- Address:
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630 W. 5th StreetLos Angeles, CA 90071
- Phone:
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213-228-7000
- Email:
- Contact form
- Librarian:
- Kren Malone, Director
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Services
Planning Your Visit
Upcoming Events at Central Library
Fridays at 10 a.m.
Armenian for beginners. Please reserve at language@lapl.org
Fridays at 10 a.m.
Do you speak Spanish and want to learn about Portuguese? Do you speak Portuguese and want to learn about Spanish? If you are, join us to...
November 14, 2020 1:00 PM
The 41st FOCAL Award Event goes virtual! The FOCAL Award is given annually by The Friends of Children and Literature to a distinguished...
November 16, 2020 3:00 PM
November is National Novel Writing Month. Join this teen writers’ group with the ambitious goal of completing the first draft of your novel...
Tuesdays at 11:30 a.m.
This class explores works of fiction and non-fiction from various cultures around the world as a way to understand our differences and the...
Tuesdays at 4 p.m.
Do you want to learn Korean? Join us and learn the Korean language and culture. This program is presented by the Los Angeles Public Library...
November 17, 2020 7:00 PM
Join us for a weekly film discussion! This week we will be talking about Imagining Indians. This 1992 film combines documentary interviews...
Wednesdays at 11 a.m.
Join us for Chinese (Mandarin) class for beginners. Please reserve your spot at language@lapl.org to join the session.
Wednesdays at 12 p.m.
Take some time for your creative pursuits with fellow art-makers in this virtual studio hour. Bring whatever creative project you're...
November 18, 2020 3:00 PM
Curious about electronics? Or wondered if resistance truly is futile?Sign up for a virtual Electronics 101 Workshop series with Tinker the...
What We Are Reading
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The escape artist
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Devolution : a firsthand account of the Rainier Sasquatch massacre
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Fright Favorites: 31 Movies to Haunt Your Halloween and Beyond
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On all fronts : the education of a journalist
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Crossings : consisting of three manuscripts
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The well-gardened mind : the restorative power of nature
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Our riches
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Before She Was Helen
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The last days of night
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It Came From the Sky
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The Operator
In an age of handheld computers that also provide telephonic functions, it’s easy to forget that just a mere six decades ago if you wante
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Zandra Rhodes : 50 fabulous years in fashion
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The Darwin Affair
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The Ghosts of Sherwood
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A Star is Bored
Recent Blog Posts from LAPL Blog
November 12, 2020
By Daryl M., Librarian
Victoria “V. E.” Schwab is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty books, including the acclaimed Shades of Magic series (A Darker Shade of Magic, A Gathering of Shadows, A... Continued
November 12, 2020
By Hilda Guerrero, Librarian
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries From a Secret World, which you can reserve through Library To-Go or e-media platforms Libby and Overdrive, tells us of the... Continued
November 10, 2020
By Mona Gilbert, Children's Librarian
Handmade gifts will always hold a special place in a receiver's heart. Parents save everything their child has made, and friends treasure special handmade gifts. Therefore, shopping at a busy mall is... Continued
November 10, 2020
By James Sherman, Librarian
This post is the seventeenth in a series of excerpts serializing the book Feels Like Home.
Chapter 8
Central Reopens by Glen Creason, Map Librarian, History & Genealogy Department
“It's a thing... Continued
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