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Palm Desert library closed for 'refresh' until July amid transition from county system
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 1 week agoThe Palm Desert Public Library will be closed until the start of July for a “refresh” as officials...
Wimpy kids, dark hours and dog man: What Los Angeles is reading as the library turns 150
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs the Los Angeles Public Library celebrates 150 years, the city's readers are back in force with...
Ken Brecher, anthropologist and longtime champion of Los Angeles humanities, dies at 78
LA Times via Yahoo News· 5 months agoKen Brecher, former president of the Library Foundation of Los Angeles, executive director of the...
The Weekender
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIllustration by Chris Morris When I was asked to write this newsletter, I was all for it. As a former columnist, I missed the weekly suffering that...
Column: Here's why you can't 'own' your ebooks
LA Times via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoPublishers and authors rightly fear that they'll lose out financially from the digitization of books; but it's also quite possible that, properly...
Norman Pfeiffer, prolific architect of SoCal institutions and L.A. Central Library expansion, dies...
LA Times via Yahoo News· 9 months agoDescribed as "the antithesis of a starchitect," Norman Pfeiffer contributed to major projects at L.A. venues including Griffith Observatory, LACMA and the Colburn School, among others.
New on Paramount Plus in March 2024 — all the new shows and movies to watch
Tom's Guide via Yahoo News· 3 months agoParamount Plus widget. March is here and Paramount Plus is bringing new original shows and movies,...
Bestsellers List Sunday, July 17
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSoCal Bestsellers Hardcover Fiction 1. Horse by Geraldine Brooks (Viking: $28) Prior to the Civil War, a slave, a racehorse and an artist launch a complex story that spans generations. 2. Tomorrow ...
Friends of the Library book sale is back starting Wednesday
Springfield News-Leader via Yahoo News· 1 year agoVolunteers were busy unloading six semi-trailers full of boxes into the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds...
Around the Library Book Club at Kemp Memorial Library
Marietta Daily Journal, Ga. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJun. 7—Around the Library Book Club meets at 1 p.m. the second Monday of the month at the Kemp Memorial Library, 4029 Due West Road in Marietta, for discussions on a different genre or theme ...