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Zinester, occasional event promoter, curator of historic pop music anthologies, thrifter, collector, urban spelunker, packrat, cultivator of odd experience, Cacophonist, bookworm, food freak
One Week To Speak Up To Save The LA Public Library Budget
( community » sound off ) SaveLAPL:
www.saveLAPL.org
Citizens using the tools provided ...
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listing posted Fri, April 25, 2008 - 2:15 PM
One Week To Speak Up To Save The LA Public Library Budget
(blog entry)
SaveLAPL:
www.saveLAPL.org
Citizens using the tools provided by the SaveLAPL website I helped launched have already made a difference in the future of the Los Angeles Public Library: the proposed $1-per-book inter-branch transfer fee ha...
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Esotouric/City Lights Books present Haunts of a Dirty Old Man: Charles Bukowski's LA bus tour
( events » other ) Late May sees the arrival in LA of the BookExpo America publishing industry convention, and if you're a Bukowski fan, you'll want to attend. That's because only BEA badge holders who get on our HAUNTS OF A DIRTY OLD MAN: CHARLES BUKOWSKI'S LA tour...
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event starts Saturday, May 31, 2008 - 5:00 PM
SaveLAPL site seeks to stop the proposed $1/book loan fee
(blog entry)
Dear friends,
I am part of a grassroots collective of passionate library users who are deeply disturbed by the proposed $1-per-book inter-branch loan fee that will be charged beginning July 1st.
We have launched a website at www.save...
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Reyner Banham Loves LA: Route 66 bus tour
( events » other ) WHAT: "Reyner Banham Loves LA: Route 66" bus tour
WHEN: Saturday March 1, 11am-4pm
COST: $55/person (15% off for KCRW members, also ask about our Season Pass deals)
MORE INFO: visit www.esotouric.com or call 323-223-2767
Esotouric’s “...
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event starts Saturday, March 1, 2008 - 11:00 AM
SaveLAPL:
www.saveLAPL.org
Citizens using the tools provided by the SaveLAPL website I helped launched have already made a difference in the future of the Los Angeles Public Library: the proposed $1-per-book inter-branch transfer fee has been withdrawn in favor of a nickel increase in daily late fines, and a book buying fund was created by the Library Foundation.
But the Library’s funding still faces drastic cuts when Mayor Villaraigosa’s budget goes before City Council’s Budget...
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Dear friends,
I am part of a grassroots collective of passionate library users who are deeply disturbed by the proposed $1-per-book inter-branch loan fee that will be charged beginning July 1st.
We have launched a website at www.saveLAPL.org to raise awareness of this issue and the fact that there is a virtual moratorium on the library buying new books and periodicals.
We believe that if the people who use the Library make their feelings known to the Mayor, Library Commissio...
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This Saturday 12/8, climb aboard Esotouric's "Raymond Chandler's Los Angeles: In A Lonely Place" bus tour. Seats are still available for $55/person, which includes complementary Scoops gelato, at www.esotouric.com or phone 310-995-4591 after 8am on Saturday to reserve your spot and pay at the bus. Tour check in is 12:30pm at Lincoln Heights/Cypress Gold Line station.
ABOUT THE TOUR
Bungalows. Crime. Hollywood. Blondes. Vets. Smog. Death. This was Raymond Chandler’s Los Angeles, whi...
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In just one day, the petition demanding that the City and Parks Department bring fire-fighting goats into Griffith Park has been signed by nearly 500 concerned citizens.
Please read it, sign if you agree, pass it on and call or email your Councilmember. We can't undo the damage of the recent fires, but this is an ecological, economical idea that could make them less likely in the future.
more info at www.1947project.com/firegoat
thanks,
Kim
1947project
Gentle rider,
The next Esotouric bus to roll is our most popular tour, The Real
Black Dahlia, departing the Lincoln Heights Cypress Gold Line Station
at 1pm on May 5. Drop me a line if you'd like us to hold you a spot,
which costs $55 (including complementary Scoops gelato) and can be
purchased online at www.esotouric.com or via check or money
order. And one lucky passenger will be taking home a copy of the new
Denise Hamilton-edited anthology "L.A. Noir" courtesy of Akashic
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