Registration now open for SEED Summer Creative City Lab for middle schoolers! Join the Long Beach Public Library for a week of exploration, making friends, creativity, and design in Downtown Long Beach! A free week of camp at the beautiful Billie Jean King Main Library. Kids learn about our city and who gets to make...
Celebrate the start of Vida Latina by picking up your own Take & Make Craft Kit to create DIY Lotería Cards! The kits are available at all branches starting September 13, while supplies last. Each kit is limited to one per family and includes materials to create four unique single Lotería cards, a box of 10 markers,...
Celebrate Vida Latina with a special storytime featuring bilingual stories, songs, and fun for the whole family! ¡Celebra Vida Latina con una hora de cuentos bilingües, canciones y diversión para toda la familia!
Join us after Cuentos y Cantos for a hands-on craft session where kids will design and build their very own maracas using everyday materials. This fun and musical activity blends art, rhythm, and culture, giving participants a chance to decorate their instruments and learn how maracas are used in Latin American music traditions. All materials...
Celebrate Vida Latina with an evening of creativity and connection. In the spirit of this year’s theme, Unity and Herencia, this program invites adults to come together as a community to honor Latinx heritage through art. Paint your own traditional cantarito as a symbol of culture, identity, and shared experience. This event is open to...
Sing, laugh, and imagine with Josué Cuentacuentos’ magical Selena Storytime, full of music, puppets, and fun! Canta, ríe e imagina con la mágica Hora de Cuentos de Selena de Josué Cuentacuentos, ¡llena...
Celebrate Latin American culture through creativity! Join us in making hojalata (a vibrant tin art inspired by Mexican folk traditions). You'll get hands-on with tools and materials to create your...
Join us for a lively and interactive session with beloved children's author and creator of Si Sabo Kids and Millennial Loteria, MIke Alfaro! He’ll delight young readers by sharing two charming stories from his Los Street Vendors -short and sweet tales that celebrate community and culture. As a special treat, he’ll also read from his brand-new book, How Do You Roll Your...
Join our Sew It Goes: Luchador Plushie Workshop, where you'll design and sew your own masked wrestling champ, no wrestling experience required—just strong pin game. Hand sewing or machine sewing options available. No prior sewing skills? No problem—this is a judgment-free zone, unless your plushie starts trash-talking. So grab your cape, flex those fingers, and...
We’re so excited to share this wonderful opportunity happening right here in our neighborhood! Long Beach Heritage and Long Beach Public Library are partnering up to host Preschool Story Time...