Library News Archive

The Oceanside Public Library currently hosts two Writers’ Groups, both of which are open to the public.

The Oceanside Public Library is pleased to present a series of free programs in October for the community called “Cross-Cultural Journeys, Travesías Transculturales.”

The California Arts Council, in partnership with the Oceanside Public Library and the Oceanside Arts Commission, will present a Grants Workshop in the Civic Center Library Community Rooms, at 330 N. Coast Highway in downtown Oceanside, on Wednesday, October 10, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Oceanside Public Library is proud to be a National Voter Registration Day 2018 partner on September 25.

This year, “One Book, One San Diego” made an unprecedented choice: a comic book. The award-winning March: Book One is a graphic memoir about the Civil Rights Movement by U.S. Rep. John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell.

The Oceanside Public Library will be offering a thirteen-week Citizenship Class, in order for eligible students to prepare for the U.S. naturalization test.

Please join the Free Spirit Quilters and the Oceanside Public Library for a free screening of PBS’ and Wisconsin Public TV’s The Art of Quilting on Wednesday, September 12 at 1:00 p.m., in the Foundation Room at the Civic Center Library, 330 North Coast Highway.

A partir del 20 de septiembre de 2018, a las 3:30 p.m. y continuando el penúltimo jueves de cada mes de otoño, la Biblioteca Móvil Adelante tendrá un Club de Libros para adultos en español.

The Oceanside Public Library and the Friends of the Oceanside Public Library are pleased to announce Scotland’s Tannahill Weavers will bring their dynamic, traditional Celtic music to the Oceanside Public Library on Thursday, September 13, 2018. This free performance will be held in the Civic Center Library Community Rooms located at 330 N. Coast Highway. Performance time will be 6:00 p.m.

Learn to access and download Oceanside Library’s free collection of digital eBooks/eAudiobooks on your eReader or tablet.

The Oceanside Public Library will celebrate children and families who participated in Summer Reading with two special guest performances.

SHHHHHH, it’s the Library... The Oceanside Public Library will be continuing the popular Silents in the Library program, where classic silent films are screened in the Foundation Room at the Civic Center Library, 330 North Coast Highway at 6:00 pm, on the third Thursday of every month.

Milford Wayne Donaldson will give a presentation on famed architect Irving Gill on Saturday, August 18 at 10:30 a.m. in the Civic Center Library Community Rooms, 330 North Coast Highway.

The Oceanside Public Library presents Hey Hey Entertainment with their thousands of LEGO bricks on Tuesday, July 31, 2018 from 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. at the Civic Center Library, 330 N Coast Highway.

The Oceanside Public Library presents the Lizard Wizard of San Diego on Thursday, July 26, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. at the Mission Branch Library, 3861-B Mission Ave.

All You Need is Love – and stories! Professional storyteller Marilyn McPhie will share love stories, including a true love story about Joy perfume, a Scottish legend about a man who marries a Selkie woman, a quirky story about buttons, and a little poetry sprinkled in for good measure at the Mission Branch Library Community Room, 3861 Mission Avenue, Oceanside on Wednesday, July 11, at 1:00 p.m.

Join Oceanside Public Library for three distinct programs that celebrate the Arts and the unique voice of Oceanside. Before I Die is a global project that invites people to contemplate mortality and share their personal aspirations in public, and the three programs all connect to this project.

It’s almost time to celebrate summer with Summer Reading Programs at the Oceanside Public Library! This year’s Summer Reading Programs will run from June 4 to August 11, 2018, and all ages are invited to sign up and join in the fun.

Oceanside Public Library is offering qualified community members the opportunity to earn an accredited high school diploma, and credentialed career certificate, through Career Online High School, a program brought to public libraries by Gale, a Cengage company.

The Filipino-American Cultural Organization (FACO) and the Oceanside Public Library will be hosting the 17^th Annual Filipino Cultural Celebration on Saturday, June 9, 2018.

The Oceanside Public Library will host a free, two-day Digital Storytelling Workshop sponsored by the California State Library and led by Berkeley-based StoryCenter.

The Friends of the Oceanside Public Library will hold a Books and Media (BAM!) Sale fundraiser on Saturday, May 12, 2018, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., behind the Civic Center Library at 602 Civic Center Drive in Oceanside.

Oceanside Public Library is excited to announce the launch of Brainfuse HelpNow – on demand, anytime, anywhere eLearning for all ages and levels.

Representatives from the Youth Employment Opportunity Program (YEOP) will be presenting employment workshops at the Oceanside Public Library throughout the month of May.

Free Comic Book Day activities, and FREE COMIC BOOKS for all ages, are coming to the Oceanside Public Library and PANELS Comic Book Coffee Bar on Saturday May 5, 2018.

All Oceanside Public Library locations will be closed until 1:00 p.m. on Friday, May 11, 2018, for staff training. The Library will reopen at 1:00 p.m. for normal business hours.

The Friends of the Oceanside Public Library, with support from Oceanside Public Library Foundation and local business and community groups, will host an enchanting Royal Afternoon Tea on the Civic Center Plaza on Sunday, May 20, at 1:00 p.m.

The Oceanside Public Library presents a sensory storytime, in honor of National Autism Awareness Month, on Friday, April 27, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. in the Civic Center Library, 330 North Coast Highway.

The Oceanside Public Library invites parents, caregivers and children, ages seven years and under, to participate in springtime stories and songs, followed by an egg hunt and take-away crafts.

The Oceanside Public Library and Oceanside Museum of Art invite the public to a Kick-off event for the Big Read on Saturday, March 17 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Oceanside Museum of Art, 704 Pier View Way in downtown Oceanside.

Profuse punster Richard Lederer will entertain and edify listeners with his observations on language during a presentation of “Dances with Words” on March 17 at 2:00 p.m.

The Oceanside Public Library invites families and children of all ages to celebrate Dr. Seuss’s birthday Saturday, March 3, 2018, at 2:00 p.m. in the Mission Branch Library Community Room, 3861-B Mission Avenue.

The Oceanside Public Library is hosting practice ACT and SAT testing, administered by the Princeton Review, to high school students in February and March.

The Oceanside Public Library and the Friends of the Oceanside Public Library are proud to present The Bassett Brothers in concert. This free performance will be held on Saturday, March 3, 2018, in the Civic Center Library Community Rooms located at 330 N. Coast Highway.

Oceanside Public Library’s Homebound Service provides free home delivery of library materials to Oceanside residents who are unable to visit one of our library locations due to illness or disability.

Hullabaloo is coming to the Oceanside Public Library! Children and caregivers are invited to a special performance by popular family musical act Hullabaloo on Friday, February 23 at 1:00 p.m. at the Civic Center Library, 330 North Coast Highway.

From March 17-April 14, 2018, in addition to book discussions throughout the City, the Library will host an exciting array of special programs inspired by the novel Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel.

Children of all ages and their caregivers are invited to Oceanside Public Library to participate in an amazing hands-on African drum and song experience, taught by Nana Yaw Asiedu, a local San Diego Master African Drummer, on Saturday, February 17, 2018 at 11 a.m. in the Civic Center Library Community Rooms, 330 North Coast Highway.

The Friends of the Oceanside Public Library will hold a Books and Media (BAM!) Sale fundraiser on Saturday, February 10, 2018, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., behind the Civic Center Library at 602 Civic Center Drive in Oceanside.

Children of all ages are invited to Oceanside Public Library for a basic Chinese Calligraphy workshop on Thursday, February 1, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. at the Civic Center Library in the children’s area, 330 North Coast Highway.

The Oceanside Public Library and North County African American Women’s Association invite the public to a special free performance entitled “History of Black Music: From Negro Spirituals to Porgy and Bess,” on Saturday, February 3, at 7:00 p.m., at the Sunshine Brooks Theatre, 217 North Coast Highway in downtown Oceanside.

Join the Adelante Bookmobile at Joe Balderrama Park on Monday, January 22, at 3:30 p.m., and the Bookmobile at John Landes Park on Wednesday, January 24, at 3:00 p.m., to celebrate their new designs.

Oceanside Public Library, in partnership with the Computer and Communication Industry Association (CCIA) and Intuit Freedom Foundation is hosting this one-day free taxpayer assistance event on Saturday, February 17 from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. at the Civic Center Library, located at 330 North Coast Highway.

The Oceanside Public Library and the Friends of the Oceanside Public Library are proud to welcome the Leonard Patton-Danny Green Quartet in concert.

Oceanside Public Library is hosting an English as a Second Language (ESL) Conversation Class on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00 a.m. to 11:35 a.m., January 23 through May 17, in the second-floor Foundation Room at the Civic Center Library at 330 North Coast Highway.

Join Milford Wayne Donaldson for a presentation on the history of San Onofre, the birthplace of California surf culture, on Saturday, January 6 at 10:30 a.m. in the Civic Center Library Community Rooms at 330 N. Coast Highway.

Beginning January 18, 2018 and continuing every Third Thursday, the Oceanside Public Library will be screening Silent Classic Films in the Foundation Room at the Civic Center Library, 330 N Coast Hwy, Oceanside.

Learn about applying for U.S. Citizenship through naturalization with the Legal Aid Society of San Diego, in partnership with the Oceanside Public Library.

Please join the Oceanside Public Library on January 13, 2018, at 2:00 p.m. for Book Publishing 1-2-3, a presentation with book editor Laurie Gibson, in the 2nd floor Foundation Room of the Oceanside Civic Center Library, 330 N. Coast Highway.

The Oceanside Public Library is hosting a series of programs to assist high school students as they prepare for college. Join us for two informational sessions about “What Students and Parents Need to Know about College” on Saturday, December 9, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. and Saturday, December 16, 2017 at 2:00 p.m.

Stumped on holiday gift giving ideas? Join the Oceanside Public Library for Holiday Book Talk: A Gift Guide, on Saturday, December 2, at 2:00 p.m. in the Civic Center Library Community Rooms at 330 North Coast Highway.

The Sunset Strummers Ukulele Band will bring holiday music to the Oceanside Public Library! They will perform their festive and interactive show at the Mission Branch Library, 3861-B Mission Ave, on Saturday, December 2, 2017 at 2 p.m, and at the Civic Center Library, 330 North Coast Highway, on Saturday, December 9 at 11 a.m.

More opportunities for public input on the City’s first Master Plan for the Arts will take place on Thursday, November 16, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., in the Civic Center Library Community Rooms, 330 North Coast Highway, and on November 30 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., in the Mission Branch Library Community Room, located at 3861 Mission Avenue.

Join the Oceanside Public Library and Oceanside Historical Society in welcoming Dick Rothwell, President of the Camp Pendleton Historical Society, as he shares about the 75-year history of the base, focusing on Las Flores Rancho and the Magees on Saturday, October 28, at 10:30 a.m. in the Civic Center Library Community Rooms, 330 N. Coast Highway.

Oceanside Public Library invites families to its annual Pumpkin Patch Storytimes.

The Oceanside Public Library and the Friends of the Oceanside Public Library are proud to welcome Jarabe Mexicano in concert.

The Oceanside Public Library has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking qualified vendors to supply and support a web-based, hosted, Integrated Library System (ILS), also known as a Library Management System or Library Services Platform.

Run, don’t walk, to the Friends of the Oceanside Public Library Rummage Sale on October 21, from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Please join Oceanside Public Library for a program with travel journalist and author Maggie Espinosa on Saturday, September 30, at 2:00 p.m. at the Mission Branch Library Community Room, 3861 Mission Avenue, Oceanside.

An Arts Individual/Arts Organization Town Hall will take place on Thursday, September 14, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., in the Civic Center Library Community Rooms, next door to the Oceanside Public Library location at 330 North Coast Highway, in downtown Oceanside.

Winnie the Pooh is coming to the Oceanside Public Library! Families are invited to a special storytime featuring Winnie the Pooh on Saturday, September 16 at 11:00 a.m. in the Civic Center Library Community Room, 330 North Coast Highway, and on Monday, September 25 at 6:00 p.m. in the Mission Branch Library Community Room, 3861-B Mission Avenue.

On Sunday, September 10, the City of Oceanside will be kicking off National Hispanic Heritage Month with its 13^th Annual Noche Mexicana.

The Oceanside Public Library and the Friends of the Oceanside Public Library are proud to welcome the Django Shredders in concert.

Learn about applying for U.S. Citizenship through naturalization with the Legal Aid Society of San Diego, in partnership with the Oceanside Public Library.

The Oceanside Public Library and the Friends of the Oceanside Public Library are proud to welcome Jessica Fichot in concert.

Come join the fun at Oceanside Public Library and celebrate summer reading! The Library will host two Summer Reading Finales for children and their families.

Oceanside Cultural District has been selected as one of California’s premier state-designated cultural districts, the California Arts Council announced today.

The Sunset Strummers will bring their Ukulele Band to the Civic Center Library, 330 North Coast Highway in Oceanside, on Saturday, July 8 at 11:00 a.m.

As part of Oceanside Public Library’s “Feline Doggone Good About Reading” Summer programs for adults, the Library is excited to host a live recording of the PURRRcast Podcast on Saturday, July 29 at 2:00 p.m. at the Civic Center Library Community Rooms, 330 N. Coast Highway, Oceanside, CA 92054.

Come join the fun at the Oceanside Public Library for the Arty Loon Magic Show at the Mission Branch Library, 3861-B Mission Avenue, on Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 2:00 p.m.

Join the Oceanside Public Library from June 5 through August 5 in a rewarding summer reading program for adults.

The Filipino-American Cultural Organization (FACO) and the Oceanside Public Library will be hosting the 16^th Annual Filipino Cultural Celebration on Saturday, June 10, 2017.

Homeschooling students in grades K-12 are invited to enter Oceanside Public Library’s Homeschool Science Fair, to be held on May 23, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. in the Civic Center Library Community Room, 330 North Coast Highway.

The Oceanside Arts Commission, under direction of the Library Department of the City of Oceanside, has been notified that their proposal for a state-designated cultural district has reached semi-finalist status in the California Arts Council Cultural Districts pilot program.

Next Chapter Book Club is for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and is limited to eight members, so sign up soon!

Highlighting private correspondence from almost every major conflict in U.S. history, War Comes Home: The Legacy is now on exhibit on the second floor of the Oceanside Public Library’s Civic Center Library, located at 330 North Coast Highway in Oceanside.

This year, Oceanside Public Library, in partnership with Oceanside Cultural Arts Foundation, invites the public to the “Write On, Oceanside! Literary Fair,” that celebrates local authors with free events from June 22 to June 24.

April is National Poetry Month, and the Oceanside Public Library is offering a Community Poetry Celebration and Poet Talk.

MiraCosta College Physics Instructor Jonathan Cole will address the current state of the climate change debate, and offer options to explore for the future, in an engaging Oceanside Public Library program, “Climate Change: Where Do We Go from Here?” on Saturday, April 22, at 10:00 a.m., at the Civic Center Library, 330 N. Coast Highway, in downtown Oceanside.

The Oceanside Public Library will host a new program for adults, 18 – 30 years old.

Please join the Oceanside Public Library on March 3 and 4 to celebrate Four Seasons Art Walk at the Civic Center Library, 330 North Coast Highway.

The Oceanside Public Library is now offering military veterans a new one-stop shop to help them find information about services and resources available to them.

The Oceanside Public Library is hosting practice ACT and SAT testing, administered by the Princeton Review, to high school students this March.

Please join the Oceanside Public Library for a month-long Spanish Language Microsoft Office Computer class. La Biblioteca Pública de Oceanside ofrecerá una clase de Microsoft Office en español el mes de febrero.

Oceanside Public Library is proud to present a free program featuring critically acclaimed author Natashia Deón, who will discuss Grace, her distinctive, immersive, and hauntingly beautiful debut novel.

The Oceanside Public Library is proud to host a special concert performance of Langston Hughes’ Ask your Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz on Saturday, January 21 at 6 p.m. at the Sunshine Brooks Theatre in Oceanside.

The Oceanside Public Library’s Civic Center Library will re-open to the public on Tuesday, December 27, 2016, at 10:00 a.m.

In celebration of One Book, One San Diego’s 10th anniversary, the Oceanside Public Library is hosting a special presentation by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Geraldine Brooks at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, November 16, at the MiraCosta College Concert Hall, One Barnard Drive, Oceanside.

Starting Monday, October 31, the Civic Center Library, at 330 North Coast Highway in Downtown Oceanside, will temporarily close for improvements.

Oceanside Public Library is proud to announce the first ever ALL AGES Game Night!

Families with young children are invited to a special show at the Oceanside Public Library featuring Hullabaloo, free-range organic kid-folk music, on Saturday, September 24, 2016, at 11:00 a.m. at the Civic Center Library, 330 N. Coast Highway, and 1:00 p.m. at the Mission Branch Library, 3861-B Mission Avenue.

Americans will celebrate National Voter Registration Day with a massive 50-state effort to register voters before Election Day this November. Oceanside Public Library is proud to be a National Voter Registration Day partner.

The Oceanside Public Library is proud to host a series of PBS Point of View (POV) documentaries as part of a continuing series.

On Sunday, September 11, Oceanside will be kicking off National Hispanic Heritage Month with its 12^th Annual Noche Mexicana.

Come celebrate at the children’s finale of the Oceanside Public Library’s “Read for the Win” Summer Reading program on Saturday, July 30, 2016, at 11:00 a.m. in the Community Rooms at the Civic Center Library, 330 North Coast Highway.

Enjoy a special visit from Anthony Award-winning San Diego author Matt Coyle at 5 p.m., before the Mystery Book Club meets at 6 p.m., on Wednesday, July 27, 2016, in the Civic Center Library Foundation Room, at 330 North Coast Highway, Oceanside.

Come join the fun and Read-for-the-Win at Oceanside Public Library where Together…We All Win while we Sing, Laugh, and Dance our way around the world with Nikola Clay on Saturday, July 9, 2016 at 2 p.m. at the Mission Branch Library Community Room, 3861-B Mission Avenue.

Sherlock Homerun, world famous consulting detective, and his trusty bilingual soccer ball sidekick, Watson, are out to solve a wacky musical mystery and save the Summer Games!

The Oceanside Public Library has acquired a unique online service called Gale Courses for Community Education (the provider is part of the Cengage Learning Company).

Please join the Oceanside Public Library in welcoming Victor Villaseñor to celebrate a special grant program kickoff on Thursday, March 31, at 6:00 p.m. in the Civic Center Library Community Rooms, 330 N. Coast Highway.

The Oceanside Public Library and the Friends of the Oceanside Public Library are proud to present a special performance by award-winning artist Kathryn Cloward.

Enjoy a special visit from historian John Anderson at 5:00 p.m., before Mystery Book Club meets at 6:00 p.m., on Wednesday, February 24, 2016, in the Civic Center Library Foundation Room at 330 North Coast Highway, Oceanside.

All Oceanside Public Library locations will be closed on Friday, March 11, 2016, for Staff Development Day.

The Oceanside Public Library is celebrating Valentine’s Week with a Fine Free Friday on February 12, 2016.

The public is invited to meet local published authors at “Write On, Oceanside!” Literary Festival at the Civic Center Library Plaza and Courtyard (330 N. Coast Hwy) on Saturday, August 29 from 2 to 6 pm.

The Oceanside Public Library is continuing with the Spanish language instruction and conversation every Wednesday at noon.

The Friends of the Oceanside Public Library are proud to present Richard Lederer and The Alley Cats for an exclusive event on Thursday, February 12, 2015, at 5:30 p.m. at the Sunshine Brooks Theatre.

The Oceanside Public Library is celebrating reading by hosting a year-long 100 book challenge.

Need to brush up on your Spanish? Brown bag lunch it on Wednesdays and join the Oceanside Public Library on Wednesday at noon starting January 21 for the new Spanish Conversation sessions.

The Oceanside Public Library will be holding a Holiday Cultural Festival on Monday, December 15, 2014, from 3:00-5:00 p.m. at Joe Balderrama Park located at 709 San Diego Street in Oceanside.

The Oceanside Public Library invites tweens, ages eight to twelve, to get crafty and join the rubberband jewelry-making craze on Saturday, March 29, at 2:00 pm at the Civic Center Library, 330 North Coast Highway.