Exposition Park - Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Regional Library

Address:: 3900 S. Western Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90062
Phone:: 323-290-3113
Fax:: 323-290-3153
Email:: Contact form
Librarian:: Alberto Alvarez, Senior Librarian

Hours of Service

Mon:	10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Tues:	10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Weds:	10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Thurs:	10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Fri:	9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Sat:	9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Sun:	1 p.m. - 5 p.m.

An Eco-Friendly Facility

Upcoming Events at Exposition Park - Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Regional Library

January 17, 2023 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM

The Source

The Source is a comfortable and convenient one-stop shop for services and resources for community members currently experiencing...

a latina woman sitting outside with a vista behind her left shoulder of a hotspring and steam rising with trees in the distance, she is wearing a blue shirt, she is wearing a blue denim shirt, a necklace of dark wooden bead, she has long green hair, a nose ring and is wearing a dark straw hat.

January 18, 2023 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM

Central American Diaspora Reading Featuring Cynthia Guardado

Cynthia Guardado, Salvadoran poet and professor, will read from her newest book of poetry, Cenizas, and be supported by other poets of...

January 19, 2023 4:00 PM

The Wacko Show

Join us for a comedy and magic show for kids of all ages!

February 21, 2023 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM

The Source

The Source is a comfortable and convenient one-stop shop for services and resources for community members currently experiencing...

What We're Reading

Agent Josephine : American beauty, French hero, British spy

We had a little real estate problem : the unheralded story of Native Americans in comedy

Wide Awake: Poets of Los Angeles and Beyond

Bad Mexicans : race, empire, and revolution in the borderlands

Mi cocina : recipes and rapture from my kitchen in México

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Exposition Park - Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Regional Library

Hours of Service

What We're Reading

Paperback Jack

Gallant

Neom

Wrong Place, Wrong Time

Agent Josephine : American beauty, French hero, British spy

We had a little real estate problem : the unheralded story of Native Americans in comedy

Wide Awake: Poets of Los Angeles and Beyond

The Picture Bride

Darling Girl: A Novel of Peter Pan

Only a Monster

Acts of Violet

The Monster of Elendhaven

Hawk Mountain

Bad Mexicans : race, empire, and revolution in the borderlands

Mi cocina : recipes and rapture from my kitchen in México

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