On the Horizon at ALOUD
Nov 04, 2014
Winter in Los Angeles is all about crisp, clear skies, and there’s definitely something in the stars coming up at ALOUD. From an influential astronomer and a CalTech cosmologist, to […]
Spooky Reads for the Young at Heart
Oct 28, 2014
Librarians in the Los Angeles Public Library’s Children’s Literature Department love Halloween season and they celebrate by sharing their favorite books with the young and young at heart. Here is […]
An Evening with Colm Tóibín and Rachel Kushner
Oct 22, 2014
It’s a rare treat to find two authors from seemingly opposite ends of the literary spectrum come together over a deep respect and fascination of each other’s work. In a […]
Angelenos Unite to Read Homer
Oct 21, 2014
The epic journey of the Library Foundation’s month-long, city-wide celebration, The L.A. Odyssey Project, docks at the Central Library this Saturday, October 25, for a marathon reading of Homer’s epic […]
Coming Soon to ALOUD: From Poland’s Solidarity to Egypt’s Tahrir Square
Oct 16, 2014
None of us were here to live through America’s Revolutionary War that secured our own democracy; but revolutions have succeeded and failed in our lifetimes. Come to ALOUD on Tuesday, […]
Lost & Found at the Movies: An Odyssey Sneak Peek
Oct 06, 2014
This Friday, October 10, all roads lead to Ithaca at our next installment of Lost & Found at the Movies. As part of the Library Foundation’s month-long L.A. Odyssey Project, […]
The Epic Embarks Across Los Angeles
Oct 01, 2014
It’s October, which means The L.A. Odyssey Project will begin its journey into the neighborhoods of Los Angeles to explore the connections between literature, history, science, and the humanities to […]
Salvaging Humanity Through Storytelling: Jesmyn Ward at ALOUD
Sep 18, 2014
The immensely talented writer Jesmyn Ward can elevate the most dire circumstances into beautiful elegies. She won a National Book Award in 2011 for her second novel, Salvage the Bones, […]
The Library Foundation Celebrates 22 Years
Sep 15, 2014
“This is a great Library and it has a wonderful history because it is a Phoenix of a Library. It was reborn from ashes,” said Susan Sontag of the Los […]
Junot Díaz on the Blessings and Curses of Language
Sep 11, 2014
“As an articulate champion of the immigrant experience, unparalleled in sheer originality of language, with a keen sense of history, culture, and the way forward, Junot Díaz is a writer […]