Washington Irving Branch Library | Los Angeles Public Library

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Address:: 4117 W. Washington Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90018
Phone:: 323-734-6303
Fax:: 323-731-2416
Email:: Contact form
Librarian:: Marcie Jones, Senior Librarian

Upcoming Events at Washington Irving Branch Library

Every Saturday at 1:00 p.m.

Are you learning English and need some practice speaking? Come join us in a relaxed and informal setting to practice your English language...

Mondays at 1 pm

Building Bricks

Bring out your inner architect! Try your hand at some freestyle building using the Washington Irving Branch’s Lego® building brick...

Every Tuesday at 12pm

Friends of the Library: Quilting Group

Come join us for casual discussion about quilting and sewing, and showing completed projects. We embrace all quilting and sewing skills....

Every Tuesday at 2pm

Story Telling and Reading (STAR): Ms. Victoria

Books come alive for kids when they share the fun of reading with STAR library volunteers! Join STAR reader, Ms. Victoria, for a wonderful...

Wednesday at 10:30 a.m.

Toddler Storytime

Come and enjoy stories, songs and finger plays with the children's librarian. For all ages.

Every Thursday at 2:30 pm.

Computer Comfort with Cybernaut Linton

Beginning, hands-on training on how to use the mouse and keyboard. No computer experience necessary.

Fridays at 10 a.m.

The People Concern

The People Concern's outreach and engagement team seeks to build a relationship of trust and care with those who present unusual challenges...

What We Are Reading

Your Favorite Band Cannot Save You

Moore, Scotto

Long time music blogger Moore weaves a tale where a newly discovered band is releasing their singles with more in mind than fame and glor

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Fay Wray and Robert Riskin : a Hollywood memoir

Riskin, Victoria,

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Middlegame

McGuire, Seanan

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Snow White Learns Witchcraft: Stories and Poems

Goss, Theodora

Goss, the author of the eminently enjoyable The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter and European Travel For The Monstrous Gentle

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Other people's houses

Segal, Lore Groszmann.

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The Reign of the Kingfisher: A Novel

Martinson, T. J.

30 years ago, the Kingfisher prowled the streets of Chicago, dispensing his own brand of vigilante justice.

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We were witches

Gore, Ariel, 1970-

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The Sentence is Death

Horowitz, Anthony

In the second book in the Daniel Hawthorne mystery series, author Anthony Horowitz, and his fictional doppelganger, tackle solving who ki

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Radicalized

Doctorow, Cory

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The plotters

Kim, On-su, 1972-

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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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What We Are Reading

Your Favorite Band Cannot Save You

Fay Wray and Robert Riskin : a Hollywood memoir

Middlegame

Snow White Learns Witchcraft: Stories and Poems

Other people's houses

The Reign of the Kingfisher: A Novel

We were witches

The Sentence is Death

Radicalized

The plotters