{"id":155665,"date":"2023-09-19T13:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T00:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-los-angeles-public-library-celebrates-latinx-heritage-month-with-the-fifth-annual-l-a-libros-festival-featuring-authors-illustrators-workshops-and-entertainment\/"},"modified":"2023-09-19T20:10:59","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T00:10:59","slug":"la-biblioteca-publica-de-los-angeles-celebra-el-mes-de-la-herencia-hispana-con-la-quinta-edicion-anual-de-l-a-libros-festival-en-el-que-habra-escritores-ilustradores-talleres-y-entretenimiento","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/la-biblioteca-publica-de-los-angeles-celebra-el-mes-de-la-herencia-hispana-con-la-quinta-edicion-anual-de-l-a-libros-festival-en-el-que-habra-escritores-ilustradores-talleres-y-entretenimiento\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Public Library Celebrates Latinx Heritage Month With the Fifth Annual L.A. Libros Festival Featuring Authors, Illustrators, Workshops and Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prntac{\nTEXT-ALIGN: CENTER\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p class=\"prntac\"><b><i>The Bilingual Family Event Will Be Held on <span class=\"xn-chron\">Friday, Sept. 29<\/span> (Online) and <span class=\"xn-chron\">Saturday, Sept. 30<\/span> (In-Person)<\/i><\/b><b><i>\u00a0at the Central Library, <span class=\"xn-location\">Downtown Los Angeles<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">LOS ANGELES<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 18, 2023<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; In celebration of Latinx Heritage Month, the Los Angeles Public Library will be hosting the Fifth Annual Los Angeles Libros Festival, the city&#8217;s largest celebration of bilingual books along with other activities throughout the month.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Every year, the Los Angeles Libros Festival brings together authors and performers from across the U.S. and Spanish-speaking countries,&#8221; said City Librarian <span class=\"xn-person\">John F. Szabo<\/span>. &#8220;On <span class=\"xn-chron\">Saturday, Sept. 30<\/span>, at the Central Library, we will have more than 40 events, with 20 authors and more than nine countries represented, making this our biggest L.A. Libros Festival to date!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The L.A. Libros event will feature two days of free entertainment for all ages with Spanish and bilingual storytelling, performances, art workshops and award-winning authors on <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 29-30<\/span>, 2023.\u00a0The festival includes a Virtual School Day targeting children in grades K-5, on <span class=\"xn-chron\">Friday, Sept. 29<\/span>, from <span class=\"xn-chron\">9 a.m.<\/span> to 12 noon in Spanish on the Los Angeles Public Library&#8217;s YouTube channel <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/losangeleslibrary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">(www.youtube.com\/user\/losangeleslibrary<\/a><\/u>). It will include a word game workshop, artist-led drawing session and performances by Canticu\u00e9nticos and C\u00e9sar &#8220;Jarochelo&#8221; Castro.<\/p>\n<p>On <span class=\"xn-chron\">Saturday, Sept. 30<\/span>, all programming will be in person from <span class=\"xn-chron\">10 a.m. to 4 p.m.<\/span>,\u00a0in English and Spanish,\u00a0at the Central Library, 630 W. Fifth St., <span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles, CA<\/span> 90071. The line-up includes Grammy-winning musician Lucky Diaz, <span class=\"xn-person\">Susie Jaramillo<\/span> from Emmy-nominated preschool brand Canticos and bestselling authors <span class=\"xn-person\">Reyna Grande<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Alex Sanchez<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Torrey Maldonado<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Mirelle Ortega<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Henry Barajas<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-person\">Leo Espinosa<\/span>. Activities workshops with Self Help Graphics and LACMA, a Center Theatre Group performance, a storytime by Skirball Cultural Center, and writing workshops by <span class=\"xn-person\">Yesika Salgado<\/span> and T\u00eda Chucha&#8217;s Centro Cultural &amp; Bookstore.<\/p>\n<p>Visit the Los Angeles Libros Festival website at <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lapl.org\/libros-fest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">lapl.org\/libros<\/a><\/u>\u00a0for the full schedule of events. The Festival is presented by the Los Angeles Public Library in partnership with LA librer\u00eda, <span class=\"xn-location\">Southern California&#8217;s<\/span> only bookstore that specializes in Spanish language children&#8217;s and young adult books, and REFORMA, the national association that promotes library and information services to Latinos and Spanish speakers. For additional information, email\u00a0<u><a href=\"mailto:librosfest@lapl.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">librosfest@lapl.org<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n<p>Visit the Latinx Heritage Month website at <u><a href=\"https:\/\/lapl.org\/latinx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">lapl.org\/latinx<\/a><\/u>\u00a0to discover other programs including baile folkl\u00f3rico performances, English and Spanish storytimes, crafts, movies and more.<\/p>\n<p>A recipient of the nation&#8217;s highest honor for library service\u2014the National Medal from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Los Angeles Public Library serves the largest and most diverse urban population of any library in the nation. Its Central Library, 72 branch libraries, collection of more than 6 million books and state-of-the-art technology accessible at <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lapl.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">lapl.org<\/a><\/u>\u00a0provide everyone with free and easy access to information and the opportunity for lifelong learning.<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Los Angeles Public Library<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p class=\"prntac\"><b><i>The Bilingual Family Event Will Be Held on <span class=\"xn-chron\">Friday, Sept. 29<\/span> (Online) and <span class=\"xn-chron\">Saturday, Sept. 30<\/span> (In-Person)<\/i><\/b><b><i>\u00a0at the Central Library, <span class=\"xn-location\">Downtown Los Angeles<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">LOS ANGELES<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 18, 2023<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; In celebration of Latinx Heritage Month, the Los Angeles Public Library will be hosting the Fifth Annual Los Angeles Libros Festival, the city&#8217;s largest&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-155665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educacion"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155665"}],"version-history":[{"count":"1","href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155686,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155665\/revisions\/155686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}