Junipero Serra Branch Library | Los Angeles Public Library

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Address:: 4607 S. Main Street
Los Angeles, CA 90037
Phone:: 323-234-1685
Fax:: 323-846-5389
Email:: Contact form
Librarian:: Celia Avila, Senior Librarian

Upcoming Events at Junipero Serra Branch Library

November 19, 2019 4:00PM

Family Movie

Get ready for Frozen 2 with the original Frozen movie, a snack and family.

November 26, 2019 4:30PM

Block Party

Get creative with our LEGO® BRICKS and join us as we build everything that we can imagine!

December 3, 2019 4:30PM to May 5, 2020 8:30PM

Housing/Tenant Rights Consultation

Provides general consultations to tenants who have questions about a variety of housing matters, such as eviction defense, illegal rent...

December 3, 2019 4:30PM

The Stuff of Stars Marble Art

Create beautiful shaving cream marble art in celebration of Coretta Scott King Illustrator award winner, Ekua Holmes, for her illustrations...

Starts December 4, 2019, Wednesdays at 4 p.m.

Knit and Crochet Circle

Know how to knit or crochet? Bring your project to work on. Beginner or experienced, or wanting to learn? Come join us every...

December 10, 2019 4:30PM

Winter Snow Globes

Learn how to make cool and simple snow globes.

Starts December 4, 2019, Wednesdays at 4 p.m.

Knit and Crochet Circle

Know how to knit or crochet? Bring your project to work on. Beginner or experienced, or wanting to learn? Come join us every...

Ongoing Events

Cybernaut Assistance

Monday: 10 a.m - 12 noon
Tuesday: 3 - 6 p.m.
Wednesday: 10 a.m - 12 noon
Friday: 2 - 5 p.m.
Saturday: 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

New Americans Center

Schedule an Appointment

Immigration and Naturalization Services

Mondays · 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. & 1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Tuesdays · 12:30 - 3:30 p.m. & 4 - 7 p.m.
Wednesdays · 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. & 1:30 - 3:30 p.m.

Legal Education Rights Services (By Appointment Only)

Wednesdays · 3:30 - 5:30 p.m.

Housing/Tenant Rights

1st Tuesday of each month · 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
July 2, August 6, September3

Small Business Help (By Appointment Only)

4th Wednesday of each month · 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Family Emergency Preparedness

4th Friday of each month · 3 - 5 p.m.

Financial Coaching for Immigrants

3rd Thursday of each month · 3 - 5 p.m.

What We Are Reading

Anja Niemi in character

Niemi, Anja, 1976- photographer, interviewee.

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Today We Go Home

Estes, Kelli

Kelli Estes tells parallel stories separated by 150 years: one of a woman’s struggle to get into the US Army to fight in the Civil War, t

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Violet

Thomas, Scott

Scott Thomas, author of 2017’s excellent

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Haunting of tram car 015

Clark, P. Djeli.

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Mexican American baseball on the Westside of Los Angeles

Santillan, Richard,

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The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

Richardson, Kim Michele

Kim Michelle Richardson tells two stories that have, until now, been overlooked in most fiction and history: the story of the blue people

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Feels Like Home: Reflections on Central Library

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The Ruby Slippers of Oz: Thirty Years Later

Thomas, Rhys

In 1989, journalist and documentary filmmaker Rhys Thomas told the fascinating, and mostly unknown history of the world’s most famous sho

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The Lost History of Dreams: A Novel

Waldherr, Kris

When a famous, and some would claim infamous, poet dies, his final request is to be laid to rest next to his wife in a chapel of stained

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Alchemy of Herbs: Transform Everyday Ingredients Into Foods & Remedies That Heal

Foret, Rosalee de la

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Hours of Service

Mon:	10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Tues:	12:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Weds:	10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Thurs:	12:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Fri:	9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Sat:	9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Sun:	Closed

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Ongoing Events

Cybernaut Assistance

New Americans Center

Immigration and Naturalization Services

Legal Education Rights Services (By Appointment Only)

Housing/Tenant Rights

Small Business Help (By Appointment Only)

Family Emergency Preparedness

Financial Coaching for Immigrants

What We Are Reading

Anja Niemi in character

Today We Go Home

Violet

Haunting of tram car 015

Mexican American baseball on the Westside of Los Angeles

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

Feels Like Home: Reflections on Central Library

The Ruby Slippers of Oz: Thirty Years Later

The Lost History of Dreams: A Novel

Alchemy of Herbs: Transform Everyday Ingredients Into Foods & Remedies That Heal