Aloud

ALOUD presents Just Us: An American Conversation Claudia Rankine and Terrance Hayes in conversation with Dawn Lundy Martin

Amanda Gorman in 2018 at the Los Angeles Public Library. The Library Foundation of Los Angeles welcomes #AmandaGorman back (virtually) this Thursday at 5PM PST for Lift Every Voice: Why African American Poetry Matters, RSVP: LFLA.org/Voice

Emmy Award-winning pianist and composer, Kris Bowers whose credits include "Green Book," "When They See Us," and most recently "Bridgerton" joins The Library Foundation of Los Angeles' program this Thursday for The Library of America's Lift Every Voice, RSVP here: LFLA.org/Voice https://bit.ly/2NvDxx7

"I was struck in editing it that people throughout this anthology of 250 years have been writing about injustice, have been writing about extrajudicial killings these kinds of things." Join Kevin Young, new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture director, this Thursday for The Library Foundation of Los Angeles' program with The Library of America's Lift Every Voice, a nationwide celebration of African American Poetry, here: LFLA.org/Voice https://n.pr/36cQ4vV

"The new Library of America anthology 'African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song,' edited by Kevin Young, is a monumental tribute to that persistence, from the colonial period to the present." Already in its third print, purchase your copy before it sells out, here: LFLA.org/Voice https://nyti.ms/3phRa15

Get in the spooky spirit and use your Los Angeles Public Library card to watch some scary movies for FREE this weekend on Kanopy: lapl.kanopy.com

Stacey Abrams: "Ramos compels us to reconsider our understanding of what it means to belong. . . . Finding Latinx guides readers into a deeper understanding of who we are at our core and on the margins, nuanced identities that compose the great American mosaic. Join Paola Ramos in conversation with Los Angeles Times Latinx Files newsletter writer, Fidel Martinez on Weds, February 3. RSVP: LFLA.org/Latinx

Claudia Rankine in the Los Angeles Times: "I am always interested in marrying the personal to the political. People don’t have a sense of every move they’re making being tied to larger decisions." Join US with The Academy of American Poets and Blue Flower Arts on Sunday, November 15: LFLA.org/Us https://lat.ms/34iKS9j

Watch Lost & Found at the Movies: Rebels and Revolutionaries NOW here: LFLA.org/Rebels

How do we talk about race in America? Join two of our country's most award-winning poets and unflinching voices on racism, #ClaudiaRankine and #TerranceHayes, for their first public event together. RSVP here: LFLA.org/Us Co-presented with Blue Flower Arts and The Academy of American Poets.

Join us for "Work Mate Marry Love" live NOW! Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85108036762

Ahead of our program with Harvard Business School's Debora Spar and Ms. Magazine's Michele Bratcher Goodwin this Wednesday, listen to Farrar, Straus and Giroux's Debora Spar's interview on @kcrw. RSVP: LFLA.org/Destiny https://kcrw.co/33KI4S8

Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day weekend! Here's our top 5 films starring Indigenous peoples worldwidefrom Sápmi to Aotearoa and Turtle Island, all available on lapl.kanopy.com with a Los Angeles Public Library card! Check out Kanopy's impressive selection of Indigenous films, movies, and shorts this weekend.

Debora Spar in Forbes: "Robots are coming, but we humans are the ones creating them." Only a week away! Join Debora Spar in conversation with Ms. Magazine's Michele Bratcher Goodwin next Wednesday at 5PM PST, RSVP: LFLA.org/Destiny https://bit.ly/30HbkaD

Almost a week away until our program with Debora Spar and Michele Bratcher Goodwin, RSVP: LFLA.org/Destiny From Tinder and IVF to robots, what does the future have in store for marriage and parenthood?

This weekend celebrate the life and legacy of RBG on lapl.kanopy.com for FREE with a Library card. Back in 2018 The Library Foundation of Los Angeles together with Sidley Austin LLP (Official) had the honor of presenting a special screening of "RBG" at the L.A. Public Library. https://lapl.kanopy.com/product/rbg-1

ANNOUNCEMENT: Claudia Rankine and Terrance Hayes are both coming back to Aloud on Sunday, Nov 15! Co-presented with Blue Flower Arts and The Academy of American Poets. Become a Library Foundation Member to receive Member-only access before the public, discounts on book purchases, an invitation to the Member-only reception, and more! Join now: LFLA.org/Us

Debora Spar in the The New York Times: "If the revolution of I.V.F. was to liberate reproduction from sex, then the even bigger revolution of I.V.G. is to dismantle completely the reproductive structure of heterosexuality." What does the future hold for the intimacies of our lives? Find out Weds, Oct 14 @ 5PM PST, RSVP here: LFLA.org/Destiny... https://nyti.ms/339t67N

One month to go and counting! From whom we marry to how we have children and think about love and romance, technology is transforming the intimacies of our lives. Listen in to a provocative imagining of our future with two leading voices on gender and culture: Debora Spar in conversation with Ms. Magazine's Michele Bratcher Goodwin. RSVP here: LFLA.org/DESTINY

Join us via Zoom at 5PM PST: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89554076167

Who's ready for this Wednesday? Only two days away! Weds, Sept 9 @ 5PM PST Media and Our Present Moment Yamiche Alcindor, Sewell Chan, and Brooked Gladstone... In conversation with Hector Amaya RSVP: LFLA.org/Present