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630 W. 5th StreetLos Angeles, CA 90071
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213-228-7000
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- Kren Malone, Director
Upcoming Events at Central Library
Sundays at 2 p.m.
Take an hour-long tour through the Los Angeles Central Library. Your docent guide will share stories about the history, art, and...
May 12, 2024 2:00 PM to 3:45 PM
Join us in celebrating Anne Frank Day during Jewish American Heritage Month.
Sundays at 3 p.m.
Take an hour-long tour through the Los Angeles Central Library. Your docent guide will share stories about the history, art, and...
Every Monday at 11 a.m.
Would you like to improve your reading, writing, or conversation skills? Adults can work with a tutor for 20 minutes. Walk-in tutoring is...
Mondays at 12:30 p.m.
Are you learning Italian but need practice speaking the language? Join us for a relaxed and informal group conversation via Zoom.
May 13, 2024 3:00 PM
Do you want to gain confidence when speaking and sharing your work or speaking in front of audiences? Join us for a free two-part workshop...
May 13, 2024 4:30 PM
Hello Teens! Come join us for this designing, interactive, and therapeutic experience! You will learn the strategies of chalk drawing to...
Mondays at 5:30 p.m.
Join us for a casual game of chess, all ages and skill levels are welcome. Boards and pieces provided. No registration is needed.
Every Tuesday at 11 a.m.
Would you like to improve your reading, writing, or conversation skills? Adults can work with a tutor for 20 minutes. Walk-in tutoring is...
Tuesdays from 12 noon - 1 p.m.
Did you know that the Los Angeles Public Library lends e-books, audiobooks, movies, music, magazines, newspapers, comic books, and more to...
What We're Reading
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The Kamogawa food detectives
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Sharks in the rivers
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Musical tables : poems
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The Final Girl Support Group
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A year of last things : poems
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Camp Damascus
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Leave Me Alone With the Recipes: The Life, Art, and Cookbook of Cipe Pineles
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The Djinn waits a hundred years
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Women of Good Fortune
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Breaking through : my life in science
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Tanya Holland's California Soul: Recipes From a Culinary Journey West
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The Fox Wife
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Walk through fire
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The Book of Doors
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How not to be a politician : a memoir
Recent Blog Posts from LAPL Blog
May 10, 2024
By Elizabeth Graney, Librarian
If you've heard it once, you've heard it a million times—the book was better! There's nothing like debating the differences between a favorite book and its translation to the screen. But if you don't... Continued
May 09, 2024
By John Tommasino, Cybernaut
In the farthest reaches of space, a group of star travelers finds a message in a bottle that contains the record of another spaceship’s doomed voyage to a planet where apes are masters and humans are... Continued
May 09, 2024
By Jennifer Siron, Senior Librarian
Curious about the guardian lion? The guardian lion, also known as Komainu, Shishi, or Fu Lion, symbolizes prosperity, success, and guardianship. These mythical guardian lions have special protective... Continued
May 08, 2024
By Art Department
In continuing the exploration of the history of the book through the holdings of Los Angeles Public Library’s Special Collections, this installment will cover the fine printing in paper form of... Continued
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