Programming Coming up This Week

This is the last week of the Summer Reading Challenge.  If you’re not signed up, what are you waiting for? Visit www.lapl.org/summer to enroll. If you are signed up make sure you get all of your work accounted for.  In either case check out some of the exciting programming on offer from the library during the week. Visit our online calendar for the complete selection…

Monday
11:00 Virtual Toddler Storytime (register)
All Day/All Week Take & Make Paper Helicopters (ask at Arroyo Seco Information Desk)

Tuesday
10:00 Introduction to Meditation (email wvally@lapl.org for link)
3:30 Introduction to Tarot (email lfeliz@lapl.org for link)

Wednesday
11:00 Virtual Toddler Storytime (email shrmno@lapl.org for link)
4:00 Dungeons and Dragons for Teens (email emeehan@lapl.org for link)

Thursday
10:00 Feldenkrais/Awareness Through Movement® Class (email prncho@lapl.org for link)
4:00 Teens Money 101 (email teens@lapl.org for link)

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

Saturday
10:00 End of Summer Celebration in the Park (note: held at Eagle Rock Rec. Center - 1100 Eagle Vista Drive)

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/arroyo

History of Highland Park…

 Here (https://dbase1.lapl.org/webpics/calindex/documents/10/520333.pdf) we have a collection of newspaper articles and images about the end of Union Pacific Rail operations in the Highland Park area. Apparently it was halted to make way for freeway construction. It is actually quite interesting. Take a look.

Bi-weekly Trivia Question…

Did you know the library has a tool that will help you get your work set in eBook & print-ready formats? This week we ask you to find that tool.

Arroyo Book Club's August Pick

 

August is a non-fiction month for the Arroyo Book Club and this time around we’ll be reading The Hare with Amber Eyes by Edmund De Waal.  To quote from the book's description:

This fascinating book traces the parallel stories of nineteenth-century art patron Charles Ephrussi and his unique collection of 360 miniature netsuke Japanese ivory carvings, documenting Ephrussi's relationship with Marcel Proust and the impact of the Holocaust on his cosmopolitan family.

I’ll be ordering copies and putting them on the shelf under the window by the Circulation Desk (where I have always put them).  You may also order a copy for yourself directly by following this link

We will be meeting to discuss the book on August 27 at 3:00.  We will again be enjoying a hybrid meeting so you may choose to attend either in person or virtually.  If you’d like to attend via Zoom email ayosco@lapl.org so I can add you to the link list.

Programming Coming up This Week

The Summer Reading Challenge is underway.  Are you and your family signed up? Visit www.lapl.org/summer to learn all the details as well as to enroll. Then check out some of the exciting programming on offer from the library during the week. Visit our online calendar for the complete selection…

Monday
11:00 Virtual Toddler Storytime (register)
12:00 Monday Meditation With Don Cadora (email eden@lapl.org for link)

Tuesday
4:00 Tea and a Tale (email eaaronson@lapl.org for link)
6:00 Sharing True Stories (email wwood@lapl.org for link)

Wednesday
11:00 Virtual Toddler Storytime (email shrmno@lapl.org for link)
12:00 Kaiut Yoga (email venice@lapl.org for link)

Thursday
2:20 Writing Class With Robert (email literacy@lapl.org for link)
6:00 A Time Travel Trip Through Raymond Chandler's Noir Los Angeles (email eaglrk@lapl.org)

Friday 
11:00 Pilates with Lee (email venice@lapl.org for link)
4:00 Your Author Series: Laurel Snyder (LAPL YouTube)

Saturday
3:00 Roots & Rhythm with Louie Cruz Beltran (in person at Arroyo Seco)

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/arroyo

History of Highland Park…

 Take a look at this document (http://dbase1.lapl.org/webpics/calindex/documents/10/520336.pdf).  Here you will find collected a couple of newspaper articles, with plenty of photos, that discuss the closing of Luther Burbank Middle School in 1974 to make way for the construction of a new school building.  Take a look.

Bi-weekly Trivia Question (Answer)….

This time we wanted you to explore the library’s online movie poster collection and so asked what is the earliest movie poster in that collection.  The earliest poster is for the 1913 silent, short Wamba a Child of the Jungle. 

From the special collections of the Frances Howard Goldwyn Hollywood Regional Branch Library, the Movie Poster Collection spans from the earliest years of the motion picture industry to the World War II era. Part of the Library's "Visual Collections", these selected posters have been digitized and may be viewed online. Find the library’s movie poster collection with a visit to the library’s Research & Homework page. You’ll find it under M.

Roots & Rhythm with Louie Cruz Beltran

 

When: July 30 at 3:00 p.m.

Where: Arroyo Seco Branch Library | 6145 N. Figueroa Street

What: Louie Cruz Beltran is a master conguero, an entertainer at heart, he blends fiery Afro Cuban rhythms with Latin jazz, jazz, pop, and R&B influences. He will join us to demonstrate and discuss various rhythms, where they specifically originated, and how they made their way into the music we enjoy. His knowledge, humor, and musicianship are sure to yield a fun, informative and interactive experience everyone will enjoy... so, mark your calendar and come on by!

Programming Coming up This Week

The Summer Reading Challenge is underway.  Are you and your family signed up? Visit www.lapl.org/summer to learn all the details as well as to enroll. Then check out some of the exciting programming on offer from the library during the week. Visit our online calendar for the complete selection…

Monday
11:00 Virtual Toddler Storytime (register)
6:00 Edendale Up Close Concert: Calico Winds (email eden@lapl.org for link)

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

Wednesday
11:00 Virtual Toddler Storytime (email shrmno@lapl.org for link)
4:00 Understanding Technology, How It Affects Us and What We Can Do About It (LAPL YouTube)

Thursday
10:00 Feldenkrais/Awareness Through Movement® Classes (email prncho@lapl.org for link)
3:00 Mosaic Mural Program (In person: Arroyo Seco meeting room)
4:00 Jonathan Gold Celebration of Life (LAPL YouTube)

Friday 
11:00 Pilates with Lee (email venice@lapl.org for link)
4:00 Your Author Series: Tyler Feder (LAPL YouTube)

Saturday
3:00 Arroyo Book Club Discussion (in person or online: 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/arroyo

History of Highland Park

If you’ve ever wondered about that mural on the outside of the utility building on Ave 56 and Meridian wonder no more.  Check out the 1976 article “Remodel Telephone Building” for details about what the building actually does as well as who planned and painted the mural and what historical aspects of Highland Park are reflected in the mural. Check it out and then join us tonight (7/14) at 6:00 for a Highland Park Walk that visits several of our local murals. 

Bi-weekly Trivia Question…

This trivia question is less trivia and more explore a library resource. With that caveat, let’s ask what is the earliest movie poster in LAPL’s online movie poster collection?

Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?

 

In Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?, funeral director Caitlin Doughty spells out the death related questions she’s received from children over the years.  She provides serious, yet light hearted answers to questions that range from the titular will my cat eat my eyeballs through why don’t animals dig up all the graves to can you describe the smell of a dead body and beyond.

This book manages to be informative about a subject that makes many squeamish in a manner that allows the squeamish to continue the read.  Recommended for anyone who’s wondered about what happens to the body after death. 

Programming Coming up This Week

The Summer Reading Challenge is underway.  Are you and your family signed up? Visit www.lapl.org/summer to learn all the details as well as to enroll. Then check out some of the exciting programming on offer from the library during the week. Visit our online calendar for the complete selection…

Monday
12:00 Monday Meditation With Don Cadora (email eden@lapl.org for link)
4:00 Teens: Helping Researchers Using Science Apps (email deklund@lapl.org for link)

Tuesday
4:30 Teen’Scape Tea Time Tuesdays (email teens@lapl.org for link)
6:00 Learning Circle: The Art of Public Speaking (email ayosco@lapl.org for link)

Wednesday
11:00 Virtual Toddler Storytime (email shrmno@lapl.org for link)
12:00 Kaiut Yoga (email venice@lapl.org for link)

Thursday
10:00 Feldenkrais/Awareness Through Movement® Classes (email prncho@lapl.org for link)
6:00 Highland Park Mural Walk (In person: meet at library entrance)

Friday 
11:00 Pilates with Lee (email venice@lapl.org for link)
4:00 Your Author Series: Tracey Baptiste (LAPL YouTube)

Saturday
10:00 World Percussion Journey With Delton Davis (In person: Park next to Arroyo Seco Library
3:00 Bead Making (in person: Arroyo Seco Meeting Room)

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/arroyo

History of Highland Park

 The article “Occidental College” provides a one page history of the institution and its moves. Written circa 1940 the article focuses on the college’s growth over time and its resulting moves from Boyle Heights to Highland Park near Figueroa to its current location north of York.  Check it out.

Bi-weekly Trivia Question (Answer)….

 

This time around the question asked for another quote from the famous Patrick Henry “give me liberty or give me death” speech.  Possibilities include:

“Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss.” (Paragraph 4)

“We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament. Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the throne!” (Paragraph 4)

“The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.” (Paragraph 5)

 “Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable—and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come.” (Paragraph 5)

Find the full text of the speech, as well as other important American history documents in Milestone Documents in American History.  This is a Salem History e-Book. Primary source documents with expert analysis and commentary covering the Revolutionary era to the 21st century. You can access it with your library card via the library’s Research & Homework page (https://www.lapl.org/collections-resources/research-and-homework). You’ll find it under M.

Arroyo Seco Library Summer Reading Challenge Programs - JULY

(for Adults – though everyone is welcome)

We will be having a number of interesting programs as part of the summer reading challenge in July.  This year’s theme is express yourself & hopefully the programming will help meet that challenge. Feel free to join us for any or all of them.  Specific program details:

Highland Park Mural Walk / Saturday, July 9 at 9:30am & Thursday, July 14 at 6pm
Take a walk with us and both get exercise and explore art throughout Highland Park. We’ll meet in the library foyer.

Bead Making / Saturday, July 16 at 3pm
Showcase your creativity by designing and making beads from recycled paper. In person, library meeting room.

Mosaic Mural / Throughout July at tables in children’s area culminating on Thursday, July 21 at 3pm
Express yourself! Fill a sheet with a drawing that show cases you, your dreams, & your love of our city and see that sheet become part of a larger community art piece. In person, library children’s room & meeting room.

Roots & Rhythm with Louie Cruz Beltran / Saturday, July 30 at 3pm
Find your own beat! Come enjoy a humor & rhythm filled presentation about percussion music. In person, library meeting room.

Programming Coming up This Week

The Summer Reading Challenge is underway.  Are you and your family signed up? Visit www.lapl.org/summer to learn all the details as well as to enroll. Then check out some of the exciting programming on offer from the library during the week. Visit our online calendar for the complete selection…

Monday
Library Closed in Celebration of Independence Day

Tuesday
3:00 Bark: Read to a Dog (email ahowe@lapl.org for link)
6:00 Learning Circle: The Art of Public Speaking (email ayosco@lapl.org for link)

Wednesday
11:00 Virtual Toddler Storytime (email shrmno@lapl.org for link)
11:00 Dodger Stadium: Botanical Garden Team (LAPL YouTube)

Thursday
11:00 Storytelling Class With Arlene & Martha (email literacy@lapl.org for link)
6:00 True Crime Author James T. Bartlett (email eden@lapl.org for link)

Friday 
11:00 Introduction to Meditation (email wvally@lapl.org for link)

Saturday
9:30 Highland Park Mural Walk (In person event, meet at library entrance)

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/arroyo