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Bilingual musician Nathalia performance on June 9 at 1:00pm and Mister Softee visit at 2:00pm.

Summer Reading Kick Off at Avenue Library!

Monday, June 9, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Avenue Library

Age Group:

Children, Teens, Family

Event Details:

Join us at the Avenue Library as we celebrate the launch of this Summer's Reading Program:  Level Up at Your Library. ~ Enjoy a special performance from bilingual musicia...

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Library Branch: Avenue Library
Age Group: Children, Teens, Family
Program Type: Music, Performance
Event Details:

Join us at the Avenue Library as we celebrate the launch of this Summer's Reading Program:  Level Up at Your Library. 

~ Enjoy a special performance from bilingual musician Nathalia at 1:00pm.  

Ice cream, rubber duck, kids reading, nintendo switch - Foster Summer Reading Kick Off event

Summer Reading Kick Off @ EP Foster Library

Monday, June 9, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
E.P. Foster Library

Age Group:

Children, Teens, Family

Event Details:

Start Your Summer with Fun, Games & Sweet Treats!Join us for a FREE celebration to launch Summer Reading sponsored by the Downtown Ventura Lions Club & Ventura Friends of t...

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Library Branch: E.P. Foster Library
Age Group: Children, Teens, Family
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Games & Play
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Start Your Summer with Fun, Games & Sweet Treats!

Join us for a FREE celebration to launch Summer Reading sponsored by the Downtown Ventura Lions Club & Ventura Friends of the Library

🍦 Free Mister Softee for kids and teens

turtles playing checkers

Level Up at the Innovation Lab! Shoebox Foosball

Wednesday, June 11, 2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
PRU-Innovation Lab at Ray D. Prueter Library

Age Group:

Children, Elementary, Family

Event Details:

Level up your curiosity this summer in the Rosenbluth Family Innovation Lab! Build your own foosball game, create a design with a 3D pen or win a prize in our Minute to Win it Game...

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Library Branch: Ray D. Prueter Library
Room: PRU-Innovation Lab
Age Group: Children, Elementary, Family
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Games & Play, Science & Technology
Event Details:

Level up your curiosity this summer in the Rosenbluth Family Innovation Lab! Build your own foosball game, create a design with a 3D pen or win a prize in our Minute to Win it Games! It's all happening this summer at your library!

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Branches Hill Road Library Meiners Oaks Library Oak View Library Piru Library
Rooms HIL-Library Patio MNO-Children's Room OKV-Community Room PIR-Main Library Space
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10:30am

Little Lab

10:30am - 11:30am
Children, Toddlers, Preschool
Library Branch: Hill Road Library
Room: HIL-Library Patio
Age Group: Children, Toddlers, Preschool
Event Details:

Join us on the patio for Hill Road Library's Little Lab! Each week, children will have the opportunity to create, explore and experiment with sensory activities, process art, constructive play, and more! 

Meiners Oaks Storytime

10:30am - 11:00am
Children, Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, Family
Library Branch: Meiners Oaks Library
Room: MNO-Children's Room
Age Group: Children, Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, Family
Program Type: Literacy, Storytime
Event Details:

Join us every week at our early literacy storytime for stories, music, and movement. For children ages 0-5 and their parent or caregiver.
10:45am
11:00am

Meiners Oaks Play to Learn

11:00am - 11:30am
Children, Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, Family
Library Branch: Meiners Oaks Library
Room: MNO-Children's Room
Age Group: Children, Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, Family
Program Type: Games & Play, Literacy
Event Details:

A drop-in play group for caregivers and children ages birth through 5 years. 
11:15am
11:30am
11:45am
12:00pm
12:15pm
12:30pm
12:45pm
1:00pm

Science Lab at Oak View Library

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Children, Elementary
Library Branch: Oak View Library
Room: OKV-Community Room
Age Group: Children, Elementary
Program Type: Science & Technology
Event Details:
  • Experiments and projects from all areas of science, best-suited for elementary school-age children,
  • Projects (subject to change)
    • June 10
    • June 17  Kids' Farmers' Market: Make a yummy treat and find out what makes fr
1:15pm
1:30pm
1:45pm
2:00pm

Lego Play

2:00pm - 5:00pm
Children, Family
Library Branch: Piru Library
Room: PIR-Main Library Space
Age Group: Children, Family
Program Type: Games & Play
Event Details:

Calling all master builders! Join us for a world of imagination and creativity at our drop-in Lego Play. 
2:15pm
2:30pm
2:45pm
3:00pm

Oak View Storytime

3:00pm - 3:30pm
Children, Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, Family
Library Branch: Oak View Library
Room: OKV-Community Room
Age Group: Children, Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, Family
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

A drop-in early literacy storytime for ages birth - 5 yrs featuring stories, movement, rhymes and songs.  
3:15pm
3:30pm

Oak View Play to Learn

3:30pm - 4:00pm
Children, Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, Family
Library Branch: Oak View Library
Room: OKV-Community Room
Age Group: Children, Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, Family
Program Type: Games & Play, Storytime
Event Details:

A drop-in play group for caregivers and children ages birth through 5 years. 
3:45pm
4:00pm
4:15pm
4:30pm
4:45pm