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A.K. Smiley Public Library

Serving the City of Redlands, California since 1894

Established in 1894, A.K. Smiley Public Library has served generations of patrons in the City of Redlands and beyond. The only “admission fee” is curiosity. Lifelong learning is at the center of activity in the beautiful, historic building and attractive grounds!

Events Calendar Combined

March 2023

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  • Homework Help for Elementary students

    Homework Help for Elementary students

    March 1, 2023 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    125 W Vine St, Redlands, CA 92373, USA

    Join Miss Barbara on Wednesday afternoons in the Young Readers' Room for questions and help with your homework!  No appointment necessary...Miss Barbara can help up to 5 students at a time!

    See more details

  • Pajama Story Time

    Pajama Story Time

    March 1, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
    125 W Vine St, Redlands, CA 92373, USA

    Join us for a fun filled evening of great stories, just before bedtime! Meet in the Story Corner of the Young Readers' Room or in The Assembly Room!  Be sure to wear your jammies!
    Log onto FB:
    YRR FB page

    Or join us online at the Young Readers' Room webpage: https://www.akspl.org/yrr/

    See more details

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  • Baby Story Time

    Baby Story Time

    March 2, 2023 @ 9:30 am - 9:50 am
    A K Smiley Public Library, 125 W Vine St, Redlands, CA 92373, USA

    Come and join Miss Kristina as she brings babies and caregivers together for an exciting and lively story time that will incorporate books and songs!  Join us out in the park, behind the Young Readers' Room!
      YRR FB page
    Or find on our website: https://www.akspl.org/yrr/

    See more details

  • Baby Story Time

    Baby Story Time

    March 2, 2023 @ 10:30 am - 10:50 am
    173 S Eureka St, Redlands, CA 92373, USA

    Join Miss Kristina as she reads wonderful stories and sings magnificent songs with and for babies and their caregivers! We will see you in the Contemporary Club or outside in the park!

    See more details

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  • Spanish Story Time

    Spanish Story Time

    March 3, 2023 @ 10:30 am - 11:00 am
    125 W Vine St, Redlands, CA 92373, USA

    Join Miss Melony for a fun and exciting Spanish/English Story Time each Friday morning in The Story Corner of the Young Readers' Room!

    See more details

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  • Bag Sale in Friends Bookstore

    Bag Sale in Friends Bookstore

    March 4, 2023 @ 10:30 am - 4:30 pm
    A K Smiley Public Library, 125 W Vine St, Redlands, CA 92373, USA

    The Friends monthly bag sale is back in the bookstore on the lower level of the library. First hour is reserved for Friends members. Memberships are available to purchase at the sale.

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  • Preschool Story Time

    Preschool Story Time

    March 7, 2023 @ 10:15 am - 10:45 am
    A K Smiley Public Library, 125 W Vine St, Redlands, CA 92373, USA

    Come and join in the fun of stories and songs and meet new friends!  Each Tuesday morning at 10:15 a.m. out in the park, behind the Young Readers' Room, or, if the weather is rainy, windy or too chilly, we'll be inside of the Contemporary Club (173 S. Eureka St.)
    Log onto FB:
    YRR FB page

     or the library's webpage: https://www.akspl.org/yrr/

    See more details

  • History Through Music with Daniel Weston

    History Through Music with Daniel Weston

    March 7, 2023 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
    Contemporary Club, 173 S Eureka St, Redlands, CA 92373, USA

    Classical guitar virtuoso and Redlands residentDaniel Weston will perform a special concert and discussion at the A.K. SmileyLibrary. From the noble sounds of royal court music to the astonishingvirtuosity of acclaimed showpieces, Weston performs masterpieces spanning fivecenturies.

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  • Homework Help for Elementary students

    Homework Help for Elementary students

    March 8, 2023 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    125 W Vine St, Redlands, CA 92373, USA

    Join Miss Barbara on Wednesday afternoons in the Young Readers' Room for questions and help with your homework!  No appointment necessary...Miss Barbara can help up to 5 students at a time!

    See more details

  • Pajama Story Time

    Pajama Story Time

    March 8, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
    125 W Vine St, Redlands, CA 92373, USA

    Join us for a fun filled evening of great stories, just before bedtime! Meet in the Story Corner of the Young Readers' Room or in The Assembly Room!  Be sure to wear your jammies!
    Log onto FB:
    YRR FB page

    Or join us online at the Young Readers' Room webpage: https://www.akspl.org/yrr/

    See more details

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  • Baby Story Time

    Baby Story Time

    March 9, 2023 @ 9:30 am - 9:50 am
    A K Smiley Public Library, 125 W Vine St, Redlands, CA 92373, USA

    Come and join Miss Kristina as she brings babies and caregivers together for an exciting and lively story time that will incorporate books and songs!  Join us out in the park, behind the Young Readers' Room!
      YRR FB page
    Or find on our website: https://www.akspl.org/yrr/

    See more details

  • Baby Story Time

    Baby Story Time

    March 9, 2023 @ 10:30 am - 10:50 am
    173 S Eureka St, Redlands, CA 92373, USA

    Join Miss Kristina as she reads wonderful stories and sings magnificent songs with and for babies and their caregivers! We will see you in the Contemporary Club or outside in the park!

    See more details

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  • Spanish Story Time

    Spanish Story Time

    March 10, 2023 @ 10:30 am - 11:00 am
    125 W Vine St, Redlands, CA 92373, USA

    Join Miss Melony for a fun and exciting Spanish/English Story Time each Friday morning in The Story Corner of the Young Readers' Room!

    See more details

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  • Women's History Month Program

    Women's History Month Program

    March 11, 2023 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
    Assembly Room

    In celebration of Women’s History Month, A.K. Smiley PublicLibrary welcomes historian Ann Deegan on Saturday, March 11th at 2pm in the AssemblyRoom and on Zoom. Her program, “Head to Toe and Skin Out: Women’s Dress ThroughPhotography During the American Civil War”, will analyze original Civil War-eraphotographs and fashion illustrations to reveal what influenced dress rangingfrom economics and war, to technology and fashion trendsetters. She will delveinto why clothing of that era looks so different from today and what influencedwomen to wear strange and uncomfortable items such as hoop skirts.

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  • Preschool Story Time

    Preschool Story Time

    March 14, 2023 @ 10:15 am - 10:45 am
    A K Smiley Public Library, 125 W Vine St, Redlands, CA 92373, USA

    Come and join in the fun of stories and songs and meet new friends!  Each Tuesday morning at 10:15 a.m. out in the park, behind the Young Readers' Room, or, if the weather is rainy, windy or too chilly, we'll be inside of the Contemporary Club (173 S. Eureka St.)
    Log onto FB:
    YRR FB page

     or the library's webpage: https://www.akspl.org/yrr/

    See more details

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  • Homework Help for Elementary students

    Homework Help for Elementary students

    March 15, 2023 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    125 W Vine St, Redlands, CA 92373, USA

    Join Miss Barbara on Wednesday afternoons in the Young Readers' Room for questions and help with your homework!  No appointment necessary...Miss Barbara can help up to 5 students at a time!

    See more details

  • Cancelled: Pajama Story Time

    Cancelled: Pajama Story Time

    March 15, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
    125 W Vine St, Redlands, CA 92373, USA

    Join us for a fun filled evening of great stories, just before bedtime! Meet in the Story Corner of the Young Readers' Room or in The Assembly Room!  Be sure to wear your jammies!
    Log onto FB:
    YRR FB page

    Or join us online at the Young Readers' Room webpage: https://www.akspl.org/yrr/

    See more details

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  • Baby Story Time

    Baby Story Time

    March 16, 2023 @ 9:30 am - 9:50 am
    A K Smiley Public Library, 125 W Vine St, Redlands, CA 92373, USA

    Come and join Miss Kristina as she brings babies and caregivers together for an exciting and lively story time that will incorporate books and songs!  Join us out in the park, behind the Young Readers' Room!
      YRR FB page
    Or find on our website: https://www.akspl.org/yrr/

    See more details

  • Baby Story Time

    Baby Story Time

    March 16, 2023 @ 10:30 am - 10:50 am
    173 S Eureka St, Redlands, CA 92373, USA

    Join Miss Kristina as she reads wonderful stories and sings magnificent songs with and for babies and their caregivers! We will see you in the Contemporary Club or outside in the park!

    See more details

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  • Patron Saints Day

    Patron Saints Day

    March 17, 2023
    Contemporary Club, 173 S Eureka St, Redlands, CA 92373, USA

    Don't miss Patron Saints Day at Smiley Library! March 17 is the birthday of twin brothers Alfred H. and Albert K. Smiley. Since 1908, the Smiley Brothers' birthday is celebrated as Redlands Patron Saints Day. Join Archivist Dr. Nathan Gonzales and Director Emeritus Larry Burgess as they honor the Smiley's legacy with a special program at 2pm in the Contemporary Club.

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  • Spanish Story Time

    Spanish Story Time

    March 17, 2023 @ 10:30 am - 11:00 am
    125 W Vine St, Redlands, CA 92373, USA

    Join Miss Melony for a fun and exciting Spanish/English Story Time each Friday morning in The Story Corner of the Young Readers' Room!

    See more details

  • Spring Book Sale

    Spring Book Sale

    March 17, 2023 @ 10:30 am - 4:30 pm
    Assembly Room

    Friends of the Library Spring Semi Annual Sale

    See more details

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  • Spring Book Sale

    Spring Book Sale

    March 18, 2023 @ 10:30 am - 4:30 pm
    Assembly Room

    Friends of the Library Spring Semi Annual Sale

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  • Southern California in Film

    Southern California in Film

    March 18, 2023 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    173 S Eureka St, Redlands, CA 92373, USA

    The Rocketeer (1991)
    Rated PG
    Director: Joe Johnstone
    Starring: Billy Campbell, JenniferConnelly, and Alan Arkin

    Based on the comic book of the samename, Rocketeer is set in Los Angeles in 1938 and follows stunt pilotCliff Secord as he becomes a masked superhero thanks to his discovery of aprototype rocket pack created by famed aviator Howard Hughes. Filmed throughoutSouthern California, Rocketeer includes such famous landmarks as theEnnis House, Griffith Observatory, and the Hollywood sign. The character wasrevived in a computer animated children’s television program in 2019 voiced bythe same actor from the movie.

    This film is rated PG. Registration isrequested, but not required. No admission is charged for film screenings,thanks to the generous contributions of donors to the library. Face coveringsare not required, but are strongly recommended.

     

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  • Spring Book Sale

    Spring Book Sale

    March 19, 2023 @ 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
    Assembly Room

    Friends of the Library Spring Semi Annual Sale

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  • Preschool Story Time

    Preschool Story Time

    March 21, 2023 @ 10:15 am - 10:45 am
    A K Smiley Public Library, 125 W Vine St, Redlands, CA 92373, USA

    Come and join in the fun of stories and songs and meet new friends!  Each Tuesday morning at 10:15 a.m. out in the park, behind the Young Readers' Room, or, if the weather is rainy, windy or too chilly, we'll be inside of the Contemporary Club (173 S. Eureka St.)
    Log onto FB:
    YRR FB page

     or the library's webpage: https://www.akspl.org/yrr/

    See more details

•
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  • Pajama Story Time

    Pajama Story Time

    March 22, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
    125 W Vine St, Redlands, CA 92373, USA

    Join us for a fun filled evening of great stories, just before bedtime! Meet in the Story Corner of the Young Readers' Room or in The Assembly Room!  Be sure to wear your jammies!
    Log onto FB:
    YRR FB page

    Or join us online at the Young Readers' Room webpage: https://www.akspl.org/yrr/

    See more details

•
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  • Baby Story Time

    Baby Story Time

    March 23, 2023 @ 9:30 am - 9:50 am
    A K Smiley Public Library, 125 W Vine St, Redlands, CA 92373, USA

    Come and join Miss Kristina as she brings babies and caregivers together for an exciting and lively story time that will incorporate books and songs!  Join us out in the park, behind the Young Readers' Room!
      YRR FB page
    Or find on our website: https://www.akspl.org/yrr/

    See more details

  • Baby Story Time

    Baby Story Time

    March 23, 2023 @ 10:30 am - 10:50 am
    173 S Eureka St, Redlands, CA 92373, USA

    Join Miss Kristina as she reads wonderful stories and sings magnificent songs with and for babies and their caregivers! We will see you in the Contemporary Club or outside in the park!

    See more details

• •
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  • Spanish Story Time

    Spanish Story Time

    March 24, 2023 @ 10:30 am - 11:00 am
    125 W Vine St, Redlands, CA 92373, USA

    Join Miss Melony for a fun and exciting Spanish/English Story Time each Friday morning in The Story Corner of the Young Readers' Room!

    See more details

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  • Preschool Story Time

    Preschool Story Time

    March 28, 2023 @ 10:15 am - 10:45 am
    A K Smiley Public Library, 125 W Vine St, Redlands, CA 92373, USA

    Come and join in the fun of stories and songs and meet new friends!  Each Tuesday morning at 10:15 a.m. out in the park, behind the Young Readers' Room, or, if the weather is rainy, windy or too chilly, we'll be inside of the Contemporary Club (173 S. Eureka St.)
    Log onto FB:
    YRR FB page

     or the library's webpage: https://www.akspl.org/yrr/

    See more details

•
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  • Pajama Story Time

    Pajama Story Time

    March 29, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
    125 W Vine St, Redlands, CA 92373, USA

    Join us for a fun filled evening of great stories, just before bedtime! Meet in the Story Corner of the Young Readers' Room or in The Assembly Room!  Be sure to wear your jammies!
    Log onto FB:
    YRR FB page

    Or join us online at the Young Readers' Room webpage: https://www.akspl.org/yrr/

    See more details

•
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  • Baby Story Time

    Baby Story Time

    March 30, 2023 @ 9:30 am - 9:50 am
    A K Smiley Public Library, 125 W Vine St, Redlands, CA 92373, USA

    Come and join Miss Kristina as she brings babies and caregivers together for an exciting and lively story time that will incorporate books and songs!  Join us out in the park, behind the Young Readers' Room!
      YRR FB page
    Or find on our website: https://www.akspl.org/yrr/

    See more details

  • Baby Story Time

    Baby Story Time

    March 30, 2023 @ 10:30 am - 10:50 am
    173 S Eureka St, Redlands, CA 92373, USA

    Join Miss Kristina as she reads wonderful stories and sings magnificent songs with and for babies and their caregivers! We will see you in the Contemporary Club or outside in the park!

    See more details

• •
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  • Spanish Story Time

    Spanish Story Time

    March 31, 2023 @ 10:30 am - 11:00 am
    125 W Vine St, Redlands, CA 92373, USA

    Join Miss Melony for a fun and exciting Spanish/English Story Time each Friday morning in The Story Corner of the Young Readers' Room!

    See more details

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