Here’s what a few of our visitors had to say about the Venice Library on Yelp: Posted on YELP on February 14, 2013 People I know don’t really like going to libraries anymore. For some reason it is a thing of the past and many people our age would rather go and buy a book [...]
In a new section of books at the library! Look for the special book shelves with a diverse selection of fiction and non-fiction paperbacks marked “Something for Everyone”. The collection includes recent releases and past favorites. Check out the newest Scandinavian authors, award winners and things you missed or never heard of before. Truly something [...]
The literacy center at the Venice Branch library is one of twenty-one centers in the LAPL system and serves the Venice, Mar Vista, Westwood, West LA Regional, Brentwood and Palisades branch libraries. Our center currently has more than seventy volunteer tutors working with adult learners who want to improve their basic literacy skills. To learn [...]
Lucille Cappas has been the manager of Venice’s public library longer than the Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch has existed. “When I began here 28 years ago, Venice’s library was on California Ave.,” she said. The old Spanish style building had dark oak paneling and a fireplace with an Emily Dickinson line carved along the top, [...]
Rotorura, New Zealand. It’s always reassuring when traveling to far off lands to see that Friends of the Library exists in those places too. Makes you feel very much at home. Submitted by FOVL Board member Shelley Hochberg.
What’s left in life that’s FREE these days? Well a library card for one! With that, many things are FREE at your library. You know you can check out books; did you know you can check out DVDs, music CDs, and Books on Tape or even magazines? How about enjoying a Comedy movie night? Download [...]
Saving money by reducing library services is like trying to save a bleeding man by cutting out his heart……by Pico Iyer
We have tons of fun events happening at the Library in June. The Summer Reading Club kicks off with an Ice Cream Social on June 5, 2013 and there are lots more great programs for Adults, Teens, and Kids. Hope to see you at the Venice Library this Summer! Click here for a list of [...]
Please support our next Big Book Sale at the Venice Library Saturday June 8, 2013.
May 11 at 12pm. Come join us for another Family Gardening Workshop. Sow seed for the summer veggies and herbs with Eco-pots. Ten easy steps.