The city's flagship library at Victoria Gardens: free tutoring, study rooms, and a Library of Things.
The Paul A. Biane Library is the city's flagship branch, sharing the Victoria Gardens Cultural Center with the Lewis Family Playhouse, and it's the rare public building that justifies a trip on its own. The hours are real and generous: Tuesday through Thursday until 8pm, Friday and Saturday until 6.
The free stuff is the story. A card gets you cloudLibrary for ebooks, Mango Languages for language learning, BrainFuse for live homework tutoring, bookable study rooms, and the Library of Things — the catalog where the checkouts aren't books. None of it costs anything, which makes this one of the best per-dollar destinations in the city by default.
Upstairs is Second Story and Beyond, the ticketed kids' discovery space — separate admission, separate (and currently confusing) hours. Downstairs stays free.
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Randall Lewis Second Story and Beyond
An immersive kids' discovery space above the Biane Library — climb Cucamonga Peak without leaving the second floor.
Arts & Culture
Lewis Family Playhouse
The city's professional theater for families inside the Victoria Gardens Cultural Center — now with a permanent outdoor stage.
Shopping
Victoria Gardens
The 147-acre open-air center that functions as Rancho Cucamonga's de facto downtown.