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December 5, 2022

Songs and Stories

Patti Smith

February 27, 2017

An Evening with George Saunders

George Saunders

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March 22, 2022

Evoke LA

Tyree Boyd-Pates, Suyapa Portillo Villeda, and Natalia Molina

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October 30, 2022

Something in Common

Robert D. Putnam and Dr. Vivek H. Murthy

October 11, 2022

An Evening with Cody Keenan

Cody Keenan

Black History Month @ ALOUD

This month ALOUD highlights some of the incredible Black artists, poets, and intellectuals that have graced the Mark Taper stage at Central Library. Sign up for our newsletter on lfla.org/aloud to stay updated.

September 20, 2022

Dramatizing the Black Experience

Vivian J.O. Barnes, Inda Craig-Galván, and Dave Harris

January 28, 2021

Lift Every Voice: Why African American Poetry Matters

Kevin Young

November 19, 2008

An Evening with Toni Morrison

Toni Morrison

November 15, 2020

Just Us: An American Conversation

Claudia Rankine and Terrance Hayes

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March 20, 2023

Dust Child

Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

Join international bestselling author and poet Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai in conversation with host of The Vietnamese podcast Kenneth Nguyen…

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March 16, 2023

Finding the Words

Colin Campbell

“I wrote this book in the hopes of making grief less frightening, mysterious, and lonely for those of us who…

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March 9, 2023

A Guest at the Feast

Colm Tóibín

Celebrated Irish writer Colm Tóibín (Brooklyn, The Master) returns with a new book of scintillating essays, A Guest at the Feast. This collection blends…

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February 22, 2023

How P-22 United Our City: Love Letters to LA’s Favorite Cat

Beth Pratt, Martha Groves, Sherry Mangel-Ferber, Laura Nelson, Miguel Ordeñana, Alan Salazar, Alexander Vidal and others

This program features personal stories by various individuals who made a connection with P-22 and understand the immediate need for…

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February 6, 2023

The Auntie Sewing Squad Guide to Mask Making, Radical Care, and Racial Justice

Kristina Wong, Jessica Arana, Māhealani Flournoy, and Laura Karlin

Performance artist, comedian, activist, and local elected official Kristina Wong began sewing masks three days into the COVID-19 shutdown and…

Gallery
December 5, 2022

Songs and Stories

Patti Smith

In an exclusive Los Angeles appearance at the Saban Theater, Patti Smith discusses her new book, A Book of Days, chronicling…

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November 14, 2022

On the Front Lines of Democracy

Joel Simon, Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady

The author of The Infodemic, Joel Simon, and the directors of the HBO documentary Endangered, Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, describe how…

Video
November 10, 2022

How Does L.A. Inspire First-Time Novelists?

Fatimah Asghar, Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi, and Ryan Lee Wong

Everybody loves a debut novel. The thrill of discovering a new literary voice, the culmination of years of solitary work,…

Podcast
November 7, 2022

An Evening with George Saunders

George Saunders

Called the “best short-story writer in English,” (Time) George Saunders is back with a masterful collection that explores ideas of…

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November 5, 2022

Something in Common x Baseball Reliquary: Shrine of the Eternals

Baseball Reliquary

Join us for the Baseball Reliquary’s signature annual event, the Shrine of the Eternals awards and induction ceremony, often referred…

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Songs and Stories

Patti Smith

An Evening with George Saunders

George Saunders

Evoke LA

Tyree Boyd-Pates, Suyapa Portillo Villeda, and Natalia Molina

Something in Common

Robert D. Putnam and Dr. Vivek H. Murthy

An Evening with Cody Keenan

Cody Keenan

Black History Month @ ALOUD

Dramatizing the Black Experience

Vivian J.O. Barnes, Inda Craig-Galván, and Dave Harris

Lift Every Voice: Why African American Poetry Matters

Kevin Young

An Evening with Toni Morrison

Toni Morrison

Just Us: An American Conversation

Claudia Rankine and Terrance Hayes

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