Monthly Trivia Question…

 This month the question is who were George Washington’s parents?

Arroyo Book Club’s March Pick…

 

The Arroyo Book Club will be reading Quiet by Susan Cain for our March discussion. As the catalog description puts it:

“In Quiet, Susan Cain argues that we dramatically undervalue introverts and shows how much we lose in doing so. She charts the rise of the Extrovert Ideal throughout the twentieth century and explores how deeply it has come to permeate our culture. She also introduces us to successful introverts--from a witty, high-octane public speaker who recharges in solitude after his talks, to a record-breaking salesman who quietly taps into the power of questions. Passionately argued, impeccably researched, and filled with indelible stories of real people, Quiet has the power to permanently change how you see yourself."

Stop by the branch to pick up a copy to read. You will find them in the usual location, just ask if you don’t know where that is.  

We will come together to discuss the book on Saturday, March 28 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.

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 Paper Bead Making

Monday
4:00 Kids’ Program

Tuesday
10:00-3:30 Tech Help
3:00 STAR Reader: Jeffrey

Wednesday
10:30 Baby & Toddler Storytime with ASL
3:00 STAR Reader: Miss Katherine
4:00-6:00 Walk-In Tutoring

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

Saturday
9:30-12:30 VITA Income Tax Preparation (Free)
11:00 STAR Reader: Jeffrey

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: Autographs

 

Today we’re looking at the autograph of Alexander Agassiz. Agassiz was a scientist and naturalist.  He lived from 1835-1910. Find the complete document here: https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/autograph/id/30/rec/7

Paper Bead Making

 

Sunday, March 1 at 2 p.m. at the Arroyo Seco Library

Come learn how to recycle scrap paper into lovely beads that you can then use for embellishment (or jewelry).

All ages are welcome

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 Regulate and Recharge: Sensory Play and Community Support

Tuesday
10:00-3:30 Tech Help
3:00 STAR Reader: Jeffrey

Wednesday
10:30 Baby & Toddler Storytime with ASL
3:00 STAR Reader: Miss Katherine
4:00-6:00 Walk-In Tutoring
6:00 Círculo de Lectores

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

Saturday
9:30-12:30 VITA Income Tax Preparation (Free)
11:00 STAR Reader: Jeffrey
3:00 Arroyo Book Club (in person or Zoom / 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

Central Library Turns 100

Celebrating a Century of the Light of Learning

“Dedicated in July 1926, the Los Angeles Central Library became an instant architectural icon and guiding light of learning for the City. For this significant milestone, the Los Angeles Public Library is pleased to present Central 100, a year-long celebration that brings together residents from all corners of Los Angeles.”

There will be all sorts of programs and special exhibits all year in celebration of this important milestone.  Let me draw your attention to two programs of interest that folks can interact with at their local branches:

Card Catalog Stamp Collection
Pick up a set of historic card catalog cards at any Library location. Carry them with you. Stamp them at our branches. Make them your own. (image above is our stamp … pretty right!)

Beanstack Challenge
Pick up a coloring page at any Library location to participate in this special color-by-number challenge! You will need to use the Beanstack app to enroll and track your progress.  Learn how to sign up here 

Keep track of all the programs and special events going on here

Monthly Trivia Question (Answer)….

 

This month the question was what do you know about the “Hymn to the Nile”?  I will answer by quoting from the introduction to the source of this question:

“The “Hymn to the Nile“ is an ancient Egyptian composition also known as the “Hymn to the Inundation“ or the “Hymn to Hapy,” dating to the early twentieth century b.c.e. and attributed to a scribe called Khety. Consisting of about two hundred of lines of verse written in short columns, it is an unusual sort of hymn in that it was not part of any known temple ritual. Hapy, god of the Nile River and its flood, had no temple and perhaps no priests or temple ritual particular to his worship. Nonetheless, he was a very popular and extremely important god. This hymn was likewise very popular, and many ancient copies exist. It was no doubt sung or recited at festivals in honor of the god and the Nile’s life-giving inundation.”

Certainly, a very old hymn.

The question, and answer, were found in Milestone Documents of World Religions. Milestone Documents of World Religions is a Salem History e-Book. It examines key sacred texts and fundamental documents of the world's primary religions, from ancient times to present.  Find it on the library’s Research & Homework page under “M” and access it with your library card.

Monkey Around

If you’re looking for interesting urban fantasy that is peopled by creatures originating from the myths of peoples who did not originate in Europe then Monkey Around by Jadie Jang is just what you’re looking for.  Maya McQueen is a shape shifter.  An unusually powerful one and she does not know her origins. She was a foundling.  She knows she can take any shape and that her default one is a monkey. There have been a string of shape shifter murders and as someone who is driven to involve herself in everything (blame monkey curiosity) as well as someone who works in a shape shifter sanctuary she gets involved in trying to find the killer.  At the same time she’s looking to help the recently entangled with gangs younger sister of a long time crush. The two cases connect unexpectedly and Maya must make some tough decisions.

The book is particularly fascinating because the shape shifters peopling its pages find their origins in Aztec, Indonesia, and Asian mythology. I would recommend it to anyone with a taste for fantasy.

Programming Coming up This Week

Note that the library will be closed on Monday for the Presidents’ Day Holiday.

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
Library closed for Presidents’ Day

Tuesday
10:00-3:30 Tech Help

Wednesday
10:30 Baby & Toddler Storytime
3:00 STAR Reader: Miss Katherine
4:00-6:00 Walk-In Tutoring

Thursday 
10:00-3:30 Tech Help
10:30 Baby & Toddler Storytime
4:00 Shrinky Dink Fun

Friday
3:00 DIY Archives: Virtual Info Session (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/diy-archives-virtual-info-session-tickets-1981867965435)

Saturday
9:30-12:30 VITA Income Tax Preparation (Free)

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: Menus

 

Today we’re looking at a menu for the Beverly Hills restaurant Dolores.  This is a lunch/dinner menu from 1968.  Dolores was located at 8531 Wilshire Blvd. Find the full menu here: https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/menus/id/7/rec/3

Vernal Shrinky-Dinks

 

Feeling crafty? Swing by on February 19 at 4 pm and design your own amulet or magnet out of shrinky-dink plastic and then watch the power of heat transform them.  We have plenty of material for this program so bring all your friends.

Everyone is welcome!

Arroyo has an Archival Scanner (take advantage)

 

Ready to scan those old photos, slides & negatives? You're closer than you think, with resources at the Arroyo Seco Library.  Appointments are available on Tuesdays & Thursdays between 10 and 2 and on Sunday between 12 and 4.  Sign up at lapl.org/sommunity/diy

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
3:00-5:00 DOT TAP Information Table
4:00 Kids’ Program

Tuesday
10:00-3:30 Tech Help
10:00 Basics of Taxes (Library’s YouTube)
3:00 STAR Reader: Jeffrey

Wednesday
10:30 Baby & Toddler Storytime with ASL
3:00 STAR Reader: Miss Katherine
4:00-6:00 Walk-In Tutoring
6:00 Círculo de Lectores

Thursday 
10:00-3:30 Tech Help
10:00 Fundamentos de los Impuestos (Library’s YouTube)

Saturday
9:30-12:30 VITA Income Tax Preparation (Free)
11:00 STAR Reader: Jeffrey

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 the question is what do you know about the “Hymn to the Nile”?

Love Talker

Laurie, a history grad student, gets an alarming call about her beloved Great-Aunt Lizzie.  Lizzie has had an encounter with the faeries.  Alarmed she sets off for the family homestead in Maryland where she finds her half-brother who is similarly alarmed.  Together they set out to find just what is going on with Lizzie and wind up ferreting out a sinister plot and old family secrets.

If you enjoy a light mystery with overtones of romance (not too many) then you’ll enjoy this book, The Love Talker by Elizabeth Peters.

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 Game Day: Expanded

Monday
4:00 Kids’ Program

Tuesday
10:00-3:30 Tech Help
3:00 STAR Reader: Jeffrey

Wednesday
10:30 Baby & Toddler Storytime with ASL
3:00 STAR Reader: Miss Katherine
4:00-6:00 Walk-In Tutoring

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

Saturday
9:30-12:30 VITA Income Tax Preparation (Free)
11:00 STAR Reader: Jeffrey

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

 

Today’s book plate is for Gerald Adrian’s books.  It is a small black and white plate featuring a mask with the letters "FPA" below it. Find the image here

Game Day: Expanded

 

Who: Gamers and Would Be Gamers
What: We have acquired a slew of games. Join us and we’ll select one, figure out the rules, and dive in
When: Sunday, February 1 at 2 PM
Where: Arroyo Seco Library, 6145 N. Figueroa Street.
Why: For fun, to meet people, to challenge yourself…

Questions: Give us a call at 323-255-0537

Arroyo Book Club’s February Pick…

 

The Arroyo Book Club will be reading The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride for our February discussion. As the catalog description puts it:

"In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared ambitions and sorrows… When the truth is finally revealed about what happened on Chicken Hill and the part the town's white establishment played in it, McBride shows us that even in dark times, it is love and community--heaven and earth--that sustain us."

Stop by the branch to pick up a copy to read. You will find them in the usual location, just ask if you don’t know where that is.  

We will come together to discuss the book on Saturday, February 28 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.

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 Regulate and Recharge

Tuesday
10:00-3:30 Tech Help
3:00 STAR Reader: Jeffrey
6:30 Telescope Night with the Sidewalk Astronomers

Wednesday
10:30 Baby & Toddler Storytime with ASL
3:00 STAR Reader: Miss Katherine
4:00-6:00 Walk-In Tutoring
6:00 Círculo de Lectores

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

Friday
10:30 Sensory Storytime With USC's Insp!re Lab

Saturday
11:00 STAR Reader: Jeffrey

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 (Answer)….

 

This month we asked for the name of a man instrumental in the wars for independence in South America?  There are many right answers but we were thinking of Simón Bolívar and José de San Martín.  

Bolívar was influential in achieving independence in the Spanish territories that included modern-day Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador. José de San Martín played major and minor roles in the liberation of Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Chile. Both of these men worked simultaneously on different ends of South America, and then met in the middle to liberate Peru together.

The question, and answer, were found in Latino American Experience. The Latino American Experience provides over 200 volumes of content, from encyclopedias to biographies, and primary documents dating from pre-Colonial civilizations, that explore Latino history and contemporary culture in the United States. Includes a timeline, images, maps, and lesson plans.  Find it on the library’s Research & Homework page under “L” and access it with your library card.

Committed

 

In Committed Adam Stern recounts his experience as a Psychiatric Resident.  Stern shares his experiences during his first and second years, his encounters with patients, interacting with his teachers and his fellow residents, his self-doubt, and his growing competence. The book is a fascinating look at the workings of a psychiatric ward and is told entirely in a conversational, no medical experience or knowledge needed to understand what’s going on, manner.

I would recommend this to anyone who likes to “walk in someone else’s shoes” via memoir.

Programming Coming up This Week

Note that the Library will be closed on Monday in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.

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
Library closed in celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

Wednesday
10:30 Baby & Toddler Storytime
3:00 STAR Reader: Miss Katherine
4:00-6:00 Walk-In Tutoring

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

Saturday
10:30 Shape Party
11:00 STAR Reader: Jeffrey
3:00 Arroyo Book Club (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

LAPL’s Digital Collection: Movie Posters

 

Today’s movie poster is for the 1933 movie Hot Pepper. The poster shows depictions of Pepper (Lupe Velez) and Harry Quirt (Edmund Lowe) with Jim Flagg (Victor McLaglen) surrounded by women. Text from the poster notes: Hot Pepper with Edmond Lowe, Victor McLaglen, Lupe Velez, El Brendel; A comedy drama with the characters Quirt and Flagg originally created by Laurence Stallings and Maxwell Anderson;Directed by John Blystone; A Fox Picture. 

View the full image here: https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/movie/id/4/rec/8

Telescope Night

 

The ever-popular Telescope Night returns (weather permitting) to the Arroyo Seco Library on Tuesday, January 27.  We will begin at 6:30 and wrap things up shortly before the library closes at 8:00.  We should be able to see Saturn, Jupiter and the Moon.  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

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 Pokémon Club

Tuesday
10:00-3:30 Tech Help
3:00 STAR Reader: Jeffrey

Wednesday
10:30 Baby & Toddler Storytime
3:00 STAR Reader: Miss Katherine
4:00 Breakdance with Eric Nishimoto
4:00-6:00 Walk-In Tutoring
6:00 Círculo de Lectores

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

Saturday
11:00 STAR Reader: Jeffrey

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 the question is name a man instrumental in the wars for independence in South America?

So We Meet Again

 

If you’re after some escapist, light romance then So We MeetAgain by Suzanne Park meets the bill.  Jessie Kim, a go-getting Wall Street financier, is laid off. She moves back home to Nashville to lick her wounds and work out what’s next. Struck by inspiration she launches a new business to provide “hacks” to prepackaged meals to bring a zest of Korean spiciness to their rescue.  During all of this she runs into Daniel Choi, also back in town. Daniel was her childhood nemesis, the kid her parents always measured her against. And, annoyingly, Daniel appears to still have it all together. 

If you can overlook the slightly improbability of Jessie rather rapid success once her business starts, you will find a charming story packed full of characters you wouldn’t mind spending time with in real life. Pick it up for a couple of hours of escape.

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 Life-Sized Self Portraits

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
4:00-6:00 Walk-In Tutoring

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

Saturday
11:00 STAR Reader: Jeffrey

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