Reading can be hard, but you can build your confidence by reading aloud to a BARK therapy dog. Kids can relax and develop their reading skills with their favorite new reading buddy.
Buying a home can feel overwhelming—but you do not have to navigate it alone. Join New Economics for Women (NEW) and the Los Angeles Public Library for a free Homebuyer Fair designed to provide a guided path to homeownership—all in one place.
Join us for a panel exploring the role of record collections in capturing everyday rituals of musical fandom and how the music we listen to shapes identity and community, particularly among those who came of age in Los Angeles’s barrios.
Families are welcome to visit the R.L. Stevenson Branch Library to enjoy our bilingual StoryWalk® featuring Paletero Man|¡Qué Paletero Tan Cool! by Lucky Diaz.
Reading can be hard, but you can build your confidence by reading aloud to a BARK therapy dog. Kids can relax and develop their reading skills with their favorite new reading buddy.
Our STAR volunteers read to children one-on-one or in small groups. No sign-up is required. Take home a free book to keep after attending three STAR storytimes at our branch.STAR storytimes are subject to change or cancellation, depending on volunteer schedules. Call us at 818-755-7873 to confirm.
Middle-grade readers in grades 4-7 are invited to join our fun monthly book discussions. This month, we will be reading The Frindle Files by Andrew Clements.
Join us at Silent Book Club, a unique book club where there's no assigned reading, but you do read! Bring a book you love and enjoy some quiet reading time with fellow book lovers!
Join us for an engaging discussion on some of the world's best short stories! This year's selection is from 100 Great Short Stories edited by James Delay and The Scribner of Contemporary Short Fiction.
All readers are welcome to join our book club; no sign-up is necessary. To find out about each month's title, please get in touch with the branch. Copies of the book can be checked out at the Reference Desk.
The Brentwood Fiction Book Club holds lively discussions of different novels each month. The group reads books in a wide range of styles, genres, and periods. For information about upcoming selections, please get in touch with the library at brntwd@lapl.org. Copies of the selected books will be available for pickup at the library's circulation desk.
The Echo Park Historical Society and the Friends of Elysian Park are excited to present author Eric Nusbaum discussing his award-winning 2020 book, Stealing Home: Los Angeles, the Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between.
Author Sara Kehaulani Goo discusses her memoir, Kuleana: A Story of Family, Land, and Legacy in Old Hawaiʻi, the story of her family’s effort to hold onto ancestral land on Maui.
Join us for an online conversation with authors Todd Marinovich and Lizzy Wright, celebrating the recent release of their book, Marinovich: Outside the Lines in Football, Art, and Addiction.
