Upcoming Events
CCL - Toddler Tales
Toddler Tales is now on Wednesday at Cesar Chavez Library!
Calling all toddlers and their caregivers! Come join us for storytime and where your little ones will experience stories, songs, rhymes and fun.
Recommended for ages 0-3.
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Feb18
John Steinbeck Library
• 3:00pmJoin us in the library for Make & Explore, our family craft event featuring a fun activity or hands on experiment! Spend some quality time together creating and learning...
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Feb18
El Gabilan Library
• 5:00pmWinter Beyond Basics Computer Class
Sign up for our Beyond Basics computer course to kick-start your journey and enrich your digital learning experience with hands-on...
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Feb19
John Steinbeck Library
• 2:00pmWinter Independent Studies Class
Build your digital skills in our Independent Study Open Lab!
Join us for two weekly, one-hour sessions focused on Gmail, Google... -
Feb19
Cesar Chavez Library
• 2:30pmScience Workshop Unlimited is at Cesar Chavez Library every Thursday!
Visit the SS WoW (Salinas Science Workshop on Wheels)! Kids and families can use...
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Feb19
John Steinbeck Library
• 4:00pmBring your family to Storytime Jamboree at the John Steinbeck Library! We'll read, sing, and dance together as we put the focus on fun and set the silly to 11. For ages 0-7,...
Recent News Posts
Winter Reading Challenge: Free Book for Readers!
December 12, 2025
Winter Reading Challenge
December 20 - January 17
Ages 0-18
The Winter Reading Challenge is back! This Winter Break read for 15 minutes a day for 14 days, and you earn a FREE book! The challenge is open to all Salinas children and teens from December 20, 2025...
Kinder/TK Boot Camp Returns!
July 1, 2025
Prepare your soon-to-be kindergartener to confidently step into the first day of school with the help of the Salinas Public Library's Kinder Boot Camp! Our Kinder Boot Camp will be accepting incoming kindergarten students in additional to transitional kindergarten (TK) students. These camps are...
Join FOSPL for Sip & Paint Fundraiser!
March 8, 2025
Friends of the Salinas Public Library (FOSPL) presents the 4th annual Sip & Paint fundraising event to be held this year on March 8, 6pm at El Gabilan Library.
Join us for this fun event where you can express your creativity while showing support for Salinas Public Library...
El Gabilan Library Celebrates 5 Years
March 6, 2025
We would like to express a massive Thanks! to the nearly 1,500 people that joined us on March 1st to celebrate the 5-year anniversary of our "new" El Gabilan Library. This event had it all: storytime; musical performances; arts and crafts for the entire family; free ice cream...
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