Felice Picano is an author whose work includes novels, stories, poetry, non-fiction, memoirs, plays, and film scripts, with international bestsellers and award winners. In Hollywood, he has worked with Cary Grant and director Frank Perry (Mommy Dearest), among others. That story is told in his new novel, Justify My Sins, based on his three decades of experiences as a gay man...
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Major Gift to Our Map Collection
An over one-hundred-year-old, beautifully detailed map of downtown Los Angeles has been received by the History and Genealogy department from the Historical Society of Southern California.
Music Memories: Happy Birthday, Rosanne Cash!
Rosanne Cash was born on May 24, 1955. Cash is a singer-songwriter who is most often thought of as a country artist, but her music includes elements of pop, rock, blues, and gospel.
Meet the Instructors and Learn a New Language at the Library
In 2016 the International Languages Department at Central Library hosted its first language class, the Spanish Lunchtime Conversation Class. A year later as demand grew, more language classes were added.
Vending Machine Dispenses Short Stories for Angelenos
Disconnect from technology and the busy life in Los Angeles for a few minutes as you explore the world of short stories. Los Angeles Public Library invites you to visit Central Library to pick-up a short story, freshly printed from our Short Story Dispenser. On the go? no problem.
Celebrate Zines With L.A. Zine Fest and the Library!
Ziba Perez Zehdar, Librarian, Donald Bruce Kaufman - Brentwood Branch Library, Tuesday, May 21, 2019
Zine Fests are large, free to attend, typically one-day events, where zinesters, people who make zines, gather from all over the world to sell and trade their zines and related merch.
A Week to Remember: Happy Birthday, Ian McEwan!
Ian McEwan was born on May 21,1948. McEwan is an English novelist and short story writer literary enough to please the critics, but with enough mass appeal that most of his novels have been adapted as films.
We (GoT) Game of Thrones at the Library!
Winter is...going going gone!
Music Memories: Happy Birthday, Taj Mahal!
Taj Mahal was born on May 17, 1942. Mahal is a blues singer and composer whose music incorporates elements of jazz and world music.
Interview With an Author: Kim Michelle Richardson
Kim Michele Richardson is a resident of Kentucky, where she has worked with Habitat for Humanity building houses and where she is an advocate for the prevention of child abuse, partnering with the U.S. Navy for the prevention of domestic violence.
It’s Cool, It’s Hot, It Swings, It Slides … It’s Jazz - and it’s in L.A.
Photo Friends, Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Whether you want it hot or cool, swingin’ or slow, Dixieland or experimental, there’s jazz to fit your mood, mellow you out, pick you up. Jazz was born in New Orleans—the only place in the U.S. in the 1800s where slaves were allowed to own drums.