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Rainbow Parenting & Family Program Kickoff: Play & Explore

In-Person Program

2024-06-15 11:00:00 2024-06-15 12:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Rainbow Parenting & Family Program Kickoff: Play & Explore Join us for a session of play, curiosity, and creativity to kick off a series of Rainbow Parenting & Family programs! Meet other local LGBTQ+ families, share experiences, inspire and encourage each other! For kids ages 0 - 5 and their families. Lancaster Library - Meeting Room

Saturday, June 15
11:00am - 12:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-06-15 11:00:00 2024-06-15 12:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Rainbow Parenting & Family Program Kickoff: Play & Explore Join us for a session of play, curiosity, and creativity to kick off a series of Rainbow Parenting & Family programs! Meet other local LGBTQ+ families, share experiences, inspire and encourage each other! For kids ages 0 - 5 and their families. Lancaster Library - Meeting Room

Lancaster Library

Meeting Room

Join us for a session of play, curiosity, and creativity to kick off a series of Rainbow Parenting & Family programs! Meet other local LGBTQ+ families, share experiences, inspire and encourage each other! For kids ages 0 - 5 and their families.

Rainbow Parenting & Family Programs strive to build community and create a safe space for LGBTQ+ families in the library. 

This program is part of Smart Start at the Library, LA County Library's collection of programs and services for
early learners ages 0 – 5 and their caregivers.

Lancaster Library

Phone: 661.948.5029

Hours
Mon, Dec 02 Closed
Tue, Dec 03 12:00PM to 8:00PM
Wed, Dec 04 12:00PM to 8:00PM
Thu, Dec 05 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Fri, Dec 06 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Dec 07 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sun, Dec 08 Closed

About the branch

The original Lancaster Library was established by the Los Angeles County Free Public Library in October 1912 in the Antelope Valley Union High School which was located on the southwest corner of Tenth Street (now Lancaster Boulevard) and Cedar Avenue. Subsequently, the Lancaster Library occupied space in a local drugstore, the Chamber of Commerce, and the County Justice Court.

In 1950, the Library moved to Fig Avenue and provided library services from this site for the next fourteen years. The expanded Lancaster Library opened on West Avenue J in 1964.

Due to rapid population growth throughout the Antelope Valley, a new library was built in 1995-1996 on Lancaster Boulevard in the Lancaster Old Town Site to provide library services to the residents of Lancaster and the surrounding communities.

Upcoming events

Fri, Dec 06, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Group Study Room
Come relax and get creative with our adult coloring pages featuring animals and nature, mandala designs, and positive phrases, or play with our fun and soothing kinetic sand. Open to individuals with disabilities and their caregivers. For adults.

Fri, Dec 06, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Browse hand-crafted items from 20+ vendors. Shop for holiday gifts and personal treasures. We will also have hundreds of used books available for purchase.

Fri, Dec 06, 10:30am - 11:00am
With your baby on your lap, enjoy bonding through favorite old and new nursery rhymes, finger plays, songs, and age-appropriate books. For ages 0 - 24 months with an adult caregiver.

Sat, Dec 07, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Browse hand-crafted items from 20+ vendors. Shop for holiday gifts and personal treasures. We will also have hundreds of used books available for purchase.

Sat, Dec 07, 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Join us for an afternoon of DIY art. Let your creativity run wild and make an artistic piece or two that can be displayed in the library. This month we will spotlight Piet Mondrain. Supplies will be provided. For ages 5 - 12.

Sat, Dec 07, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Group Study Room
Join us to discuss "Get a Life, Chloe Brown" by Talia Hibbert. For adults.

Tue, Dec 10, 4:15pm - 5:30pm
Meeting Room
Join us and learn the valuable skill of creating a professional resume. For ages 14 - 18.

Wed, Dec 11, 12:00pm - 4:00pm
In response to an increase in fentanyl and other opioid related overdoses, we've partnered with the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health and California Department of Health Care Services to offer free doses of Naloxone (Narcan).

Wed, Dec 11, 12:15pm - 12:45pm
Meeting Room
Join us as we focus on early literacy through movement, songs, stories, dance, and exploration of musical concepts and instruments. For ages 2 - 5 with an adult caregiver.

Wed, Dec 11, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Meeting Room
Join us for our monthly TAB (Teen Advisory Board) meeting and discover how you can become a volunteer at the library. For ages 14 - 18.

Thu, Dec 12, 11:00am - 11:45am
Let’s get ready for school! Enjoy books, songs, rhymes, and movement while learning school readiness skills and having fun. For ages 2 - 5 with their parent or caregiver.

Fri, Dec 13, 10:30am - 11:00am
Meeting Room
With your baby on your lap, enjoy bonding through favorite old and new nursery rhymes, finger plays, songs, and age-appropriate books. For ages 0 - 24 months with an adult caregiver.

Sat, Dec 14, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Meeting Room
Welcome to the Harry Potter Book Club! For this second session, we will be discussing our progress in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and making mandrakes and remembralls. Fun activities await!  Costumes are welcomed. For ages 10 - 14.

Sat, Dec 14, 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Meeting Room
We will read the book Celebrate December by Kari Noel. We will then chat about what makes December exciting, and you will make a decoration to celebrate something special this year. For kids ages 5 - 12 with a parent or caregiver.

Sat, Dec 14, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Have you ever used a sewing machine? Once you have mastered sewing in straight lines to curves, we will learn how to make button holes, sew buttons on, and much more. For ages 9 – 12 with parent or caregiver.
This event is full

Sat, Dec 14, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Come paint and put together your own toy soldier out of miniature 2" clay pots. Registration required, as supplies are limited. For adults.
This event is full

Tue, Dec 17, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Meeting Room
Join us for this book party to discuss this adventure wilderness book by Gordon Korman, then we will mold our own baby alligators using Crayola Model Magic Clay. For Grades 4 - 8.

Wed, Dec 18, 12:00pm - 4:00pm
In response to an increase in fentanyl and other opioid related overdoses, we've partnered with the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health and California Department of Health Care Services to offer free doses of Naloxone (Narcan).

Wed, Dec 18, 12:15pm - 12:45pm
Meeting Room
Join us as we focus on early literacy through movement, songs, stories, dance, and exploration of musical concepts and instruments. For ages 2 - 5 with an adult caregiver.

Wed, Dec 18, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Meeting Room
Join us for role-playing adventures in the worlds of Dungeons & Dragons. For adults.
This event is full

Wed, Dec 18, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Group Study Room
Join us to send the season’s greetings with scratch art cards. Just scratch off the ink coating to reveal a burst of color beneath. You can craft your own design or use one of our stencils to guide you. For ages 13 – 17.

Thu, Dec 19, 11:00am - 11:45am
Meeting Room
Join us for a reading of the The Gingerbread Man, by Susan Sandvig Walker. The kids will then decorate paper gingerbread houses and gingerbread men! For children ages 2 – 5 with a parent or caregiver.  

Thu, Dec 19, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Meeting Room
Color theory? Never heard of it. Painting inside the lines? Boring! Instead, let your creativity run wild. Join us for a stress-free afternoon of Bad Art and create your best “worst” masterpiece. For teens ages 12 - 18.

Fri, Dec 20, 10:30am - 11:00am
Meeting Room
With your baby on your lap, enjoy bonding through favorite old and new nursery rhymes, finger plays, songs, and age-appropriate books. For ages 0 - 24 months with an adult caregiver.

Sat, Dec 21, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Have you ever used a sewing machine? Once you have mastered sewing in straight lines to curves, we will learn how to make button holes, sew buttons on, and much more. For ages 9 – 12 with parent or caregiver.

Sat, Dec 28, 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Meeting Room
Learn simple coding and robotics with Ozobots! These tiny robots can read your commands as color codes on paper. Watch them race, solve puzzles, or just draw your own path and see what they do! For kids ages 7-12 with a parent or guardian.

Thu, Jan 02, 11:00am - 11:45am
Meeting Room
Let’s get ready for school! Enjoy books, songs, rhymes, and movement while learning school readiness skills and having fun. For ages 2 - 5 with their parent or caregiver.

Sat, Jan 04, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Meeting Room
Join us to discuss 'My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She's Sorry', by Fredrik Backman. For adults.