In honor of Cesar Chavez Day and The Crusades of Cesar Chavez, the just-released biography by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Miriam Pawel, ALOUD will be hosting a program celebrating the famed civil […]
Coming up on Thursday, March 27 at ALOUD, Dinaw Mengestu, the MacArthur Award-winning author of two novels, The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears and How to Read the Air, will […]
How do you pick the best books for the baby or toddler in your life? After three years of research with my daughter, I think you should take them to […]
We hope you’ll be raising a glass with us for the Sixth Annual Young Literati Toast this Saturday, March 22 at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City. Arguably the Foundation’s […]
At each Lost & Found at the Movies event we choose a theme to explore. On the heels of Valentine’s Day, during an evening called Love is a Many Splendored […]
Travel the globe through Hisham Aidi’s “Rebel Music” playlist and you’ll find yourself sampling Taqwacore (Islamic punk) from Pakistani-American punk rockers, Randy Weston’s fusion of jazz and Gnawa (African Islamic […]
Sunday 3/9 @ L.A. Weekly’s Essentials Food and Wine Event: noon – 5pm Sunday 3/23 @ Downtown Flea in Chinatown: 10am – 4pm Saturday 3/29 @ Grand Park Bookfest: noon […]
Oscar flown over the Hollywood Sign [graphic] / photo by Mike Mullen. Hollywood is riding high this week on the heels of this Sunday’s Academy Awards. As you prepare your […]
On Monday evening the “king of kitsch” and the “pope of trash” held court at downtown’s Orpheum Theatre. Co-presented by the Library Foundation and The Broad museum as part of […]
Still figuring out your plans for Friday night? How about staying home and reading a book? So many of us are doing it. Perhaps you’d like to join in the […]
