Author and bookstore owner David Kipen is the featured speaker at the upcoming Architecture & Beyond Lecture Series on Thursday, April 19th, 6:45pm at the Los Feliz Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library, located at 1874 Hillhurst Avenue in Los Angeles.
Kipen, founder of the Libros Schmibros lending library/used bookstore in Boyle Heights, will discuss the reissued "Los Angeles in the 1930s: The WPA Guide to the City of Angels.” Kipen wrote the introduction to the guide.
Before opening his Boyle Heights book shop in 2010, Kipen served as director of literature for the National Endowment for the Arts.
Previous speakers this year include: Kimberli Meyer from the MAK Center; Author Susan Morgan speaking on "Sympathetic Seeing: Esther McCoy and the Heart of American Modernist Architecture and Design" and Richard Stanley "How to identify and appreciate our local housing styles." The A&B Series at the Los Feliz Library has been hosting speakers for eight years.
For more information on this event, call the Los Feliz Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library at (323) 913-4710 or go online to http://www.lapl.org, and click Locations & Hours for the Los Feliz Branch.
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