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630 W. 5th StreetLos Angeles, CA 90071
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213-228-7000
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- Librarian:
- Kren Malone, Director
Upcoming Events at Central Library
Thursday mornings at 11 a.m.
Activities and play to help babies 0-18 months and their parents/caregivers bond. For more information, please contact children@lapl.org.
Every Thursday at 11 a.m.
Would you like to improve your reading, writing, or conversation skills? Adults can work with a tutor for 15-20 minutes. Walk-in tutoring...
April 18, 2024 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Shing Yin Khor, one of the two 2023/24 LAPL Creators in Residence, will be in the Central Library rotunda creating art in real time!
April 18, 2024 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
What do you do if your information is lost or stolen? Were you a victim of financial fraud? Join us online to learn how to prevent identity...
Thursdays at 12:30 p.m.
Take an hour-long tour through the Los Angeles Central Library. Your docent guide will share stories about the history, art, and...
Thursdays at 2:30 p.m.
An interactive program of conscious breathing, vocal exercises, improvisation, and music, Neighborhood Sing promotes self-expression...
Every Thursday at 3:10 p.m.
Would you like to improve your reading, writing, or conversation skills? Adults can work with a tutor for 20 minutes. Walk-in tutoring is...
Every Friday at 11 a.m.
Would you like to improve your reading, writing, or conversation skills? Adults can work with a tutor for 15-20 minutes. Walk-in tutoring...
Fridays from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Are you ready to embark on a journey of language discovery? Then sign up to join us on our next exciting session designed for beginners in...
What We're Reading
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The Final Girl Support Group
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A year of last things : poems
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Camp Damascus
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Leave Me Alone With the Recipes: The Life, Art, and Cookbook of Cipe Pineles
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The Djinn waits a hundred years
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Women of Good Fortune
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Breaking through : my life in science
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Tanya Holland's California soul : recipes from a culinary journey West
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The Fox Wife
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Walk through fire
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The Book of Doors
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How not to be a politician : a memoir
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But will you love me tomorrow? : an oral history of the '60s girl groups
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Kill Show
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The Fragile Threads of Power
It has been almost nine years since V.E.
Recent Blog Posts from LAPL Blog
April 18, 2024
By Daryl M., Librarian
Christina Estes is an award-winning reporter who has spent more than 20 years covering crime, public policy, and business in Phoenix, Arizona. Her reporting has been heard on National Public Radio (... Continued
April 17, 2024
By Angela B. Charles, Library Assistant
"Art is humanity’s greatest tool for insight."Many things get lost in time. The power that book artists’ wield is their ability to conjure up the lost. And at their disposal are an array of... Continued
April 15, 2024
By Meredith Sires, Children's Librarian
If you're the parent or caregiver of a neurodivergent child, you're probably very familiar with the search for the right tools. The right tools for school, the right tools for bathtime, the right... Continued
April 11, 2024
By Daryl M., Librarian
After setting out to study astrophysics, graduating in law and then abandoning her legal career to write books, Sulari Gentill now grows French black truffles on her farm in the foothills of the... Continued
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