Upcoming Events
Library Associates Discovery Workshop
"A Cook's Library" with Evan Kleiman
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
4 – 6 p.m.
Famed author, chef, radio host, restaurateur, and UCLA graduate Evan Kleiman will share her love of cooking, discuss her cookbook library, and highlight some of the rare cookbooks to be found in the UCLA Library's special collections.
Come hear an expert chef and gifted author discuss the fundamentals of a cook's library and learn the special ingredients to starting your own culinary collection. View rarely displayed bookbooks from the Library's collections and discover how the Library can help you become a top chef.
Admission is free, parking is available for $10 in Lot Five. Reservation priority given to Library Associate members. For more information or to RSVP, contact the Library Development office by phone at 310.206.8526 or via email.
Past Events
Library Associates Author Reading
with Ivan J. Houston
Thursday, December 3, 2009
4 – 6 p.m.
Ivan Houston, a native Angeleno, spoke about his recent book, Black Warriors: The Buffalo Soldiers of World War II. The book chronicles his experiences as battalion sergeant major of the all-black Ninety-second Infantry Combat Division, one of the historic U.S. Army units known as Buffalo Soldiers, in Italy--the same division on which the Spike Lee movie Miracle at St. Anna was based. His R
Houston comes from a pioneering Los Angeles family, which settled here in 1885. His father, Norman O. Houston, was one of the founders of the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company in Los Angeles in 1924. Houston graduated from UC Berkeley in 1948 and went on to have a successful business career as president and CEO of Golden State Mutual Life Insurance. He was named one of Harvard Business School’s American business leaders of the Twentieth Century, inducted into UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business hall of fame, and listed as one of Ebony magazine’s one hundred most influential black Americans for fourteen consecutive years, from 1976 to 1990. Houston’s family was also profiled in the New York Times bestseller Our Kind of People by Lawrence Otis Graham.
University Librarian's Donor Celebration Reception
Thursday, November 19, 2009
5 - 7 p.m.
University Librarian Gary E. Strong invited current Library Associates to this year's reception, where he honored the Library's generous friends, celebrated recent notable acquisitions, and showcased the newly renovated Charles E. Young Research Library study commons.
Library Associates Powell Society Dinner
with Featured Speaker A. Scott Berg
Thursday, October 22, 2009
6 – 9 p.m.
This annual dinner is hosted by University Librarian Gary E. Strong to honor the generosity of Library Associates who are members of the Powell Society. This year's speaker was Pulitzer Prize-winning American biographer A. Scott Berg, a Princeton graduate who has written about several of the most famous figures of the twentieth century, including Samuel Goldwyn; Katharine Hepburn; Charles Lindbergh and wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh; and Maxwell Perkins.
Library Associates Author Reading
with Harry Brant Chandler
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
4 – 6 p.m.
Harry Chandler, media executive turned photographer and biographer, discussed his recent book, Dreamers in a Dream City, a stunning collection of portraits and biographies of some of the most colorful and accomplished people the City of Angels has ever produced.
A fifth-generation Angelino of the Los Angeles Times family, Chandler grew up in proximity to many of the larger-than-life dreamers who shaped this city. Dreamers is his verbal and visual homage to a unique group of men and women, immigrants and billionaires, surfers and moviemakers, rocket scientists and activists. Each of the fifty-four distinctive biographical portraits in the book is beautifully offset by compelling and evocative color photographs. The talk is now available on the UCLA Library's YouTube Channel.
Library Associates Author Reading
with Gary Nash
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
4 – 6 p.m.
UCLA professor emeritus and author Gary Nash discussed “A Tragic Betrayal in the New Nation,” based on his recent book Friends of Liberty: Thomas Jefferson, Tadeusz Kosciuszko, and Agrippa Hull: A Tale of Three Patriots, Two Revolutions, and a Tragic Betrayal of Freedom in the New Nation. The videotaped talk is available online on UCLA's YouTube Channel.
University Librarian's Champagne Reception
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
5 –7 p.m.
This annual event honored the Library's generous friends and celebrated recent notable acquisitions from many Library areas.
Library Associates Author Reading
with Kevin Roderick and Eric Lynxwiler
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
4 – 6 p.m.
Author Kevin Roderick and researcher Eric Lynxwiler discussed the glamour and importance of Los Angeles' unofficial main street and showed images from their book, Wilshire Boulevard: Grand Concourse of Los Angeles. Roderick is the director of the UCLA Newsroom as well as the editor and publisher of the blog LA Observed and a weekly commentator on National Public Radio station KCRW. Lynxwiler, a graduate of UCLA, is an urban anthropologist who conducts tours for the Los Angeles Conservancy and has received national attention for his "neon cruises" of nighttime Los Angeles offered through the Museum of Neon Art.
Library Associates Discovery Workshop
*Encore Performance*
Taking Charge of Your Health: Finding Health Resources on the Web
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
4 – 6 p.m.
Have you ever wondered about the quality of health information you've found on the Internet? Have you been overwhelmed by getting hundreds or thousands of results from a search for health information? When health-related questions arise, quality information resources help you be an active participant in your own healthcare. This workshop provided some of the best starting points for health information. Instructors gave tips for evaluating online information and provided resources to help attendees communicate with healthcare professionals.
Library Associates Author Reading
with Eric Lax
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
4 – 6 p.m.
American biographer Eric Lax discussed his recent book, Conversations with Woody Allen: His Films, the Movies, and Moviemaking, which comprises thirty-six years of interviews with the actor and director. Lax’s previous books include Life and Death on 10 West, Woody Allen: A Biography, Bogart, and The Mold in Dr. Florey’s Coat. The discussion and reading was followed by a reception and book signing.
Library Associates Discovery Workshop
Hear it Here: Southern California Oral History on the Web
Monday, October 20, 2008
2 – 4 p.m.
It's one thing to read a history book; it's another to hear that history directly from those who lived it. Guests experienced the remarkable stories gathered by the UCLA Library Center for Oral History Research in this interactive presentation. They heard about its online oral histories and learned about Hypermedia L.A. and the role oral histories play in the future of electronic scholarship.
Library Associates Powell Society Dinner
with Featured Speaker Ray Bradbury
Thursday, September 18, 2008
6 – 9 p.m.
This annual dinner hosted by University Librarian Gary E. Strong honors the generosity of Library Associates who are members of the Powell Society. The featured speaker was author Ray Bradbury, who wrote one of his most acclaimed books, Fahrenheit 451, on a rental typewriter in the basement of the Powell Library Building. A plaque honoring Bradbury was presented at the dinner; it was subsequently installed in the area where the rental typewriting room used to be. Guests also had the opportunity to preview the exhibit "The History of UCLA Lives Here: The Sixtieth Anniversary of the University Archives."
Library Associate Author Reading
with Greg Critser
Monday, May 12, 2008
4 – 6 p.m.
Longtime journalist and observer of the medical industry Greg Critser discussed his available and forthcoming publications. His acclaimed books include Generation Rx: How Prescription Drugs are Altering American Lives, Minds, and Bodies and the best-selling 2003 title Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World. The discussion and reading was followed by a reception and book signing.
UCLA Library Champagne Reception
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
5 – 7 p.m.
This annual event honored the Library's generous friends and celebrated recent notable acquisitions. Also on view was "Fighting the Fires of Hate: America and the Nazi Bookburnings," a traveling exhibition organized by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Library Associates Discovery Workshop Ludwig Lauerhass, PhD - Passion, Discipline, and Collecting
Monday, February 11, 2008
2 – 4 p.m.
Why - how - when - where do we collect? Lauerhass answered these questions as he delved into the art of collecting and discussed collectors, both individual and institutional, as well as collections and libraries.
R. B. Kitaj Exhibit Opening
Monday, January 7, 2008
4 – 6 p.m.
Guests attended an opening reception for "Portrait of a Jewish Artist: R.B. Kitaj in Text and Image," an exhibit examining Kitaj's life as a groundbreaking artist, philosopher, and intellectual. The exhibit featured items drawn from the personal archive of papers Kitaj donated to UCLA prior to his death in October 2007. The event was been made possible by support from the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies, UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, and the Skirball Cultural Center, where a concurrent exhibition of Kitaj's artwork was on view through March 30, 2008.
Library Associates Discovery Workshop
Preserving Your Family History
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
2 – 4 p.m.
Have you ever wondered how to take care of the photograph albums from your grandmother's childhood? Or how to record the great stories that your father tells about how he met your mother? And what about those family documents – what do they reveal about your family's unique history? Attendees at this interactive presentation and discussion discovered how to preserve the treasured memories and artifacts of family history.
Library Associates Author Reading
with Sam Watters
Monday, November 26, 2007
4 – 6 p.m.
Architectural historian and writer Sam Watters discussed and showed slides from his new books, Houses of Los Angeles, 1885-1919 and Houses of Los Angeles, 1920-1935, for which he conducted some of the research in the Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections. The reading was followed by a reception and book signing.
Library Associates Discovery
Workshop Taking Charge of Your Health: Finding Health Resources on the Web
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
2 – 4 p.m.
Have you ever wondered about the quality of health information you've found on the Internet? Have you been overwhelmed by getting hundreds or thousands of results from a search for health information? When health-related questions arise, quality information resources help you be an active participant in your own healthcare. This workshop provided some of the best starting points for health information. Instructors gave tips for evaluating online information and provided resources to help attendees communicate with healthcare professionals.
Library Associates Powell Society Dinner
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
6 – 9 p.m.
This annual dinner hosted by University Librarian Gary E. Strong honors the generosity of Library Associates who are members of the Powell Society. Strong made remarks on the Charles E. Young Research Library renovation, and the featured speaker, scholar and historian Kevin Starr, spoke on "Lawrence Clark Powell and the Transforming Effect of Libraries: An Enduring Legacy."
Library Associates Discovery Workshop
Super Googling and More
Thursday, September 20, 2007
2 – 4 p.m.
Google is recognized as the most popular general Web search engine. Attendees learned tips and tricks for searching Google and Google Scholar and found out what's new in online researching tools.
