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ABOUT THE PRESENTATION: Libros Schmibros is a bilingual lending library in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles. We put books into people's hands, 5 days a week, every week. Since 2010, we've tried to create a place where anybody, regardless of means or status, can walk in and find good books and good company. In addition, we show movies, host public conversations and podcasts, teach classes, install the occasional pop-up around town, read books to kids, lead field trips, and essentially do whatever we can think of to champion the pleasures of reading and its power to change lives. Libros has been honored by the Los Angeles Breakfast Club with a $1,500 grant to refurbish equipment for our increasingly thriving Libros CineClub film screenings.
Boyle Heights is a book desert. There and elsewhere, Libros Schmibros puts good books into all hands, native and immigrant, Eastside and West, upholding literature as the brainstem and backbone of a democratic republic. We are a Boyle Heights-based nonprofit lending library dedicated to the proposition that the world distills its best ideas from imaginations nourished on the humanities. Through everything from book-lending at street level to advocacy at the highest levels, Libros Schmibros champions the pleasure of reading and its power to connect.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER: David Kipen (Co-Founder and Co-Director) served as book critic and editor for the San Francisco Chronicle for seven years before becoming the Director of Literature for the National Endowment for the Arts (2005-2010). He has published and edited several books, interviewed dozens of authors, curated film and book festivals (most notably the 60-strong Los Angeles delegation to the Guadalajara Book Festival), and is a frequent reviewer in the New York Times, L.A. Times, and on public radio. He’s the editor of Dear Los Angeles: The City in Diaries and Letters (Random House, 2018), and the forthcoming Dear California: The State in Diaries and Letters (Stanford University Press). In addition to his introductions to the WPA guides for Los Angeles, California, San Diego, and the Bay Area (University of California Press), he is a proponent of H.R. 3054, the 21st -Century Federal Writers’ Project. Most recently, he co-produced and hosted the public-television documentary A New Deal for Los Angeles.
ABOUT THE CLUB: Founded in 1925, the Los Angeles Breakfast Club still thrives with food, friendship, and fun. Our meetings are held in our clubhouse, Friendship Auditorium, located at 3201 Riverside Drive, near the corner of Los Feliz Boulevard, in Griffith Park. Best described as a variety show, attendees enjoy a catered breakfast, silly songs, club traditions, and an interesting presentation from a guest speaker.
TICKETS: Sales on labreakfastclub.com close 48 hours before breakfast. Non-members are $35 and Members receive a 34% discount when logged into their Membership Portal.
Please arrive between 6:45 - 7:00 AM sharp! Doors close at 7:15 AM. Your admission includes a buffet breakfast, enjoyment of our 100-year-old club traditions, plus a special presentation from our Speaker of the Week!
Note: Membership discounts are a benefit for members current with their dues. If you would like to apply to become a member, click here for more information.
HEALTH & SAFETY: Surgical disposable face masks or medical-grade masks (i.e., KN95, KF94, N95) are strongly recommended when not eating or drinking, especially during the cold and flu season, and will be provided on request.
ANIMALS: Only Service Animals as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act are allowed indoors at this venue. Please keep pets and emotional support animals safely at home.
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3201 Riverside Dr, Los Angeles, CA, United States, California 90027
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