STEAM Reads: Books about Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics
Come visit our STEAM Fair Saturday, July 28 at Central Library from 10 am to 3 pm! We’ll have a planetarium tent, open house for our new Innovation Lab, Virtual […]
Goooooaaaal! Books about Soccer
Ladies and gentlemen, we have our World Cup finalists! This Sunday will be the showdown between France and Croatia for the winner of the 2018 World Cup. If you’re already […]
Dogs, Dogs, Dogs: Man’s Best Friend in Literature
Join us Saturday, June 30 to meet author Craig Grossi, and his four-legged friend, Fred. Craig will tell the story of how they met on an Afghan battlefield, and […]
Steam: New Science Books
2018 is the year of STEAM here at Pasadena Public Library; and across the City of Pasadena. We’re celebrating all things science, technology, engineering, art, and math related with lots […]
Virtual Reality at the Library
Virtual reality is a fast expanding field of technology with possible applications in both many industries and aspects of our everyday lives and it’s now available to experience at Pasadena […]
Reality TV
This week marks 20 years since The Truman Show was released. In June 1998, we first sat down in theaters to watch a somewhat surreal story of a man (played by […]
Time Travel
Our 2018 Summer Reading starts this Saturday, June 2nd! Sign up to participate at pasadena.beanstack.org. The theme this year: “Reading Takes You Everywhere!”… including through time! To get you started, […]
Mental Health in Fiction and Memoir
Saturday, May 19 is our second annual Pasadena Mental Health Day. Please join us at Central Library to learn more and find out about quality mental health services and resources […]
steaM: Math in Fiction
This year we are celebrating STEAM at PPL, and across the City of Pasadena. We’ve got lots of great STEAMy things planned to get you immersed in science, technology, engineering, […]
Celebrating Shakespeare in April
Tradition has it that William Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564, based on baptismal records we have. April 23 also happens to be the date that he died in […]