In this episode of Past Due, we explore the Children’s Literature Department, highlighting the art and architecture, and explain how LAPL purchases the many resources for our diverse range of library patrons. Transcript
In this episode of Past Due, we talk with Stephen Gee, author of Los Angeles Central Library: A History of Its Art, to discuss the artwork of the Central Library, past and present. We also explore the mystery of the missing Well of Scribes and highlight the tremendous work done by our Shipping…
In this episode of the Past Due podcast, our host gets the inside scoop from a Central Library docent about some odd architectural features of Central Library’s past and present, and also explores some of the library’s special collections. Librarian Sheridan J. Cazares talks to docent Tom McQuaide…
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…
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
This third program in our AI series focused on the critical issue of inherent biases in AI technologies, especially as they are deployed in law enforcement, healthcare, government, and education. We took a look at how these biases manifest and their profound implications.
From generating new forms of artistic expression to transforming industry practices, artificial intelligence is redefining the boundaries of creativity. This event brought together creatives from diverse backgrounds and industry experts to discuss the opportunities and challenges presented by AI in…
Tommy Orange, the Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of the breakout bestseller There There, returns to ALOUD with one of TIME Magazine’s most anticipated books of 2024, Wandering Stars, which traces the legacies of the Colorado Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 and the Carlisle Indian Industrial School…
Join us for the first of a special ALOUD series on AI, where we take a compelling look into the interaction between young people and AI systems, exploring subconscious perceptions and the significant effects of AI on youth mental health and development. ALOUD on Ideas is an ongoing series that will…
Leslie Jamison has become one of our most beloved contemporary voices, a scribe of the real, the true, and the complex. The New York Times best-selling author of The Recovering and The Empathy Exams joins us in a program exclusive to ALOUD about her new memoir, Splinters, the riveting story of…
The award-winning, beloved author of Pure Colour, Sheila Heti returns to ALOUD with her new thrilling confessional Alphabetical Diaries. Over ten years, Heti kept a record of her thoughts, then arranged the sentences from A to Z. Known for her experimental literary works—passionate and reflective…
Join us for a conversation with one of our country’s most prominent rabbis, Rabbi Sharon Brous of IKAR, discussing her new book, The Amen Effect, which explores what it will take, in a time of loneliness and isolation, social rupture and alienation, to rebuild our society. Rabbi Brous was in…
In 2019, Cristina Rivera Garza traveled from her home in Texas to Mexico City in search of an old unresolved criminal file. "My name is Cristina Rivera Garza," she wrote in her request to the attorney general, "and I am writing to you as a relative of Liliana Rivera, who was murdered on July 16…
ALOUD welcomes two-time Poet Laureate of the United States and Pulitzer Prize–winner Tracy K. Smith with her remarkable book To Free the Captives: A Plea for the American Soul. In 2020, heartsick from consistent assaults on Black life, Tracy K. Smith found herself soul-searching and digging into the…
