Sunday, October 16, 2022

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)

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Thursday, October 13, 2022

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.

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Wednesday, October 12, 2022

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


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Tuesday, October 11, 2022

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.


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Sunday, October 9, 2022

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)

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Friday, October 7, 2022

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.


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Thursday, October 6, 2022

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.

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Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Monthly Trivia Question…

 This time the question is what is Abbaye de Tamié?

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Sunday, October 2, 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: 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)

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Thursday, September 29, 2022

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.

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Wednesday, September 28, 2022

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.


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Tuesday, September 27, 2022

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.

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Monday, September 26, 2022

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.


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Sunday, September 25, 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
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)

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