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    Friends of the Mid-Valley Library Book Sale

    Join us for the quarterly Friends of the Mid-Valley Library Book Sale! Gently used books, CDs, DVDs and more will be on hand at affordable prices. All proceeds will benefit programming and collection development at the Mid-Valley Branch Library.On…

    • Date: 10/9/2026
    • Time: 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
    • Location: Mid-Valley
  • books with colorful covers

    Friends of the Mid-Valley Library Book Sale

    Join us for the quarterly Friends of the Mid-Valley Library Book Sale! Gently used books, CDs, DVDs and more will be on hand at affordable prices. All proceeds will benefit programming and collection development at the Mid-Valley Branch Library.If…

    • Date: 10/10/2026
    • Time: 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
    • Location: Mid-Valley
  • A father holding a child

    ​World Cinema Series: Mumu

    A deaf father relies on his hearing daughter Mu Mu as his bridge to the hearing world. But as she grows up and societal pressures mount, external forces begin to test their once unshakable bond (111 min.)

    • Date: 10/10/2026
    • Time: 1:00 PM
    • Location: Central Library
  • Hoopla app logo

    Learn hoopla: E-Media Resource Information Session

    Interested in free, easy access to the library's streaming, music, and audiobook platform? Learn all about how Hoopla works and what it can do for you in this informative drop-in session and get the most out of your library card.

    • Date: 10/10/2026
    • Time: 1:00 PM
    • Location: Chatsworth
  • "Twenty Four Seconds From Now" book cover

    YA Lit Book Club Discusses "Twenty Four Seconds From Now" by Jason Reynolds

    Adults and teens are invited to discuss Jason Reynolds' Twenty Four Seconds From Now. In a series of moments spanning two years, 17 year-old Neon navigates the progression of his relationship with Aria, culminating in a case of the jitters as the two…

    • Date: 10/10/2026
    • Time: 3:00 PM
    • Location: Chatsworth
  • Stack of books

    Wilmington Book Club

    Join us as we discuss In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez, and receive your books for next month as well.

    • Date: 10/14/2026
    • Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    • Location: Wilmington
  • Word "Create" in the center. A top view table with hands cutting paper, painting, sketching and creating.

    Button Making

    Join us for this fun program where you'll create your own buttons for you to wear or share.

    • Date: 10/19/2026
    • Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    • Location: Junipero Serra
  • Book club plaid man reading

    The 3rd Tuesday Book Club

    Join us for a lively discussion of My Friends by Fredrick Backman. All are welcome!

    • Date: 10/20/2026
    • Time: 6:30 PM
    • Location: Playa Vista
  • books

    Book Club: The Paris Library

    Join us for a lively discussion of the 2020 novel The Paris Library by Janet Skoslien Charles.

    • Date: 10/21/2026
    • Time: 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
    • Location: Granada Hills
  • popcorn, film

    Film Screening: Monsters, Inc.

    Join us for a family movie day! Snacks will be provided while supplies last.

    • Date: 10/26/2026
    • Time: 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
    • Location: Junipero Serra
  • mystery bookclub picture

    The Mystery Book Club

    Join for a discussion of The Art Forger by B.A. Shapiro. All are welcome!

    • Date: 10/27/2026
    • Time: 6:30 PM
    • Location: Playa Vista
  • books open on pink table

    Classics Book Club: Like Water for Chocolate

    Join us for a lively discussion of the 1989 novel Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel.

    • Date: 10/28/2026
    • Time: 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
    • Location: Granada Hills
  • A person kicking a ball

    ​World Cinema Series: Pelé

    Discover Pelé’s meteoric rise from the slums of São Paulo to leading Brazil to its first global championship victory at just 17, forever transforming soccer into the world's biggest sport.

    • Date: 11/7/2026
    • Time: 1:00 PM
    • Location: Central Library
  • "Eight Perfect Murders" book cover

    YA Lit Book Club Discusses "Eight Perfect Murders" by Peter Swanson

    Adults and teens are invited to discuss Peter Swanson's Eight Perfect Murders. Years ago, bookseller and mystery aficionado Malcolm Kershaw compiled a list of the genre's most unsolvable murders. Mal is surprised years later when an FBI agent appears…

    • Date: 11/14/2026
    • Time: 12:05 PM
    • Location: Chatsworth
  • Book club plaid man reading

    The 3rd Tuesday Book Club

    Join us for a lively discussion of The Correspondent by Virginia Evans. All are welcome!

    • Date: 11/17/2026
    • Time: 6:30 PM
    • Location: Playa Vista
  • Medicare card with pen

    Medicare Open Enrollment

    This timely session with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will guide beneficiaries through the Medicare Open Enrollment Period. How to compare plans using the Medicare Plan Finder tool at Medicare.gov, key considerations when switching…

    • Date: 11/18/2026
    • Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • books

    Book Club: The Lion Women of Tehran

    Join us for a lively discussion of the 2024 novel The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali.

    • Date: 11/18/2026
    • Time: 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
    • Location: Granada Hills
  • mystery bookclub picture

    The Mystery Book Club

    Join for a discussion of The Secret History by Donna Tartt. All are welcome!

    • Date: 11/24/2026
    • Time: 6:00 PM
    • Location: Playa Vista
  • books open on pink table

    Classics Book Club: Reservation Blues

    Join us for a lively discussion of the 1995 novel Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie.

    • Date: 11/25/2026
    • Time: 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
    • Location: Granada Hills
  • a bookshelf with the text "Book Sale" in the center

    Friends of Venice Library Book Sale

    The Friends of Venice Library will be selling gently used books, CDs, and DVDs. A large selection of fiction, nonfiction, and children's books is available in hardback, trade, and mass market paperbacks. Genres include cookbooks, craft, gardening…

    • Date:

      12/5/2026

    • Location: Venice
  • Central 100 logo shaped like Central Library and tagline that reads Celebrating a Century of the Light of Learning

    The Library Show Melodrama

    The battle to get a dedicated central library built for the City of Los Angeles was a 50-year saga of twists and turns and starts and stops. This tumultuous tale will come to life at Central Library with a good ol’ fashioned melodrama.Save the date!

    • Date: 12/5/2026
    • Time: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
    • Location: Central Library
  • Central 100 logo shaped like Central Library and tagline that reads Celebrating a Century of the Light of Learning

    The Library Show Melodrama

    The battle to get a dedicated central library built for the City of Los Angeles was a 50-year saga of twists and turns and starts and stops. This tumultuous tale will come to life at Central Library with a good ol’ fashioned melodrama.Save the date!

    • Date: 12/6/2026
    • Time: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
    • Location: Central Library
  • Stack of books

    Wilmington Book Club

    Join us as we discuss Kindness of Enemies by Liela Aboulela, and receive your books for next month as well.

    • Date: 12/9/2026
    • Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    • Location: Wilmington
  • People smiling

    World Cinema Series: All Together

    Five aging friends decide to move in together as an alternative to a retirement home, joined by Dirk, an ethnology student writing his thesis on the aging population. (96 min.)

    • Date: 12/12/2026
    • Time: 1:00 PM
    • Location: Central Library
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