Robert Hass on Writing as Attention
Oct 08, 2012
Ten years ago, I took a poetry workshop with Robert Hass. One winter afternoon when half of the class, sitting along one side of a rectangular table, watched the snow […]
Bettye LaVette Serenades ALOUD with her Musical Story
Oct 05, 2012
Next Wednesday, October 10, legendary R&B singer Bettye LaVette comes to ALOUD to discuss her new memoir, A Woman Like Me, co-written with David Ritz. LaVette made her first record […]
Up Next at ALOUD: Local Writer Attica Locke
Oct 04, 2012
Eight years ago Attica Locke found herself touring the grounds of Oak Alley, a Southern Louisiana plantation, for the wedding of a friend. Complete with twenty-foot white columns, a wrap […]
Revving up for some revolutionary Eastside history: Ruben Martinez’s “Variedades”
Sep 28, 2012
ALOUD author Rubén Martínez, who joins us at the library later this season for a look at Desert America: Boom and Bust in the New Old West, takes the stage […]
Celebrating the Champions of the Los Angeles Public Library
Sep 26, 2012
On Sunday supporters of the Library Foundation gathered at the downtown Central Library to kick-off an evening celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Foundation. The Library was festively illuminated with […]
Thoughts On Salman Rushdie’s JOSEPH ANTON
Sep 21, 2012
This Sunday the Los Angeles Public Library will honor Salman Rushdie with the 2012 Literary Award for his commitment to literature, and on Monday he will sit down with ALOUD’s […]
Peace in a Time of Politics
Sep 13, 2012
In the aftermath of the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, the battle between the red and blue divide rages louder than ever. Beyond the issues that will drive voters to […]
Happy 100th Birthday to John Cage
Sep 05, 2012
How will you celebrate John Cage’s 100th birthday today? If you are in Washington D.C. you can attend the John Cage Centennial Celebration. If you are in Seattle you can […]
Children and Teen Read Through the Summer at the LAPL
Aug 22, 2012
In 1930, the Los Angeles Public Library’s summer reading program was conceived as a way to encourage children—not tied to farm work—to continue reading during their summer vacation. Today, although […]
Newer Poets Primer: Part Three with Suzanne Lummis
Jul 24, 2012
Tonight, July 24 at ALOUD, the 17th edition of the annual newer poets program comes to the stage with six of Los Angeles’ freshest voices. There’s still time to reserve […]