Events Calendar

Listen to stories or practice reading with our STAR volunteer, Jeffrey. Earn a free book with every three weekly visits.

This class is for adults who want to learn about current events using a newspaper called News for You and other materials. Adults will practice their vocabulary, grammar, reading, and conversational skills with the instructor and peers.

Learn about the history of bookbinding and bookmaking with Laurel Koss. You will also get to make your own book to take home!

There’s no place like home… especially when you’re ready to leave!

Walk-in Tutors assist adult patrons with reading, writing, English conversation, basic technology assistance, job applications, and completing forms. Walk-in Tutors cannot assist with legal documents. No reservations or appointments are required but…

Join us to boost your English skills by exploring current news, U.S. history, and everyday idioms—so you can speak confidently and stay informed.

Join Laurel Koss as she teaches Book Arts, which includes soft-cover Japanese-bound books, accordion, and flag books, as well as cover papermaking, collage, and printmaking.

Learn the civics, government, interview and language skills needed for the Naturalization process. Students must have a green card. RSVP: Please sign up at the branch or call: 213-228-7154.

Play board and card games with your friends or meet new ones once a month at the Venice Library.

Kids ages 10–12 are invited to join the Chinatown Robotics Team!

Make a personal time capsule and more to celebrate Central Library! Parents or Caregivers must be present to participate in the Community Oral History Project. Intended for ages 4 and up.

All children are invited to read stories with our volunteer Terri. Share in the joy of reading with our STAR volunteer every Saturday. Take home a free book after coming to three STAR events at our branch.

The Friends of the Memorial Branch Library have lots of gently used books for sale. Stop by to pick up something good to read.

The limestone processing industry was the first non-agricultural industry in the west San Fernando Valley.

Join us for a fun Bubble Show by Bubblemania. With our performer, we will explore the science of bubbles together this fall.

In this class, you’ll learn how to fold and assemble several types of zines using various methods, including X-Fold, T-Cut, Snake, Pamphlet Stitch zines and the "Centennial Fold," a mini zine celebrating a century of the light of learning for the…

A solo theater performance, Coming to America: Transformations, by Stephanie Satie.

Walk-in Tutors assist adults with reading, writing, English conversation, basic technology assistance, job applications, and completing forms.

A science teacher wakes up alone on a spaceship. As his memory returns, he uncovers a mission to stop a mysterious substance killing Earth's sun, and realizes that an unexpected friendship may be the key.

Join Dr. Gloria Arjona as she presents - Diego Rivera: Coloring the Stories of the Maya Peoples. In this easy-to-understand approach to the complex Mayan world Dr Arjona will regale the audience with a wide repertoire of songs from Mexico and Central…

First commissioned by East West Players in 2022, When Yuri Met Malcolm explores the legacy of Yuri Kochiyama through her friendship with Malcolm X, tracing her journey from Japanese American incarceration camps to a lifetime of activism.

Join us for a relaxing day of DIY art, where we create a fun mason Jar lamp!

Walk-in tutoring is available for adults needing assistance with internet searches, forms, English skills, resumes, citizenship tests, and basic technology, with no appointment necessary and 20-minute sessions on a first-come, first-served basis.

Rising STAR teen volunteers read stories with children at the library.