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213-228-7000
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Upcoming Events at Central Library
August 13, 2022 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Since the 18th century, French cuisine has periodically reinvented itself as new. The usual tendency has been to claim a return to...
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...
August 13, 2022 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Before the printing press, books were arduously written by hand, one letter at a time. In the Middle Ages, these manuscripts were often...
August 13, 2022 12:30 PM to 3:30 PM
Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson and former Anaheim Poet Laureate Grant Hier host A Day of Poetry in Los Angeles with feature...
August 13, 2022 1:00 PM
A fencer prepares his students to compete in a national tournament and needs to make a choice between risking his safety and disappointing...
Sundays 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...
Mondays at 11 a.m.
Are you learning Italian, but need practice speaking the language? Join us for a relaxed and informal group conversation via Zoom.
August 15, 2022 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM
Join us as we partner with Well Suited, a nonprofit organization that provides middle and high school students with the tools needed to...
Mondays at 5:45 p.m.
Americans often speak fast and use confusing expressions and slang. One effective and fun way to improve your comprehension and...
Tuesdays at 2:30 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...
What We're Reading
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The unexpected Mrs. Pollifax.
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Siren Queen
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Remarkably Bright Creatures
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The memory theater
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The Book Woman's Daughter
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Run towards the danger : confrontations with a body of memory
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Never Been Kissed
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One last stop
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Watermelon & red birds : a cookbook for Juneteenth and black celebrations
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One-Shot Harry
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The Quarter Storm
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1000 years of joys and sorrows : a memoir
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The cat who saved books : a novel
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Four Treasures of the Sky
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The Fervor: A Novel
Recent Blog Posts from LAPL Blog
August 12, 2022
By Llyr Heller, Librarian
Donna Barba Higuera grew up in a tiny desert town in central California surrounded by agricultural and oil fields. Rather than wrangling dust devils, she’d spend recess squirreled away in the janitor... Continued
August 11, 2022
By Daryl M., Librarian
B.L. Blanchard is a graduate of the UC Davis creative writing honors program and was a writing fellow at Boston University School of Law. She is a lawyer and enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie... Continued
August 09, 2022
By Bob Timmermann, Senior Librarian
The recent passing of Vin Scully has resulted in innumerable obituaries, most of which will be far more eloquent than what this one will be. For someone who held the same job for 67 straight years,... Continued
August 09, 2022
By Catherine Sturgeon, Children's Librarian
The current building of the Exposition Park - Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Regional Library is an LEED Gold Certified (environmentally sustainable design) structure built in 2008. Renamed in 1973, the... Continued
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