“Y2K @ 20”
Dec 23, 2019
A cool, interactive end-of-the-year post reflecting on 20 years since Y2K with contributions from ALOUD on Science moderator Nellie Bowles:
Thank you for a great year!
Dec 20, 2019
Thank you for supporting us in 2019! As we celebrate the end of a productive and eventful year at the Los Angeles Public Library, all of us at the Library […]
“The Illness That Had No Name”
Dec 01, 2019
Read about Amanda Stern, mental health advocate and the curator for this week’s “Anxiously Yours” program:
“We Teach A.I. Systems Everything, Including Our Biases”
Nov 16, 2019
A timely read to consider for our program with Dr. Achuta Kadambi.
“Where’s the Waste? A ‘Circular’ Food Economy Could Combat Climate Change”
Nov 09, 2019
The future is in wastewater! Upcoming ALOUD on Science guest Dr. William Tarpeh reimagines water conservation. Read up on this trailblazing science.
“Sea gulls love In-N-Out. But their diet may be changing their Channel Islands home”
Oct 20, 2019
How is California’s favorite burger impacting the environment? Get familiar with soon-to-be ALOUD on Science moderator Deborah Netburn’s work.
“This Treatment Can Cure Cancer. Can It Mend the Heart?”
Oct 01, 2019
The latest on immunotherapy!
“Elevated earthquake risk in Southern California: Here’s why, and what you can do”
Sep 20, 2019
Check out this interview with LA Time’s science and medicine editor, Karen Kaplan, who will be featured in the new ALOUD on Science series’ first program!
L.A.’s Central Library Rises From the Ashes in Susan Orlean’s New Book
Oct 12, 2018
“The library is a gathering pool of narratives and of the people who come to find them. It is where we can glimpse immortality; in the library, we can live […]
21 Collections: Every Object Has a Story
Oct 10, 2018
At its core, the public library is an enthusiastic collector: a repository of books, a keeper of history, a holder of information, a gathering place for all. Libraries collect to […]