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New L.A. Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman, 16, A student at New Roads High School

On June 14, in Central Library’s filled-to-capacity Taper Auditorium, Amanda Gorman, 16, was named the first Los Angeles Youth Poet Laureate. Gorman will serve as L.A. Youth Poet Ambassador and receive a book deal with Penmanship Books to publish her first collection of poems.


Restoring ceremony of of Monday and Wednesday evening and Friday morning service hours at the Central Library
Public Relations Office, October 15, 2012

L.A. Mayor, city councilmembers, library commissioners, City Librarian and local students open the doors to Central Library and inaugurate the restoration of Monday and Wednesday evening and Friday morning service hours as part of phase II of Measure L.


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