TIME
From jet-lag to aging to cryogenic freezing, acclaimed scholar, historian, and memoirist Hoffman offers a broad, eye-opening look beyond the clock.
Nov 05, 2009•1 hr 2 min
ALOUD @ Los Angeles Public Library
ALOUD is the Library Foundation of Los Angeles' award-winning literary series of live conversations, readings and performances at the historic Central Library and locations throughout Los Angeles.
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Episodes
Bicoastal Binge: Dining Through the Years in LA and NY
West coast vs. east coast culinary histories collide as two of the nation's best restaurant critics trade stories about the art of eating-- past and present.
Oct 30, 2009•1 hr 14 min
The Unheard Truth: Poverty and Human Rights
Khan--the first woman, first Asian, and first Muslim to serve as the Secretary General of Amnesty International--sheds a much needed light on the rights and powerlessness of the poor.
Oct 29, 2009•1 hr 14 min
Chronic City
In this new novel, the acclaimed author of Motherless Brooklyn portrays a Manhattan that is beautiful and tawdry, tragic and forgiving, devastating and utterly unique.
Oct 28, 2009•1 min
When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present
Gail Collins, brilliant New York Times columnist and bestselling author, recounts the astounding revolution in women's lives over the past 50 years.
Oct 23, 2009•1 hr 13 min
The Holocaust by Bullets
Desbois, a French Catholic priest, has devoted his life to confronting anti-Semitism and furthering Catholic-Jewish understanding. Since 2001 he and his team have crisscrossed the Ukrainian countryside in an effort to locate every mass grave and site at which Jews were killed during the Holocaust. Co-presented with Claremont McKenna College's Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights
Oct 21, 2009•1 hr 2 min
Strength in What Remains: A Journey of Remembrance and Forgetting
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Mountains Beyond Mountains tells the inspiring tale of Deogratias (Deo), a young medical student from the mountains of Burundi, who narrowly survived civil war and genocide before seeking a new life in America.
Oct 15, 2009•1 hr 6 min
Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son
A shy manifesto and an impractical handbook by one of America's finest writers.
Oct 14, 2009•1 hr 20 min
Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud
In this intimate exploration, one of America's most gifted and provocative public intellectuals peels back the layers of a remarkable life.
Oct 10, 2009•1 hr 23 min
Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth
A renowned professor of computer science recounts the spiritual odyssey of philosopher Bertrand Russell in a historical graphic novel that explicates some of the biggest ideas of mathematics and modern philosophy.
Oct 08, 2009•1 hr 11 min
An Evening with Garrison Keillor
The host and writer of \"A Prairie Home Companion\" knows how to spin a yarn. Join us for an evening of inspired storytelling, as Keillor converts the \"base metal of small town tedium to the gold of comedy.\" (NYTimes)
Oct 06, 2009•1 hr 26 min
Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
Sandel--whose Justice course is one of the most popular and influential at Harvard-- hallenges us to think our way through the hard moral challenges we confront as citizens. Co-presented by the Council of the Library Foundation and City National Bank
Sep 25, 2009•1 hr
No Impact Man: The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet and the Discoveries He Makes about Himself and our Way of Life in the Process
No toilet paper! No plastic containers! No new clothes! No eating out! Beavan discusses-and screens film clips about-- his family's yearlong experiment to live a zero waste lifestyle in New York City.
Sep 24, 2009•1 hr 15 min
The Boat
In his first book, Le writes stunningly inventive stories that take us from the slums of Columbia to the streets of Tehran; from a tiny fishing village in Australia to a foundering vessel in the South China Sea.
Sep 17, 2009•1 hr 23 min
The Anthologist
In re-imagining the lives and loves of history's great poets, Baker creates a seductive meditation on poetry and artistic expression.
Sep 16, 2009•1 hr 13 min
A Gate at the Stairs
In her long-awaited new novel, set after the events of September 2001, Moore brings us up against the heart of racism, the shock of war, and the carelessness perpetrated against others in the name of love.
Sep 11, 2009•1 hr 13 min
A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster
Can the social connectedness that arises in the aftermath of a disaster-whether natural or manmade-lead us to a new vision of society?
Sep 10, 2009•1 hr 6 min
Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future
Why, when many of the problems of the twenty-first century require scientific solutions, are Americans paying less and less attention to scientists? How might we reverse this alarming trend and integrate science into our national discourse--before it's too late?
Aug 06, 2009•1 hr 18 min
Why Design Matters
How do notions of social responsibility and sustainability, in terms of design, impact the response to the growing density of Los Angeles and beyond?Presented in conjunction with the exhibition "Richard Neutra, Architect: Sketches and Drawings in the Getty Gallery"
Aug 05, 2009•1 hr 25 min
Visions in the Desert: Searching for Home in the West
An evening of stories and songs by Rubén Martinez, with Joe Garcia and featuring John Schayer and Ruben Gonzalez High end art colonies materialize on dusty plains. Mexican migrant corridors transect Native lands. Writer Martinez, accompanied by his longtime musical partner, explores some of the oldest American symbols and the newest motley cast of characters to confront them.
Jul 31, 2009•1 hr 12 min
Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer
Urban and rural collide in this wry, inspiring memoir of a woman who turned a vacant lot in downtown Oakland into a thriving farm.
Jul 24, 2009•1 hr 18 min
The Contemporary City: Urbanism in Flux
What alternative avenues for urbanism can be developed as existing models have been undermined by the current economic crisis? How will issues of planning, infrastructure, and the public realm shape architecture and design in the coming generation? Presented in conjunction with the exhibition \"Richard Neutra, Architect: Sketches and Drawings in the Getty Gallery\"
Jul 22, 2009•1 hr 38 min
Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California
An award-winning journalist chronicles the life of her great-great grandfather, a brilliant gold-rush era entrepreneur and financier, who rose from store clerk to the upper echelons of society, founded L.A.'s first bank, resurrected the financially troubled Los Angeles Times, and helped establish U.S.C.
Jul 17, 2009•1 hr
Erased
Abandonment, life, death (and, oddly, Cleveland) are explored in the hilarious second installment of Jim Krusoe's trilogy of novels about resurrection.
Jul 16, 2009•1 hr 15 min
Riverbig: A Novel
\"Crimes litter the floor of California's great Central Valley like fallen plums . . . Old ties of blood, friendship, and memory are harshly tested . . . but hope takes root in the valley's generous yet unforgiving soil.\" (D.J. Waldie)
Jul 10, 2009•1 hr 12 min
A Bright and Guilty Place: Murder, Corruption, and L.A.'s Scandalous Coming of Age
Tabloid crimes, the Roaring 20's, and the onset of the Depression form the backdrop of Rayner's captivating tale of how the City of Angels lost its soul.
Jul 09, 2009•1 hr 13 min
The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals
A New Yorker reporter's definitive account of how decisions made behind closed doors in Washington spiraled out around the world, often with unintended consequences.
Jul 01, 2009•1 hr 10 min
Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes
Ansary, native of Afghanistan and astute cultural interpreter, tells the rich story of world history as the Islamic world sees it, from the time of Mohammed to the fall of the Ottoman Empire and beyond.
Jun 25, 2009•1 hr 17 min
The Political Mind: A Cognitive Scientist's Guide to Your Brain and Its Politics
One of the world's best-known cognitive scientists explains why understanding language is critical in politics and why Reason is not as reasonable as we thought.
Jun 24, 2009•1 hr 22 min
Dreamers in Dream City: A Journey Through Portraits
Photographer/author Harry Brant Chandler and historian Kevin Starr explore the fascinating lives of inspirational Southern Californians, the subjects of Chandler's unique portraits.
Jun 19, 2009•58 min
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