Congress has cut federal funding for public media — a $3.4 million loss for LAist. We count on readers like you to protect our nonprofit newsroom. Become a monthly member and sustain local journalism.
This is an archival story that predates current editorial management.
This archival content was written, edited, and published prior to LAist's acquisition by its current owner, Southern California Public Radio ("SCPR"). Content, such as language choice and subject matter, in archival articles therefore may not align with SCPR's current editorial standards. To learn more about those standards and why we make this distinction, please click here.
Get Your Lit On: The Week in Bookish LA
()
Monday
Bjorn Lomborg presents Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming 7pm @ Central Library
Terry Pratchett presents Making Money 7pm @ Borders, Torrance
Randall Robinson presents An Unbroken Agony 7pm @ EsoWon Books
Tuesday
Carol Muske-Dukes presents Channeling Mark Twain 7pm @ Vroman's
Cathy Malkasian presents Percy Gloom 7pm @ Book Soup
Gilbert Hernandez presents Chance in Hell 7pm @ Book Soup
Leslie Garis signs House of Happy Endings 7pm @ Dutton's
Karrine Steffans presents The Vixen Diaries 7pm @ EsoWon Books
Steve Almond presents Not That You Asked: Rants, Exploits, and Obsessions 7:30pm @ Skylight Books
Daniel Pinchbeck presents 2012 7:30pm @ Barnes & Noble, 3rd Street Promenade
Wednesday
Carol Muske-Dukes signs Channeling Mark Twain 7pm @ Dutton's
Karrine Steffans presents The Vixen Diaries 7:30pm @ Barnes & Noble, The Grove
Support for LAist comes from
Thursday
Gail Tsukiyama presents The Street of a Thousand Blooms 7pm @ Vroman's
Norman Davies presents No Simple Victory: Europe at War 1939-1945 7pm @ Central Library
Goodloe Byron presents The Abstract 7pm @ Book Soup
John W. Dean presents Broken Government 7pm @ All Saint's Church
David Levithan & Rachel Cohn present Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List 7pm @ Borders, Long Beach
Seth Hettena signs Feasting on the Spoils 7pm @ Dutton's
Catherine Gudis presents Buyways: Billboards, Automobiles, and the American Landscape 7:30pm @ Pasadena Museum of History
Friday
Nathan Winograd & The Barbi Twins present Redemption 7pm @ Book Soup
David Levithan & Rachel Cohn present Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List 7pm @ Vroman's
Rita Lowenthal signs One-Way Ticket 7pm @ Dutton's
Sadiki Bakari presents Butt Naked & Uncensored 7pm @ EsoWon Books
Saturday
Joshua Hale Fialkov presents The Future of Graphic Literature 2pm Central Library
George Saunders presents The Braindead Megaphone 3pm @ Beverly Hills Public Library Auditorium
Elizabeth McKenzie presents MacGregor Tells the World 5pm @ Book Soup
Catherine Ledner presents Animal House 5pm @ Book Soup
Sunday
West Hollywood Book Fair 10am - 6pm @ West Hollywood Park
Kenneth C. Burt presents The Search for a Civic Voice: California Latino Politics 3pm @ Borders, Pico Rivera
Michael Gates presents How Starbucks Saved My Life 4pm @ Vroman's
Joshua Abarbanel & Jeff Swimmer sign The Field Guide to Household Bugs 2pm @ Dutton's
Carol Davis presents Into the Arms of Pushkin 3pm @ Diesel, A Bookstore
Masaharu Morimoto presents Morimoto: The New Art of Japanese Cooking 4pm @ Skirball Cultural Center
Felicia Luna Lemus & Eileen Myles read their work 6pm @ Hammer Museum
As Editor-in-Chief of our newsroom, I’m extremely proud of the work our top-notch journalists are doing here at LAist. We’re doing more hard-hitting watchdog journalism than ever before — powerful reporting on the economy, elections, climate and the homelessness crisis that is making a difference in your lives. At the same time, it’s never been more difficult to maintain a paywall-free, independent news source that informs, inspires, and engages everyone.
Simply put, we cannot do this essential work without your help. Federal funding for public media has been clawed back by Congress and that means LAist has lost $3.4 million in federal funding over the next two years. So we’re asking for your help. LAist has been there for you and we’re asking you to be here for us.
We rely on donations from readers like you to stay independent, which keeps our nonprofit newsroom strong and accountable to you.
No matter where you stand on the political spectrum, press freedom is at the core of keeping our nation free and fair. And as the landscape of free press changes, LAist will remain a voice you know and trust, but the amount of reader support we receive will help determine how strong of a newsroom we are going forward to cover the important news from our community.
Please take action today to support your trusted source for local news with a donation that makes sense for your budget.
Thank you for your generous support and believing in independent news.
Chip in now to fund your local journalism
(
LAist
)
Trending on LAist
-
The L.A. City Council approved the venue change Wednesday, which organizers say will save $12 million in infrastructure costs. -
Taxes on the sale of some newer apartment buildings would be lowered under a plan by Sacramento lawmakers to partially rein in city Measure ULA.
-
The union representing the restaurant's workers announced Tuesday that The Pantry will welcome back patrons Thursday after suddenly shutting down six months ago.
-
If approved, the more than 62-acre project would include 50 housing lots and a marina less than a mile from Jackie and Shadow's famous nest overlooking the lake.
-
The U.S. Supreme Court lifted limits on immigration sweeps in Southern California, overturning a lower court ruling that prohibited agents from stopping people based on their appearance.
-
Censorship has long been controversial. But lately, the issue of who does and doesn’t have the right to restrict kids’ access to books has been heating up across the country in the so-called culture wars.
Best of LAist