Edendale Branch

Edendale Up Close Concert 3/12/21 -- Enjoy these hurdy-gurdy and harpsichord duets by Curtis Berak and Maksim Velichkin, prefaced by Curtis' introduction to the history, construction and performance of the hurdy-gurdy. Thanks as always to Jacqueline Suzuki, Fulcrum Arts Emerge and Kewa Civic Concerts.

Join us for America Saves Week starting Tuesday Feb. 23 with four programs streaming live on LAPL’s Facebook and YouTube! No matter what your financial goals are whether it’s making a major purchase, getting out of debt or simply saving more the library and the Alliance for Economic Inclusion can give you the proven tips and strategies that will help you reach them. During America Saves Week, this series of programs will help you create a spending plan and teach you val...uable tips on how to save more while managing your debt to give you a brighter financial outlook. Learn more about all of these programs at lapl.org/america-saves. They will be streamed live on the library’s Facebook and YouTube pages, no registration is required. For ADA accommodations, call (213) 228-7430 at least 72 hours prior to the event. Para ajustes razonables segun la ley de ADA, llama al (213) 228-7430 al menos 72 horas antes del evento.

https://lapl.org//more-vita-program-and-how-file-taxes-onl Join us this Friday, Feb. 19 at 12 p.m. to learn more about tax preparation help during the pandemic. Learn how to file your taxes, where to go for assistance and how to avoid overpaying for tax preparation. Streaming live on Facebook (Los Angeles Public Library) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/losangeleslibrary)

Our first Edendale Up Close concert with Jonah Sirota and Regina Brady on January 29th! Jonah and Regina performed music for viola and oboe, including a new piece called 'Peaches and Penumbras' and two Fantasias by Telemann. More online Edendale Up Close concerts to come!

Don’t miss our very own Ms. Allison for a pajama storytime, Monday 2/8 at 7pm on the main LAPL Facebook and YouTube pages!

Check out this great article about our newest librarian at the Edendale Branch!

There’s still time to sign up for our Good Trouble Reading Group session for Wednesday, February 3 to discuss a selection from African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song. Email us and we’ll send you the Zoom link and the poems! Editor Kevin Young presents the full, dazzling scope of African American poetry and illuminates its centrality to American literature. From the Middle Passage, recollected in 1773 by poet Phyllis Wheatley, to the Black Lives Matter movemen...t, Young selects some 250 poets known and should-be-known, and situates them in their historic and literary milieu. Rich and expansive, covering traditional forms, experimental verse, and every mood from resistance to joy, this collection is a monumental contribution to American culture. We will meet to discuss a selection from African American Poetry on Wednesday, February 3 at 4:00 p.m. PST. It’s available as a print book via Library To Go, but unfortunately because of the recent publication date it is not yet available as an e-book or an audiobook. Email [email protected] for the Zoom link to join. If you are unable to access a copy of the book via LAPL but are interested in attending, sign up anyway and we may be able to send you a selection of the poems we will be reading and discussing. For ADA accommodations, call (213) 228-7430 at least 72 hours prior to the event. Para ajustes razonables segun la ley de ADA, llama al (213) 228-7430 al menos 72 horas antes del evento.

Join us on Friday, January 29th at 2:30 p.m. PST on Zoom for a live concert of new music for viola and oboe by Jonah Sirota and Regina Brady! We are very excited to be able to continue our Edendale Up Close series (which we used to present live at the library) online, and we hope you can attend. Thanks so much to Jacqueline Suzuki and Fulcrum Arts Emerge / Kewa Civic Concerts for making this and future performances possible. Here is the Zoom link to join. https://lapl.zoom.us/j/87994382673

Read about the long tradition of ghost stories at Christmastime in a new post on the LAPL blog by one of our Edendale librarians! And enjoy these unintentionally spooky old L.A. holiday pics from LAPL's photo archive TESSA. https://www.lapl.org//blo/lapl/ghost-stories-christmastime

Local organization Para Los Niños is offering free virtual play groups for ages 0-5. See below for more information!

Join the Good Trouble Reading Group with Dr. Andrea Liss for our next book, Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me (2015), a piercing and revelatory examination of racism in America. Conceived as a letter to his adolescent son to prepare him for the world he will soon face, Coates shines new light on our tragic past, fearlessly confronts our present and seeks a transcendent vision for a better future. E-mail [email protected] for the Zoom link if you would like to join. We wi...ll meet to discuss Between the World and Me on Wednesday January 6 at 4:00 p.m. PST. Between the World and Me is available through LAPL as a print book via Library-to-Go service, also as an e-book, an audiobook on CD, and an e-audiobook. The Good Trouble Reading Book shares books that engage themes of social justice with love and family at their core. Dr. Andrea Liss is Professor Emerita of Visual Culture and Cultural Theory at California State University San Marcos and a local Echo Park resident. Her teaching and research focus on feminist visual culture and writing, visual art and photography related to historical events and representations of social justice particularly through the work of African American women. For ADA accommodations, call (213) 228-7430 at least 72 hours prior to the event. Para ajustes razonables segun la ley de ADA, llama al (213) 228-7430 al menos 72 horas antes del evento.

Learn about how to file your taxes, where to go for assistance and how to avoid overpaying for tax preparation! Join @lapubliclibrary this Friday 1/29 at noon PST for a presentation with CSUN and CSULA VITA on the IRS's Volunteer Income Tax Preparation program, and the ins and outs of the tax filing process. The program will also cover how CSUN and CSULA VITA are conducting tax preparation assistance during the pandemic. Streaming live on Facebook and YouTube -- https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/how-file-taxes

As #LA County's daily COVID-19 case count exceeds 10,000, please remember that my office, in partnership with Mayor Eric Garcetti and the Los Angeles Fire Depar...tment, offers #FREE walk-up COVID-19 testing at #EchoPark’s Edendale Branch - Los Angeles Public Library (2011 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90026). The site now accommodates up to 1000 tests per day, Monday through Saturday, from 8am to 4pm. Make an appointment: https://curative.com/sites/8166#12/34.078/-118.2628.