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The ill-omened day is at hand! Or is it? In Spanish and Greek culture, Tuesday the 13th is the ill-omened day, and in Italy, it’s Friday the 17th. Well, at least we can agree that the number 13 is ill-omened? Or Friday? Although for those who live for the weekend, Friday is propitious.
The library is home to many resources, even heavy metal music. We make it possible to indulge people on a headbanging journey on demand through resources such as hoopla and Freegal.
On May 8, 1945, Keith Jarrett was born. Jarrett is best known as a jazz pianist, but he’s also recorded a significant amount of classical music.
Over the past month, the Octavia Lab, the do-it-yourself makerspace at Central Library, has transformed itself into a light manufacturing center making face shields for the local medical community combating the cor
A good night’s sleep. Has anyone had one in the past few weeks? I know that I often wake up at 4:30 a.m. with a racing mind and an exhausted body these days. When this happens, one of my standby sleep rituals is to listen to music or an audiobook.
Way back in the 1980s, for that BFF or pen pal or special someone, you would make mixtapes. The perfect set of songs, lovingly curated to express your eternal friendship, your inspiration, the dark abyss of your misunderstood heart, your super coolness or your tender feelings.
![Sepulveda becomes a lonely road, [1963]. Valley Times Collection](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/blog_latest_list_120x90/public/filefield_paths/loney-header.jpg?itok=f9xArQdj "Sepulveda becomes a lonely road, [1963]. Valley Times Collection")
I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.―Henry David Thoreau
“Music… will help dissolve your perplexities and purify your character and sensibilities, and in time of care and sorrow, will keep a fountain of joy alive in you.” ―Dietrich Bonhoeffer
En la última semana de diciembre cumplí 28 años y eso no solo viene con un nuevo año de vida, sino también un año nuevo. Mi cumpleaños cae en el día treinta de diciembre, así que tengo la suerte de poder decir que mi cumpleaños es el próximo año por solo UN día.
No puedo creer que el 2019 está por terminar. No estoy totalmente preparada para las festividades. Justo ayer recordé que había ordenado dos coronas de navidad (obviamente yo no puedo tener solo una) ya que las dos llegaron casi al mismo tiempo.