One of the Los Angeles Public Library's largest pieces of outdoor art can only be appreciated in photos now, after becoming a victim of Southern California's weather. Bison Hunt, a 50-foot-by-26-foot fresco by painter/printmaker/lithographer/woodcutter Charles Kassler Jr., once graced a patio wall at Central Library. The fresco, commissioned by the Library Board of Commissioners and approved...
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Bison Hunt by Charles Kassler Jr. graced the Central Library Children’s Courtyard from 1934 until 1963 [n.d.]. Los Angeles Public Library Institutional Collection
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Six Jewish Girls in Boyle Heights
“I think it’s a wonderful thing to have this sort of situation occur because a memory is something that can’t be reconstructed after a person has died. And after a community’s elders pass away, they take with them a history that we can’t replicate any other way.
Snapshots from the Melting Pot – Celebrating the Heritage of Folks Who Helped Make Los Angeles Great
Photo Friends, Monday, September 16, 2019
National Latino Heritage Month is a month dedicated to highlighting the culture and contributions of Americans whose origins can be traced to Mexico plus Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and other Central American countries as well as Cuba and the Caribbean.
Superheros In Your Library
Violet (Vee) Zalkind, Administrative Clerk, Studio City Branch Library, Thursday, September 12, 2019
“Let’s have a campaign…every child should obtain a library card and use it”.
Children’s Books With Cattitude
Cats and good story telling go together like, well, bagels and cream cheese. Children’s book authors and illustrators know this, resulting in no shortage of stories starring some adorable, clever, and often mischievous furry friends.
Interview With an Author: Alix E. Harrow
Alix E. Harrow is a part-time historian with a full-time desk job, a lot of opinions, and excessive library fines.
Nobody Walks in L.A.
Walkin' in LA, nobody walks in LA; walkin' in LA; walkin' in LA, only a nobody walks in LA—Terry Bozzio, Missing Persons
Tiempo de vals, tiempo para sentir (Mis quince años)
*las luces se apagan ... y se ilumina la pista*
* doo, doo, doo, bum, bum, una cuerda de piano, algunos tambores, doo, doo, bum, bum ... *
Y….
Tiempo de vals
tiempo para sentir ...
*unas palabras que no recuerdo aquí*
Es tiempo de vivir.
Interview With an Author: Tim Mason
Tim Mason is a playwright whose work has been produced in New York and throughout the world. Among the awards he has received are a Kennedy Center Award, the Hollywood Drama-Logue Award, a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and a Rockefeller Foundation grant.
Interview With a Director: Matt Porterfield
Matt Porterfield has written and directed four feature films, all set in his hometown of Baltimore. His latest, Sollers Point, tells the story of a young man just released from prison and living under house arrest with his father.
Drawing on the Classics
It’s back-to-school time! Time to sharpen up your pencils, meet your new teachers, and grab your list of classics to read for homework. Time to put away those comic books and graphic novels in favor of “serious” literature, right? Wrong!