Venice - Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library

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Address:: 501 S. Venice Boulevard
Venice, CA 90291
Phone:: 310-821-1769
Email:: Contact form
Librarian:: Cynthia Serrano, Acting Senior Librarian

Upcoming Events at Venice - Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library

Mondays, 6 p.m.

Speak English with confidence! English conversation class is perfect for any level. Adults will use common words and expressions.

November 19, 2019 1:30PM to 3:30PM

Writer's Workshop Series (Memoirs)

Writers are told to “write what you know.” But we know so much! How do we begin? In this workshop Stephanie will guide you to a starting...

November 19, 2019 3:30PM

Chess Group

Chess group is open to all ages and levels. Learn basic and advanced skills on opening moves, middle game, tactics, strategies, etc....

Ongoing Events

STARS

Storytelling And Reading (Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays): Trained volunteers read to children of all ages in the Children’s Area. Call or visit the branch for specific times.

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

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