Upcoming Events
Tue, Oct 29, 11:00am - 12:00pm
La Crescenta Library
The La Crescenta Library Virtual Book Club meets weekly on Tuesdays at 11am on Zoom. Please contact Marta Wiggins at mwiggins@library.lacounty.gov for your Zoom invite to attend the book club. For adults.

Sat, Nov 02, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Agoura Hills Library
Join us to discuss 'No Place Like Home' by James Bird. For ages 11 - 14.

Sat, Nov 02, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Norwalk Library - Study Room A
Learn how different cultures around the world use unique weaving styles and patterns to represent their identity and history while crafting your own woven craft. For teens ages 12 - 18.

Sat, Nov 02, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Bell Library
Join us for a bilingual (English/Spanish) book party! For ages 5 - 12.

Sat, Nov 02, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Manhattan Beach Library
Learn about the North American art form of Traditional Native American Pottery as practiced by the Pueblo people of the Southwest. Create a hand-coiled pottery form with clay and ceramic tools that will be fired in a kiln and returned. For adults.

Tue, Nov 05, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Agoura Hills Library
We will discuss 'Moon of the Crusted Snow' by Waubgeshig Rice. Copies available at the library. For adults.

Tue, Nov 05, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Agoura Hills Library
We will discuss 'Moon of the Crusted Snow' by Waubgeshig Rice. Copies available at the library. For adults.

Wed, Nov 06, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Hermosa Beach Library
Eric Hernandez is a traditional Native American Hoop Dancer affiliated with the Lumbee tribe of North Carolina with over 20 years of Hoop Dance experience. For ages 5 - 12 with parent or caregiver

Wed, Nov 06, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Sunkist Library - Meeting Room
Join us in celebrating Native American Heritage Month as we learn about the importance of Native American Rock Art. Then create a leather craft to take home. For teens ages 12 - 18.

Wed, Nov 06, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
A C Bilbrew Library - Meeting Room
Learn how different cultures around the world use unique weaving styles and patterns to represent their identity and history while crafting your own woven craft. For teens ages 12 - 18.

Wed, Nov 06, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Bell Gardens Library
Strawberries are more than just tasty berries. Come find out how important they are to different Native American cultures while we honor this plant with a fun cross stitch activity. For teens ages 13 – 17.

Thu, Nov 07, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Agoura Hills Library
Strawberries are more than just tasty berries. Come find out how important they are to different Native American cultures while we honor this plant with a fun cross stitch activity. For teens ages 13 – 17.

Thu, Nov 07, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Manhattan Beach Library
For Native American Heritage Month, we will learn about the Puebloan artist Maria Martinez, whose famous pottery was inspired by the techniques of ancestral Puebloans. Then we will make our own coil clay pots! For ages 10 - 18.

Thu, Nov 07, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
View Park Bebe Moore Campbell Library - Study Room
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month by learning all about Navajo painter and printmaker, Emmi Whitehorse. Then we'll make our own piece of art in her style. For ages 5 - 12 with parent or caregiver.

Thu, Nov 07, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Virtual Program
Join us for a Heart & Hand Book Talk with author, educator, and environmentalist, Dina Gilio-Whitaker (Colville Confederated Tribes), as we discuss her work, debunk myths about Native peoples, and explore Indigenous environmental justice.
Register

Fri, Nov 08, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Huntington Park Library
Join us in celebrating Native American Heritage Month with an interactive and informative display and demonstration of Gabrieleno music with Gabrieleno Tongva musician Lazaro Arvizu, Jr. Learn how various instruments are made and even try them out!

Sat, Nov 09, 1:30pm - 2:45pm
Huntington Park Library - Meeting Room
Join us in celebrating Veterans Day early by watching the film True Whispers: The Story of the Navajo Code Talkers. This documentary honors the Navajo men who joined the U.S. Marines during World War II.

Sat, Nov 09, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Lawndale Library - Meeting Room
Make your mark on history by transcribing letters in our American Indian Resource Center digital collection. This collection of letters provides sources for historical analysis and study. For adults.

Tue, Nov 12, 11:00am - 12:00pm
La Crescenta Library
The La Crescenta Library Virtual Book Club meets weekly on Tuesdays at 11am on Zoom. Please contact Marta Wiggins at mwiggins@library.lacounty.gov for your Zoom invite to attend the book club. For adults.

Wed, Nov 13, 2:15pm - 3:00pm
Quartz Hill Library - Meeting Room
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month as we read 'The First Strawberries: A Cherokee Story' by Joseph Bruchac and then make a beaded strawberry. For ages 8 – 12 with a parent or caregiver.

Wed, Nov 13, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
La Crescenta Library - Meeting Room
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month by learning about the Hopi creation story and art principles while making colorful masks inspired by the Hopi's sun god, Tawa. For ages 5 - 12 with parent or caregiver.

Wed, Nov 13, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Acton Agua Dulce Library - Meeting Room
Strawberries are more than just tasty berries. Come find out how important they are to different Native American cultures while we honor this plant with a fun cross stitch activity. For teens ages 13 – 17.

Wed, Nov 13, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Hawthorne Library
Join us in celebrating Native American Heritage Month as we learn about the importance of Native American Rock Art. Then create a leather craft to take home. For teens ages 12 - 18.

Wed, Nov 13, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
La Verne Library - Meeting Room
Join us in celebrating Native American Heritage Month! We will learn about the importance of the strawberry moon and then do a strawberry shaped bag.  For ages 6 – 12 with parent or caregiver.

Wed, Nov 13, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Lawndale Library - Meeting Room
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with us as we learn about pottery's role in Pueblo history and culture. We will create a small piece of pottery with the traditional methods used by the Pueblo peoples. For ages 13 - 17.

Thu, Nov 14, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Acton Agua Dulce Library - Meeting Room
The Iroquois tradition of wampum beads and wampum belts was a powerful tool for recording, affirming, interpreting, and enshrining events of significance. Join us in making a wampum belt while celebrating Native American Heritage Month. For ages 7-12

Thu, Nov 14, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Lawndale Library - Meeting Room
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month and learn about the importance of drums in the Native American community. We will create a small craft to take home. For ages 5 - 12.

Thu, Nov 14, 3:30pm - 4:00pm
Wiseburn Library
Strawberries are more than just tasty berries. Come find out how important they are to different Native American cultures while we honor this plant with a fun cross stitch activity. For teens ages 13 - 17.

Thu, Nov 14, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Montebello Library - Meeting Room
Join us for a book club that will allow you to practice reading aloud and improve your reading comprehension skills. In honor of Native American Heritage Month, we will read Rock Your Mocs by Laurel Goodluck.

Thu, Nov 14, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Gardena Mayme Dear Library
Join us in celebrating Native American Heritage Month as we learn about the importance of Native American Rock Art. Then create a leather craft to take home. For teens ages 12 - 18.

Thu, Nov 14, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Baldwin Park Library - Meeting Room
Join us in celebrating Native American Heritage Month as we learn about the importance of Native American Rock Art. Then create a leather craft to take home. For teens ages 12 - 18.

Fri, Nov 15, 11:30am - 12:00pm
Westlake Village Library
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.

Fri, Nov 15, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Rivera Library - Meeting Room
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with us at the Rivera Library. Learn how important strawberries are to different tribal nations such as the Cherokee and the Potawatomis. Enjoy a strawberry fuse bead activity. For teens ages 12 - 18.

Sat, Nov 16, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Huntington Park Library
Join us for November's selection "Crazy Brave: A Memoir" focusing on musician, poet, and playwright Joy Harjo. Learn how the three times National Poet Laureate persevered through hard times and created works of art that resonated around the world.

Sat, Nov 16, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Bell Library
Strawberries are more than just tasty berries. Come find out how important they are to different Native American cultures while we honor this plant with a fun cross stitch activity. For teens ages 13 – 17.

Sat, Nov 16, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Agoura Hills Library
In recognition of Native American Heritage Month, we will be reading 'Eagle Drums' by Nasugraq Rainey Hopson which is about the origin story of the Iñupiaq Messenger Feast, a Native Arctic tradition. For ages 8 - 12.

Sat, Nov 16, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
San Gabriel Library - Meeting Room
Let's celebrate Native American Heritage Month! Learn about Native American servicemen known as code talkers, who used their Indigenous languages to send coded messages during WWII. Write your name or a message in a pictorial code! For ages 12 – 17.

Sat, Nov 16, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Lomita Library
Join us in celebrating Native American Heritage Month as we learn about the importance of Native American Rock Art. Then create a leather craft to take home. For teens ages 12 - 18.

Mon, Nov 18, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Florence Library
Join us in celebrating Native American Heritage Month as we learn about the importance of Native American Rock Art. Then create a leather craft to take home. For teens ages 12 - 18.

Tue, Nov 19, 11:00am - 12:00pm
La Crescenta Library
The La Crescenta Library Virtual Book Club meets weekly on Tuesdays at 11am on Zoom. Please contact Marta Wiggins at mwiggins@library.lacounty.gov for your Zoom invite to attend the book club. For adults.

Tue, Nov 19, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Claremont Helen Renwick Library - Meeting Room
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month by learning to create a spin drum! Create and decorate your own musical instrument while learning about its cultural origin. For children ages 5 - 12.

Tue, Nov 19, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
West Hollywood Library
People from all over the world tell stories about stars and how they came to be. Learn some Native American stories about stars and make your own constellation using beads and yarn. Recommended for ages 5 - 12.

Tue, Nov 19, 3:30pm - 4:00pm
Wiseburn Library
Pueblo potter Maria Martinez created distinct works of ceramic art. Let her work serve as inspiration as you make your own coil pots. For ages 6 - 14.

Tue, Nov 19, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Anthony Quinn Library - Meeting Room
Strawberries are more than just tasty berries. Come find out how important they are to different Native American cultures while we honor this plant with a fun cross stitch activity. For teens ages 13 – 17.

Tue, Nov 19, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
San Fernando Library - Meeting Room
Join us in celebrating Native American Heritage Month as we learn about the importance of Native American Rock Art. Then create a leather craft to take home. For teens ages 12 - 18.

Tue, Nov 19, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
South El Monte Library
Join us in celebrating Native American Heritage Month as we learn about the importance of Native American Rock Art. Then create a leather craft to take home. For teens ages 12 - 18.

Tue, Nov 19, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
View Park Bebe Moore Campbell Library - Study Room
Observed each year during November, Native American Heritage Month recognizes and celebrates the cultures, contributions, and heritage of Native Americans. Join us and make your own corn husk doll! Supplies will be provided. For adults.

Tue, Nov 19, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Norwood Library - Meeting Room
Join Norwood Library’s Adult Book Club for a discussion of our latest selection Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot. For Adults

Tue, Nov 19, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Pico Rivera Library - Meeting Room
For Native American Heritage Month, the Pico Rivera Library Book Club will be discussing Tommy Orange's novel Wandering Stars, a follow-up to his previous debut novel There, There. For adults.

Wed, Nov 20, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Hermosa Beach Library
Strawberries are more than just tasty berries. Come find out how important they are to different Native American cultures while we honor this plant with a fun cross stitch activity. For teens ages 13 - 17.

Wed, Nov 20, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
San Gabriel Library - Meeting Room
Join us for book club as we discuss Code Talker by Chester Nez. Copies of this title are available at the Information Desk. For ages 18 and up.

Wed, Nov 20, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Pico Rivera Library - Meeting Room
Join us in celebrating Native American Heritage Month as we learn about the importance of Native American Rock Art. Then create a leather craft to take home. For teens ages 12 - 18.

Wed, Nov 20, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Compton Library - Meeting Room
Learn how different cultures around the world use unique weaving styles and patterns to represent their identity and history while crafting your own woven craft. For teens ages 12 - 18.

Wed, Nov 20, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Cudahy Library
Strawberries are more than just tasty berries. Come find out how important they are to different Native American cultures while we honor this plant with a fun cross stitch activity. For teens ages 13 – 17.

Wed, Nov 20, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
San Fernando Library
In honor of Native American Heritage Month, we're reading 'Wandering Stars' by Tommy Orange. Copies of the current title are available at the Information Desk. New members are always welcome! For adults.

Wed, Nov 20, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Angelo M. Iacoboni Library - Meeting Room
Strawberries are more than just tasty berries. Come find out how important they are to different Native American cultures while we honor this plant with a fun cross stitch activity. For teens ages 12 - 18.

Thu, Nov 21, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Gardena Mayme Dear Library
Eric Hernandez, a distinguished member of the Lumbee tribe, joins us for an interactive journey into the art and soul of Native American hoop dancing. For ages 5 - 12.

Thu, Nov 21, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Westlake Village Library
Strawberries are more than just tasty berries. Come find out how important they are to different Native American cultures while we honor this plant with a fun cross stitch activity. For teens ages 13 – 17.

Thu, Nov 21, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Quartz Hill Library - Meeting Room
Join us in celebrating Native American Heritage Month as we learn about the importance of Native American Rock Art. Then create a leather craft to take home. For teens ages 12 - 18.

Thu, Nov 21, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Manhattan Beach Library
For Native American Heritage Month, join the Teen Book Club in discussing Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley. Copies of this book are available at the Library. For ages 12 - 18. Registration required.

Thu, Nov 21, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Anthony Quinn Library - Meeting Room
Celebrate National Native American Heritage Month by learning about Pueblo potter Maria Martinez and Pueblo pottery. Then make a small pinch pot of your own to take home! For ages 5 – 12 with a parent or caregiver.

Fri, Nov 22, 10:30am - 11:00am
Malibu Library - Meeting Room
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.

Fri, Nov 22, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Stevenson Ranch Library - Meeting Room
Join us in celebrating Native American Heritage Month as we learn about the importance of Native American Rock Art. Then create a leather craft to take home. For teens ages 12 - 18.

Sat, Nov 23, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Gardena Mayme Dear Library - Meeting Room
The book for November is The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson.

Sat, Nov 23, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Pico Rivera Library - Meeting Room
Learn about Yankton Dakota artist Mary Sully (1896-1963) who was a largely self-taught artist known for her modern abstract style of symmetrical geometrical shapes. Create your own masterpiece inspired by her art style. For teens ages 12 - 18.

Sat, Nov 23, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
San Gabriel Library - Meeting Room
Join us to learn about how Native Americans have looked to the night sky for answers relating to seasons, science, navigation, and storytelling. Build models of constellations using chenille sticks and beads. For ages 5 - 12 with parent or caregiver.

Tue, Nov 26, 11:00am - 12:00pm
La Crescenta Library
The La Crescenta Library Virtual Book Club meets weekly on Tuesdays at 11am on Zoom. Please contact Marta Wiggins at mwiggins@library.lacounty.gov for your Zoom invite to attend the book club. For adults.

Tue, Nov 26, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
West Hollywood Library
Beadwork is one of many Native American art forms. Beads can be used to make jewelry, something sacred, or to tell a story. Learn more about Native American beadwork and make your own jewelry using beads. Recommended for ages 5 - 12.

Tue, Nov 26, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Willowbrook Library - Meeting Room
Strawberries are more than just tasty berries. Come find out how important they are to different Native American cultures while we honor this plant with a fun cross stitch activity. For teens ages 13 – 17.

Tue, Nov 26, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Norwood Library - Meeting Room
Strawberries are more than just tasty berries. Come find out how important they are to different Native American cultures while we honor this plant with a fun cross stitch activity. For teens ages 13 – 17.