Events Calendar

Celebrate Central 100 by repurposing catalog cards into mini art!

Children will learn about the diversity of animals and plants that live in the desert. We will also explore how plants and animals survive in extreme heat with little water, then make a diorama of a desert habitat. Afterward, we will compare and…

Decorate a small pot with paints and other supplies. We'll have soil and seeds so you can plant something inside and watch it grow!

Enjoy an hour of free play to create and experiment! Design and build with bricks, blocks, and wooden train tracks while enjoying the challenge of brain-teaser puzzles and other engineering toys. Children of all ages are welcome.

Join your neighbors for an evening stroll through the heart of Highland Park! This summer, we aren't just walking for exercise—we’re on a mission to capture the iconic images that define our corner of L.A.Walk: A scenic group determined loop through…

Reptiles, amphibians and arachnids! Meet these gentle creatures in a nurturing hands-on environment.

Join us at the Brentwood Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library for our new French Conversation Group, designed for native and near-native French speakers. Connect with fellow Francophones as you engage with recent articles from the French press…

Join us for an exciting adventure from "bore" to "bard" in our Summer Teen Dungeons and Dragons campaign, expertly led by a Dungeon Master! This event is open to teens aged 11 to 18 only.Mark your calendars for our sessions on the following dates…

Join Sun Chung, a local skin & gut health specialist, for a relaxing guided meditation designed to calm the mind, ease stress, and support your body's natural healing. The series explores the connection between self-worth, the nervous system, and…

Join us as we visit the Songs of Stranger Things in this unique Bingo game. While this program is normally for adults, this time, youth and teens who are Stranger Things/80s music fans and would enjoy 1.5 hours of Music Bingo are invited. No Bingo or…

Join the Memorial Branch Teen Council to get involved at the library and make a difference in the community!

Support the Fairfax Branch Library by buying books from the Friends of the Fairfax Branch Library!

After his release from prison for a hit-and-run, the impulsive and childish Hong Jong-du befriends Gong-ju, the victim's daughter, who is suffering from severe cerebral palsy. Through a series of clandestine meetings, the two develop an improbable…

Learn about the spectacular lives of some of the smallest critters on the planet! The Bug Gals will introduce us to amazing facts in this interactive bug meet and greet. Discover what makes these creatures unique and how they are helpful to humans…

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Celebrate the launch of Angel City Press at Los Angeles Public Library's new book documenting murals of Our Lady of Guadalupe around Los Angeles.

Join us at the Cypress Park Library for our Summer Movies series featuring the 1985 classic Back to the Future, starring Michael J. Fox and Crispin Glover. Follow Marty McFly as he travels back to 1955, where he encounters familiar faces from the…

Join us to learn basic embroidery and contribute to a collaborative artwork inspired by Palisadian oral histories and the local landscape. No experience is needed, and the workshop welcomes ages 12 and up. Bring a spirit of creativity and openness…

Enjoy stories, songs, and much, much more! Intended for ages 3-8. For more information, please contact children@lapl.org.

Join Certified Food Preservation Instructor Brie Wakeland Muszynski for a presentation on how to safely make kombucha and other fermented sodas at home. The presentation includes tasting samples and a kombucha zine. 

Please bring a clean pint or…

A group of friends is going through a midlife crisis. They decide to remake a favorite movie from their youth, but encounter unexpected events when they enter the jungle. A fun, action-packed, comedy movie. Rated PG-13.Starring: Jack Black, Paul Rudd…

Join us in the Taper Auditorium at Central Library for the Central Soccer Celebration as we screen the FIFA World Cup 26™. Join us in the comfortable, air-conditioned Taper Auditorium at Central Library for the Central Soccer Celebration as we screen…

The award-winning AlmaNova Duo, flutist Jessica Pierce and guitarist Almer Imamovic, invites us on an adventure into Balkan music, with its youthful energy and resilience, haunting melodies and rich harmonies, jubilant rhythms, and virtuosic melodic…

Learn basic papermaking techniques utilizing recycled paper materials found around the home, such as junk mail, old homework, newspapers, or a variety of almost any kind of paper. Participants will make small sheets of unique handmade paper and use…