Join David Kipen for a Special Screening of The Wizard of Oz, celebrating MGM’s 100th-anniversary. Free!
When: 7:30 pm, Tuesday April 2nd, 2024
Where: Libros Schmibros Lending Library
We are located across the street from Metro’s Mariachi Plaza Station.
Here it is, the first zine! This zine was created by the 2023 Fellowship students. It is Libros Schmibros’ first zine, we are so excited.
Scroll through to view the entire zine. Download the PDF and print your own copy of Zine #1.
It’s easy! Here’s how: download the PDF; print it two-sided; fold it in half and you’ll have your own copy of the zine. The river image is the front cover and the parking lot image is the back cover.
Announcing our first series of the year “East L.A. Plays Itself.” Taking a cue from Thom Andersen’s 2003 film Los Angeles Plays Itself, this series will examine the way East Los Angeles, and Latine communities have been portrayed in films over the past 45 years, whether by Latine, or white filmmakers. The films in this series address a wide range of issues from education, gender roles, and power dynamics in a region of Los Angeles not commonly associated with cinematic representations of our city.
Here’s the mission statement:
“Started in 2023, the EastSide CineClub (ESCC) was founded with the belief that cinema is not only a communal experience, but a way to enlighten and inspire. As such, we strive to cultivate community by way of culture and to create a space for film lovers, filmmakers, artists of all disciplines, and everyone in between to come together to share their love of cinema, engage in thought-provoking discussions, and by the end of a screening hopefully see their world a little differently.
At the ESCC we seek to curate diverse film programming, screening films that touch upon relevant issues, such as gentrification, policing, urban renewal, and race relations to list a few, as well as host immersive in-person discussions. We profoundly value and strive to reflect the community we serve. This commitment towards building an equitable, inclusive, anti-racist, anti-misogynist film culture open and accessible to all is what guides the ethos of the ESCC.
We hope you can join us for a film or two, and as the old saying goes, ‘We’ll see you at the movies!'”
Guided by various exercises, prompts & discussions, The Women’s Creative Writing Workshop creates a space for Spanish-speaking women to explore their voices and create and own their own stories.
This group meets in-person weekly on Thursdays from 7-8:30pm starting February 1st. Contact us if you’re interested in participating.
Bilingual lending library Libros Schmibros, with its puckish Spanglish name and unique business model, arrived in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Boyle Heights in July 2010. At the outset, cofounder David Kipen—then newly returned to his hometown—told PW the space might be a “quixotic” venture, a combination of lending library and low-cost bookstore serving a book desert. Thirteen years later, Libros has become a Los Angeles fixture, encouraging community literacy through bilingual story hours for young readers, book discussion groups, and film screenings.
Publishers Weekly
November 10, 2023
Read the full article here: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/93719-libros-schmibros-grows-into-a-los-angeles-literary-fixture.html
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