Bookmark This! #13
Aug 23, 2013
Bookmark This is one year old! In its first year, this recommended reading series has shared an eclectic mix of 60 book suggestions from 58 contributors – all for your […]
[ALOUD] Fall Programs Now Online!
Aug 16, 2013
Featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer A. Scott Berg; Booker Award-winning novelist Margaret Atwood; National Book Award-winner Katherine Boo; Renegade L.A. chef Roy Choi; Local art philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad; South […]
What Ever Happened to Moby Dick?
Aug 15, 2013
This fall, the Library Foundation of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Public Library invite readers across the city to take a look at Herman Melville’s literary masterpiece, Moby Dick, […]
Summer Reads at the Los Angeles Public Library
Jul 31, 2013
It’s nearing the end of July, and if you are feeling that summer has almost passed you by, there’s never a better way to slow down than with a great […]
Bookmark This! #12
Jul 26, 2013
In the heat of the summer, we’ve got some reading recommendations that really sizzle! From books of poetry to French colonial Vietnam to Buddhist wisdom to inspirational letters, I hope […]
Swimming Through LAPL’s Photo Collection
Jul 24, 2013
With temperatures rising this week, we dipped into the Los Angeles Public Library’s Photo Collection to bask in some historic photographs of swimming scenes across L.A. Here’s a sampling of […]
Making Sense of Disaster:The St. Francis Dam
Jul 22, 2013
2013 marks the 100th anniversary of the L.A. Aqueduct, that intricate system of canals and tunnels and pipelines that conveys water collected from the Sierra Nevada Mountains and valleys of […]
Buried Treasure: Josh Kun Unearths the Library’s Sheet Music Collection
Jul 09, 2013
Music scholar and native Angeleno Josh Kun has always been interested in how communities and cultures interact, so working with the Los Angeles Public Library’s sheet music collection was a […]
A New Gateway to Citizenship
Jul 02, 2013
As we prepare to celebrate July 4th and the great civil liberties of our country, there’s never been a better time to spread the word about a wonderful service available […]
Come See the “Songs in the Key of L.A” at the Central Library
Jun 28, 2013
This Monday, July 1st, an exciting new exhibit from the “Songs in the Key of L.A.” project will be unveiled in the downtown Central Library’s First Floor Galleries. The exhibit […]