The Arroyo Writing Group’s July Prompt

The Arroyo Writing Group will have a special Summer with the Library meeting on Thursday, July 17th at 6 p.m. We will be sharing our responses to the writing prompt:

Setting, a very hot day in LA. Story, open

The Arroyo Writing Group is for anyone interested in trying their hand at writing. We welcome you whether you are new to the art or and old expert looking for convivial place to share your work. Join our group for practice both writing short pieces across many genres and sharing your writing with others.

Questions? Need more information? Reach out to us at ayosco@lapl.org

Programming Coming up This Week

Find the in person programs at our branch as well as a selection of the exciting, virtual programs offered by branches across the city during the week below (programs in person at our branch unless otherwise noted). Visit our online calendar for our complete program selection….

Sunday
1:00-5:00 Tech Help

Monday
4:00 Camp In

Tuesday
10:00-3:30 Tech Help
10:30 L.A. Zoo at Your Library
3:00 STAR Reader: Jeffrey

Wednesday
10:30 Baby & Toddler Storytime
3:00 STAR Reader: Miss Katherine
 
Thursday 
10:00-3:30 Tech Help
10:30 Baby & Toddler Storytime
4:00 Breakdancing With Eric Nishimoto

Friday
10:00 Gentle Yoga Series With Elisa

Saturday
11:00 STAR Reader: Jeffrey
3:00 Arroyo Book Club 

Catch up with us on various sites...

LAPL platforms:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/lapubliclibrary/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/lapubliclibrary/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/losangeleslibrary

Arroyo Seco Social Media:
Blog: arroyoseco5.blogspot.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ArroyoSecoLibrary
Instagram: www.instagram.com/arroyosecolapl

The Summer Reading Challenge started on June 1 and runs through August 1. Stop by the branch to sign up or sign yourself up via Beanstack (more info here)

Breakdancing with Eric Nishimoto

Join us for Breakdancing with Eric Nishimoto on Thursday, June 26 at 4 p.m. The program starts with an exciting breaking aka breakdance performance followed by a brief history of the hip-hop culture and breaking, a new Olympic sport in 2024. Eric will introduce and show the various dance components in breaking (ie: toprock, footwork, freezes, power-moves) and how these dance components all come together. The audience will be able to participate in a hands on learning experience followed by a group showcase to demonstrate the new dance moves.

The Goblin Emperor

 

If excellent, stylized world building supplemented by an interesting plot and fascinating characters is what you’re after they you’ll definitely want to pick up The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison.  Maia, our goblin emperor, is a set aside son of the previous emperor.  When his father and all his brothers die in an air ship accident he is left as the new ruler.  He comes to the court untutored and finds the court a morass of political infighting, social expectations, and unspoken mores.  He soon discovers that the accident that killed his predecessors was no accident and so must also battle against those who would remove him from his throne.

Addison creates a fascinating society, a likeable emperor, and a plot that pulls you in.  Highly recommended for all who have a taste for fantasy.

Monthly Trivia Question (Answer)….

 

This month we asked what type of food does the endangered blunt-nosed leopard lizard eat? The lizard in question is an insectivore that eats “insects (mostly grasshoppers, crickets, and moths) and other lizards; some plant material is eaten rarely or is perhaps consumed unintentionally with animal prey.”

Learn all about the blunt-nosed leopard lizard in the database that was the source of this question (and answer). Specifically, Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America. This is a Gale Virtual Reference e-Book.  It has extensive data on the habitats and ecosystems of more than 1,200 species identified by U.S. Fish and Wildlife service, arranged taxonomically in 6 volumes.

Find this e-reference work  on the library’s Research & Homework page under “B” and access it with your library card.

Programming Coming up This Week

Please note that the library will be closed on June 19 in celebration of Juneteenth.

Find the in person programs at our branch as well as a selection of the exciting, virtual programs offered by branches across the city during the week below (programs in person at our branch unless otherwise noted). Visit our online calendar selection….

Sunday
1:00-5:00 Tech Help
3:00 Meditative Coloring

Monday
4:00 Tin Foil Boats

Tuesday
10:00-3:30 Tech Help
3:00 STAR Reader: Jeffrey

Wednesday
10:30 Baby & Toddler Storytime
3:00 STAR Reader: Miss Katherine
6:00 Arroyo Writing Group (Special Meeting)

Thursday 
Library Closed

Friday
10:00 Gentle Yoga Series With Elisa

Saturday
10:30 Splashy Saturday

Catch up with us on various sites...

LAPL platforms:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/lapubliclibrary/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/lapubliclibrary/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/losangeleslibrary

Arroyo Seco Social Media:
Blog: arroyoseco5.blogspot.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ArroyoSecoLibrary
Instagram: www.instagram.com/arroyosecolapl

The Summer Reading Challenge started on June 1 and runs through August 1. Stop by the branch to sign up or sign yourself up via Beanstack (more info here)

Personal Archiving 101

 

Join us for the first in a series of archive & oral history workshops

When: Saturday, June 21 at 3:00 PM

Where: The Arroyo Seco Regional Branch Library, 6145 N. Figueroa Street

What: Do you have old photographs, letters, and documents, and years of memories stored away in boxes long forgotten? Have you wondered about what will happen to these precious artifacts in the future? Join us and learn the basics of how to think like an archivist. This workshop is open to anyone interested in documenting and preserving personal, family, or community stories.

LAPL’s Digital Collection: Travel Posters

 

Today’s travel poster provides a birds-eye view of the town of Assisi, showing the Basilica Papale di San Francesco (Papal Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi).  View the full image here: https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/travel/id/168/rec/7

Programming Coming up This Week

The Summer Reading Challenge started on June 1 and runs through August 1. Stop by the branch to sign up or sign yourself up via Beanstack (more info here)

Find the in person programs at our branch as well as a selection of the exciting, virtual programs offered by branches across the city during the week below (programs in person at our branch unless otherwise noted). Visit our online calendar for our complete program selection….

Sunday
1:00-5:00 Tech Help

Monday
4:00 Contact Paper Collage

Tuesday
10:00-3:30 Tech Help
2:00 Government Contracts: A Beginner's Guide (LAPL YouTube)
3:00 STAR Reader: Jeffrey

Wednesday
10:30 Baby & Toddler Storytime
3:00 STAR Reader: Miss Katherine
6:00 Círculo de Lectores

Thursday 
10:00-3:30 Tech Help
10:30 Baby & Toddler Storytime

Friday
10:00 Gentle Yoga Series With Elisa

Catch up with us on various sites...

LAPL platforms:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/lapubliclibrary/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/lapubliclibrary/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/losangeleslibrary

Arroyo Seco Social Media:
Blog: arroyoseco5.blogspot.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ArroyoSecoLibrary
Instagram: www.instagram.com/arroyosecolapl

Gentle Yoga with Elisa: A Series

 

Who:

Everyone who is looking to reduce stress and increase strength, flexibility, and balance.  All levels welcome.

What:

Release habitual tension in your body and mind, linking breath and movement as you unwind through the ancient practice of Yoga. Create more strength, flexibility and balance in your body while soothing your soul. Learn and practice proper Yoga alignments. Be present while letting it all go. 

When:

We will have 3 sessions. Friday June 13, June 20, and June 27 all at 10 a.m.
All sessions are FREE

Where:

The Arroyo Seco Regional Branch Library 
6145 N. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, 90042

Questions:

Email us at ayosco@lapl.org

Monthly Trivia Question…

 This month let’s ask what type of food does the endangered blunt-nosed leopard lizard eat?

Beginning Operations

If you are looking for classic SF that still reads (reasonably) well today then check out the author James White.  White was best known for a series of stories set in the far future on a multi-species hospital.  The stories follow Doctor Conway.  We meet Doctor Conway at the start of his career and follow him as he meets weird and wonderful sick aliens and manages to cure what ails them.  White has a deft hand with aliens and the books are full of every possible kind of creature you can imagine from plant based intelligence, through water based forms, to continent sized creatures, (there’s even a levitating brontosaurus type).  Beginning Operations collects the first 3 novels into one book.

Because the novels are set so far in the future among characters that are more often alien then human, they stand up better to the test of time then some older SF does.  I would recommend the books to anyone with a taste for medical problem solving set among the stars.

Programming Coming up This Week

The Summer Reading Challenge starts on June 1 and runs through August 1. Stop by the branch to sign up or sign yourself up via Beanstack (more info here)

Find the in person programs at our branch as well as a selection of the exciting, virtual programs offered by branches across the city during the week below (programs in person at our branch unless otherwise noted). Visit our online calendar for our complete program selection….

Sunday
1:00-5:00 Tech Help

Monday
4:00 Giant Games

Tuesday
10:00-3:30 Tech Help
3:00 STAR Reader: Jeffrey

Wednesday
10:30 Baby & Toddler Storytime
3:00 STAR Reader: Miss Katherine

Thursday 
10:00-3:30 Tech Help
10:30 Baby & Toddler Storytime
4:00 Feeling the Spirit of the Drum With the Konga Kid

Saturday
10:30 Ahoy Matey! Pirate Puppet Show

Catch up with us on various sites...

LAPL platforms:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/lapubliclibrary/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/lapubliclibrary/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/losangeleslibrary

Arroyo Seco Social Media:
Blog: arroyoseco5.blogspot.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ArroyoSecoLibrary
Instagram: www.instagram.com/arroyosecolapl

2025 Summer Reading Programming for Adults

 

This year’s summer reading theme is “Reading brings us together” and we have a summer full of free, interesting programs we can do together.  Below you will find a listing, with brief details, of all of the programs planned for adults.  Look them over and make plans to join us.

Friday, 6/13 at 10 am Gentle Yoga with Elisa. First of three sessions. All levels welcome.

Sunday, 6/15 at 3 pm Meditative Coloring. Relax and take your mind of your troubles with intricate coloring fun

Wednesday, 6/18 at 6 pm Arroyo Writing Group. Bring your writing on the prompt: First sentence begins “Reading brings us together” This is a hybrid meeting so send an email if you’d like the Zoom link

Friday, 6/20 at 10 am Gentle Yoga with Elisa. Second of three sessions. All levels welcome. Come even if you missed the first session.

Friday, 6/27 at 10 am Gentle Yoga with Elisa. Third of three sessions. All levels welcome. Come even if you missed the first sessions.

Saturday, 6/28 at 3 pm Arroyo Book Club. Reading The Art Thief by Michael Finkel. Pick up a copy and join us for discussion

Saturday, 7/12 at 3 pm Fun with Paper. Make pretty things from that most basic of ingredients, paper!

Thursday, 7/17 at 6 pm Arroyo Writing Group. Bring your writing on the prompt: Setting, a very hot day in LA. Story, open  This is a hybrid meeting so send an email if you’d like the Zoom link

Saturday, 7/26 at 3pm Arroyo Book Club. Absolution by Alice McDermott. Pick up a copy and join us for discussion

Thursday, 7/31 at 6pm Highland Park Walks (while talking about books)

If you have questions about any of these programs please email ayosco@lapl.org