Library Events

Calling all artists! The City of Goleta is having an art contest for all ages! Create a piece of art with the theme “Creek Week” to promote awareness of the habitats, watersheds, and critters that are affected by the actions of our community. The art will be hung on the wall and be displ...read more

Perfect ParkAcross from the Loop Apartments:6533 Trigo Rd.Isla Vista, CA 93117

Sea Lookout Park6787 Del Playa Dr.Isla Vista, CA 93117

West Campus Playground555 Storke Rd.Goleta, CA 93117

Join us for a relaxed storytime with happy songs, lap bounces, a short story, fun bubbles, and parachute play. This calm program has a focus on bonding with your child and building community. Ages 0-12 months / pre-walkers. 

Isla Vista Elementary School6875 El Colegio Rd.Goleta, CA 93117

The GVL Writers' Workshop meets monthly to share work, feedback and encouragement, and discuss the tools of the trade. For this coming session, Fluid Dynamics, we'll discuss methods to chart the shifting events in a story and the basics of mapping out plot.

The Goleta and Santa Ynez Valley Libraries are closed in observance of Labor Day.

Stop by the children’s area of the library to color and create your very own card to send to your grandparents! Grandparents Day is Sunday, September 11th.

Isla Vista Community Services District Community Center976 Embarcadero del Mar, Goleta CA

Storke Community CenterUniversity of California, Santa Barbara, Family Student HousingJuniper Walk, Isla Vista, CA 93106

Join us outdoors for stories, songs and more!  We'll meet under the tree, Wednesday mornings at 10:30 am. Adults may wish to consider wearing masks.In case of extreme weather conditions, storytime will be canceled.

Bring your little one to wiggle, jump and sway to music and nursery rhymes! Sean Lynn Crawford from Inspire Dance Santa Barbara will lead fun movements to help your child develop coordination and experience the joy of music and dancing. Best for ages 1-4.

Isla Vista Community Services District Community Center976 Embarcadero del Mar, Goleta CA

Estero Park889 Camino Del SurGoleta, CA 93117

Friendship Manor6647 El Colegio Rd.Goleta, CA 93117

Studio Plaza Apartments785 Camino Del SurGoleta, CA 93117

Helping individual investors since 1995, the Investors’ Roundtable welcomes both novice and veteran investors to informal presentations and discussions on the second Saturday of each month.   Led by economist Dr. Ken Harwood, the meetings often look at a sample stock, and discuss cur...read more

Isla Vista Community Services District Community Center976 Embarcadero del Mar, Goleta CA

UCSB Early ChildhoodWest Campus Point LnGoleta, CA

Isla Vista Community Services District Community Center976 Embarcadero del Mar, Goleta CA

Isla Vista Community Services District Community Center976 Embarcadero del Mar, Goleta CA

For readers 8-11 years old.  Join us to explore some great new books! The group meets online twice this month: Wednesday September 14 and WednesdaySeptember 28, at 4:00 pm, Please REGISTER to receive the link for the online meetings--the first 10 readers to register rec...read more

Welcome back into the library with our first in-person bookclub meeting in over two years!Join in the conversation in the library council chambers where we will be discussing Agatha Christie's The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.Part of Agatha Christie's Hercules Poirot mystery series, Roger Ac...read more

Master storyteller Randel McGee will appear as Hans Christian Andersen himself, telling his timeless tales in person with warmth and humor.  Free to the public, perfect for both adults and children.Weather permitting, the event will be held under the Sycamore tree on the library lawn-bring a bl...read more

All participants for the Creek Week Art Contest will be on display at the Goleta Valley Library West Wall from Sept.17th-Sept 30th. 

All participants for the Creek Week Art Contest will be on display at the Goleta Valley Library West Wall from Sept. 20th-Sept 30th. 

The musical act of Nic & Joe—Nicole Lvoff and Joe Woodard--will perform songs from their ever-expanding songbook of Beatles, Joni, bossas, standards and more. Together, they also have an original band, "Lucinda Lane." Alone and together, Nicole works on the jazz scene, and J...read more

Isla Vista Community Services District Community Center stop is CANCELED due to rain.

Simon Winchester, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Professor and the Madman, The Perfectionists, The Map That Changed the World, and Krakatoa, September 20thJoin us for a conversation with prolific British-American writer, journalist, and consummate adventurer Simon Winchester. This aut...read more

Join us for a fun and educational storytime for all ages to learn about the holiday of Jewish New Year, with special guest Shterna Kudan, Youth Director at Chabad of S. Barbara.

Join us for a fun and beautiful craft. Please wear your "play clothes" and bring a 9 x 13 or 8x8 dish if you have one.Space is limited, sign up at the front desk!

(Rescheduled from September 10)Come browse our semi-annual book sale, featuring books, media andmore for adults, teens and children!  All proceeds benefit the library.One day only.

Do you have a secret super hero identity trying to get out? In honor of Comic Book Day, the Buellton Library is giving out a DIY comic book for you to write and illustrate! The story and pages are primarily laid out for you, but the style is all your own and there's plenty of room to add your in...read more

Join us for an afternoon with Pulitzer Prize finalist and PEN/Faulkner Award winner Hernan Diaz, author of In the Distance and Trust. Diaz holds a Ph.D. from NYU and edits, the Spanish-language journal Revista Hispánica Moderna, at Columbia University.REGISTER HERE

This month, the Mystery Book Club meets to discuss The Cage, by Bonnie Kistler.  From the publisher: On a cold, misty Sunday night, two women are alone in the offices of fashion conglomerate Claudine de Martineau International. Leaving at the same time, the two women, each preoccupied...read more

Join us for Storytime on Wiggly Wednesdays with Miss Nicole!Today we will be having a special cat themed storytime in honor of Happy Cat Month.Best for ages 15 months-5 years old. We'll do a short story, songs, a dance party and bubbles.Please join us in the Multipurpose Room! 

Are you looking for more information about GVL's online resources? Do you need assistance with your electronic or mobile device?All you have to do is fill out this form and one of our friendly staff will reach out to meet your needs!You will be contacted by a staff member to schedule a...read more

All participants for the Creek Week Art Contest will be on display at the Goleta Valley Library West Wall from Sept.17th-Sept 30th.