Over at the LA Creek Freak blog, Joe Linton recaps the recent ALOUD program The Elemental West: Reflections on Moving Water featuring Kathleen Dean Moore, Craig Childs and William Deverell. Thanks for the […]
Last week, neuroscientist David Eagleman came to ALOUD to demystify the inner-workings of the subconscious mind. After an hour and a half conversation with author Susan Orlean about his new […]
Earlier this week one of Mexico’s greatest writers, and one of the world’s most admired champions of ideas and letters, died in Mexico City. An ardent supporter of libraries, Carlos […]
“This is an exceptionally fun crowd… it’s like all my friends,” one ALOUD audience member said as she took her seat for the packed Alison Bechdel event last week, where […]
The Library Store has been nominated in the Best Bookstore category again this year! We won this title in both 2010 & 2011, and we’re hoping to win it again! Please […]
I am enthralled by the beauty of the this book, its textured jacket cover, the letterpress on the hard cover, and my favorite- the silhouettes of little black birds silently […]
When the 24-year-old Juan Francisco was killed last year—another innocent victim of the some 50,000* that have been killed by acts of violence related to the “drug war” in Mexico—his […]
In a packed house on Tuesday at the Central Library, international rock star philosopher Slavoj Žižek stopped by ALOUD for a conversation with Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies Jack Miles. […]
There’s a few more days left to celebrate National Poetry Month, so grab your headphones and take in some poetry. We’ve compiled a handy podcast list of poetry readings and […]
We recently uncovered this terrific photo of ALOUD Curator and LFLA Cultural Programs Director Louise Steinman, in what appears to be a thoughtful, fun conversation with artist/filmmaker/composer/inventor/musician/chart-topper Laurie Anderson (as […]
