Bookmark This! #11
Jun 21, 2013
Summer’s officially here! Start this season of sun, warmth, picnics, and beach outings with some recommended reading about Cleopatra, a captain in another universe, time management, the cancellation of bedtime, […]
Complete Communion: David Ornette Cherry Remembers His Father
Jun 20, 2013
“There are only beginnings, there is never an end. Music never stops. It’s you who is stopping it. It’s you who is ending,” said the late great jazz trumpeter Don […]
Fathers and Books
Jun 14, 2013
As some of us rush to the mall to pick-up a handsome pinstripe tie, or make last minute brunch reservations for Father’s Day this weekend, we wanted to catch our […]
Now on Demand: Online Streaming at the Library
Jun 12, 2013
Would you love to instantly stream a Ken Burns’ documentary or listen to the audiobook of The Silver Linings Playbook without having to pay or waiting to download the file? […]
Academy Award-Winning Director Freida Lee Mock Screens Latest Doc at [ALOUD]
Jun 06, 2013
The upcoming film screening of G-DOG: The Movie will be a homecoming of sorts for the film’s director, Freida Lee Mock. The film follows Father Gregory Boyle, a.k.a. G-Dog, the […]
LAPL’s Summer Reading Program Is So Delicious
Jun 03, 2013
Since 1930 the Los Angeles Public Library has offered a free summer reading program to foster literacy and learning when students are out of school and susceptible to the dreaded […]
KCET’s “Artbound” Airs New Recordings from “Songs in the Key of L.A.”
May 31, 2013
Earlier this week, the Library Foundation and the Los Angeles Public Library announced their new project, “Songs in the Key of L.A.,” the first in a series of collaborations to […]
From Nigeria to Los Angeles: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Faith Adiele Reunite at ALOUD
May 31, 2013
Next Thursday, June 6, ALOUD welcomes Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to the stage to discuss her much buzzed about new book, Americanah, with Faith Adiele, the author of the […]
Songs in the Key of L.A.: Tuning into a New Project from the Library Foundation and the Los Angeles Public Library
May 29, 2013
Long before the film industry took root as the cultural and financial epicenter of Hollywood, music paved the way for the growth and development of the Los Angeles we know […]
Deals Deals Deals!
May 28, 2013
The Library Store will be holding their annual SUPER SALE, starting this Friday 5/31 in Meeting Room A at Central Library. Hundreds of items are marked 50-75% off, with new […]