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Night at the Library: Building Stories

Saturday, March 8, 2025 8:00 PM - 11:59 PM
  • Central Library, 630 W. 5th St., Downtown L.A.
$15 General admission tickets, $75 VIP tickets
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This event is sold out. No walk-up sales available.

Presented by the Library Foundation of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Public LIbrary, LAist, and the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.

In association with LA Phil Insight

The library is closed, but you’re invited to step into an immersive after-hours world of stories, with interactive art pop-ups, surprising performances, conversations with diverse storytellers and artists, live music and DJs, drinks, and bites throughout the historic Central Library in Downtown Los Angeles. The night will include performances by BodyTraffic, Carolyn Pennypacker RiggsDistance Duet presented by LA Phil Insight, dublab, Bob Baker Marionette Theater, Yesika Salgado, and Urban Voices Project, among others. Get creative with drawing classes offered by Heavy Manners Library, a photo booth with the Black Image Center, tarot and art from Edgar Fabián Frías, and screen printing with Color Compton. And yes, you can get a library card at the event!

Celebrate the art and magic of storytelling at this late-night party presented by Los Angeles institutions invested in the power of storytelling: the Library Foundation of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Public Library, LAist, and the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.

This event is open to ages 21 and up. Artists and lineup subject to change. 

Other participating artists and organizations:

Angel City Press

Braille Institute 

City of West Hollywood Drag Laureate, Pickle

Golden Apple Comics

Joey Terrill in conversation with LAist reporter Cato Hernández 

Mister and Mischief 

Narsiso Martinez in conversation with LAist host Brian De Los Santos
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Sims Library of Poetry

And more to be added!

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