Summertime
While the official beginning of summer isn’t for another 3 weeks, we’re getting our sandals on, setting up the grill, and looking forward to Summer Reading, which starts this Saturday, […]
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LitFest Pasadena!
This weekend, May 20th & 21st, Pasadena celebrates the literary arts with the 6th annual LitFest Pasadena. All the events and information about this free festival for all ages held throughout […]
Good Books to Watch
Books are always great source material for film and television adaptations, and the airwaves are awash in compelling new series and miniseries based on good books. There’s something to read […]
Showing Some Spine (Poetry)
It’s still April, and so we’re still celebrating Poetry Month. Today, we’ve composed a book spine poem from the titles we’re sharing below. Some older, some brand new; some […]
California Art
“Discover California Art” this Saturday, April 1st, at 3:00 pm at the Linda Vista Branch Library. Panelists from the Pasadena Museum of California Art will discuss the museum’s current exhibits […]
Getting Graphic
This Saturday, March 11, marks the centennial of Will Eisner, the man who popularized the term and concept of “graphic novel.” Join us at 2:00 pm at Central Library’s […]
Honoring Octavia Butler
This week in African-American History Month, we honor a local hero in Octavia Butler (1947-2006). This Pasadena native, graduate of John Muir High School (Class of ’65) and frequenter of […]
Islam in Fiction
Islam, the 2nd most popular religion in the world, is of course in the news right now, and has been for the last few decades. Here are a few novels by Muslim authors or about Muslim […]
Los Angeles Noir
Thursday, January 19 at 6:00 pm, Central Library is hosting an event: “L.A. Noir — The Long Goodbye.” Join Phoef Sutton, author of the modern L.A. Noir mysteries Heart Attack and […]
Haunted By the Past
Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places by Colin Dickey (Staff Pick) A compelling work of nonfiction. Dickey focuses the lens of purportedly haunted places all over the US (houses, […]