Library Events

Join Santa Cruz Public Libraries as we host a weekly trivia night at Steel Bonnet Brewing Company in Scotts Valley. Bring your friends, form a team (or take it on solo), and compete against other groups to win ...  More

Kris Younggren is one of our Downtown Outreach Workers. She is on the job solving problems in the downtown corridor Tuesday through Saturday. Drop-in for a confidential check-in at the Downtown Library in the d...  More

Join us for our weekly Preschool Story Time. We will read books, sing songs and make a simple craft. For 3-6 year olds.

Toddler Time is a weekly program for families with children ages 0-3 years old. It includes music, movement, stories, fingerplays, rhymes, songs and fun for your child and you as well as social time with other ...  More

Join us this afternoon to make something creative or make a new discovery! We are partnering with the Santa Cruz Children's Museum of Discovery to offer this weekly program. We will be in their Tinkerlab ro...  More

Trained therapy dogs will be available at the Library to be attentive, non-judgmental reading partners for children reading aloud. Children have individual 20-minute appointments to sit with a dog and read. To...  More

Trained therapy dogs will be available at the Library to be attentive, non-judgmental reading partners for children reading aloud. Children have individual 20-minute appointments to sit with a dog and read. ...  More

Come browse a wide ranging collection from fiction to children’s books, audio books to CD’s. Our non-fiction covers subjects from A-Z: cookbooks, gardening, health & well-being, poetry, and trav...  More

A Nature Study Program with a variety of activities inspired by the natural environment of Corcoran Lagoon. • Learn about the environment and local wildlife with experts. • Bird Watching ...  More

Learn a different topic each month with financial advisers Anthony Rovai and George Haas. Start getting your personal finances in shape.