Thursday, September 22, 2022

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.

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Wednesday, September 21, 2022

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”


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Tuesday, September 20, 2022

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.


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Sunday, September 18, 2022

Programming Coming up This Week

Here are some of the exciting, virtual programs the library will be offering this week. Visit our online calendar https://lapl.org/whats-on/calendar for our complete program selection….

Sunday
2:00 Film Showing: Disney’s Encanto (In Person Event: Arroyo Seco)

Monday
11:00 Virtual Toddler Storytime (register: http://tinyurl.com/EdendaleStorytime)
4:00 Biodiversity in Your Backyard: Wonders of Wildlife (In Person Event: Arroyo Seco)

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

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

Thursday
4:00 Healthy Brain Habits (email venice@lapl.org for link)
5:00 Climate Cafe and Gardening Club (email ecalla@lapl.org for link)

Friday 
9:00-12:00 Los Angeles Libros Festival Programs - Streaming on LAPL YouTube Channel

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

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Thursday, September 15, 2022

History of Highland Park

 


Check out this scanned copy of the invitation to the dedication of the Arroyo Seco Parkway, an event that took place at 10:30 on December 30, 1940. 

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Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Bi-weekly Trivia Question (Answer)….


This time the question is what is a word that entered the English language in the year 1776?  There is more than one answer to this question.  In fact, according to the source I used to find the answer, there are 340 answers.  Among them: adamatic, barrier, and caucus.

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.


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Tuesday, September 13, 2022

New Statistics Source


Your library card will now give you access to Statista.  Statista includes Quantitative data and statistics from 21 market sectors, with data on over 80,000 topics from over 18,000 sources. The focus is on business data that caters to small businesses and entrepreneurs in an easy to use format and includes eCommerce data, analysis of specific markets, and a global consumer survey. The platform is also accessible in Spanish, French, and German.  You can find Statista listed alphabetically on the Library’s Research & Homework page.  

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Sunday, September 11, 2022

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
10:00 Introduction to Meditation (email wvally@lapl.org for link)
6:00 Poetry Open Mic (email wwood@lapl.org for link)

Wednesday
12:00 Kaiut Yoga (email venice@lapl.org for link)
4:00 Latinx Mental Health Awareness: Moving Our Communities Forward and Celebrating Our Heritage (email wvally@lapl.org for link)

Thursday
4:00 LA Made: Cookbook Archive (LAPL YouTube channel)
6:00 Introduction to Bullet Journaling (email jcfrmt@lapl.org for link)

Friday 
11:00 Pilates With Lee (email venice@lapl.org for link)
4:00 Your Author Series: Johnnie Christmas (LAPL YouTube channel)

Saturday
2:00 Opera Talk: Lucia di Lammermoor (email wwood@lapl.org for link)

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Thursday, September 8, 2022

History of Highland Park

 


Let’s delve into the obituary pages today and check out this one entitled “Last rites held for Highland Park pioneer and weather observer” from Nov. 11, 1944. In this obituary you will learn of the life of Robert H. Lindsay noted as “Highland Park’s oldest citizen in terms of residence,” he apparently came to Highland Park in 1885 and never left.  Read this for a few interesting facts about the area as well as to learn about an interesting man.

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Wednesday, September 7, 2022

LA Bio Blitz Challenge


This September Los Angeles has issued a bio blitz challenge.  What does that mean exactly? It means that you are challenged to photograph and map the animals, insects, and plants found in your neighborhood, in your local parks, and generally wherever you roam.  

Los Angeles is located in a global biodiversity hot spot and has an incredible array of native animals, plants and ecosystems to explore. By uploading observations to iNaturalist you will help to better protect and understand where different species of plants and animals live across the City. Every time you do, especially in observation cold spots in the map, you contribute to the knowledge about the City’s biodiversity that supports protecting and conserving local wildlife and their habitats.

You will want to get started by downloading the iNaturalist app from Google Play or the App Store. Then get outside! Observe the wildlife around you. Explore observation cold spots near you and log observations in these areas to help researchers understand which species live there.  Finally, upload your observations to the LA BioBlitz Challenge 2022 project

Find a FAQ with answers to all your questions here

The LA BioBlitz Challenge is an exciting collaboration between the Los Angeles Public Library’s Neighborhood Science Initiative and LA Sanitation and Environment’s Biodiversity Program.



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Bi-weekly Trivia Question…

This time the question is what is a word that entered the English language in the year 1776? This is a question that has many potentially correct answers, so you’ll have to “show your work”

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Tuesday, September 6, 2022

New eResource Information

Your library card will now give you access to the archives of 4 magazines. These are searchable databases that retrieve pdf scans from the original print publications, including photos and advertisements. You will find them individually listed on the library’s Research & Homework page.  The magazine archives in question are:

Jet Magazine Archive. This archive covers art, news, politics and other social topics with an African-American focus. It includes over 3,100 issues providing a broad view of culture, fashion and entertainment from its first issue in 1951 through 2014. Jet was originally published as a sister publication to Ebony Magazine by John H. Johnson beginning in 1951. It was published weekly and covered art, fashion, entertainment, culture and news related to the African-American community.

Ebony Magazine Archive. This archive covers civil rights, education, entrepreneurship and other social topics with an African-American focus. It includes more than 800 issues providing a broad view of African-American culture from its first issue in 1945 through 2014. Originally published by John H. Johnson beginning in November 1945, Ebony has served as an influential African-American magazine promoting stories important to the Black community and focusing on the achievements of African-American leaders.

Life Magazine Archive. This archive presents an extensive collection of the famed photojournalism magazine, spanning its very first issue in November 1936 through December 2000 in a comprehensive cover-to-cover format. Articles and cover pages are fully indexed and advertisements are individually identified, ensuring researchers and readers can quickly and accurately locate the information they seek. Life Magazine Archive is valuable to researchers of 20th-Century current events, politics and culture, as well as those interested in the history of business, advertising, and popular culture.

The Time Magazine Archive. This archive presents an extensive collection of the prominent weekly news magazine dating back to its first issue in March 1923 through December 2000, presented in a comprehensive cover-to-cover format. Intended to be read in under an hour, each issue of Time contains reports of national and international current events, politics, sports, and entertainment. Capturing the relevant news for a given week, the magazine remains an important resource for researchers studying just about any aspect of 20th-Century history and life.


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Sunday, September 4, 2022

Programming Coming up This Week

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

Monday
Library Closed—Labor Day!

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)
1:00 Health Research 101 (email westla@lapl.org for link)

Thursday
11:00 Storytelling Class With Arlene & Martha (email literacy@lapl.org for link)

Friday 
10:00 Yoga & Meditation With Master John (email dmatthews@lapl.org for link)
4:00 Your Author Series: Anoosha Syed (LAPL YouTube channel)

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Thursday, September 1, 2022

History of Highland Park

 


Check out this Nov. 14, 1947 article from the Highland Park News-Herald to learn about the 4 service clubs that had chapters in our lovely part of the city.  Learn a little bit about what the clubs did and who was involved. Which still have chapters here 70+ years later?

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