Vermont Square branch library dedicated to LA pioneer, Rita Walters
On Dec. 11, 2021, the City honored the late Rita Walters, the first Black woman to join the City Council and a tireless advocate for the Library and equality...
Read All About It: It’s Thanksgiving!
As the holidays envelop us, Alive! continues publishing recommendations from our favorite Library – Los Angeles Public Library – for your seasonal reading pleasure and to remember the point of the holiday, gratitude...
Read All About It: It’s Halloween!
Alive! reached out to Librarians at our favorite library, Los Angeles Public Library, for their recommendations for awesomely scare Halloween reads and watches. We decided to ask again, and here are fresh...
Alive! Papers delivered to the Octavia Lab Makerspace
Alive! editor John Burnes (right) stopped by the Central Library’s Octavia Lab makerspace to say hello and thanks for a great August cover...
Central Library’s Octavia Lab makerspace expands the limits of learning.
The Octavia Lab, named after the award-winning science fiction author Octavia E. Butler, is a do-it-yourself makerspace located inside the Los Angeles Public Library’s historic Central Library.
Library Cards Featuring Mountain Lion P-22 Are Proving Popular.
Starting Feb. 23, the Los Angeles Public Library began offering a limited-edition library card to honor P-22 and feature the importance of natural spaces and biodiversity of wildlife in our shared habitat...
Librarians are ready to help you enjoy the holidays with book, movie recommendations
Enjoy this selection of books and movies reflecting some of the Library’s suggestions for the winter holidays...
Read All About It: It’s Thanksgiving!
As the holidays progress, Alive! continues publishing recommendations from our favorite Library – Los Angeles Public Library – for your seasonal reading pleasure and to remember the point of the holiday, gratitude...
Read All About It: It’s Halloween!
Alive! reached out to Librarians at our favorite library, Los Angeles Public Library, for their recommendations for awesomely scare Halloween reads and watches. We decided to ask again, and here are fresh...
Library pays tribute to the namesake of its branch in Watts.
On Aug. 10, representatives of the Library greeted Alma Reaves Woods and wished her a happy 98th birthday – at the library branch named for her...
