Events Calendar

Do you like sports? Does literature speak to you? Would you like to go for a walk? Then join us for our Book Walk and Talk. Each month we celebrate a different theme with short selections of sports, poety, or fiction.Meet us at Central Library's 630…

Join us in the Taper Auditorium at Central Library for the Central Soccer Celebration as we screen the FIFA World Cup 26™.

The UCLA Mobile Health Clinic will provide free on-site community health care and screenings. No insurance or identification required.Services include:Wound care and immediate treatmentHealth and mental well-being screeningsCare for chronic medical…

Learn how to make a soft cover, long stitch book. First, you’ll get to choose the color and look of your cover, your thread, and (optionally) add a cool charm to your binding. Then, you will learn the long stitch method of sewing together a book…

Calling all adults! Come celebrate spring with storyteller Martha Stevens-- feel free to bring a short story to share.No pressure if you don't have a story to share, we'd love to have you join us!Martha Stevens is an award-winning storyteller who has…

The Library provides online resources geared toward job searches, career exploration, and resume or cover letter review. This course can help you learn more about these resources and librarians can assist in creating accounts for these services…

Join us for a fun pastel art craft program creating iconic Sun Valley and Los Angeles landmark postcards. Art supplies will be provided.

Celebrate Pride Month with creativity, color, and community! Join us for a fun, hands-on workshop where you can design and create your own custom Pride keychain.¡Celebra el Mes del Orgullo con creatividad, color y comunidad! Únete a nuestro taller…

Join Certified Food Preservation Instructor Brie Wakeland Muszynski for a hands-on presentation on how to care for sourdough starter and use it to make pancakes at home. The presentation includes tasting samples, making butter and whipping cream by…

In conjunction with the exhibition America Today: Voices in Contemporary Print, its curator Lauren Rosenblum will moderate a conversation featuring participating artists from Self Help Graphics & Art: Consuelo Flores, Alvaro Marquez, and Lead Printer…

Support your local branch by purchasing used books from the Friends of the Silver Lake Library. Sale runs from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. on the front patio.

A death café is a safe space for people to gather, enjoy cake and tea, and engage in discussions about death. The aim is to promote awareness of death to help individuals make the most of their limited time in life. There is no set agenda or theme…

Aiming to honor Octavia Butler's legacy at the Central Library, a place she cherished. The celebration will feature a scholarly panel discussion exploring Butler’s life and work with an emphasis on her planned, unfinished third novel in the Earthseed…

The Cedars-Sinai Blood Services Team will be on hand to encourage donors to roll up their sleeves and help save lives. Every donation has the potential to save a life.

All adults are invited to play Bingo with music! Join us as we visit the Songs of Summer from the 50s - 80s in this unique Bingo game. No Bingo or music experience required!Light refreshments and small prizes are generously sponsored by the Sherman…

Join us for Summer Synchronicities, a celebration of the affinities between poetry and visual art curated by Andrea Liss. Writers and artists present their work as they reveal the fine lines where their media beautifully coalesce. This program is…

Aprende habilidades tecnológicas básicas en un ambiente seguro y acogedor dirigido por LearnBasicTech.org.Acompáñanos para un entrenamiento gratuito y en persona diseñado para ayudar a los participantes a desarrollar habilidades digitales. Ya estés…

In a suburban Brussels school, literature teacher Amal empowers her students through reading and free speech. However, her choice to teach the works of poet Abu Nuwas sparks a dangerous confrontation with the community. (111 min.)

Beth Sussman is an internationally renowned classical pianist who is a Juilliard School graduate and has performed at Lincoln Center, Dorothy Chandler, and many other venues. We are so fortunate to have Beth performing the music of Joplin, Ellington…

Join artist-in-residence Natalie M. Godinez and library staff at the Palisades Branch Library to digitize photographs, ephemera, or objects important to your Pacific Palisades history. Bring items from the 2025 fire or other meaningful pieces to…

Join us for a monthly board game night at the Venice Library! Bring your friends or meet new ones as we play classics like Monopoly and Scrabble, along with modern favorites such as Catan, Splendor, and Ticket to Ride. You're welcome to bring your…

Join the Friends of the Echo Park Branch Library for an online discussion of the memoir They Called Us Enemy by George Takei.

A hilarious comedy that can’t be missed.A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée's right-wing, conservative parents. Rated R.Starring: Robin Williams…