Events and Exhibits at the Los Angeles Public Library

Storywalk header and book cover for Waa’aka’ The Bird Who Fell in Love with the Sun
Thursdays through Sundays 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Check out our new StoryWalk® in partnership with the Audubon Center at Debs Park! Take an accessible nature walk and follow the pages of a...
StoryWalk heading with image of Polar Express picture book cover.
Tuesdays-Sundays 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Jump aboard real trains, then journey to the North Pole with The Polar Express StoryWalk! The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg is a...
Woman seen instructing row of adults seated at computers
Sundays 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Our Cybernaut is available to assist you in learning basic computer skills, using the library databases, setting up email, operating your...
A young person, surrounded by trees, holds a pair of binoculars up to the sky.
December 14, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Nature journaling is the art and science of recording your observations of the natural world. In this workshop, participants will learn to...
Ceiling of the Central Library Rotunda.
Sundays at 2 p.m.
Take an hour-long tour through the Los Angeles Central Library. Your docent guide will share stories about the history, art, and...
4 independent book stores and their logos
December 14, 2 p.m.
In a post-pandemic Los Angeles, a number of alternative libraries have opened up, filling in gaps for the communities they serve, in all...
globe chandelier located in the Central Library rotunda
Sundays at 3 p.m.
Take an hour-long tour through the Los Angeles Central Library. Your docent guide will share stories about the history, art, and...
image of random shapes colored in
December 14, 3 p.m.
Swing by for a relaxing, art-filled afternoon. Choose from several meditative color-based projects. Set your cares aside and join us. This...
A collage of various still lives
December 15, 3:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Using pencils, watercolor, and colored pencils, attendees will draw and paint still life, copy from reference images, and develop original...
a smiling man sitting at his desk and computer and a smiling woman sitting at her desk and computer
Available Online Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Providers are available from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, for 10-minute conversations. Participants will need to have their...

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artist in front of large open book
Multiple Library Branch Locations
The Library, in partnership with the Library Foundation of Los Angeles, has established a residency program, Los Angeles Public Library...
black and white photo of elementary school students entering school doors with cat
August 18, 2025 to January 11, 2026, Central Library
History & Genealogy Department
In his 16 years living in the classrooms and hallways of Elysian Heights Elementary, Room 8 was said to have never growled or scratched a...
black and white photo of family around backyard pool
October 18, 2025 to January 11, 2026, Central Library
Annenberg Gallery, Second Floor
This exhibit explores diasporic identity, afterlives of displacement and colonization, right of return, and (un)imagined futures. The...

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