During her term as Poet Laureate from 2021 to 2022, Thompson curated Poems on Air, a weekly podcast in which she read poems by some of the biggest names in American poetry, such as Terrance Hayes, Joy…
The 1930s were indeed difficult years for the Los Angeles Public Library, as they were for the whole country. The library’s budget, hours of operation, and staffing levels all suffered at a time when…
Early twentieth-century Los Angeles was a hotbed of art and music. Painters, sculptors, musicians, craftsmen, writers, photographers, dancers, and the motion picture industry were thriving. Gladys…
La Biblioteca Pública de Los Ángeles ofrece los libros más leídos y más esperados para niños. Haz clic en cada título para verlo en nuestro catálogo. ¡No esperes y reserva tu copia hoy mismo!
Como angelino de nacimiento y crianza, hay lugares en esta hermosa ciudad que siempre evocan fuertes sentimientos y recuerdos. Para mí, uno de esos lugares es el Aeropuerto Internacional de Los…
El vibrante legado del liderazgo latino en Los Ángeles está profundamente arraigado en el tejido político, social y cultural de la ciudad. Desde los inicios de la historia de California hasta los…
Durante este Mes de la Herencia Latina, celebramos los símbolos que nos recuerdan nuestros orígenes y que siguen nutriendo nuestras raíces. Uno de ellos es el maíz, un grano sagrado que ha sustentado…
In this episode of the Past Due podcast, we’ll discuss how the Library came to be built, an early architectural mystery about the library, and some of the intriguing details about one of the oldest books in the Library’s collection. Transcript
Join the librarians of the Los Angeles Public Library as they revisit interactions with notable patrons, talk about L.A. History with Angel City Press, and dive into the mystery of Against the Grain, Inc. Angelenos from all walks of life have visited the Library, including a few notable patrons…
Este tercer programa de nuestra serie sobre IA se centró en el problema crucial de los sesgos inherentes a las tecnologías de IA, especialmente en su aplicación en las fuerzas del orden, la atención médica, el gobierno y la educación. Analizamos cómo se manifiestan estos sesgos y sus profundas…
Central Library opened to the public in July 1926. On January 29, 2026, to kick off the library's centennial year, a time capsule that was placed in the building's cornerstone during the original construction was unveiled to the public for the first time.
Alice Bucknell's video work, The Alluvials, was born of research in the Los Angeles Public Library. Now playing on the Library's immersive Central Library Video Wall, The Alluvials explores the politics of drought and water scarcity in a near-future version of Los Angeles. The story is told through a variety of nonhuman and elemental perspectives, including the Los Angeles River, wildfire, a 400-year-old sycamore called El Aliso, and the ghost of the city's celebrity mountain lion, P-22.
