LAPL’s Digital Collection: Menus

 

This time let’s turn our attention to the menu collection.  Here’s one for Aashiana from the 1980s. The menu notations were done by Merrill Shindler. The restaurant was located on Wilshire Blvd.

Access the full menu here

Popular Read Alikes

 

If you liked

Lilith's Brood by Octavia E. Butler

(One of the branch's most checked out titles last month)

Than try these

Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks

Rosewater by Tade Thompson

The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin

The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter

 

If you Liked

The Myth of Normal by Gabor Maté

(One of the branch's most checked out non-fiction books last month)

Than try these

Ask Me About My Uterus by Abby Norman

Inflamed by Rupa Marya & Raj Patel

Weathering by Arline T. Geronimus

Emotional Labor by Rose Hackman

Programming Coming up This Week

Please note the library will close at 1 pm on Tuesday the 24th and remain closed all day Wednesday the 25th. 

Find the in person programs at our branch as well as a selection of the exciting, virtual programs offered by branches across the city during the remainder of the week below (programs in person at our branch unless otherwise noted). Visit our online calendar for our complete program selection….

The Señorita Mariposa StoryWalk is available offsite at the Audubon Center for enjoyment throughout the week.

Monday
11:00 Virtual Toddler Storytime (register)

Tuesday
Library Closes at 1pm

Wednesday
Library Closed for Christmas

Thursday 
12:30 Russian for Beginners (email language@lapl.org for link)

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

Saturday
2:00 STAR Reader: Toni
3:00 Arroyo Book Club (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

The Arroyo Writing Group’s January Prompt

The Arroyo Writing Group will meet on January 16th at 6 p.m. We will be sharing our responses to the writing prompt:

You are asked to review a luxury hotel on the beach

The Arroyo Writing Group is for anyone interested in trying their hand at writing. We welcome you whether you are new to the art or and old expert looking for convivial place to share your work. Join our group for practice both writing short pieces across many genres and sharing your writing with others.

Who: Anyone of any level of experience. All that’s required is an interest in writing, a willingness to share your work, and an ability to give positive feedback to others.

What: Our writing group. Each month we will engage with a different writing prompt preparing our own short work in response and bringing it to share at our meeting. Prompts will range freely across genres.

Where: The Arroyo Seco Library / 6145 N. Figueroa St, 90042 / 323-255-0537 / ayosco@lapl.org

When: We will meet on the Third Thursday of each Month at 6 p.m.

Why: The why is down to you. It might be for the practice writing. It might be for the practice sharing what you write with others. It might be for the company of others who are also trying to compose. It might be….

Start writing and make plans to join us

Monthly Trivia Question (Answer)….

 

This month we asked can you find an image of Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and the Royal Princesses? One such image is seen in part in the included image. Aten, the Solar Disk, blessing the royal family; detail of sunk relief fragment from Tell el-Amarna [Dynasty XVIII]. Date ca. 1350 B.C.E.

The image was found in JSTOR. JSTOR provides access to journal articles, books, images and primary sources. Access includes ARTSTOR, JSTOR's cross disciplinary collection of over 2 million images from around the world, all rights-cleared and discoverable.  It is a resource you can access with your library card from any branch computer.

Citation:

Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and the Royal Princesses. limestone, ca. 1350 B.C.E. JSTOR, https://jstor.org/stable/community.18134402.  Accessed 29 Aug. 2024.

Meditative Art

 

When: December 29 at 3 p.m.

What: Swing by for a relaxing, art filled afternoon. We will be creating zentangles or working on an old-fashioned coloring project. Set your cares aside and join us

Who: Adults primarily but we will have child friendly activities as well.

Where: The Arroyo Seco Library at 6145 N. Figueroa Street in Highland Park

See you there!

Programming Coming up This Week

Find the in person programs at our branch as well as a selection of the exciting, virtual programs offered by branches across the city during the week below (programs in person at our branch unless otherwise noted). Visit our online calendar for our complete program selection….

The Señorita Mariposa StoryWalk is available offsite at the Audubon Center for enjoyment throughout the week.

Monday
4:00 Design Your Own Wrapping Paper

Tuesday
10:30 Baby & Toddler Storytime
3:00 STAR Reader: Jeffrey
5:00 Walk-In Tutor for Adults

Wednesday
10:30 Baby & Toddler Storytime
3:00 STAR Reader: Miss Katherine
4:00 Teen Council

Thursday 
6:00 Arroyo Writing Group (in person OR Zoom / ayosco@lapl.org for link)

Friday
11:30 Chinese for Beginners (email language@lapl.org for link)

Saturday
2:00 STAR Reader: Toni

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

LAPL’s Digital Collection: Book Plates

 

Our next book plate is this one from 1922.  Used for Harold Jeffreys Abrams and Blanch Fallon’s books it is a black and white plate of a man and woman standing under an arch and above several coats of arms.

Access the book plate here

Be Dazzled

 

Be Dazzled by Ryan La Sala is a sweet, teen story that celebrates young heart ache, troubles with parents, cut throat competition, and ultimate crafting.  Raffy is a crafter extraordinaire.  He has signed up for a competition that he hopes will pave the way to the future he is looking for.  He discovers that Luca, his ex, is also a competitor. 

The story alternates between past and present, telling the story of Rafe & Luca in the past and the following the competition in the present.  It was an amusing, vaguely angsty tale that I would recommend to anyone with a taste for that sort of thing.

Programming Coming up This Week

Find the in person programs at our branch as well as a selection of the exciting, virtual programs offered by branches across the city during the week below (programs in person at our branch unless otherwise noted). Visit our online calendar for our complete program selection….

The Señorita Mariposa StoryWalk is available offsite at the Audubon Center for enjoyment throughout the week.

Monday
4:00 Sensory Snow Play

Tuesday
10:30 Baby & Toddler Storytime
3:00 STAR Reader: Jeffrey
5:00 Walk-In Tutor for Adults

Wednesday
10:30 Baby & Toddler Storytime
3:00 STAR Reader: Miss Katherine
4:00 Teen Council
6:00 Círculo de Lectores

Thursday 
9:00-5:00 Q.Me Free Legal Clinic (Register)

Friday
11:30 Chinese for Beginners (email language@lapl.org for link)

Saturday
2:00 STAR Reader: Toni

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

Monthly Trivia Question…

This month’s question is less trivia and more “do you know about this library resource,” in any event, can you find an image of Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and the Royal Princesses?

The Union Club Mysteries

 

Check out Isaac Asimov’s The Union Club Mysteries for a selection of bite sized, mystery stories… think Encyclopedia Brown for adults.  Here you will find short riddle like mysteries. Can you figure out the solution before the fictional audience does? Check out the book and see for yourself.

Recommended for lovers of puzzles, brain teasers, and the like.

Programming Coming up This Week

Find the in person programs at our branch as well as a selection of the exciting, virtual programs offered by branches across the city during the week below (programs in person at our branch unless otherwise noted). Visit our online calendar for our complete program selection….

The Señorita Mariposa StoryWalk is available offsite at the Audubon Center for enjoyment throughout the week.

Sunday
1:00 NELA Holiday Parade: March with us… Meet in Library Parking Lot at 12:30

Monday
11:00 Virtual Toddler Storytime (Register)

Tuesday
3:00 STAR Reader: Jeffrey
5:00 Walk-In Tutor for Adults
6:00 Telescope Night with the Sidewalk Astronomers

Wednesday
10:30 Baby & Toddler Storytime
3:00 STAR Reader: Miss Katherine
4:00 Teen Council

Thursday 
9:00-5:00 Q.Me Free Legal Clinic (Register)

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

Saturday
2:00 STAR Reader: Toni
3:00 LA Made Presents: Let's Get in a Pickle Together!

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