Adult Programs Category
We are excited to have Colleen Swesey exhibiting her many beautiful quilts in the San Carlos Branch Library's Winer Family Community Room and Art gallery from February 5 through March 29. Swesey does not belong to quilting or art guilds but considers herself an artist and prefers to work alone. Colleen made her husband a quilt as a wedding gift over 50 years ago and has been quilting ever since. Please join us at Swesey's Artist Reception to be... Continue Reading >
April 2-May 5, Katherine (Katie) Kennedy, an emerging La Mesa artist, will have on display her unique oil paintings in the Winer Family Community Room & Art Gallery of the San Carlos Branch Library. Kennedy’s works are a visual storytelling of our everyday surroundings. Join us and Katie on Saturday, April 19, noon-2, for her Artist Reception and learn more about this lovely young woman and her unique artistic expression of our modern-day society in the 2020s.
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Have you held on to that old radio, TV, or other device but it needs some fixing in order to work properly? If you could just find the manual you know you could fix it?! A new Database is now available online with your SDPL card.
SAMS Photofacts offers schematics for small consumer electronics, including radios, TVs, stereos, and VCRs from 1946 to present. The online resource includes diagrams, instructions, and data for the repair technician. LEARN MORE here, and... Continue Reading >
The SDPL Digital Collections allows you to explore unusual and rare materials in the San Diego Public Library's Special Collections. The purpose of the Digital Archive is to highlight and share a selection of the remarkable materials that can be found in the San Diego Public Library's collections. Even as the library moves into the twenty-first century by offering the latest electronic services, from eBooks to instant messaging reference, we remain committed to preserving the artifacts of the past,... Continue Reading >
Interested in your family history? Next time you're at any of our SDPL locations, you can get started using the Ancestry Library Edition database on a computer workstation. This electronic resource has genealogical and historical research guides and more than 1.5 billion names in over 4,000 databases!
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