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….

Monday
12:00 Reportes y puntajes de crédito (LAPL YouTube)
4:00 Wonders of Wildlife

Tuesday
10:30 Baby & Toddler Storytime
3:00 Read With a STAR: Jeffrey

Wednesday
10:30 Baby & Toddler Storytime
12:00 Craft Your Brand Story, Design, and Customer Journey (LAPL YouTube)
3:00 STAR Reader: Miss Katherine

Thursday
1:00 Q.Me Free Legal Clinic (sign up)

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

Saturday
2:00 Read With a STAR: Toni
3:00 Shakespearience: Shakespeare in a Different Light

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: Travel Posters

 

The travel posters included in the digital collection span the early 1920s to the 1960s and cover the "Golden Age of Travel”, when railways, airlines, and automobiles opened new and exciting possibilities to travel both locally and to destinations around the world. Travel posters commissioned during this period were created to entice would-be explorers to visit these destinations, and were common fixtures in travel agent offices, railway stations and airports. The collection showcases vibrant graphic design, including Art Deco and Futurist imagery.

Today we’ll look a poster advertising travel to Italy.  Here women in traditional costume walk down a dirt path near a church in Abruzzo, Italy. A peak in the Apennines mountain range is depicted in the background. Access the image here

Shakesperiance

Shakespeare in a different light.

Join us on Saturday May 4 at 3 p.m. for a Shakesperience

We are often introduced to Shakespeare as great literature – something to be read, dissected and studied.

In Shakespeare’s time, he was a showman. His plays were thrilling, emotional experiences for feisty crowds who love poetry and word play, theatricality, magic, romance, and humor.

Seen in this light, over 400 years later, Shakespeare’s works remain compelling adventures that still touch our hearts.

Join us as we use Shakespeare’s quotes, monologues, sonnets, sword play and even a bit of music… to explore his exciting contributions to drama, to writing, to modern language and his insights into the big, messy experience of being human today.

Discover a fresh connection and your own passion for the works of Shakespeare.

Everyone is welcome.

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….

Monday
4:00 Earth Day Fun!

Tuesday
10:30 Baby & Toddler Storytime
12:00 Budgeting: Developing Your Spending and Saving Plan (LAPL YouTube)
3:00 Read With a STAR: Jeffrey

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

Thursday
1:00 Q.Me Free Legal Clinic (sign up)

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

Saturday
2:00 Read With a STAR: Toni
3:00 Arroyo Seco Regional Branch Library 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

Monthly Trivia Question (Answer)….

 

This month our question was when was the California Landmarks Club founded and by whom? It was founded in 1894 under the leadership of Highland Park’s own Charles Lummis.

Pictured is a Longfellow-Hastings House currently located in the Heritage Square Museum.

The answer was found in the article:

GEBHARD, D.; WINTER, R. Historic Preservation in Los Angeles. Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles, [s. l.], p. 29–32, 2003.

The article was found in the database Art & Architecture Source. Art & Architecture Source is the largest full-text art research database covering fine, decorative and commercial art, as well as architecture and architectural design. With strong international coverage, it offers hundreds of full-text art journals, magazines and books, plus detailed indexing and abstracts and thousands of images.

Find the Art & Architecture Source on the library’s Research & Homework page under “A” and access it with your library card.

Battle Ground

Battle Ground by Jim Butcher picks up literally the moment that his previous book, Peace Talks (link to previous review), leaves off, the bulk of it taking place over the course of one tumultuous, terrifying evening.  The Peace Talks failed and battle begins with all of the supernatural community ranged against a Titan (yes a primordial god) and her “outsider” allies. Harry is caught in the middle of everything and humanity as a whole (or at least the city of Chicago) is drawn into the mess.  Harry faces some pretty devastating losses during this book as we wade ever deeper into quite horrific war.

A good read with interesting series plot points.  Interestingly, virtually all of the major players with roles in the war were female. I don’t know if the author is trying to make any kind of point with this but it was definitely noticeable.  This is a book that will not work as a standalone.  So make sure to pick up the earlier titles in the series and work your way up to it.  You can start with Storm Front.  

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….

Sunday
2:00 Nature Drawing With Kelvin Nguyen (limited space, sign up at info desk)

Monday
12:00 Investing Basics (LAPL YouTube)
4:00 Birdwatching for Kids

Tuesday
10:30 Baby & Toddler Storytime
12:00 Introduction to Financial Planning Basics (LAPL YouTube)
3:00 Read With a STAR: Jeffrey

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

Thursday
12:00 Identity Theft and Fraud Prevention (LAPL YouTube)

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

Saturday
2:00 Read With a STAR: Toni
3:00 LA Made Presents: Nutrition With Healthy Cooking With Lilly Padilla

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: Fashion Plates

 

The fashion plate collection consists of over 6,200 hand-colored, finely detailed fashion illustrations produced between 1780 and 1880 for British and American fashion magazines. The plates depict fashionable styles of dress for men, women and children, and constitute valuable source material on the history of dress during this period in history.

Today we’ll look at this illustration from July of 1824, almost 200 years ago exactly. Access the image here.

DMV Test Coming UP?

 

Do you have a DMV test in your future? Get the study practice you need to ace that exam with the help of one of the library’s new database products, California DMV Practice Tests.  This tool provides free access to practice tests for Class C, Commercial, and Motorcycle license tests from Driving-Tests.org. Practice tests are available in English, Spanish and Russian, and the CA DMV Handbook is available to download in multiple languages.

Access California DMV Practice Tests from the library’s Research Page, scroll down to the C’s to find it.

LA Made: Nutrition & Health Cooking with Lilly Padilla

 

Saturday, April 20 at 3:00 p.m.

Join Lilly Padilla, author and holistic nutrition chef, for a healthy cooking class focused on anti-inflammatory meals and healthy digestion. Learn the benefits of nutritional foods for healthy digestion, and proper assimilation of nutrients to help boost immunity and energy. 

There will be food samples to try

Lilly Padilla is a Certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, holistic nutrition chef, 12-year cancer survivor, and the author of the book Anti-Cancer Habits & Anti-inflammatory Nutrition.

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….

Monday
10:05-12:20 Solar Eclipse Viewing and Glasses Giveaway (glasses while supplies last)
11:00 Poetry in the Park: Solar Eclipse
4:00 Make a Book, Button, or Puppet for Día

Tuesday
10:30 Baby & Toddler Storytime
3:00 Read With a STAR: Jeffrey

Wednesday
10:30 Baby & Toddler Storytime
3:00 STAR Reader: Miss Katherine
3:00-5:00 LA Saves Informational Table
6:00 Círculo de Lectores

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

Saturday
10:30 Again, Again: Music for Kids Día Celebration
2:00 Read With a STAR: Toni

Sunday
2:00 Nature Drawing With Kelvin Nguyen (limited space, sign up at info desk)

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 our question is when was the California Landmarks Club founded and by whom?

Poetry in the Park: Solar Eclipse

 

Join us to view the eclipse while listening to a live poetry reading by Los Angeles spoken word icon Alyesha Wise. Bring a blanket or a lawn chair and stay awhile! Participants will receive eclipse viewing glasses, available while supplies last. 

The eclipse starts shortly after 10 a.m. on April 8. The Poetry Reading begins at 11 a.m. shortly before the eclipse reaches its local maximum. Come early and enjoy the entire show (courtesy of both nature and our poet).

This program is co-presented with the Library Foundation of Los Angeles and the Getty Center.

 

Join us for a nature sketching class courtesy of Expedition L.A. on Sunday, April 14 at 2:00 p.m. Expedition L.A. is a free program series featuring activities focused on bringing you closer to the beautiful nature and state parks of Los Angeles. All supplies needed for the class are provided and are yours to keep. 

Participation is limited so please sign up at the information desk