Share your love of learning English with diverse students just like you! Students will read, discuss and practice their English communication skills. No registration required.

Ages: 18+

No registration required.

Lets grow some vegetables! In collaboration with the Natural History Museum, we will be hosting a sustainable gardening workshop at the library. Learn about the different types of containers used for growing vegetables, the best soil mediums, drainage, soil nutrition, how to transplant vegetables, and more! Participants will get to take home a ten gallon grow bag filled with soil and veggies that they’ve planted themselves.

Registration is required. Please register for only 1 session.

Lets grow some vegetables! In collaboration with the Natural History Museum, we will be hosting a sustainable gardening workshop at the library. Learn about the different types of containers used for growing vegetables, the best soil mediums, drainage, soil nutrition, how to transplant vegetables, and more! Participants will get to take home a ten gallon grow bag filled with soil and veggies that they’ve planted themselves.

Registration is required. Please register for only 1 session.

Enjoy an opportunity to explore and appreciate cinema from different cultures and regions around the world at our FREE monthly International film screening! This month, join us to watch Biutiful [R] by Alejandro González Iñárritu.

Join a lively book discussion in a small group setting. Light refreshments will be served and new book lovers are always welcome! For more information, contact Claudia Dailey at (562) 904-7363.

This month’s book: Master Slave Husband Wife by Ilyon Woo

Visit the Friends of The Downey City Library for an opportunity to have your portrait drawn by local Downey artist Taryn Lee! This special event is open to all library patrons, making it the perfect chance to capture your unique charms and essence on paper and leave with a timeless keepsake, all for a donation of $15 to the Friends of The Library. Portrait Drawings will be held the following days:

• Wednesday, April 24th, 4-6pm

• Monday, April 29th, 5-7pm

• Wednesday, May 8th, 5-7pm

• Saturday, May 18th, 1-3pm

Spaces are limited, so be sure to RSVP by emailing friendsofthedowneylibrary@gmail.com or calling (562) 299-6790 to secure your spot. Walk-ins are welcome (time permitting). This is a wonderful opportunity to support The Downey City Library while commemorating your own image through the eyes of an artist. We can't wait to see you there!

100% of the proceeds are donations to the Friends of The Downey City Library

Where: Friends of the Library Bookstore

Contact the Friends of The Library for more info

Share your love of learning English with diverse students just like you! Students will read, discuss and practice their English communication skills. No registration required.

Ages: 18+

No registration required.

Growing up in the barrio is not easy. There are many challenges - economic, social, and personal. Growing up in the streets is sometimes rugged, raw, dangerous. Many learn the ways of survival not taught in books. Poems from The Barrio, hosted by Donato Martinez, will highlight poetry about our homes, our street, our environment. There are poets that rise from the dirt and the rubble and the mess to tell us about the magnificent stories about beauty and childhood dreams. We invite anyone to share stories about growing up, about their adolescence, about their homes, about their neighborhood.

This program is in partnership with Poets & Writers.

Where: The Cormack Room

When: Saturday, May 4th, 3-5pm

Enjoy an evening out with the family at our monthly family-friendly movie screening! This month, we’ll be showing A Million Miles Away [PG] by Alejandra Marquez.

This evening storytime provides an opportunity to enjoy stories, music and singing together as a family. This new storytime is being offered for families that are usually unable to attend our morning sessions. 

Esta hora de cuentos por la noche ofrece la oportunidad de disfrutar de historias, música y cantar juntos en familia. Esta nueva hora de cuentos se ofrece para familias que normalmente no pueden asistir a nuestras sesiones en las mañanas.

Ages/Edades: - 3-5 years/años

Visit the Friends of The Downey City Library for an opportunity to have your portrait drawn by local Downey artist Taryn Lee! This special event is open to all library patrons, making it the perfect chance to capture your unique charms and essence on paper and leave with a timeless keepsake, all for a donation of $15 to the Friends of The Library. Portrait Drawings will be held the following days:

• Wednesday, April 24th, 4-6pm

• Monday, April 29th, 5-7pm

• Wednesday, May 8th, 5-7pm

• Saturday, May 18th, 1-3pm

Spaces are limited, so be sure to RSVP by emailing friendsofthedowneylibrary@gmail.com or calling (562) 299-6790 to secure your spot. Walk-ins are welcome (time permitting). This is a wonderful opportunity to support The Downey City Library while commemorating your own image through the eyes of an artist. We can't wait to see you there!

100% of the proceeds are donations to the Friends of The Downey City Library

Where: Friends of the Library Bookstore

Contact the Friends of The Library for more info

Share your love of learning English with diverse students just like you! Students will read, discuss and practice their English communication skills. No registration required.

Ages: 18+

No registration required.

In this class you’ll learn the fundamentals of safe browsing and how to better safeguard yourself both on and offline! PC’s will be provided by the library to work on during the class.

¡En esta clase aprenderá los fundamentos de la navegación segura y cómo protegerse mejor tanto en línea como fuera de línea! La biblioteca proporcionará PC para trabajar durante la clase.

Registration is required in-person or by phone (562) 904-7360.

Registration will open 2 weeks before the class

Watch classics, discover new movies and hang out with friends in the Cormack Room the last Thursday of every month. This month join us to watch Buffalo ‘66 by Vincent Gallo [R]

Visit the Friends of The Downey City Library for an opportunity to have your portrait drawn by local Downey artist Taryn Lee! This special event is open to all library patrons, making it the perfect chance to capture your unique charms and essence on paper and leave with a timeless keepsake, all for a donation of $15 to the Friends of The Library. Portrait Drawings will be held the following days:

• Wednesday, April 24th, 4-6pm

• Monday, April 29th, 5-7pm

• Wednesday, May 8th, 5-7pm

• Saturday, May 18th, 1-3pm

Spaces are limited, so be sure to RSVP by emailing friendsofthedowneylibrary@gmail.com or calling (562) 299-6790 to secure your spot. Walk-ins are welcome (time permitting). This is a wonderful opportunity to support The Downey City Library while commemorating your own image through the eyes of an artist. We can't wait to see you there!

100% of the proceeds are donations to the Friends of The Downey City Library

Where: Friends of the Library Bookstore

Contact the Friends of The Library for more info

Share your love of learning English with diverse students just like you! Students will read, discuss and practice their English communication skills. No registration required.

Ages: 18+

No registration required.

¡Estás Invitado!

La biblioteca de la ciudad de Downey te invita a ser parte de nuestra discusión de el Club De Lectura en Español. Este programa es para lectores de 18 años en adelante y personas que hablen y lean en español. Para nuestra sesión estaremos conversando sobre el libro A Lupita le gustaba planchar de Laura Esquivel.

De que trata el Libro?

“En su búsqueda del amor, Lupita llega al lugar equivocado en el momento equivocado y termina involucrada en el asesinato de un delegado político. Su historia da un giro radical, pues su propia vida está en riesgo y debe desentrañar el misterioso crimen, al que rodean oscuros intereses políticos, redes de corrupción y venta de drogas.”

Tendremos aperitivos y juntos crearemos un ambiente cómodo para discutir los temas que el libro nos ofrece. Siéntete libre de invitar a un amigo, familiar, vecino o conocido. ¡Será una entretenida conversación!

Día: Sábado 20 de Abril
Hora: 3:00 p.m.

¡Te esperamos!

Pide tu copia gratis del libro en nuestro escritorio de informacion

Make your own book from scratch! This hands-on workshop will walk you through the process of making your own book. All materials will be provided. This class is intended for beginners with no previous experience.

This session is intended for Adults (ages 18+)

Registration will open 2 weeks prior to the class date.

April is Financial Literacy Month! Join us for a special Q&A author talk with Giovanna Gonzalez, author of Cultura & Cash: Lessons from the First Gen Mentor for Managing Finances & Cultural Expectations. Uncover cultural and systemic barriers first gen face in their financial journey and learn actionable solutions on how to overcome them.

Ages: 18+

Where: Cormack Room

Join us this Wednesday evening in The Workshop to create your own marbled designs! Using water marbling techniques, you’ll create your own marbled paper for wrapping, book binding, origami, and everything else you can imagine. All materials will be included.

No Registration Required

Ages: 18+

Where: The Workshop

Share your love of learning English with diverse students just like you! Students will read, discuss and practice their English communication skills. No registration required.

Ages: 18+

No registration required.

Enjoy an opportunity to explore and appreciate cinema from different cultures and regions around the world at our FREE monthly International film screening! This month, join us to watch Past Lives [PG-13] by Celine Song

Join a lively book discussion in a small group setting. Light refreshments will be served and new book lovers are always welcome! For more information, contact Claudia Dailey at (562) 904-7363.

This month’s book: The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer

Share your love of learning English with diverse students just like you! Students will read, discuss and practice their English communication skills. No registration required.

Ages: 18+

No registration required.

Join us in the Workshop for a hands-on learning experience on printmaking through linocut! You’ll learn the process from beginning to end; how to transfer an image, carve out the image on linoleum, and apply it to a piece of paper or fabric with paint.

Participants are encouraged to bring a piece of artwork that they’d like to transfer and print onto paper, fabric, tote bag, or even shirt!

Registration is required in-person, online or by phone (562) 904-7366.

Registration will open 2 weeks prior to the class date.

Join us in the Workshop for a hands-on learning experience on printmaking through linocut! You’ll learn the process from beginning to end; how to transfer an image, carve out the image on linoleum, and apply it to a piece of paper or fabric with paint.

Participants are encouraged to bring a piece of artwork that they’d like to transfer and print onto paper, fabric, tote bag, or even shirt!

Registration is required in-person, online or by phone (562) 904-7366.

Registration will open 2 weeks prior to the class date.

Enjoy an evening out with the family at our monthly family-friendly movie screening! This month, we’ll be showing The Sandlot [PG] by David Mickey Evans.

Join the Workshop as we head outside the Library and venture across our parking lot to the Embassy Suites to paint en plein air. We have a limited amount of materials to offer (easels, paint, charcoal) so we encourage you to bring some of your own materials too.

This will not be a formal how-to class, but more of a meet-up for our community members who enjoy art and nature, to get together and learn from each other. This is a great opportunity to continue learning and grow your artistic skills and interests!

This program is intended for Adults (18+).

Note: Please meet in the Workshop at the Downey Library first. We will then walk over to Embassy Suites as a group. Please do not go to Embassy Suites before checking in at the Library.

Where:

Embassy Suites Downey

8425 Firestone Blvd

Downey, CA 90241

Registration is required in-person, online or by phone (562) 904-7366.

Visit the Workshop page to register.

Join the Workshop as we head outside the Library and venture to the backyard of the Columbia Memorial Space Center to paint en plein air. We have a limited amount of materials to offer (easels, paint, charcoal) so we encourage you to bring some of your own materials too.

This will not be a formal how-to class, but more of a meet-up for our community members who enjoy art and nature, to get together and learn from each other. This is a great opportunity to continue learning and grow your artistic skills and interests!

This program is intended for Adults (18+).

Where:

Columbia Memorial Space Center

12400 Columbia Way

Downey, CA 90242

You can go directly to the Space Center, you do not need to check-in at the Library first.

Registration is required in-person, online or by phone (562) 904-7366.

Visit the Workshop page to register.

Share your love of learning English with diverse students just like you! Students will read, discuss and practice their English communication skills. No registration required.

Ages: 18+

No registration required.