If you've heard it once, you've heard it a million times—the book was better! There's nothing like debating the differences between a favorite book and its translation to the screen. But if you don't know your beloved series is coming out as a movie or that the fun-looking preview you saw was adapted from a book, how can you join the debate? The Library is here to the rescue! Here, we will be...
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Interview With Artist Maru García
Maru García is a Mexican artist who is now based in Los Angeles. Her work merges the fields of art, science, and technology. She often uses organic, living material in her artworks to explore biological processes and the ability of living creatures (including humans) to restore polluted sites.
Interview With an Author: Pip Williams
Pip Williams was born in London, grew up in Sydney, and now lives in Australia’s Adelaide Hills. She is the author of One Italian Summer, a memoir of her family's travels in search of the good life, which was published in Australia to wide acclaim.
Compton's Cafeteria Riot
Narratives attached to events in LGBTQIA (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual) history like the Stonewall riots and other uprisings often de-emphasize the work of transgender people, particularly transgender people of color, in the fight for LGBTQIA rights.
Interview With Zine Maker - Alice Wynne
Alice Wynne is a Los Angeles based zinester and writer. Alice loves coffee, community, learning stories, and researching.
Interview With an Author: Dr. Munish K. Batra & Keith R.A. DeCandido
Munish K. Batra’s cosmetic practice is one of the busiest in the nation, and Dr. Batra has been featured in People, The Los Angeles Times, and many other national media outlets.
Read it First: Literary Sleuths on the Silver Screen
This month marks the 180th anniversary of the publication of Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “Murders in the Rue Morgue.” Widely recognized as the first modern detective story and the progenitor of the fictional detective character, “Murders in the Rue Morgue” is also considered the first locked room mystery
21st Century Kids: Tree Advocates
I stand in awe of a large Ash Tree, growing in my backyard for thirty-seven years. This tree not only provides wonderful shade during summer, but also is a place of rest for birds and squirrels. I can’t imagine life without trees, as they are essential to all outdoor spaces.
Interview With Artist Alexandre Dorriz
Alexandre Dorriz’s research-based work informs the viewer of a data-driven concept accompanied with a visual format that presents data as entities tied to economic systems with or without links to social or political intersections.
Interview With an Author: Joshilyn Jackson
Joshilyn Jackson is the New York Times bestselling author of nine novels, including Gods in Alabama and
Happy Birthday, Florence Price - Groundbreaking Composer
On Easter Sunday, 1939, contralto Marian Anderson performed one of the most significant concerts in American history.