Events Calendar

2024 Creator in Residence, Andy Crocker, created six experience kits and two audio pieces inspired by the Library’s 72 branches and infinite stories.

Stroll through Central Library's history and how it continues to serve the City through several exhibitions and displays, including a featured partnership with Historiart and Gallery 1988.

The East Los Streetscapers (artists David Botello and Wayne Healy) created this dynamic image in 1994 to capture the global excitement of the World Cup when Los Angeles first hosted the games.

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…

Each Thursday we will play with science.

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…

Michael Rayner's Found Object Juggling show has been described as "preposterous brilliance" and "wacky jugglement," a combination of hilarious tricks and stunts with uproarious stand-up and a bounty of improvised fun and zingers. A high-energy…

Celebrating Summer With The Library, join us for some LEGO® fun!We provide the bricks, you provide the creativity.Children and their families are invited to spend time designing and building their own creations.

Express yourself by combining different materials and techniques to create a self-portrait that is uniquely yours. This activity is recommended for kids and teens aged 10 to 18.

Celebrate this year’s Summer with the Library theme, Postmarked from L.A., and decorate your own postcards to send off to other teens at libraries around Los Angeles. You’ll receive one in return from a teen at another library later this Summer…

Join us for a visit from the friendly therapy dogs of the BARK Program. Kids, improve your reading skills by practicing with these specially trained dogs who love to listen to stories.

A beginner-friendly coding workshop where students create their own simple video game using Scratch. Students learn core programming concepts like loops, events, and conditionals while building a playable game. This program is a single 60-minute…

How does a director help the audience understand the story? In collaboration with the California Student Media Festival, Westwood Library will host professional filmmakers to share their expertise in creating media art. This workshop will be held in…

The stage has been set-now we have to follow the clues, find inconsistencies, and start to connect the dots between our victim and the suspects in our Teen Murder Mystery!

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…

Celebrate pride with abstract squeegee art!