The Friends of the West Hollywood Library is holding a fifth anniversary celebration of the library’s opening on Saturday, Oct. 1 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

(photo by Edwin Folven)

The celebration includes face painting, caricatures, a fortune teller, balloon twister and cake. Other highlights include a crafts table for creating birthday cards for the library, a picture frame project for teens, a henna tattoo artist, refreshments and giveaways.

“In addition to celebrating the library’s birthday, a fun party provides an opportunity to bring folks to the library who may not have been here before,” said Friends of the West Hollywood Library president Linda Demmers. “It has become the ‘heartbeat’ of our city and we are eager to share it with others.”

The West Hollywood Library Opened on Oct. 1, 2011. It has over 150,000 books and publications, and includes 160 reader seats and 69 computers available for public use.

The 32,000 square-foot library is considered the city’s cultural, literary and artistic center, Demmers said. It is in the top 1 percent of L.A. County libraries in number of annual visitors, and celebrated its one-millionth visitor last year. The West Hollywood Library serves more requests for holds and reserves than 95 percent of the other county branches.

The celebration will be held in the library’s community room and the adjacent open space at 625 N. San Vicente Blvd. For information, call (323)929-2359, or visit www.wehofol.org.