Sunday, February 28, 2021

Programming Coming up This Week

Join us this week for…

Monday

  • 10:00 Yoga & Meditation with Master John (email dmatthews@lapl.org for link)
  • 7:00 Pajama Storytime (LAPL Facebook/YouTube)

Tuesday

  • 10:30 Kids World Music with Thalia (email vmagaw@lapl.org for link)
  • 6:00 All About Metro Transit (email ayosco@lapl.org for link)

Wednesday

  • 12:00 Know Your Housing Rights: A Q & A for Tenants (LAPL Facebook/YouTube)
  • 2:00 Life Skills Drumming Program (email jduarte@lapl.org for link)

Thursday

  • 3:00 Get Ready for Kindergarten (Register here: https://bit.ly/3oHe2WT)
  • 4:00 LA Made: Growing Greens at Home With Elliott Kuhn (LAPL Facebook/YouTube)

Friday

  • 11:00 Introduction to Meditation (email wvally@lapl.org for link)
  • 3:30 Teen Game Day (email teens@lapl.org for link)

Saturday

  • 10:00 Western Edge Writers (email shannah@lapl.org for link)

Catch up with us on various sites...

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    Arroyo Seco Social Media:    

Check out the Library’s online calendar at https://lapl.org/whats-on/calendar for the complete list of programming on offer.


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Friday, February 26, 2021

Neighborhood Science Tuesdays in March


To celebrate everything Earth, we will be hosting weekly Neighborhood Science (NeiSci) Tuesdays programs from March 2 to May 25.

The family-friendly program series will be live on Zoom and registration is required at http://bit.ly/neiscitues. 

  March program topics are as follows:  

March  2 @ 4 pm - L.A Native Plants
Presenters: LA Dept of Rec & Parks & Panorama Garden

March  9 @ 4 pm - Extreme Heat Awareness
Presenters: Climate Resolve & ISeeChange Research Project

March 16 @ 4 pm - Virtual Water Journey
Presenter: The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

March 23 @ 4 pm - SLIME
Presenter: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHMLA)

March 30 @ 4 pm - Play to End Alzheimer's
Presenter: Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM)

Make plans to join us.

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Thursday, February 25, 2021

History of Highland Park…


 Have you ever walked past Abbey San Encino? It’s that stone building located directly across the street (& down a steep hill) from the library. It was the personal project of one man, Clyde Browne.  Check out the article “Clyde Browne completes Abbey San Encino after nine years of labor” for all the details about its construction.

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Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Bi-weekly Trivia Question (Answer)….

 


This time around our question asked us to name 2 (or more) industry’s that have a workforce comprised of less than 2% women.  See the screenshot for answers.

To answer the question I accessed the Census Bureau’s Economic Census page. Once there I downloaded the table of Median Earnings for 2018. I then copied relevant columns to a working spreadsheet and sorted to get my answer. 


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Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Lies Sleeping


Ben Aaronovitch continues one of my favorite series, Rivers of London, with Lies Sleeping.  This volume lives up to its predecessors providing an intricate, action filled plot peopled by the characters we’ve become familiar with.  Peter Grant and those working with him in the Metropolitan Police continue to fight against the faceless man who appears to be reaching the final stages of an unknown plan that would spell disaster for London.  

I strongly recommend this series and encourage you to pick up the first volume, Midnight Riot, if you are unfamiliar with it.  If you already know the series you’ve probably already read Lies Sleeping and don’t need me to tell you to do so.    


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Sunday, February 21, 2021

Programming Coming up This Week

Join us this week for…

Monday

  • 10:00 Yoga & Meditation with Master John (email dmatthews@lapl.org for link)
  • 3:00 Teen Book Bites: Black Lives Matter (LAPL Facebook/YouTube)

Tuesday

  • 10:00 Storytime (LAPL Facebook/YouTube)
  • 6:00 Learning Circle: Climate Change (email ayosco@lapl.org)

Wednesday

  • 10:00 Storytime (LAPL Facebook/YouTube)
  • 12:00 America Saves: Managing Debt (LAPL Facebook/YouTube)

Thursday

  • 10:00 Storytime (LAPL Facebook/YouTube)
  • 4:00 LA Made: To Begin the World Over Again: The Life of Thomas Paine (LAPL Facebook/YouTube)

Friday

  • 10:00 Storytime (LAPL Facebook/YouTube)
  • 12:00 America Saves: Your Savings (LAPL Facebook/YouTube)

Saturday

  • 3:00 Arroyo Book Club discusses Erdrich’s The Round House (email ayosco@lapl.org for link)

Catch up with us on various sites...

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    Arroyo Seco Social Media:    

Check out the Library’s online calendar at https://lapl.org/whats-on/calendar for the complete list of programming on offer.


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Thursday, February 18, 2021

History of Highland Park…

 


Highland Park used to host lawn bowling. It’s true, the tennis courts at the Arroyo Seco Park were once the site of lawn bowling competitions. Check out the article “Arroyo Lawn Bowling ends after 50 years” for pictures and a little bit of back ground information.

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Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Bi-weekly Trivia Question…

 This bi-weekly trivia question is actually more of a research question… but let’s ask it anyway. Name 2 (or more) industry’s that have a workforce with less than 2% women?

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Monday, February 15, 2021

Tax Information…

 

Although the library is not offering face-to-face tax preparation programs this year we do have an excellent web site that offers links to programs offering some form of tax preparation assistance. Check out the page at https://lapl.org/tax-information to find numbers you can call and websites you can check out to get the tax help you need.  

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Sunday, February 14, 2021

Programming Coming up This Week

Join us this week for…

Monday

  • Library Closed…Presidents’ Day

Tuesday

  • 10:00 Storytime (LAPL Facebook/YouTube)
  • 6:00 Learning Circle: Climate Change (email ayosco@lapl.org)

Wednesday

  • 10:00 Storytime (LAPL Facebook/YouTube)
  • 4:00 Family Story Time and Collage Workshop with the California African American Museum (LAPL Facebook/YouTube)

Thursday

  • 10:00 Storytime (LAPL Facebook/YouTube)
  • 7:00 Lift Every Voice: Poetry and Survival in African American Los Angeles (register https://bit.ly/3rCZMQF)

Friday

  • 10:00 Storytime (LAPL Facebook/YouTube)
  • 12:00 More From The VITA Program and How To File Taxes Online (LAPL Facebook/YouTube)

Saturday

  • 11:00 Genealogy Garage: Searching for Your African-American Homesteaders (LAPL Facebook/YouTube)

Catch up with us on various sites...

    LAPL platforms:    

    Arroyo Seco Social Media:    

Check out the Library’s online calendar at https://lapl.org/whats-on/calendar for the complete list of programming on offer.


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Thursday, February 11, 2021

History of Highland Park….

 


The police moved from their headquarters on York to their new location on San Fernando in 1983 after nearly 20 years of planning.  Check out the article “LAPD moves northeast division this Saturday” by Roger Swanson for all the details.

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Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Bi-weekly Trivia Question (Answer)….


 Our question asked what does a wind technician do. To quote directly from our source:

Wind energy industry workers perform a wide range of duties, from designing, building, repairing, and maintaining wind turbines and wind farms, to assessing and purchasing land for wind farms, protecting wildlife (especially birds) from the potentially harmful effects of wind turbines, and providing support services to scientific and technical workers

The question and answer were found in Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center. Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center is an electronic resource for lifelong career exploration and planning. It offers resources for career goals, education planning, workplace skills, finding apprenticeships and internships, conducting job searches, and much more. Find it listed alphabetically under F on LAPL’s Research & Homework page and access it with your library card



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Monday, February 8, 2021

Mars Rover Perseverance

 


The Mars Rover Perseverance is scheduled to touch down on Mars on February 18 at approximately 12:30 pm pst. Check out NASA’s Perseverance page for all the details of the landing and its subsequent mission.  NASA has a landing toolkit, page here: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/timeline/landing/, with all sorts of details including where you can watch.

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Sunday, February 7, 2021

Programming Coming up This Week

Join us this week for…

Monday

  • 11:00 Body & Brain Tai Chi & Yoga (email grnhls@lapl.org for link)
  • 2:00 Life Skills Drumming (email jduarte@lapl.org  for link)

Tuesday

  • 10:00 Storytime (LAPL Facebook/YouTube)
  • 6:00 Learning Circle: Climate Change (email ayosco@lapl.org)

Wednesday

  • 10:00 Storytime (LAPL Facebook/YouTube)
  • 4:00 Express Yourself! With Coretta Scott King Award Winners (LAPL Facebook/YouTube)

Thursday

  • 10:00 Storytime (LAPL Facebook/YouTube)
  • 4:00 LA Made: Mariachi Arcoiris de Los Angeles (LAPL Facebook/YouTube)

Friday

  • Library Closed (City Furlough Day)

Saturday

  • 10:00 Western Edge Writers: Self-directed writing (email shannah@lapl.org  for link)

Catch up with us on various sites...

    LAPL platforms:    

    Arroyo Seco Social Media:    

Check out the Library’s online calendar at https://lapl.org/whats-on/calendar for the complete list of programming on offer.


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Friday, February 5, 2021

Science Fun: The Night Sky….


Want to know what to look for in the night sky in February? Check out NASA’s Skywatching page for all the things to look for as well as all the information explaining what you see.  

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Thursday, February 4, 2021

History of Highland Park…


Read the article “Water-spewing ‘tower’ fought early fires in Los Angeles” by Roger Swanson for a fascinating look at the work of the Los Angeles Fire Department in the early 1900s. Article includes a couple of photographs. Check it out.
 


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Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Bi-weekly Trivia Question…

 For our bi-weekly trivia question let’s explore the world of work and ask what does a wind technician do?

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Monday, February 1, 2021

LA Made: Eskista

 


(Repost of a previous entry to remind you to sign up!)

The library’s LA Made is a cultural programming series featuring free music, dance, theater, and conversations with local entertainers at libraries throughout the city, or these days on library social and distance platforms.  This February they will be bringing a performance of Eskista to our branch via Zoom. 

Join us for this exploration of Eskista – an Ethiopian cultural dance which is known for its unique emphasis on intense body movement – with Sinay Woubeshet & Fikru Weldekidan. Fikru and Sinay, originally from Ethiopia, share a mission to create and share culture throughout Los Angeles.

The program will take place on Saturday, February 13 at 3:00. Email ayosco@lapl.org for the program link.

Check out the library’s online event calendar for more LA Made programs at branches throughout the city.  Find the event calendar here: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/calendar.  Selecting LA Made from the Program Series drop down box will limit your results to these programs.


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