LA Made: Sauerkraut & Other Fermented Foods

 

Explore the exciting world of food fermentation and learn how to safely make sauerkraut using lacto-fermentation during our fascination workshop offered on Saturday, January 14 at 3:00.  Master microbial alchemy with the primordial preservation sorceress herself. Uncommon culinary techniques enable you to add a flourish to your food’s flavors, improve nutrient content, and reduce your household food waste.  

The workshop will be conducted by Brie Wakeland.  In 2017 Ms. Wakeland studied under Sandor Katz during his yearly Fermentation Residency Program in Liberty, TN. She is a Certified Instructor for Slow Food Preservers LA, UCCE Master Gardeners, and is also a certified yoga instructor, and traditional sign painter.  She works during the school year teaching yoga, food preservation, gardening and culinary arts lessons to children and adults throughout the LA area.

Mark your calendars and plan to join us on the 14th!

History of Highland Park

 

Today’s article is “Local author is surprised by the success of her new book” and is about Kathryn Hulme and her book The Nun’s Story. Hulme lived on Wildwood Drive. The lengthy article includes much biographical detail about an interesting person. Check it out.

Programming Coming up This Week

The Library will be closed Sunday & Monday in celebration of the Christmas holiday.

Find the in person programs at our branch as well as a selection of the exciting, virtual programs offered by branches across the city this week below. Visit our online calendar https://lapl.org/whats-on/calendar for our complete program selection….

Sunday & Monday
Closed in celebration of the Christmas Holiday

Tuesday
10:00 Storytime Online: Winter Days (LAPL YouTube)
6:00 Sharing True Stories (email wwood@lapl.org for link)

Wednesday
10:00 Storytime Online: Winter Days (LAPL YouTube)
3:00 STAR Reader  (In Person)
6:00 Círculo de Lectores (In Person)

Thursday
10:00 Storytime Online: Winter Days (LAPL YouTube)
1:00 Q.Me Free Legal Clinic (Register)

Friday 
10:00 Storytime Online: Winter Days (LAPL YouTube)

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
Twitter: twitter.com/arroyoseco5

History of Highland Park

 

Today I bring you the souvenir paper produced by Highland Park News Herald & Journal for Highland Park’s Diamond Jubilee in 1963.  The paper calls itself a “Pictorial and Feature Panorama of the Historical Development of Highland Park… including sketches of the individuals and firms whose faith and plans have made its forward progress possible.”

All in all this is an 88-page extravaganza of information about the Highland Park of the past.  It includes such interesting things as a chart of rainfall by month for the entire 75 years prior to 1963, pictures of all 3 (to that time) Monte Vista Street schools, the first Highland Park subdivision map, lots of celebratory advertising from local businesses and organizations, and more.  Definitely worth browsing through.

Monthly Trivia Question (Answer)….

This time we ask what is Adinkra? Adinkra are visual forms that first achieved prominence among the Akan linguistic group whose members are now part of Ghana and the Ivory Coast. Adinkra often involve designs that integrate striking aesthetic power, evocative mathematical structures, and philosophical conceptions ranging from the ethical to the cosmological, expressed in relation to proverbs and stories. The picture included with this post is an example. 

Read more about Adinkra in the source article:

Adepoju, O. (2010). Adinkra. In The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Thought. : Oxford University Press. Retrieved 3 Aug. 2022, from https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195334739.001.0001/acref-9780195334739-e-006.

The question, and answer, were found in “The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Thought” which can be found within Oxford Reference Online.  This database provides quick reference and scholarly articles from a broad range of subjects in over 100 titles that include key titles from the Oxford Companion series and the complete Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.  Find it on the library’s Research & Homework page and access it with your library card. You’ll find it under O.

New e-Resources

Wall Street Journal Digital 

We now have access to the Wall Street Journal digital edition. Access is similar to our setups for NY Times and Washington Post digital.  You click through our link for three days of free access, then you can go through our link again to "renew."

Hellosaurus
Hellosaurus is the latest addition to hoopla's BingePass offerings (Binge Passes allow you unlimited access to a resource for a period of time with just one of your monthly hoopla borrows.)  Hellosaurus is an award-winning interactive video platform that empowers kids to be active participants in every story.  Geared towards children aged 2-8, Hellosaurus puts kids in their favorite shows, featuring titles like The Wiggles, Love, Diana, Kidz Bop, and Lalo's Lunchbox.   Access works best when you open the hoopla app on your mobile device, check out the Hellosaurus BingePass, and are then automatically directed to open or download the Hellosaurus app.

GetSetUp 
GetSetUp is a social learning platform for individuals 50+, taught by peers who are experts in their field. The resource hosts live online classes covering digital learning, physical health, mental health, social health, and vocational health. First time users must create a free account using their email address. Classes are taught in English, Spanish, Hindi and Mandarin.  This resource is funded by the State of California.

Extended coverage for LA Times and LA Sentinel digital archives
Our date range coverage for two of our ProQuest historical periodical databases has expanded--we now have access to the LA Times Historical 1881-2014 and the LA Sentinel Historical  1934-2010.  These searchable archives provide users with a digitized image of the print edition.

January’s Arroyo Book Club Pick

 

The January Arroyo Book Club pick is The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison. The book provides the following description:

“The nameless narrator of the novel describes growing up in a black community in the South, attending a Negro college from which he is expelled, moving to New York and becoming the chief spokesman of the Harlem branch of "the Brotherhood", and retreating amid violence and confusion to the basement lair of the Invisible Man he imagines himself to be. The book is a passionate and witty tour de force of style, strongly influenced by T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land, Joyce, and Dostoevsky.”

We will have copies available for checkout on the shelf by the window where they are normally placed (if you can't find them just ask).  Unfortunately all the e-copies are currently checked out and there’s a wait list, so you’ll have to go with the paper book for this meeting. 

This mid-century classic is quite long but fortunately we have extra time.  Our January meeting will be on the 28th at 3:00. It will be a hybrid meeting so you may attend in person or via Zoom. If you elect to join us virtually be sure to email us at ayosco@lapl.org so we can add you to the link list.

Programming Coming up This Week

Here are the in person programs at our branch as well as a selection of the exciting, virtual programs offered by branches across the city this week. Visit our online calendar for our complete program selection….

Monday
12:00 Monday Meditation With Don Cadora (email eden@lapl.org for link)
4:00 Children's Crafternoon: Snowy Crafts (In Person)

Tuesday
6:00 Ghost Stories at Christmastime (email eden@lapl.org for link)
6:00 LA Made: A Conversation With Author Javier Zamora/Una conversación con el escritor Javier 

Zamora (LAPL YouTube)

Wednesday
10:00 Baby Toddler Storytime (In person)
3:00 STAR Reader (In Person)

Thursday
1:00 Q.Me Free Legal Clinic (Register)

Friday 
10:00 Yoga & Meditation With Master John (email dmatthews@lapl.org for link)

Saturday
Christmas Eve—Library will close at 1:00 PM

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
Twitter: twitter.com/arroyoseco5

History of Highland Park

 

This is an article we have shared fairly recently but we thought we’d share it again in honor of the Los Angeles Public Library’s recent 150th birthday.  It really isn’t an article but rather a booklet, it’s called “Los Angeles Public Library Branches” and provides of thorough look at the branches the library had in 1928. It is full of fascinating history and includes pictures of many of the branches. Check it out.

eResources to Explore

 

Two eResources you can take a look at are Hispanic Life in America and Black Life in America from NewsBank

The Hispanic Life in America and Black Life in America databases help users drill down on various suggested topics or perform keyword searches to find relevant news articles.  Publications covered include over 700 Spanish-language or bilingual publications and over 400 current and historical Black publications.

You’ll find both databases on the Library’s Research & Homework page listed alphabetically under H and B respectively.  You will need to have your library card # and PIN handy.

Programming Coming up This Week

Here are the in person programs at our branch as well as a selection of the exciting, virtual programs offered by branches across the city this week. Visit our online calendar for our complete program selection….
 
Sunday
2:30 Sunday Afternoon Movie: Strange Magic (In Person)
 
Monday
12:00 Monday Meditation With Don Cadora (email eden@lapl.org for link)
 
Tuesday
4:00 Magic Show With Magician Wayne Kawamoto  (In Person)
6:00 Poetry Open Mic (email wwood@lapl.org for link)
 
Wednesday
10:00 Baby Toddler Storytime (In person)
6:00 Círculo de Lectores  (In Person)
 
Thursday
1:00 Q.Me Free Legal Clinic (Register)
 
Friday
10:00 Yoga & Meditation With Master John (email dmatthews@lapl.org for link)
12:00Lunch With Lizabeth (LAPL Youtube)
 
Saturday
1:00 150th Birthday Storytime (In Person)
3:00 Arroyo Book Club  (In Person OR Zoom : email ayosco@lapl.org for link)
 
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
Twitter: twitter.com/arroyoseco5
 

History of Highland Park

 

Yesterday the Los Angeles Public Library turned 150 years old. Today, to celebrate, we’ll share an article published in 1947 discussing the history of the Arroyo Seco Branch. The article is called “Library Services started in Highland Park 53 years ago” Check it out for some interesting details.

Monthly Trivia Question…

 This time we ask what is Adinkra?

Little Pim (language learning for kids)

 

Content from Pimsleur's popular Little Pim language learning program for kids is now live on our Mango platform.  Designed for ages 0-5, this engaging video content is available for learning Spanish, French, Italian, German, Mandarin, Japanese, Hebrew, Russian, Arabic, and English (ESL.)  On Mango desktop the Little Pim content can be found under the "explore" tab for the selected language, and on the Mango mobile app you can toggle to Little Pim along the bottom of the screen.

First time using Mango? Find it on the library’s Research & Homework page listed alphabetically in the M’s.

Teddy Bear Concert: Meet the String Family

 

Musicians from the Santa Cecilia Orchestra will be coming by this Saturday, December 10, at 3:00 to provide us with a free concert! This delightful concert is perfect for your young children, your toddlers, indeed it is perfect for the entire family. 

Bring your favorite stuffed animal to this fun concert that demonstrates how sounds, melodies, rhythms, and instruments can bring music to life. Kids and stuffed animals alike will enjoy discovering the strings of the orchestra.

Learn more about the Santa Cecilia Orchestra with a visit to their website.

Programming Coming up This Week

Here are the in person programs at our branch as well as a selection of the exciting, virtual programs offered by branches across the city this week. Visit our online calendar for our complete program selection….

Monday
12:00 Monday Meditation With Don Cadora (email eden@lapl.org for link)
4:00 Wacky Winter Adventure Puppet Show! (In Person)

Tuesday
10:00 Introduction to Meditation (email wvally@lapl.org)
6:00 María Amparo Escandón presenta su novela El clima de Los Ángeles (LAPL YouTube)

Wednesday
10:00 Baby Toddler Storytime (In person)
1:30 Los Angeles Public Library’s 150th Anniversary Kickoff Celebration (LAPL YouTube)
3:00 STAR Reader (In Person)

Thursday
1:00 Q.Me Free Legal Clinic (Register)

Friday 
10:00 Yoga & Meditation With Master John (email dmatthews@lapl.org for link)
4:00Your Author Series: Lucky Cat (LAPL Youtube)

Saturday
3:00 Teddy Bear Concert: Meet the String Family (In Person)

Sunday
2:30 Sunday Afternoon Movie: Strange Magic (In Person)

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
Twitter: twitter.com/arroyoseco5

History of Highland Park

 

With the Los Angeles Public Library turning 150 on 12/7 we thought we’d revisit some articles touching upon the early library branches in our Highland Park area. We’ll start with this letter to the editor arguing in favor of purchasing the land upon which our branch would eventually sit.

The Arroyo Book Club's December Pick

 

As has been our tradition for 6 years, the Arroyo Book Club’s December pick will be one of Shakespeare’s plays.  This time around we’ll be reading A Midsummer Night’s Dream.  To summarize:

In a world between life and legend, an object of desire has many forms. It was a love potion designed to make a woman love a child, but in this comedy of chaos when the potion goes astray, suddenly it's freaky Friday in the fairy forest. "A Midsummer Night's Dream": the one with the man-sized donkey. (Courtesy of PBS’ In Search of Shakespeare)

As always I will procure copies of the No Fear Shakespeare edition of the play and place them on the window ledge where book club books always go. 

If you’re interested in viewing the play I proffer the following options, all found on the Library’s streaming services:

• Via Hoopla: The 1969 version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream directed by Peter Hall. 
• Via Kanopy: Julie Taymor's A Midsummer Night's Dream, a filming of her staged production in 2015. 
• Via Kanopy: A BBC staged production of A Midsummer Night's Dream from 1981. From a series renowned for their textual fidelity. 
• Via Kanopy:The ballet version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream using Balanchine’s choreography from 2007. 

Finally, and a bit differently, I will be screening Strange Magic in the Library on December 11 at 2:30.  Strange Magic is an animated film with a plot that is loosely based on A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Once you’ve read or watched the play make plans to join us for discussion.  We will be holding a hybrid meeting so you may either come in person to the library or join us virtually via Zoom.  We will meet on December 17 at 3:00.  If you are interested in attending via Zoom, email us at ayosco@lapl.org.  

Programming Coming up This Week

Here are the in person programs at our branch as well as a selection of the exciting, virtual programs offered by branches across the city this week. Visit our online calendar for our complete program selection….

Monday
4:00 Building Blocks Club (In Person)
6:00-7:45 Telescope Night (In Person, Weather Permitting)

Tuesday
10:00 Introduction to Meditation (email wvally@lapl.org)
6:00 Sharing True Stories (email wwood@lapl.org for link)

Wednesday
10:00 Baby Toddler Storytime (In person)
3:00 STAR Reader (In Person)

Thursday
1:00 Blue Jeans: The Invisible Garment (LAPL YouTube) 
6:00 Overcoming Stress and Anxiety With Meditation (email silver@lapl.org for link)

Friday 
10:00 Yoga & Meditation With Master John (email dmatthews@lapl.org for link)
11:00 Multicultural Literacy With Cyd (email literacy@lapl.org for link)

Saturday
1:15 Conversations About the News With Stu, Tim, and Jen (email literacy@lapl.org for link)

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
Twitter: twitter.com/arroyoseco5

History of Highland Park

 

The 10/10/1947 article “Dorothy A. Pinneo, Local Librarian to Retire” provides a glimpse of Highland Park history that is very close to home as it details the work of a woman who worked for the Arroyo Seco Library. In the article Pinneo lauds “Highland Park for being a community of fine readers.” A sentiment that I echo here in 2022. Check out the article for some interesting library highlights.

Teddy Bear Concert: Meet the String Family

 

Musicians from the Santa Cecilia Orchestra will be coming by on Saturday, December 10 at 3:00 to provide us with a free concert! This delightful concert is perfect for your young children, for your toddlers, indeed it is perfect for the entire family. 

We invite you to bring your family to meet our orchestra family! Bring your favorite stuffed animal to this fun concert that demonstrates how sounds, melodies, rhythms, and instruments can bring music to life. Kids and stuffed animals alike will enjoy discovering the strings of the orchestra.

Programming Coming up This Week

The library will be closed this week on Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving Holiday. Enjoy friends, family, and food and catch up with us via our online resources available via www.lapl.org.

Here are the in person programs at our branch as well as a selection of the exciting, virtual programs offered by branches across the city for the non-holiday portions of the week. Visit our online calendar for our complete program selection….

Sunday
2:00 FOCAL Award 2022: Paper Son by Julie Leung (LAPL YouTube)

Monday
11:00 Virtual Toddler Storytime (Register)
6:30 Meditation Workshop With Doug Frankel (email mpanzera@lapl.org)

Tuesday
10:00 Introduction to Meditation (email wvally@lapl.org)
4:00 Tea and a Tale (email eaaronson@lapl.org for link)

Wednesday
3:00 STAR Reader (In Person)
6:00 Círculo de Lectores (In Person)

Thursday
Library closed for Thanksgiving

Friday 
Library closed for Thanksgiving

Saturday
3:00 Arroyo Book Club Meets (In Person OR via Zoom, email ayosco@lapl.org)

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
Twitter: twitter.com/arroyoseco5

It’s NELA Holiday Parade Time!

 

The Northeast Los Angeles Holiday Parade will march down Figueroa Street from about where the library lives (York Blvd) to Sycamore Park on Sunday, December 4th.   The library will be participating and we invite you (& your family & friends) to join us.  Those daring souls who wish to join us in costume should feel free to go all out.  We will meet up in the Library parking lot on 12/4 at 12:15 before moving to the parade staging ground.

Please get in touch if you plan to join us so we can know to expect you.  Call us at 323-255-0537, email us at ayosco@lapl.org or drop by and sign up in person.  The more the merrier so pass along word of the event to everyone you know who might be interested.

History of Highland Park

 

Here we have another of Luella Rice’s long biographical essays, this time about W. A. Roberts, for the Highland Park News Herald. Mr. Roberts was influential in early 1900s city politics and Rice provides all the details. Check out the many issues he had a hand in, including stumping for a “permanent bridge over the Arroyo Seco at the Ostrich Farm” (York Street Bridge).

Monthly Trivia Question (Answer)….

 

This time we asked what is the full name of LA? Well, Los Angeles obviously, but let’s go fuller than that.  To quote from my reference source:

“…founded by the Spanish in 1781 as El Pueblo de la Reina de los Angeles ‘The Town of the Queen of the Angels’, that is the Virgin Mary. A fuller version is El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Angeles del Rio de Porciúncula ‘The Town of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels of the River Porziuncola’. The angels in the title refer to a fresco of the Virgin Mary surrounded by angels in a little chapel given to St Francis (1181–1226) of Assisi by the Benedictines. It was called the Porziuncola ‘Little Portion (of Land)’, which now stands within a large basilica, St Mary of the Angels, so called because one day angelic voices were heard singing in the surrounding woods. The link with Los Angeles stems from a date: 2 August. This was the day that the feast of the Perdono, the Porziuncola Indulgence, was celebrated in the Porziuncola in Assisi. It was also the day in 1769 when a Spanish expedition, searching for mission sites, camped by a river in California. One of the expedition’s members, Father Juan Crespi, was a Franciscan priest who named the river Nuestra Señora de los Angeles de la Porciuncola ‘Our Lady of the Angels of Porciuncola’. When the settlement was founded it was given a name very similar to that of the river which is now called the Los Angeles River. For a time the settlement was simply called El Pueblo. In due course, the last two words of the full title, from the Spanish angel ‘angel’, were preferred for the shortened version…”

The question, and answer, were found in the “Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Place Names” which can be found within the Oxford Reference Online.  This database provides quick reference and scholarly articles from a broad range of subjects in over 100 titles that include key titles from the Oxford Companion series and the complete Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.  Find it on the library’s Research & Homework page and access it with your library card. You’ll find it under O.

Programming Coming up This Week

Here are the in person programs at our branch as well as a selection of the exciting, virtual programs offered by branches across the city this week. Visit our online calendar https://lapl.org/whats-on/calendar for our complete program selection….

Monday
11:00 Virtual Toddler Storytime (Register)
4:00 Bubblemania (In Person)

Tuesday
10:00 Introduction to Meditation (email wvally@lapl.org)
6:00 Opera Talk: Tosca (email wwood@lapl.org for link)

Wednesday
10:00 Baby Toddler Storytime (In person)
3:00 STAR Reader (In Person)

Thursday
1:00 Anxiety & Depression in a Post-Pandemic Era: Practical Intervention for Children & Teens (LAPL YouTube) 
4:00 LA Made: Witnesses for the Dead (LAPL YouTube)

Friday 
10:00 Yoga & Meditation With Master John (email dmatthews@lapl.org for link)
4:00 Your Author Series: Zahra Omar Shansab and Bahram Rahman (LAPL YouTube)

Saturday
10:30 Storytime & Swap (In Person)

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
Twitter: twitter.com/arroyoseco5

History of Highland Park

 

Here we have another of Luella Rice’s long biographical essays, this time about E. W. Roberts, for the Highland Park News Herald.  Roberts, at the time of the article, was head of his own garment factory. It was located at 5721½ Pasadena Ave (what Figueroa used to be called).  The article mentions that the factory was a few doors down from the newspapers offices which puts it around Ave 57.  The article goes on to include a lot of fascinating details about being a small business owner and designing and making clothing. Give it a read.

How To

How To by Randall Munroe (of comic xkcd fame) is a fun book for the science nerd in us all.  In this book Munroe takes a task, like how to dig a hole or how to charge your phone, and explores possible but improbable ways of accomplishing that task.  In the process you get to explore how science applies to a wide variety of the phenomena you encounter in everyday life, complete with equations.  For example, in answering how to dig a hole we explore using a shovel, the myth of a pirate’s buried treasure, how to calculate whether the effort of hole digging is worth whatever “treasure” will be obtained by doing the digging, what vacuum excavation is, and the biggest manmade holes in the world… all in the space of 5 ½ pages.

I strongly recommend this book as just fun to read with a way of encouraging you to ask questions and really go all in on thinking about how to answer those questions.

Programming Coming up This Week

Here are the in person programs at our branch as well as a selection of the exciting, virtual programs offered by branches across the city this week. Please note that the library will be closed on Friday in celebration of Veteran’s Day. Visit our online calendar for our complete program selection….

Monday
11:00 Virtual Toddler Storytime (Register)
6:00-7:45 Telescope Night (In Person)

Tuesday
10:00 Introduction to Meditation (email wvally@lapl.org)
7:00 NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month - Write-in (email palsds@lapl.org for link)

Wednesday
10:00 Baby Toddler Storytime (In person)
3:00 STAR Reader (In Person)
6:00 Círculo de Lectores (In Person)

Thursday
1:00 Q.Me Free Legal Clinic (Register)

Friday 
Library Closed for Veteran’s Day

Saturday
10:00 Social Justice Book Club for Kids (email cquinn@lapl.org for link)

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
Twitter: twitter.com/arroyoseco5

History of Highland Park

 

Here we have a long biographical essay, penned by Luella Rice, about James M. Peebles for the Highland Park News Herald. Dr. Peebles was 95 at the time the article (circa 1917). In the article Rice takes a long, somewhat florid look at the many accomplishments and varied activities of a somewhat eccentric character.  It makes for interesting reading. Take a peek.

Monthly Trivia Question…

 This time around the question is (perhaps) very easy…. What is the full name of LA?

Telescope Night…

The ever-popular Telescope Night returns (weather permitting) to the Arroyo Seco Library on Monday, November 7.  We will begin at 6:00 and wrap things up shortly before the library closes at 8:00.  Mark your calendar and plan to drop by.  Do note that the event is weather dependent, so if there are clouds on the day give us a call after 3:00 for word on the status of the program.

For those who don’t know what Telescope Night is…  During Telescope Night a group of local astronomers, the Sidewalk Astronomers, sets up telescopes outside the library and points them at objects of interest in the night sky.  Everyone is invited to take as many turns as they’d like looking through the telescopes.  The Sidewalk Astronomers are very knowledgeable and will answer your questions & chat about how they made the telescopes.  Bring your questions with you.

Programming Coming up This Week

Here are the in person programs at our branch as well as a selection of the exciting, virtual programs offered by branches across the city this week. Visit our online calendar for our complete program selection….

Sunday
3:00 Game Day: Scrabble (In Person)

Monday
11:00 Virtual Toddler Storytime (Register)

Tuesday
1:00 In Conversation with Lavie Tidhar (email holywd@lapl.org for link)
4:00 Tea and a Tale (email eaaronson@lapl.org for link)

Wednesday
12:00 Kaiut Yoga (email venice@lapl.org)
3:00 STAR Reader (In Person)

Thursday
1:00 Q.Me Free Legal Clinic (Register)
4:30 Money 101 for Teens (email teens@lapl.org for link)

Friday 
10:00 Yoga & Meditation With Master John (email dmatthews@lapl.org) 
4:00 Seen and Unseen: What Three Photographers Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration - LA Made Program (LAPL YouTube)

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
Twitter: twitter.com/arroyoseco5

History of Highland Park

 

Wilfrid Dellequest’s 7/14/1957 article “The old gray rock watches over the green-clad valley,” tells the story of that local landmark, Eagle Rock. Included in the file is a second article, this one by Virginia Kay. Titled “History and Mystery of Bird Rock Reveal Tales of Red men, Early Settlers and Bandits.” This seems to be a somewhat fictitious recount of legends the previous article says did not exist.  Fascinating. 

Game Day

 (of the non-electronic variety)

If you’re in the mood for some good old fashioned scrabble make plans to join us on Sunday, October 30 at 3:00.  We welcome all comers --- even complete novices.  

This will be friendly, though there will (of course) be one winner.  Will that be you?  See you there.

…by the way if you have a scrabble game board bring it along…

Arroyo Book Club November Pick

November is Native American Heritage Month and the Arroyo Book Club is celebrating with a book from (and about) a Native American.  Our pick is Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko.  The book is described:

Tayo, a World War II veteran of mixed ancestry, returns to the Laguna Pueblo Reservation. He is deeply scarred by his experience as a prisoner of the Japanese and further wounded by the rejection he encounters from his people. Only by immersing himself in the Indian past can he begin to regain the peace that was taken from him. Masterfully written, filled with the somber majesty of Pueblo myth, Ceremony is a work of enduring power.

There will be plenty of copies at the branch on the shelf under the window where we always put the book club books, so swing by and pick up a copy for yourself.  The ebook copies are all checked out right now but if you’re interested in the e-audiobook you’re in luck.  There’re lots of copies, find them here.

We will meet to discuss the book on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, specifically on November 26 at 3:00. Once again this will be a hybrid meeting so you may come join us in person or join us virtually via Zoom.  If you’re interested in the Zoom link be sure to email us at ayosco@lapl.org.

Finally, if you’ve books you’d like to see the Arroyo Book Club read fill out this short online form: https://bit.ly/3Ta16IQ

Programming Coming up This Week

Here are the in person programs at our branch as well as a selection of the exciting, virtual programs offered by branches across the city this week. Visit our online calendar for our complete program selection….

Monday
11:00 Virtual Toddler Storytime (Register)
6:15 Hidden Los Angeles: Murder and Mayhem in Old Los Angeles (Register)

Tuesday
10:00 Storytime Online (LAPL YouTube)
12:00 Your Savings (LAPL YouTube)
6:00 Edendale Up Close Concert: George N. Gianopoulos (email eden@lapl.org for link)

Wednesday
3:00 STAR Reader (In Person)
4:00 Create your own Trick-or-Treat Bag (in Person)
6:00 Círculo de Lectores (In Person)

Thursday
10:00 Storytime Online (LAPL YouTube)
4:00 LA Made: Sid the Cat - I Hope People Show Up (LAPL YouTube)

Friday 
11:00 Pilates with Lee (email venice@lapl.org)
4:00 LA Made: Shoebox Altars with Self Help Graphics (LAPL YouTube)

Sunday (the 30th)

3:00 Game Day: Scrabble (In Person)
 
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
Twitter: twitter.com/arroyoseco5

History of Highland Park

 

Today we have a short article about Doctor Louise May Richter on the occasion of her installation as President of the local Ebell Club. A 30 year resident, at the time of the article, of Highland Park, Dr. Richter was also a plant enthusiast. Find more details about her and her time in the area in the article which was published in the Highland Park Post Dispatch on May 31, 1935.

Monthly Trivia Question (Answer)….

 

This time the question was what is Abbaye de Tamié? It is a cheese. Specifically, “a washed-rind cheese produced from raw cow’s milk by the monks at Abbaye Notre-Dame de Tamié in the Savoie department, France. The cheese has a thin disk shape and comes in two sizes, Grand Modèle (4 pounds [1.6 kilograms]) and Petit Modèle (21 ounces [600 grams]). About 882 pounds (400 kilograms) of the cheese is produced daily from the milk collected from eight surrounding farms.”  

The question, and answer, were found in “The Oxford Companion to Cheese” which can be found within the Oxford Reference Online.  This database provides quick reference and scholarly articles from a broad range of subjects in over 100 titles that include key titles from the Oxford Companion series and the complete Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.  Find it on the library’s Research & Homework page and access it with your library card. You’ll find it under O.

New eResource – Comics Plus

 

Comics Plus is a digital comics platform with lots of great graphic novel and manga content with unlimited usage--so no waitlists and no checkout limits for you.  The platform can be accessed on the desktop or through the LibraryPass app.  On our landing page we have direct links into the Children's, Teen, and Full (includes adult titles) collections so can go directly to the content level you want.  

Start your investigation of Comics Plus here: https://lapl.org/comics-plus

Programming Coming up This Week

Here are the in person programs at our branch as well as a selection of the exciting, virtual programs offered by branches across the city this week. Visit our online calendar for our complete program selection….

Monday

11:00 Virtual Toddler Storytime (Register)

4:45 Cinema Club (email ebarrera@lapl.org for link)

Tuesday

10:00 Storytime Online (LAPL YouTube)

11:00 Get Ready for Kindergarten (Register)

Wednesday

12:00 Kaiut Yoga (email venice@lapl.org)

3:00 STAR Reader (In Person)

Thursday

10:00 Storytime Online (LAPL YouTube)

4:00 LA Made: Illegally Yours With Rafael Agustin (LAPL YouTube)

6:00 Ghostly L.A. History With Author James T. Bartlett (email eden@lapl.org for link)

Friday 

9:30 Highland Park Walks - Vigorously (In Person)

 

Saturday

3:00 Arroyo Book Club (In Person OR Zoom / email ayosco@lapl.org)

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

Twitter: twitter.com/arroyoseco5

History of Highland Park

 

Today we have a digital copy of Garvanza prose and verse: Inez and Wanda; Annabelle Gray. This is a short story and poetry collection written by members of the Fortnightly Club in Garvanza at and following their meetings, which were often held at the Judson Studio. Each member wrote a portion of the work. This group started Garvanza Library. This was produced in 1906. Check it out.

New eResource – ArtistWorks

 

ArtistWorks is a tool for music learners.  It provides world-class instruction from Grammy Award-winning music professionals. The platform offers users a guided path of video lessons containing everything they need to reach their musical goals. All levels of player are welcome!  

Find ArtistWorks via Libby under the "Extras" menu (along with Kanopy, Craftsy, LawDepot and Universal Class.)  You get 30 days of unlimited access per checkout, and since you access via Libby no additional sign in/authentication is required.

Start your music lessons here: https://lapl.org/artist-works

Bad Day at the Vulture Club

 

Vaseem Khan continues his Baby Ganesh Agency series with Bad Day at the Vulture Club.  In this volume Chopra and his elephant sidekick Ganesh investigate the death of Cyrus Zorabian a prominent Parsee businessman.  Parsees believe that after death their bodies should be left to the elements to be scavenged back to bone by birds.  Zorabian was found in the Tower of Silence, Parsee holy ground.  Chopra soon finds links between this death and crimes tied into an assortment of property scams.

This interestingly plotted book is full of fun details about life in Mumbai.  It can be read alone though I would recommend the whole series for those with a taste for murder mysteries set in far off places.

Programming Coming up This Week

The library will be closed on Monday for Indigenous People’s Day. Here are some of the exciting, virtual programs the library will be offering during the remainder of the week. Visit our online calendar for our complete program selection….

Monday
Library Closed

Tuesday
12:00 Investor Protection (LAPL YouTube)
6:00 Poetry Open Mic (email wwood@lapl.org for link)

Wednesday
3:00 STAR Reader (In Person)
6:00 Círculo de Lectores (In Person)

Thursday
11:00 Prepárate Para el Kínder (Regístrese)
4:00 The Socratic Method of Filming Skateboard Videos (LAPL YouTube)

Friday 
9:30 Highland Park Walks - Sedately (In Person)
12:00 Estate Planning: Getting Your Financial House in Order (LAPL YouTube)
 
Saturday
9:00-12:00 Financial Planning Day (Register)
10:30 Storytime (In person at Park next door to branch)

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
Twitter: twitter.com/arroyoseco5

Highland Park Walks

 

We have a pair of Highland Park Walk programs lined up for October.  

The first we’re calling Highland Park Walks – Sedately. It will be a flat walk during which we will explore some of our local history.  This walk takes place on Friday, October 14 at 9:30.  We’ll meet up in the Library Lobby before setting out.  

The second is for the more ambitious exerciser.  We’re calling it Highland Park Walks – Vigorously. This will be a steep walk featuring hills, stairs, or possibly both. This walk takes place on Friday, October 21 at 9:30. We’ll meet up in the Library Lobby, pick the route we want to take, and set out.  

You are more than welcome to join us for either walk (or both!) Dogs are welcome to come along, though they will have to wait outside for the walk to start.

History of Highland Park

 

On offer today is a scrapbook of photos. These are Lummis photos and give us a kind of slice in the life look at the house and the people living there.  The photos are from 1899-1910. Check them out.

Monthly Trivia Question…

 This time the question is what is Abbaye de Tamié?

Programming Coming up This Week

Here are some of the exciting, virtual programs the library will be offering this week. Visit our online calendar for our complete program selection….

Monday
11:00 Virtual Toddler Storytime (register)
4:30 Book Club Bonanza: Frightening Reads! (email teens@lapl.org for link)

Tuesday
10:00 Introduction to Meditation (email wvally@lapl.org for link)
4:00 Web Development and Coding 101 for Middle and High Schoolers (email lkratz@lapl.org)

Wednesday
3:00 STAR Reader (In Person)
4:00 Lotería (In Person)

Thursday
12:00 Managing Debt (LAPL YouTube)
4:00 LA Made: A Place at the Nayarit With Dr. Natalia Molina (LAPL YouTube)

Friday 
12:00 Investments Workshop: Be a Smart Investor (LAPL YouTube)
4:00 Your Author Series: Dr. Gloria Arjona (LAPL YouTube)
 
Saturday
1:15 Conversations About the News With Stu, Tim, and Jen (email literacy@lapl.org for link)

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
Twitter: twitter.com/arroyoseco5

History of Highland Park

 

Check out this short Sept. 12, 1974 article titled “Avenue 58 stairway to be reconstructed”. It tells of the process for and progress in getting a set of stairs installed to hook up dead end segments of Avenue 58. Pictured is the stairs that were scheduled to be replaced. Check it out.

Bi-weekly Trivia Question (Answer)….

 

This time the question is what is a word that was borrowed into the English language from Dharuk? There is more than one answer to this question.  In fact, according to the source I used to find the answer, there are 19 answers.  Among them: bettong, narang, and wombat.

Find the answer to the question with an advanced search in the Oxford English Dictionary.  The online edition of that venerable work is available on the library’s Research & Homework page and access it with your library card. You’ll find it under O.

Financial Planning Day

The library continues its tradition of scheduling a Financial Planning Day in October. In fact we one up it and are scheduling two such days.  For those who don’t know, Financial Planning Day is a wonderful opportunity for you to have a one-on-one, private, FREE, telephone consultation with a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™. You may consult on a variety of personal financial issues, including debt management, retirement planning, investment strategies, income taxes, insurance and estate planning, among many others.  

This year we are setting appointments on 

October 1 from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm 

AND 

October 15 from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm.

Register with a visit to http://probono-2022.paperform.co/

This program is presented by the Los Angeles Public Library and the Financial Planning Association of Los Angeles.

Visit https://lapl.org/financial-planning for other financial themed programs at our branches.

Arroyo Book Club October Pick…

 

October is a non-fiction book month for the Arroyo Book Club so the non-fiction book we will be reading is Barbizon by Paulina Bren.  The Barbizon was a New York City residential hotel for women. Bren tells the history of the hotel and the women, both famous and not, who stayed there.  The book “offers readers a multilayered history of New York City in the 20th century, and of the generations of American women torn between their desire for independence and their looming social expiration date. By providing women a room of their own, the Barbizon was the hotel that set them free.”

As always, you will find copies of the book on the top of the bookcase by the circulation desk.  You may also elect to check out the ebook version. Find the link to the ebook page here: https://lapl.overdrive.com/library/available/media/5588716.

We will be using group generated questions to discuss this book so keep a pen and paper handy as you read to note down interesting questions or points of discussion, then be ready to take your turn leading discussion when we meet up on October 22 at 3:00.

Our October 22 meeting will be a hybrid meeting so you may elect to attend either in person or via Zoom. If you wish to attend via Zoom please email ayosco@lapl.org so we can get you added to the link list.

Programming Coming up This Week

Here are some of the exciting, virtual programs the library will be offering this week. Visit our online calendar for our complete program selection….

Monday
11:00 Virtual Toddler Storytime (register)
4:30 Book Club Bonanza: Celebrate Latinx Voices! (email teens@lapl.org for link)

Tuesday
11:00 Get Ready for Kindergarten (register)
6:00 Sharing True Stories (email wwood@lapl.org for link)

Wednesday
12:00 Kaiut Yoga (email venice@lapl.org for link)
6:00 Círculo de Lectores (In Person at Arroyo Seco)

Thursday
11:00 Prepárate Para el Kínder (register)
4:00 LA Made: Love and Rockets 40th Anniversary (LAPL YouTube)

Friday 
10:00 Yoga & Meditation With Master John (email dmatthews@lapl.org for link)
 
Saturday
All Day : Financial Planning Day—have a free telephone consultation with a certified Financial Planner (register)

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
Twitter: twitter.com/arroyoseco5

History of Highland Park

 

The short article “Robert J. Teall, Franklin high principal, widely experienced in educational field” by Jack Lindsley provides a brief look at the man who was in charge of Franklin way back in 1938 and thereabouts. Take a look.

Bi-weekly Trivia Question…

This time the question is what is a word that was borrowed into the English language from Dharuk (Dharuk is an Australian aboriginal language)? This is a question that has many potentially correct answers, so you’ll have to “show your work”

Stuff Matters

 

In Stuff Matters, Mark Miodownik explores the materials that make up our world.  This exploration takes a material by material approach and covers things ranging from chocolate to porcelain to plastic and beyond.  This interesting book is aimed at the general reader, no advanced understanding of chemistry or physics required.  I would recommend it for anyone with a bit of curiosity about the details of the stuff that surrounds us.