There’s hardly any greenery in Koreatown. The parks in Koreatown are sparse and run down. There aren’t many places where the community can really come together and bond, which is why a community…
First off I want to start this post by talking about why housing issues matter so much to me. As a person who has lived in California all their life, I have seen firsthand the consequences of the…
Lila Perl is a sophomore high school student and volunteer at her local public library. She hopes that by sharing her experiences over the last 2 years, other teens will be excited to participate in…
Marcus Zimmerman, a high school senior, started volunteering in 2016 and has stayed with the library ever since. Marcus, currently at the Sherman Oaks Public Library, agreed to an interview to give…
Many facets of daily life have been harshly affected by the spread of COVID-19. People are losing their jobs, most major countries have seen some form of strict stay at home order, and there has been…
Independent, non-commercial, and often handmade magazines have been around long before 2011 when Alex Wrekk designated July as International Zine Month. A well-known zinester, Wrekk, also specified…
Today, we highlight a teen volunteer from the Porter Ranch Branch Library. We’d like to call Hannah Cha an all-around teen volunteer, that rare volunteer who considers shelving books therapeutic…
As the month of June comes to an end, we are celebrating the first anniversary of the Octavia Lab and Octavia E. Butler’s birthday by taking a glimpse into her life as a teenager and a list of great…
Humans are destroying the planet. We’re eviscerating our atmosphere with growing holes in the ozone and using the planet as our trash can with no awareness of the consequences. It can be overwhelming…
Valerie J. Bower is a Los Angeles based photographer. Valerie describes her work as dream-like, monochrome street photography that shows a softer, feminine point of view on typically masculine themes…
Meet Esther Pearl Watson, a Los Angeles based artist, illustrator, children’s book author and zine maker. Esther and her partner, Mark Todd, published a book on zines called, Whatcha Mean, What’s a…
Rin Chupeco has written obscure manuals for complicated computer programs, talked people out of their money at event shows, and done many other terrible things. She now writes about ghosts and…
As I bid farewell to my high school and head to college, I can’t help but reminisce about what it felt like, at that time, as the most important four years of my life. From freshman year—and honestly…
“Let’s have a campaign…every child should obtain a library card and use it”.These words were said in 1987 by then-Secretary of Education William Bennett. The American Library Association did just that…
