Five Innovative Ways the Library Supports Veterans
Nov 02, 2017
As we get ready to honor those who have served our country on Veterans Day next week, the Los Angeles Public Library supports veterans in a variety of ways all […]
Shop LA Original at The Library Store
Oct 27, 2017
The creative culture of Los Angeles is thriving and what better way to celebrate our vibrant community than with a new platform to showcase our city’s diverse makers. Earlier this […]
Culture For All: Visualizing Language Transforms Central Library
Oct 09, 2017
This month the Los Angeles Public Library is celebrating Latino Heritage Month, and it’s especially timely as a new exhibition at Central Library recently opened to the public as part […]
Follow the Money: L.A.’s Economic History
Aug 24, 2017
L.A. is one of the world’s great regional economies and global labs, and this is in large part because its citizens have been willing to invest in public infrastructure. From […]
Mastering the Art of Summer at the Library
Aug 17, 2017
Books, baseball, and ice cream–what more could you want from summer? With a bustling slate of ALOUD programs, a renewed partnership with the Dodgers, and an entire month dedicated to […]
Great House Tours and Other Inside Looks at L.A.
Jul 20, 2017
From a small pueblo to one of the hottest real estate markets in the country, groundbreaking architects have transformed how Angelenos live. A few of these great houses remain, but […]
Watch, Listen, and Learn at lfla.org/archive
Nov 08, 2016
Did you catch this year’s Pulitzer Prize winner—Viet Thanh Nguyen—at ALOUD? Did you hear Rosanne Cash serenade Central Library? If you missed out live, now you can experience ALOUD and […]
Reimagining Central Library’s Rotunda with a Zapotec Worldview
Jul 08, 2016
Two Oaxacan artists have taken a creative approach to utilizing the resources of the Los Angeles Public Library—they’ve turned Central Library into their own studio space. From June 20 to […]
The Library Store reopens!
Apr 20, 2016
After four long months, The Library Store will finally reopen to the public on Friday, April 29. With a sleek new design by Cory Grosser + Associates, the new […]
From the Archives: The Historic Architecture of the Oscars
Feb 26, 2016
With preparations for the 88th Academy Awards well underway this week, did you know that this star-studded event did not always take place in the epicenter of the Hollywood drag? […]