Vernon - Leon H. Washington Jr. Memorial Branch Library

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Address:: 4504 S. Central Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90011
Phone:: 323-234-9106
Fax:: 323-231-4291
Email:: Contact form
Librarian:: Daisy Pulido, Senior Librarian

Upcoming Events at Vernon - Leon H. Washington Jr. Memorial Branch Library

Mondays at 6:00 p.m.

Conchas y Café, a program offered by the nonprofit DSTL Arts, is a 10-week creative writing class, offered in English and Spanish for...

May 21, 2019 4:00PM

Teen Council Meeting

Youth ages 11-19 can vote on what books the library should buy for the Teen section including also manga and comics. Get free books for...

May 22, 2019 4:00PM

Teen Summer Volunteer Orientation

Would you like to volunteer at the library for your community service hours? Teens ages 14-17 MUST attend one Volunteer Orientation to be...

May 23, 2019 3:30PM to 5:00PM

Family Movie Celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Join us as we celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage month and learn about the Polynesian legend of Maui with the film screening of “...

May 28, 2019 4:00PM

Teen Council Meeting

Youth ages 11-19 can vote on what books the library should buy for the Teen section including also manga and comics. Get free books for...

June 1, 2019 2:00PM

Gluck Reed Quintet

The Gluck Reed Quintet was founded in 2018 and comprises both graduate and undergraduate music performance majors.

June 4, 2019 3:30PM

Teen Movie - Mean Girls

Join us to celebrate LGBTQ Heritage Month, by watching the teen classic, Mean Girls, starring Lindsay Lohan.

Ongoing Events

STAR - Children may come listen to stories or read to our volunteers.

Star Reader Mireya - Saturdays 12:00-2:00 p.m.

Also, LAPD Officers read to children on Fridays from 4:00-5:00 p.m.

What We Are Reading

The plotters

Kim, On-su, 1972-

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The Night Tiger

Choo, Yangsze

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Voyage of the sable Venus : and other poems

Lewis, Robin Coste,

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Our only world : ten essays

Berry, Wendell, 1934-

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The spy and the traitor : the greatest espionage story of the Cold War

Macintyre, Ben, 1963-

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He's got rhythm : the life and career of Gene Kelly

Brideson, Cynthia,

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Record of a Spaceborn Few.

Chambers, Becky.

In Record of a Spaceborn Few, Becky Chambers’ third novel, she both creates and explores a microcosmic culture on an aging fleet

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Lands of lost borders : a journey on the Silk Road

Harris, Kate, 1982-

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Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick

O'Meara, Mallory

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An absolutely remarkable thing : a novel

Green, Hank,

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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

The plotters

The Night Tiger

Voyage of the sable Venus : and other poems

Our only world : ten essays

The spy and the traitor : the greatest espionage story of the Cold War

He's got rhythm : the life and career of Gene Kelly

Record of a Spaceborn Few.

Lands of lost borders : a journey on the Silk Road

Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick

An absolutely remarkable thing : a novel

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