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Karen Lloyd

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Malibu Library Speaker Series: Karen Lloyd

In-Person Program
2025-09-03 19:00:00 2025-09-03 20:30:00 America/Los_Angeles Malibu Library Speaker Series: Karen Lloyd USC professor Dr. Karen Lloyd will discuss her hunt for life beneath Earth’s surface. For adults. Malibu Library - Meeting Room

Wednesday, September 03
7:00pm - 8:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-09-03 19:00:00 2025-09-03 20:30:00 America/Los_Angeles Malibu Library Speaker Series: Karen Lloyd USC professor Dr. Karen Lloyd will discuss her hunt for life beneath Earth’s surface. For adults. Malibu Library - Meeting Room

Malibu Library

Meeting Room

USC professor Dr. Karen Lloyd will discuss her hunt for life beneath Earth’s surface. For adults.

The Malibu Library Speaker Series presents Karen Lloyd at Malibu Library on Wednesday, September 3, 2025, at 7 pm.

USC professor Dr. Karen Lloyd will discuss her hunt for life beneath Earth’s surface. In her 2025 book Intraterrestrials: Discovering the Strangest Life on Earth, she shares what scientists are learning about microbial life and how research expeditions to the planet's most extreme locations broaden our understanding of what life is and how its earliest forms may have evolved.

Dr. Lloyd investigates life from the bottom of the ocean, through the jungles of Central America, to the high-altitude volcanoes of the Andes, examining different life forms living in foreign and extreme conditions.

Dr. Lloyd is the Wrigley Chair in Environmental Studies, Professor of Earth Sciences, and Professor of Marine and Environmental Biology at the University of Southern California. She has contributed to the discovery of strange new types of microbial life inside Earth's crust.

Copies of Intraterrestrials will be for sale from Malibu Village Books. A book signing will follow the event.

RSVPs required.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Lectures & Conversations | Environment & Nature |

TAGS: | Malibu Library Speaker Series |

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About the branch

Malibu Library, located in the Malibu Civic Center Complex, was established in 1970 by the County of Los Angeles Public Library. Prior to 1970, a bookmobile provided library service to the Malibu community serving residents in Topanga Canyon and along the Pacific Coast Highway.

On April 22, 2012, a grand opening celebration was held to mark the completion of a $6 million renovation of the Malibu Library, designed by the architectural firm of LPA, Inc. and funded by revenue generated from local property taxes.

The new sustainable, LEED-certified library has been redesigned to represent Malibu's sand, sea and sun culture with features such as:

-A replica of the Adamson House tile rug in the main lobby
-A photographic exhibit featuring historical images of the area
-The Children's area featuring a marine life motif, including an 8' by 14' porcelain tile art piece designed by artist Christine Nguyen
-A Teen area that embraces Malibu's surf culture.
 

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Nature Walk for Kids - In-Person Program
Wed, Aug 13, 10:30am - 11:30am
Discover the nature that is all around us! Take a walk through Legacy Park with a City of Malibu naturalist. We'll start at Malibu Library and finish with a short storytime in the park. For ages 2 – 10 with parent or caregiver.
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Malibu Library Book Club: The End of the Affair by Graham Greene - In-Person Program
Wed, Aug 13, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
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'The End of the Affair' shows the nuances, complexities, depths and strengths of love; how serious, dynamic, and mighty it is, while also showing how selfish it is. Join us to discuss this classic work by Graham Greene. For adults.
Smarty Pants Storytime - In-Person Program
Fri, Aug 15, 10:30am - 11:00am
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Let’s get ready for school! Enjoy books, songs, rhymes, and movement while learning school readiness skills and having fun. For ages 2 - 5 with their parent or caregiver.
Peaceful Painting in Western Malibu - In-Person Program
Fri, Aug 15, 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Join us at Malibu Equestrian Park for an afternoon of relaxing open-air painting. Follow instructions to create your own masterpiece. All materials provided. Beginners welcome! We will meet at the picnic tables next to the arena. For adults.
Generations: Summer Family Recipe Swap - In-Person Program
Wed, Aug 20, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
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Join us for a family program celebrating the end of summer! We will have recipe journals to write your own recipes as well as aprons for children to decorate. For children ages 5-12 and their families.
Music Together for Babies & Toddlers - In-Person Program
Thu, Aug 21, 11:00am - 11:30am
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Families will sing, move, and play child-friendly instruments together. For children ages 0 - 3 and their caregivers.
Smarty Pants Storytime - In-Person Program
Fri, Aug 22, 10:30am - 11:00am
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Let’s get ready for school! Enjoy books, songs, rhymes, and movement while learning school readiness skills and having fun. For ages 2 - 5 with their parent or caregiver.
Nature Walk for Kids - In-Person Program
Wed, Aug 27, 10:30am - 11:30am
Discover the nature that is all around us! Take a walk through Legacy Park with a City of Malibu naturalist. We'll start at Malibu Library and finish with a short storytime in the park. For ages 2 – 10 with parent or caregiver.
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DIY: Tetrahedral Kites - In-Person Program
Thu, Aug 28, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
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The big winds of August are here! Before Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, he built a 200 lb and 40 ft long tetrahedral kite that carried a man 168 ft. In his honor, lets build the biggest tetrahedral kites we can! For teens ages 13 – 17.
Smarty Pants Storytime - In-Person Program
Fri, Aug 29, 10:30am - 11:00am
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Let’s get ready for school! Enjoy books, songs, rhymes, and movement while learning school readiness skills and having fun. For ages 2 - 5 with their parent or caregiver.
Malibu Library Speaker Series: Karen Lloyd - In-Person Program
Wed, Sep 03, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Meeting Room
USC professor Dr. Karen Lloyd will discuss her hunt for life beneath Earth’s surface. For adults.
Smarty Pants Storytime - In-Person Program
Fri, Sep 05, 10:30am - 11:00am
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Let’s get ready for school! Enjoy books, songs, rhymes, and movement while learning school readiness skills and having fun. For ages 2 - 5 with their parent or caregiver.
Malibu Library Book Club: Catalina - In-Person Program
Wed, Sep 10, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
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It's senior year at Harvard for Catalina, but graduation fills her with anxiety. Having escaped a doomed childhood in Latin America, she has become one of the elite, but faces graduation into a world with no place for the undocumented. For adults.
Park Tales: Pizza Party Picnic - In-Person Program
Thu, Sep 11, 10:00am - 11:00am
Preschool storytime at Bluffs Park. For ages 2 - 5.
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Smarty Pants Storytime - In-Person Program
Fri, Sep 12, 10:30am - 11:00am
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Let’s get ready for school! Enjoy books, songs, rhymes, and movement while learning school readiness skills and having fun. For ages 2 - 5 with their parent or caregiver.
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