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630 W. 5th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Phone:
213-228-7000
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Librarian:
Kren Malone, Director

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Upcoming Events at Central Library
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Saturdays, 2 p.m.
Docent Tour of Central Library
Visit Los Angeles Public Library's historic Central Library. Enjoy the art and architecture of the 1926 Bertram Goodhue Building with its...
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January 21, 2020 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM
Chinese New Year Spring Couplets Writing
Join us for a Chinese New Year Spring Couplets writing program.
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Every Tuesday at 11:30 a.m.
Chinese for Beginners Level 1
Did you know that Chinese is the most widely spoken first language in the world? Please join us for a class-Chinese for beginners 1.
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Tuesdays & Thursdays, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Tech Try Out
Join us at the Central Library first floor lobby area for the Tech Try Out cart. We'll show you how to check out the library's digital...
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January 21, 2020 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Cooking Class: Meals that Heal / Comidas que sanan
We are what we eat. So, let’s kick off the new year with learning how to create healthy meals using fresh fruits and vegetables, and herbs...
a globe next to a stack of books with different languages written on the spine
Every Tuesday at 12:30 p.m.
Chinese for Beginners Level 2
Did you know that Chinese is the most widely spoken first language in the world? Please join us for a class-Chinese for beginners 2.
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Monday - Friday, 12:30 p.m.
Docent Tour of Central Library
Visit Los Angeles Public Library's historic Central Library. Enjoy the art and architecture of the 1926 Bertram Goodhue Building with its...
Coffee and croissant
January 21, 2020 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM
Coffee & Conversation
This is a safe and comfortable space for people from all walks of life to come and talk with their peers and professionals, in order to...
January 21, 2020 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Create Your Email Account
Learn about email and receive hands-on training on how to create your own FREE email account. Students should be familiar with use of mouse...
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What We Are Reading

  • Riot Baby

    Riot Baby

    Onyebuchi, Tochi

    Ella, a young girl growing up in Compton, California has psychokinetic abilities that allow her to see into the future.

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  • Steel Crow Saga

    Steel Crow Saga

    Krueger, Paul

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  • Carrie Fisher : a life on the edge

    Carrie Fisher : a life on the edge

    Weller, Sheila,

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  • The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl

    The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl

    Goss, Theodora

    Mary Jekyll, Diana Hyde, Beatrice Rappaccini, Catherine Moreau and Justine Frankenstein—all the daughters of some of science fiction’s ma

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  • How to raise a reader

    How to raise a reader

    Paul, Pamela,

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  • The Starless Sea

    The Starless Sea

    Morgenstern, Erin

    In her first novel since 2011’s The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern illustrates again that she is a masterful fantasy storyteller

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  • Midnight chicken : (& other recipes worth living for)

    Midnight chicken : (& other recipes worth living for)

    Risbridger, Ella,

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  • The Girl Who Reads on the Metro

    The Girl Who Reads on the Metro

    Feret-Fleury, Christine

    In The Girl Who Reads on the Metro, Christine Feret-Fleury tells a delightful tale about the love and power of books and the nee

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  • Anja Niemi in character

    Anja Niemi in character

    Niemi, Anja, 1976- photographer, interviewee.

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  • Today We Go Home

    Today We Go Home

    Estes, Kelli

    Kelli Estes tells parallel stories separated by 150 years: one of a woman’s struggle to get into the US Army to fight in the Civil War, t

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Recent Blog Posts from LAPL Blog
January 19, 2020
A Week to Remember: It's National Soup Month!
By Keith Chaffee, Librarian
January is National Soup Month, and what better time than the middle of winter to relax with a nice bowl of hot soup?Soups have been around for as long as there have been waterproof containers to... Continued
January 19, 2020
5 datos interesantes del legendario activista civil Martin Luther King, Jr.
By Ana Campos, Senior Librarian
El tercer lunes de cada mes de enero en los Estados Unidos se celebra el cumpleaños del activista civil Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. El Dr. King luchó por los derechos civiles de los afro-americanos... Continued
January 17, 2020
Music Memories: Edgar Allan Poe in Music
By Keith Chaffee, Librarian
In Monday’s “Week to Remember” post, we looked at the life and literary career of Edgar Allan Poe, and some of the books inspired by his work. Today, we took a look at Poe in music, and the many... Continued
January 17, 2020
Es más fácil llegar al sol que a tu corazón
By Patricia Valdovinos, Librarian
En la última semana de diciembre cumplí 28 años y eso no solo viene con un nuevo año de vida, sino también un año nuevo. Mi cumpleaños cae en el día treinta de diciembre, así que tengo la suerte de... Continued

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