We are thrilled to be partnering with Grammy Award-winning artist Laufey and her global book club on an Altadena Library X Laufey Book Club library card!

Check out our updated mobile library schedule for fall, which has added MonteCedro the first Tuesday afternoon of the month!

Altadena Library Offers Notary Services Every Week

We welcome our new Altadena Poets Laureate for 2026-2028: Shahé Mankerian & Rhonda Mitchell. As Editor-in-Chief, Shahé will be responsible for the Altadena Poetry Review, and Rhonda will be Poet Laureate for Community Events, heading up workshops & readings.

The Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture invites LA County-based artists to apply for an artist residency.

As part of a new yearlong collaboration with Kidspace Children’s Museum, the Altadena Library District will bring its Curiosity Connection Vol. 2 mobile library to the museum every Friday from 2 to 5 p.m., beginning April 3. 

Altadena Library invites you to be part of the largest book club on the West Coast this spring!

Altadena Library staff and Curiosity Connection Vol. 2 are out in Altadena!

Extended Branch Hours During Renovation

Want to be an Altadena Poet Laureate? Apply now for 2026-2028!

Friends of the Altadena Library LAST BOOK SALE at 2025 Christmas Tree Lane Lighting Ceremony & Winter Festival

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS for the ALTADENA POETRY REVIEW: PRINT ANTHOLOGY 2026. Open Submission Period: October 1 to December 1, 2025

Community Women Vital Voices and the Altadena Library, in partnership with cityLAB-UCLA, invite you to The Black Legacy Voice Echoes Our Truth: Pasadena/Altadena Community, on view at the Bob Lucas Memorial Library from October 12–31, 2025. Please join us for the opening reception on Sunday, October 12, 3–5 PM.

Join us for our official ribbon-cutting ceremony at Bob Lucas Library on Saturday, August 16, 2025, at 10 a.m.

Our beloved branch opens after a 16-month renovation that included a 1,000-sq-ft expansion that adds about 50% more space, including a children’s area and a new literacy center, which includes a classroom and tutoring rooms. The facility also has a new roof, upgraded electrical and mechanical systems, an outdoor reading garden, and is fully accessible for all Altadena.

Altadena Poets Laureate Lester Graves Lennon and Sehba Sarwar have been honored by the Academy of American Poets as 2025 Poet Laureate Fellows, along with 21 other poets laureate serving communities across the country.

Altadena Library invites you to join us for an artist reception with Keni Arts on Friday, May 2, from 6:30-8pm at the Altadena Main Library. His latest exhibition Beauty For Ashes will be featured in our Community Room from May 1 through 31.

We are hiring! Check our openings and apply today at www.altadenalibrary.org/employment.

Stories of Altadena & Altadenans

Emergency and Informational Resources for our community impacted by the Eaton fire.