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- 07/08/2025 8:52 AM
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Halfway through Summer Reading Adventure
There’s still time to “Level up at your library” and explore all that the Summer Reading Adventure has to offer. With four more weeks of reading, rewards and exciting events left, now’s the perfect time to jump in and join the adventure.
- 06/18/2025 4:08 PM
TGIF concert sponsors announced
Before the first TGIF Concerts in the Parks performance on Friday, June 20, the City of Carlsbad announced the sponsors who helped bring the concerts to the community.
- 06/12/2025 10:52 AM
Summer concert series kicks off next week at Stagecoach Park
Carlsbad’s popular Friday night concert series will be back in action next week, starting on June 20, when vintage country band The Highwayman Show will kick off the TGIF Concerts in the Parks series at Stagecoach Community Park.
- 06/09/2025 9:30 AM
NewsroomEnvironmentalThings to do
Sustainable Saturday events
Join the City of Carlsbad on Saturday, June 14, at Cole Library for a morning of hands-on learning focused on sustainability.
- 06/03/2025 8:08 AM
NewsroomInput
New public art input opportunities
Chestnut Avenue beneath I-5 will soon be home to the city’s first permanent public art at a freeway underpass. The selected artist team, Greenmeme, has scheduled more events to gather community input to help develop the concept for the future public art.
- 06/02/2025 9:59 AM
NewsroomThings to do
Coastal-inspired art exhibit ending soon
Stop by the William D. Cannon Art Gallery before June 28 to experience nearly 75 original artworks in “Silent Storytellers,” which features artist Fredric Hope’s reflections of Southern California’s evolving shores.
- 05/09/2025 4:39 PM
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Club Pelican returns this summer
The City of Carlsbad is excited to once again offer Club Pelican Summer Camp for ages 7 to 11 beginning this July.
- 04/30/2025 3:47 PM
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Sunday library hours return
Starting Sunday, May 18, the Carlsbad City Library on Dove Lane and the Georgina Cole Library will once again offer Sunday hours, expanding community access to library services in time for summer.
- 04/25/2025 11:55 AM
NewsroomProjectsInputVeterans Memorial Park
Veterans Park art
Three design concepts are now available for community input to help shape the public art planned for the future Veterans Memorial Park.
- 04/15/2025 8:08 PM
NewsroomInput
Meet the artists: Chestnut Underpass
To help develop the concept for the Chestnut Underpass Public Art project, the artist team Greenmeme is hosting several meet and greet events on Friday, April 25 and Saturday, April 26.
- 03/28/2025 9:54 AM
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Carlsbad Reads Together kick-off
Tuesday, April 1, is the start of Carlsbad Reads Together 2025, a month-long citywide book club where everyone reads the same book at the same time, with special events and activities designed to connect the entire community through reading.
- 03/19/2025 2:07 PM
NewsroomThings to do
Ruby G. Schulman Auditorium reopening
The City of Carlsbad recently reopened the Ruby G. Schulman Auditorium following extensive audio-visual renovations.
- 03/03/2025 4:30 PM
ProjectsInput
Chestnut Public Art Update
Event postponed - Meet the artists for the Chestnut underpass public art project
- 02/27/2025 9:00 AM
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Strategic Plan progress
The City of Carlsbad is now halfway through carrying out its first 5-Year Strategic Plan.
- 02/26/2025
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Library Sunday hours returning
By summer, the Carlsbad City Library on Dove Lane and Cole Library will reopen on Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m.
- 02/18/2025 10:08 AM
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Concert sponsorships available
The City of Carlsbad is once again offering local businesses an opportunity to be a part of our most popular community event, the TGIF Concerts in the Parks summer series.
- 02/07/2025 1:17 PM
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Community Arts Grants
The City of Carlsbad invites schools and arts organizations to apply for Community Arts Grants from Feb. 10 through March 17. The Community Arts Grants program supports projects and activities that provide quality arts and cultural programming for the Carlsbad community.
- 02/05/2025 2:45 PM
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Prehistoric Carlsbad discoveries
Carlsbad’s coastal location and unique geology have made it a hotspot for fascinating fossil and archaeological discoveries.
- 02/03/2025 9:59 AM
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Cannon Gallery exhibit features Southern California's shoreline
New exhibit "Silent Storytellers" runs from Feb. 7 to June 28
- 01/23/2025 1:37 PM
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2025 Carlsbad Reads Together book selection