Sunday, October 11, 2026

Programming Coming up This Week

Note the library will be closed on Monday, October 12 for Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Find the in person programs at our branch during the remainder of the week below (all programs are 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
Library closed for Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Tuesday
10:00-3:30 Tech Help
3:00-6:00 Student Zone Homework Help
3:00 STAR Reader: Jeffrey

Wednesday
10:30 Baby & Toddler Storytime
3:00-6:00 Student Zone Homework Help
3:00 STAR Reader: Miss Katherine
4:00 Scholarships and Financial Aid Workshop
6:00 Círculo de lectores

Thursday 
10:00-3:30 Tech Help
10:30 Baby & Toddler Storytime
3:00-6:00 Student Zone Homework Help
5:30 Highland Park Walks

Saturday
1:00 STAR Reader: Jeffrey

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Wednesday, October 7, 2026

Monthly Trivia Question…

 This month we’ll ask what company had the highest total sales revenue in 2025 in Highland Park?

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Tuesday, October 6, 2026

Conozca la Autura

Meet the Author

image of author next to cover from her book

Domingo, 18 Octubre @ 2:00 p.m. / Sunday, October 18 @ 2:00 p.m.

Únete con la escritora Yurina Melara Valiuls para una conversación sobre El Salvador 2125, su nuevo libro juvenile en español que imagina El Salvador cien años en el futuro.

Join author Yurina Melara Valiulis for a conversation about El Salvador 2125, her new Spanish-language young adult novel that imagines El Salvador one hundred years in the future


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Sunday, October 4, 2026

Programming Coming up This Week

Find the in person programs at our branch during the week below (all programs are 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
12:00 Aging Well, Planning Ahead (LAPL YouTube)
3:00-6:00 Student Zone Homework Help
3:00-5:00 LA Saves Resource Table
4:00 Kid’s Program

Tuesday
10:00-3:30 Tech Help
3:00-6:00 Student Zone Homework Help
3:00 STAR Reader: Jeffrey

Wednesday
10:30 Baby & Toddler Storytime
12:00 Building Your Financial Future (LAPL YouTube)
2:00 Resources for Your Business (LAPL YouTube)
3:00-6:00 Student Zone Homework Help
3:00 STAR Reader: Miss Katherine

Thursday 
10:00-3:30 Tech Help
10:30 Baby & Toddler Storytime
3:00-6:00 Student Zone Homework Help

Saturday
1:00 STAR Reader: Jeffrey

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Wednesday, September 30, 2026

LAPL’s Digital Collection: Autographs

 

autograph

Today’s entry from the autograph collection features the signature of Henry Mills Alden.  Alden (1836-1919) was an Author and the editor of Harper's Magazine. Find the full image here: https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/autograph/id/52/rec/1

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Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Recipe Zine-Making with LA Zine Fest

 Saturday, October 3 at 2:30 p.m.

collage from scraps of paper

Make a zine with the Los Angeles Zine Fest! Learn the history of zines and how you can create your own eight page mini-zine to record a recipe to share or give as a gift. Participants will have the option to photocopy and exchange zines.

This event is part of our Recipes, Zines, & Memory-Keeping series.  Plan to arrive early for the preceding Jams, Jelly, & Maramlades program and don’t forget to check out the collections & resources table.


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Monday, September 28, 2026

The Arroyo Book Club October Pick….

 

image of book cover

October is a fiction month for the Arroyo Book Club, so we will be reading The Women by Kristin Hannah for our discussion. It is the story of one woman who joins the Army Nurse Corps to follow her brother to Vietnam. To quote from the catalog description:

 “The Women is the story of one woman gone to war, but it shines a light on all women who put themselves in harm's way and whose sacrifice and commitment to their country has too often been forgotten. A novel about deep friendships and bold patriotism, The Women is a richly drawn story with a memorable heroine whose idealism and courage under fire will come to define an era.”

 Stop by the branch for a copy of the book.

 We will come together to discuss the book on Saturday, October 24 at 3 p.m. It will be a hybrid meeting so you have the option of attending in person or via Zoom. If you’d like to join us via Zoom send an email to ayosco@lapl.org so we can get the link to you.

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Sunday, September 27, 2026

Programming Coming up This Week

Find the in person programs at our branch during the week below (all programs are 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
3:00-6:00 Student Zone Homework Help
4:00 Regulate and Recharge
6:30 Supporting Struggling Readers at Home (online: bit.ly/laplsupportsreaders)

Tuesday
10:00-3:30 Tech Help
3:00-6:00 Student Zone Homework Help
3:00 STAR Reader: Jeffrey

Wednesday
10:30 Baby & Toddler Storytime
3:00-6:00 Student Zone Homework Help
3:00 STAR Reader: Miss Katherine

Thursday 
10:00-3:30 Tech Help
10:30 Baby & Toddler Storytime
3:00-6:00 Student Zone Homework Help

Saturday
1:00 STAR Reader: Jeffrey
1:00 Recipes, Zines, & Memory Keeping

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Friday, September 25, 2026

Jams, Jelly, & Marmalades with Brie Wakeland Muszynski

 Saturday, October 3 at 1:00 p.m.

bowl of strawberries & jars of jam

Join Certified Food Preservation Instructor Brie Wakeland Muszynski for a presentation on how to safely make jams, jellies, and marmalades at home. The presentation includes tasting samples, and a jam making zine.

This event is part of our Recipes, Zines, & Memory-Keeping series.  Plan to stay for the Recipe Zine-Making program and don’t forget to check out the collections & resources table.


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Wednesday, September 23, 2026

LAPL’s Digital Collection: Menus

 

menu image

This is the Lunch/Dinner menu for Dixie’s Chicken, a restaurant located in Salem, MA. The menu is circa 1945.  And, interestingly, feels compelled to include the text “positively no dancing” which makes you wonder about the event that necessitated that addition.  View the full menu here: https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/menus/id/15/rec/1

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Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Walk Highland Park

collage of photos of Highland Park

We will set out on foot to explore the Highland Park area once again on Thursday, October 15 at 5:30 p.m. We will meet in the library lobby and decide upon a route that may involve, hills, stairs, or both. We will return after dark. People of all ages are invited so make it a family affair. Dogs are welcome to come too but they will need to wait outside for the walk to begin.

Don’t hesitate to give us a call at 323-255-0537 if you have any questions. Email ayosco@lapl.org


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Sunday, September 20, 2026

Programming Coming up This Week

Find the in person programs at our branch during the week below (all programs are 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
3:00-6:00 Student Zone Homework Help
4:00 Pokémon Club

Tuesday
10:00-3:30 Tech Help
3:00-6:00 Student Zone Homework Help
3:00 STAR Reader: Jeffrey

Wednesday
10:30 Baby & Toddler Storytime
3:00-6:00 Student Zone Homework Help
6:00 Círculo de lectores

Thursday 
10:00-3:30 Tech Help
10:30 Baby & Toddler Storytime with ASL
3:00-6:00 Student Zone Homework Help

Saturday
10:30 Washi Tape and Sticker Art
1:00 STAR Reader: Jeffrey
3:00 Arroyo Book Club (in person or via Zoom / ayosco@lapl.org)

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Friday, September 18, 2026

Recipes, Zines, & Memory-Keeping

Saturday, October 3
1pm-4pm

Memories are often made around the dinner table, in the kitchen, and at our favorite neighborhood restaurants. How can we preserve those moments that shape us and share them with our love ones? Join us for an afternoon of cooking and zine-making with an eye on storytelling as archival practice.

1:00pm: Jams, Jelly, & Marmalades with Brie Wakeland Muszynski
Join Certified Food Preservation Instructor Brie Wakeland Muszynski for a presentation on how to safely make jams, jellies, and marmalades at home. The presentation includes tasting samples, and a jam making zine.

2:30pm: Recipe Zine-Making with LA Zine Fest
Make a zine with the Los Angeles Zine Fest! Learn the history of zines and how you can create your own eight page mini-zine to record a recipe to share or give as a gift. Participants will have the option to photocopy and exchange zines.

Throughout the afternoon, check out the collections and resources table where we’ll have neighborhood highlights from the LAPL Menu Collection, information about DIY archiving with LAPL, and a free raffle to win a personal archiving starter kit.

Early arrival encouraged for workshops.  Learn more at lapl.org/community.

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Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Monthly Trivia Question (Answer)….

 


This month’s trivia question asked how you could find a poem on the topic of the start of school. While there are many ways one way is to make use of the library’s database “Lit Finder.” Once in the database you’d want to do an advanced search using the search term school and limiting the results to full text poems. One of the results is the (somewhat saccharine) poem “The Father in School” by Amos R. Wells. The poem begins:

Unfamiliar work and rule, --

Little Lad's first day in school.

"Stay!  O papa, stay with me!"

Thus he murmurs tearfully.

And, though business calls away,

Papa stays the livelong day.

Wells, Amos Russel. "The Father in School." The Collected Poems of Amos R. Wells, by Amos R. Wells, Christian Endeavor World, 1921, p. 44. Gale Literature: LitFinder

Find the Lit Finder database on the library’s Research page (https://www.lapl.org/digital-library/search) search for it by title and access it with your library card.


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