Epic!
If you weren’t holed up in a cave somewhere over the weekend, you are probably aware that Avengers: Endgame was released, a film that wraps up the main core of the […]
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Staff Picks!
We saw news of this fantastic project by street artist Jan Is De Man and his collaborator, tattoo artist Deef Feed, on an apartment building in the Netherlands city of Utrecht. […]
One City, One Story: Modern Western Stories
March is here which means the 2019 One City, One Story program is upon us! This Thursday, March 7 Hernan Diaz, the author of our 2019 One City, One Story […]
All About the NFL
This Sunday is Super Bowl LIII where the Los Angeles Rams will take on the New England Patriots. It’s LA’s first shot at the NFL championship in over 30 years! […]
The Big One: Earthquakes in Fiction
It has been a quarter century since the Northridge earthquake struck at 4:30 am on January 17, 1994. It has been 30 years since the Loma Prieta quake hit Northern […]
Author Talk with Nova Jacobs
Don’t miss a very special author talk where Nova Jacobs joins Anne Louise Bannon, president of Mystery Writers of America, Southern California. in conversation as they discuss her book, The […]
The Red Planet in Fiction
Join us on Monday, November 26 at Central Library for a live viewing of the InSight Mars Landing by NASA-JPL. We’ll have NASA-JPL’s Todd Barber hosting, and he can lend […]
Political Thrillers
Today is Election Day so make your way to the polls before 8 p.m. to vote! After you’ve voted, you can stop by the library and pick up one of […]
Horrible Reads: Spine-Tingling, Bone-Chilling Fiction to Thoroughly Spook You
Happy Halloween! Here are some truly terrifying tales to set the mood and haunt your dreams… The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson’s The […]
Wonder Valley by Ivy Pochoda
Author Ivy Pochoda will be at Pasadena Central Library next Thursday, October 25, at 7:00 pm to talk about (and sign copies of) her novel, Wonder Valley. We’re inspred by her visit, […]