- 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
Hours of Service
| Mon: | 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. |
| Tues: | 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. |
| Weds: | 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. |
| Thurs: | 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. |
| Fri: | 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. |
| Sat: | 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. |
| Sun: | 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. |
Upcoming Events at Central Library
3rd Saturday of the month at 9:30 a.m.
Sales feature hundreds of used books, magazines, and DVDs and are sponsored by the Central Library support groups: Central Library Docents...
Saturdays at 11 a.m.
Take an hour-long tour through the Los Angeles Central Library. Your docent guide will share stories about the history, art, and...
Saturdays at 11 a.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...
Third Saturdays at 11 a.m.
Learn the basics and play songs on the ukulele. Bring your own ukulele or use one of ours. No registration required.
Every Saturday from 11:30 a.m. - 12:50 p.m.
Do you want to practice your English pronunciation and communication skills? This class is for you! Learners will also have the opportunity...
June 21, 2025 1:00 PM
During a summer vacation in a small Basque village home, linked to beekeeping, an eight-year-old and her mother experience revelations that...
June 21, 2025 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Join Authors Study Club, Inc. for a historic celebration marking 100 years since the founding of America’s first Black labor union. This...
Saturdays at 2 p.m.
Take an hour-long tour through the Los Angeles Central Library. Your docent guide will share stories about the history, art, and...
June 21, 2025 2:00 PM to 3:15 PM
Author Chi-ming Yang will read excerpts from her new book, Octavia E. Butler: H is for Horse, an homage to the childhood genius of Black...
June 21, 2025 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
It’s just what it sounds like! Join us for an extra sparkly storytime with a drag performer bringing costumes, humor, and play to read...
What We're Reading
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Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder
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Another Fine Mess
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When the Going Was Good
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Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
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Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of my People
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Good Dirt
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But Not Too Bold
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The Murder of Mr. Ma
In their first collaboration, award-winning author SJ Roz
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From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir
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The Lost Story
Meg Shaffer, the author of last year’s marvelous <
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Arthur and Teddy are Coming Out
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Horror for Weenies: Everything You Need to Know About the Films You're Too Scared to Watch
Horror. Some people love it! Some people don't!
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Star Struck
In the 2nd entry in the Hollywood Mystery
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You Are Here: A Novel
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Sand Rush: The Revival of the Beach in Twentieth-century Los Angeles
Recent Blog Posts from LAPL Blog
June 19, 2025
By Daryl M., Librarian
Olivia Waite writes queer science fiction, fantasy, historical romance, and essays. She is the romance fiction columnist for the New York Times Book Review. Her latest novella is Murder By Memory and... Continued
June 16, 2025
By Ani Boyadjian, Principal Librarian
Susan LaTempa and the late Bob LaBrasca were editors at L.A. Style magazine, an innovative city magazine published from 1985 to 1993. Like most editors in pre-digital days, they kept issues of the... Continued
June 12, 2025
By Daryl M., Librarian
Orlando Ortega-Medina was born in Los Angeles to Cuban immigrants. He studied English Literature at UCLA and holds a Juris Doctor from Southwestern University School of Law. Ortega-Medina is the... Continued
June 10, 2025
By Nicholas Beyelia, Librarian
On March 7, 2025, the New York Times included me, well, more precisely, something I owned, in a feature story regarding materials that were salvaged from the Eaton Fire. By the time the item and my... Continued
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