We appreciate our community's patience, flexibility, and willingness to explore new, digital ways to enjoy our collection while we do our part to limit the spread of COVID-19 among our staff and our neighbors. Library staff will return to the library [...]
Stop by the library to view our latest art exhibition, which runs until January 29, 2022. This exhibition features Alice Beam’s photographs of the viewpoints from and buildings of the San Gabriel Valley, San Fernando Valley and [...]
Operating hours for both libraries are changing beginning Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. Main Library will be open: Monday & Tuesday: 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday & Friday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Saturday: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Passport services are available (by appointment [...]
For more than a century, the lights on Christmas Tree Lane have been a symbol of holiday spirit. To learn more about this longtime tradition and celebrate the dedicated volunteers who continue this legacy, watch "100 [...]
The Altadena Poets Laureate play an important role in promoting poetry in Altadena through the organization of poetry-centered events at the Altadena Libraries and publication of the online Altadena Literary Review. The Altadena Library's current Poets Laureate are seeking [...]
Local artist Beth Fernandez began working with miniatures in 2020 as a way to keep occupied during the pandemic. Her first efforts included a 1910 grocery store, bakery, and hidden library. Many dwellings later, Beth enjoys [...]
Teens 13 to 19 years old are invited to submit documentation of places around Altadena with personal significance in the form of photos, videos, art, written stories or sound recordings. Selected submissions will be featured in an online and [...]
Come meet & celebrate the artists from the Room 13 program and learn more about their art on Saturday, Dec. 11, from 1 to 2 p.m. on the front lawn at the Main Library. The exhibition in [...]
California Humanities has announced the recent round of Humanities For All Quick Grant awards. The Altadena Library District has been awarded $3,412 for its project entitled “Shared Landscapes: Mapping Teen Altadena.” The Humanities For All Quick Grant is a competitive grant program of California Humanities that supports locally-initiated public humanities projects that respond to [...]
The Altadena Libraries are pleased to introduce the Into the Body series to be hosted at the Main Library, presented by the Roots of Hope initiative and based on the groundbreaking national CDC-sponsored Diabetes Prevention Program. Over the course [...]