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630 W. Fifth St. Los Angeles, CA 90071

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  • Farenheit 420

    Farenheit 420

    By Shana Nys Dambrot | Thu, April 18, 2013

    Tonight's soiree is sort of like any other festival after-party -- except it starts at dinnertime and the VIP list is all … writers. A benefit for the L.A. Public Library's Young Literati (a smart and stylish group of super-supportive book... More »

  • 5 Lessons From the Sustainable Coffee Culture Panel

    5 Lessons From the Sustainable Coffee Culture Panel

    By Christine Chiao | Fri, March 22, 2013

    If coffee is your preferred source of caffeine, then you may have come across the term "sustainable" in some form or another on a package label. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, susta... More »

  • Top 4 Weekend Food Events: Brunch Class, Bar Crawl, Coffee Talk + Wine Tour

    Top 4 Weekend Food Events: Brunch Class, Bar Crawl, Coffee Talk + Wine Tour

    By Christine Chiao | Wed, March 13, 2013

    Brunch Cooking Class Learn to cook a Mexican-inspired brunch from Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger. The chefs will demonstrate how to make Border Bloody Maria; guava empanada; heirloom bean and bac... More »

  • Orchestral Maneuvers in the Park

    Orchestral Maneuvers in the Park

    By Shana Nys Dambrot | Thu, March 07, 2013

    Dr. Bernie Krause is an acclaimed musician and influential naturalist -- think Pete Seeger meets David Attenborough, in a field, with a tape deck. In fact Krause took over as guitarist of the Weavers when Seeger retired from the band, as he... More »

  • Follow Exene to the Library

    Follow Exene to the Library

    By Jonny Whiteside | Thu, February 28, 2013

    You gotta love Los Angeles, this strange showbiz city where a civic institution like the Central Library is willing -- and able -- to host such a freewheeling, free-thinking and all around swingin' event as This Is Your Library. The night... More »

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  • 2012 | Best Gift Shop

    Every group of friends has that one member who reliably delivers cool gifts with cards to match. In our case, said friend was willing to share her source: the Library Store at Central Library. Every nook and cranny of this smallish space is filled with books (of course!), many about L.A. or on themes such as cooking, gardening and literature; educational but fun toys that kids will adore; jewelry and gadget covers (iPad, Kindle, etc.) for book lovers; creative greeting cards and postcards;... More »

  • 2012 | Best Place to See Antique Maps

    In the far right corner in the Los Angeles Central Library’s History & Genealogy section are dozens of gray filing cabinets with slim drawers; they contain the 100,000 maps in the library’s collection, some of which date back to the 16th century. It’s hard to comprehend how important these maps were, but many of L.A.’s long-forgotten street names and places would have been lost if not for the often purely commercial cartographic skills of real estate agents,... More »

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