Los Angeles Central Library

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Los Angeles, California 90071
March 29, 2005

Designing for the Homeless: Architecture that Works at Los Angeles Central Library

March 31, 2005

An Evening with Poet Adam Zagajewski at Los Angeles Central Library

April 4, 2005

An Evening with Poet W.S. Merwin at Los Angeles Central Library

April 6, 2005

California Stories Uncovered at Los Angeles Central Library

April 11, 2005

Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise at Los Angeles Central Library

April 12, 2005

Hollywood, Mexicans, and the History of L.A. at Los Angeles Central Library

April 18, 2005

Long Spoon Lane: A Novel at Los Angeles Central Library

April 19, 2005

Newer Poets X: Celebrating a Decade of Collaboration with Beyond Baroque and Los Angeles Poetry Festival at Los Angeles Central Library

April 25, 2005

Ethics and Entertainment Journalism at Los Angeles Central Library

April 27, 2005

Never Let Me Go at Los Angeles Central Library

April 28, 2005

A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America at Los Angeles Central Library

June 7, 2005

Gary Phillips "The New LA Noir" at Los Angeles Central Library

July 19, 2005

An Evening with Ana Marie Cox at Los Angeles Central Library

August 27, 2005

Library Docent Orientation Meeting at Los Angeles Central Library

September 8, 2005

William McDonough: The ?Cradle to Cradle? Design Protocol at Los Angeles Central Library

September 13, 2005

"The Terminator, John Updike, and Asian Americana" at Los Angeles Central Library

October 6, 2005

Yvon Chouinard, Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman at Los Angeles Central Library

October 11, 2005

Fixing America?s Immigration System at Los Angeles Central Library

October 20, 2005

Jacques Leslie, Deep Water: The Epic Struggle Over Dams, Displaced People, and the Environment at Los Angeles Central Library

November 28, 2005

Patty Stonesifer, ?All Kids College Ready: What Will it Take to Ensure that Our Public Education System Prepares All Children?? at Los Angeles Central Library

December 14, 2005

An Evening with Culture Clash: Confused and Still Full of Rage at Los Angeles Central Library

January 19, 2006

Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior at Los Angeles Central Library

January 24, 2006

Craig Newmark: Customer Service Rep & Founder, craigslist.org at Los Angeles Central Library

July 29, 2006

Harry and the Potters with Draco and the Malfoys @ LAPL at Los Angeles Central Library

October 12, 2006

Alain de Botton "The Architecture of Happiness" In conversation with Christopher Hawthorne, LA Times architecture critic at Los Angeles Central Library

October 23, 2006

SURFING LA w James Hillman, John Densmore, Kevan Jenson at Los Angeles Central Library

October 24, 2006

Edna O'Brien: The Light of Evening: A Novel, In conversation with writer Vanessa Place, Special Introduction by Anjelica Huston at Los Angeles Central Library

October 26, 2006

Wende Kids: A New Generation of German Writers at Los Angeles Central Library

October 30, 2006

Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer's Life 1990-2005, In conversation w writer Barbara Isenberg at Los Angeles Central Library

November 1, 2006

David Milch: Deadwood: Stories of the Black Hills at Los Angeles Central Library

November 8, 2006

David Mamet: The Wicked Son: Anti-Semitism, Self-Hatred, and the Jews at Los Angeles Central Library

November 13, 2006

"The Art of the Interview: Philip Gourevitch and Stephen Gaghan in Conversation" at Los Angeles Central Library

November 15, 2006

Dr. Peter H. Diamandis: "Opening the Personal Spaceflight Frontier" at Los Angeles Central Library

November 20, 2006

Gore Vidal: Point To Point Navigation: A Memoir at Los Angeles Central Library

November 30, 2006

CANCELLED: Steve Wozniak: iWoz: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It at Los Angeles Central Library

January 16, 2007

STANDBY ONLY: Barbara Ehrenreich: Dancing In The Streets: A History of Collective Joy, In Conversation with Amy Parish FREE at Los Angeles Central Library

January 23, 2007

STANDBY ONLY: Martin Amis: House of Meetings, In Conversation with Michael Silverblatt FREE at Los Angeles Central Library

February 15, 2007

STANDBY ONLY: Walter Mosley and John Rechy: Between the Sheets: Sex, Literature, and the Future of Erotic Fiction, moderated by Marsha Kinder FREE at Los Angeles Central Library

February 20, 2007

STANDBY ONLY Rafe Esquith: Teach Like Your Hair's On Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56, Special Performance by the "Hobart Shakespeareans" FREE at Los Angeles Central Library

February 28, 2007

Christopher Phillips: Symposium on Love FREE at Los Angeles Central Library

March 14, 2007

Lisa Margonelli: Oil on the Brain: Adventures from the Pump to the Pipeline FREE at Los Angeles Central Library

March 15, 2007

Yvonne Rainer: Feelings Are Facts: A Life FREE at Los Angeles Central Library

March 22, 2007

Elaine Pagels: Reading Judas: The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity FREE at Los Angeles Central Library

March 27, 2007

Philip Zimbardo: The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil FREE at Los Angeles Central Library

March 28, 2007

FAITH WITHOUT FEAR, w Irshad Manji, Ani Zonneveld, Salam Al-Marayati, Val Zavala FREE at Los Angeles Central Library

April 4, 2007

Bill McKibben: Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future FREE at Los Angeles Central Library

April 5, 2007

Ishmael Beah: A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier FREE at Los Angeles Central Library

April 9, 2007

Jonathan Lethem: You Don't Love Me Yet, w Michael Tolkin FREE at Los Angeles Central Library

April 12, 2007

Anchee Min: The Last Empress, w Aimee Liu FREE at Los Angeles Central Library

April 17, 2007

STANDBY ONLY Barry Glassner: The Gospel of Food: Everything You Think You Know About Food Is Wrong FREE at Los Angeles Central Library

April 18, 2007

Richard Preston: The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring FREE at Los Angeles Central Library

April 19, 2007

THE REAL DEAL w John Malpede, Tom Jones FREE at Los Angeles Central Library

April 24, 2007

STANDBY ONLY Christopher Buckley: Boomsday FREE at Los Angeles Central Library

April 25, 2007

STANDBY ONLY An Evening of Chamber Music with Members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic FREE at Los Angeles Central Library

April 26, 2007

STANDBY ONLY Dr. Donald Johanson: From Lucy to Language FREE at Los Angeles Central Library

May 2, 2007

Steven Bach: Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl FREE at Los Angeles Central Library

May 9, 2007

Michael Chabon: The Yiddish Policemen’s Union FREE at Los Angeles Central Library

May 10, 2007

Liza Mundy and Peggy Orenstein: “Everything Conceivable: From the Stork to the Petri Dish” FREE at Los Angeles Central Library

June 12, 2007

Michael Ondaatje at Los Angeles Central Library

June 26, 2007

Harry and the Potters in Los Angeles at Los Angeles Central Library

July 25, 2007

An Evening with Graphic Designer Chip Kidd at Los Angeles Central Library

April 20, 2008

No Age, Mika Miko at Los Angeles Central Library

September 9, 2008

Are the Teachers' Unions Too Powerful? at Los Angeles Central Library

October 4, 2008

Improvising Composers United #3 at Los Angeles Central Library

February 2, 2009

An Evening with Bill Bratton at Los Angeles Central Library

April 8, 2009

Leslie Gelb, “How Common Sense Can Rescue American Foreign Policy” at Los Angeles Central Library

July 9, 2009

Heritage Textiles at Los Angeles Central Library

August 13, 2009

Embroidered Samplers at Los Angeles Central Library

September 10, 2009

QUILTS at Los Angeles Central Library

October 8, 2009

Beaded Bags at Los Angeles Central Library

April 8, 2010

John Fante Square unveiling and free walking tour at Los Angeles Central Library

March 3, 2011

He's My Brother She's My Sister, Catherine Opie, Patton Oswald, Wesley Stace at Los Angeles Central Library

October 28, 2011

4th Annual Toast: Los Angeles Public Library 139th Anniversary at Los Angeles Central Library