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2 Monday, 7 PM
Classical Music in America: A History of Its Rise and Fall
In conversation with Mark Swed, Classical Music Critic, L.A. Times
One of America’s central authorities on classical music illuminates American musical history and suggests new musical directions in our post-modern age.
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3 Tuesday, 7 PM
“Los Angeles and the Future of Cities”
Joel Kotkin discusses the evolution of cities and the role Los Angeles plays as a laboratory for the urban future. |
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10 Tuesday, 7 PM
Becoming Justice Blackmun: Harry Blackmun’s Supreme Court Journey
In conversation with historian Jon Wiener
A Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent chronicles the personal transformation of a legendary justice. |
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24 Tuesday, 7 PM
Remains: Non-Viewable
In conversation with writer Louise Steinman
An eloquent meditation on the generational effects of war, by the co-creator, writer, and executive producer of China Beach, the landmark television series about Vietnam. |
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26 Thursday, 7 PM
Kamau Daáood Full - Standby Only
The Language of Saxophones
In performance with David Ornette Cherry
Daáood, a driving force behind Los Angeles’ black cultural renaissance, teams with keyboardist Cherry to perform poems that soar and sway with the syncopation and melodies of jazz. |
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1 Wednesday, 7 PM
In the Realms of the Unreal
In conversation with writer Louise Steinman
The Academy Award-winning filmmaker screens excerpts from her exquisite new documentary about legendary outsider artist Henry Darger.
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7 Tuesday, 7 PM
“The New L.A. Noir”
Mystery/crime writer Gary Phillips takes us on a pop cultural tour of L.A. as the sun-washed city of dreams and despair chronicled in books, films and music of varying shades and notes of noir.
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9 Thursday, 7 PM
South of the Clouds: Exploring the Hidden Realms of China
In conversation with journalist Siobhan Darrow
An intimate portrait of a life-changing sojourn in China, by the former Shanghai Bureau chief of the New York Times.
Co-presented with Asia Society Southern California.
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14 Tuesday, 7 PM
“No Strangers Here Today”
Written and Performed by Susan Banyas, directed by Gregg Bielemeier
A stirring poetic monologue-with-movement, about Banyas’ great-grandmother—an Ohio farmwoman—who kept a diary during the Civil War with coded phrases suggesting her participation in the Underground Railroad.
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18 Saturday, 3 PM
Umberto Eco Full - Standby Only
The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana
In conversation with novelist Glen David Gold
While he can remember the plot of every book he’s ever read, the hero of Eco’s raucous new novel no longer knows his own name.
Co-sponsored by the Italian Cultural Institute.
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20 Monday, 7 PM
Michael Cunningham Full - Standby Only
Specimen Days
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours reads and discusses his new novel, a genre-bending, haunting, and transformative ode to life in a great city.
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21 Tuesday, 7 PM
David McCullough Full - Standby Only
1776
The great historian explores a pivotal year in American and world history.
Presented by the Council of the Library Foundation and sponsored by City National Bank. |
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28 Tuesday, 7 PM
Aaron Lansky Full - Standby Only
Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books
In conversation with Kenneth Turan, L.A. Times Film Critic
An inspirational account of a bibliographic superhero, who raced through rain and snow to rescue imperiled collections of Yiddish books. With live klezmer music welcome!
Co-presented with Yiddishkayt L.A. |
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Reservations for July ALOUD Events can be made after June 1. |
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RESERVATIONS
ALOUD: Online Request ZÓCALO: Online Request Seating is limited. Reservations strongly recommended. Stand-bys are welcome and may be available to patrons at the start of each program, in person only, beginning one hour before event. Central Library Mark Taper Auditorium Fifth & Flower Streets, Downtown Los Angeles Unless otherwise noted, all programs are FREE of charge. A book signing follows MOST programs. Books are available for purchase courtesy of the Library Store. (10% discount for Library Associates) All programs are subject to change. |
PARKING
524 S. Flower St. Garage $7 maximum weekdays after 4 PM. $1 all day Saturday and Sunday with validation. You must present your Los Angeles Public Library card to receive validation. Parking validations are only honored during regular library hours. |
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