Type: Books & Reading
Event Details:

Fiction, Manga, Graphic Novels - it all counts! Let's talk about them.

Snacks provided.

Ages 12-17

Who Am I Collage Class

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Teen, Adult
Closed
Required
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Library Branch: Cambria Library
Age Group: Teen, Adult
Program Type: Art & Culture
Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:

It can be difficult to maintain a sense of self as we age. Creating a collage is an effective way to start unpacking what truly makes you, you!
4:15pm
4:30pm
4:45pm
5:00pm
5:15pm