- Address:
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630 W. 5th StreetLos Angeles, CA 90071
- Phone:
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213-228-7000
- Email:
- Contact form
- Librarian:
- Kren Malone, Director
Hours of Service
| Mon: | 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. |
| Tues: | 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. |
| Weds: | 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. |
| Thurs: | 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. |
| Fri: | 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. |
| Sat: | 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. |
| Sun: | 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. |
Upcoming Events at Central Library
Saturdays at 11 a.m.
Take an hour-long tour through the Los Angeles Central Library. Your docent guide will share stories about the history, art, and...
Saturdays at 11 a.m.
Would you like to improve your reading, writing, or conversation skills? Adults can work with a tutor for 20 minutes. Walk-in tutoring is...
Every Saturday from 11:30 a.m. - 12:50 p.m.
Do you want to practice your English pronunciation and communication skills? This class is for you! Learners will also have the opportunity...
Every Saturday from 1- 2:20 p.m.
This class is for adults who want to learn about current events using a newspaper called News for You and other materials. Adults will...
February 22, 2025 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Join us for Inspiring Journeys: African American Histories, a day of celebration for African American Heritage Month. The speakers,...
February 22, 2025 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Activities designed for children ages 3-11. Part of Central Library’s Inspiring Journeys: African American Histories.
Every Saturday at 1:00 p.m.
Would you like to improve your reading, writing, or conversation skills? Adults can work with a tutor for 20 minutes. Walk-in tutoring is...
Saturdays at 2 p.m.
Take an hour-long tour through the Los Angeles Central Library. Your docent guide will share stories about the history, art, and...
February 22, 2025 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Join the Black Image Center, a collective nonprofit founded by young Black photographers in Los Angeles, as we celebrate the power of...
February 22, 2025 3:00 PM
Join three award-winning poets and artists, Lynne Thompson, Nailah Porter, and Shonda Buchanan, for a Black History Month event honoring...
What We're Reading
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Good Dirt
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But Not Too Bold
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The Murder of Mr. Ma
In their first collaboration, award-winning author SJ Roz
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From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir
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The Lost Story
Meg Shaffer, the author of last year’s marvelous <
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Arthur and Teddy are Coming Out
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Horror for Weenies: Everything You Need to Know About the Films You're Too Scared to Watch
Horror. Some people love it! Some people don't!
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Star Struck
In the 2nd entry in the Hollywood Mystery
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You Are Here: A Novel
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Sand Rush: The Revival of the Beach in Twentieth-century Los Angeles
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Waiting for the Monsoon
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In Utero
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Miss Morgan's Book Brigade
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On the Isle of Antioch
Recent Blog Posts from LAPL Blog
February 21, 2025
By Kimberly Creighton, Librarian
As soon as the Rumford Fair Housing Act went into effect on September 20, 1963, both the law and the State Fair Employment Practices Commission, SFEPC, the agency tasked with enforcing it, came under... Continued
February 20, 2025
By Daryl M., Librarian
Mallory O’Meara is the bestselling author of The Lady from the Black Lagoon, which won the 2019 SCIBA award for Biography and the 2019 Rondo award for Book of the Year, Girly Drinks, which won a 2022... Continued
February 19, 2025
By Bob Timmermann, Senior Librarian
The fight for racial equality has been fought on many fronts: education, public transportation, and accommodations. But one of the most contentious and, in many ways, still unresolved is the fight to... Continued
February 18, 2025
By Elizabeth Graney, Librarian
The Academy Awards are right around the corner, and, once again, films adapted from books have snagged multiple nominations! From a larger than life musical to a thrilling tale of papal election,... Continued
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