Sunday, August 16, 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
2:00 Chill Out Sunday Movie

Monday
4:00 DIY Fidget Sticks

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

Saturday
10:30 Pokémon Club
11:00 STAR Reader: Jeffrey
3:00 Arroyo Book Club (in person OR Zoom / ayosco@lapl.org)

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Wednesday, August 12, 2026

LAPL’s Digital Collection: Travel Posters

 

man and a woman on bicycles with sea behind them

This travel poster is advertising Bermuda.  In it a couple takes a nighttime bicycle ride along a shore in Bermuda. The poster is undated and the poster’s artist is Adolph Treidler. Find the full poster here: https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/travel/id/152/rec/1


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Monday, August 10, 2026

Chill Out Sunday Movie!

 

popcorn bucket, reel of video, and director's clapboard

Escape the heat with a cool film! 

Sunday, August 16 at 2 p.m.

We will be enjoying Fantastic Mr. Fox. An animated version of the Roald Dahl book directed by Wes Anderson.

Everyone is welcome!

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Sunday, August 9, 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 events for our complete program selection….

Sunday
1:00-5:00 Tech Help

Tuesday
10:00-3:30 Tech Help
3:00 STAR Reader: Jeffrey
6:00 Community Archives Mixer & Craft Night

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

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

Saturday
11:00 STAR Reader: Jeffrey

Sunday
2:00 Chill Out Sunday Movie

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Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Monthly Trivia Question…

 This month our question is who was Charlotte de Berry?

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Monday, August 3, 2026

Just One Damned Thing After Another

 


Madeline (aka Max) Maxwell is a historian with a cool new job that lets her witness history first hand instead of researching it second hand --- her employer has time travel.  After surviving a harrowing training regime she begins her work only to discover that there is a secret cabal of time travelers seeking to profit from history.  She and her comrades in arms at St. Mary's Institute of Historical Research must do some serious plotting to come out on top and preserve their organization.

If time traveling hijinks sound good to you then you’ll want to pick up Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor.  Be warned, this is the start of a series.


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Sunday, August 2, 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
4:00 Messy Art

Tuesday
10:00-3:30 Tech Help
3:00 DIY Archives: Info Session
3:00 STAR Reader: Jeffrey

Wednesday
10:30 Baby & Toddler Storytime
3:00 STAR Reader: Miss Katherine
3:00 Breakdance With Eric Nishimoto

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

Saturday
10:30 Billy Bonkers Magic
11:00 STAR Reader: Jeffrey

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Wednesday, July 29, 2026

LAPL’s Digital Collection: Fashion Plates

 


This is a 1789 fashion plate from an unknown magazine. It shows a woman in floor length blue dress with a yellow bodice, wearing a large bonnet with floating red ribbons. She also wears a long yellow shawl with red diamond patterns on the end.

Find image here: https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/fashion/id/8/rec/1

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Monday, July 27, 2026

Centennial Book Club Pick…

image of book cover features old style telephone

 
For our August meeting the Arroyo Book Club temporarily becomes the Centennial Book Club as we celebrate our own Central Library’s 100th anniversary by reading and discussing a book published in 1926. The book we will be reading is The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie. 
To quote from the book’s description:
Roger Ackroyd knew too much. He knew that the woman he loved had poisoned her brutal first husband. He suspected also that someone had been blackmailing her. Then, tragically, came the news that she had taken her own life with an apparent drug overdose. 
However, the evening post brought Roger one last fatal scrap of information, but before he could finish reading the letter, he was stabbed to death. Luckily one of Roger's friends and the newest resident to retire to this normally quiet village takes over—none other than Monsieur Hercule Poirot . . . 
Not only beloved by generations of readers, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd was one of Agatha Christie's own favorite works—a brilliant whodunit that firmly established the author's reputation as the Queen of Mystery.

We have copies of the book for you to keep (while supplies last). If you prefer an e-book, you will find it on Hoopla.

We will come together to discuss the book on Saturday, August 22 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.

Those with a whimsical turn of mind are welcome to join us attired in what a 1926 book club attendee would be wearing.

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Sunday, July 26, 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
4:00 Brick Building Challenge

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

Saturday
11:00 STAR Reader: Jeffrey
3:00 Drum Fun!

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Saturday, July 25, 2026

Immersive Storytelling

 (Using a Virtual Reality Headset)

immersive storytelling

Visit our branch this August to check out and use (in branch) a virtual reality headset. Use them to watch a curated collection of award-winning immersive stories from around the world. All of this kicks off with an in-branch program on

Friday, July 31

  • From 10am to 12 pm we will have group screenings, with a new batch starting every 20 minutes.
  • At 12 pm Directors Gayatri Parameswaran and Felix Gaedtke will Zoom in for an Artist’s Talk and Q&A.

Join us for the program and come back throughout the month to explore the virtual movie collection.


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Wednesday, July 22, 2026

LAPL’s Digital Collection: Maps

 


This map is titled “Los Angeles Harbor and Vicinity, 1938” and it is a color map of the Los Angeles Harbor, including Terminal Island, San Pedro, Wilmington, and a portion of Long Beach.; Includes location maps and index. Find the complete map here: https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/maps/id/33/rec/1

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Monday, July 20, 2026

Drum Fun!

 

group of people sit in circle playing drums

Who: Everyone: All ages are welcome

What: Families can connect through the power of rhythm. This fun-filled program builds community and allows families to bond and communicate without words. Drums are provided. 

When: Saturday, August 1 at 3:00 p.m.

Where: The Arroyo Seco Library, 6145 N. Figueroa St.

Note: Space is limited to the first 20 participants. RSVP to lincolnliteracy@lapl.org or call (213) 228-7037 x70219.


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Sunday, July 19, 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
4:00 Teddy Bear Clinic

Tuesday
10:00-3:30 Tech Help
3:00 STAR Reader: Jeffrey
3:00 DIY Scanner Info Session

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

Saturday
10:30 The Rainbow Beard Show
11:00 STAR Reader: Jeffrey
3:00 Arroyo Book Club (in person OR Zoom / ayosco@lapl.org)

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