The brand new $64 Million Library in West Hollywood, Los Angeles has opened!
The City of West Hollywood, Los Angeles also hosted the 10th Annual West Hollywood, Los Angeles Book Fair on Sunday, October 2, 2011 10:00a.m to 6:00p.m. at the new West Hollywood, Los Angeles Library and West Hollywood, Los Angeles Park, 625 North San Vicente Boulevard in West Hollywood, Los Angeles. The West Hollywood, Los Angeles Book Fair is one of Southern California's largest, most eclectic literary events attracting readers and writers of all ages and interests. This year, the West Hollywood, Los Angeles Book Fair will also celebrated the opening of the much-anticipated new West Hollywood, Los Angeles Library.
The West Hollywood, Los Angeles Book Fair featured twelve stages with author panels, special guests and live performances, 125 exhibitors and writing workshops. Featured authors included Lisa See, author of critically-acclaimed international bestseller Snow Flower and the Secret Fan and author of the new book Dreams of Joy; Florence Henderson, an actress best known for her role as Carol Brady in the television series The Brady Bunch and new author of the autobiography Life is Not a Stage: From Broadway Baby to a Lovely Lady and Beyond; Kwei Quartey is the author of the best-selling Darko Dawson mystery series set in Ghana, his current book is "Children of the Street"; Hector Tobar is a Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist, weekly columnist for the Los Angeles Times and author of the upcoming novel "The Barbarian Nurseries"; Dyan Cannon, is an Academy-award nominated actress and author of Dear Cary: A Memoir about her tumultuous relationship with Hollywood legend Cary Grant; and Ransom Riggs, author of the young adult best-seller Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.
Other authors who participated include Christopher Rice, West Hollywood, Los Angeles resident and best-selling author of a new book, The Moonlit Earth; Hope Edelman, best-selling author of Motherless Daughters and author of The Possibility of Everything; Marcia Clark, prosecutor in the infamous OJ Simpson case, television correspondent and author of a new thriller, Without a Doubt; Rex Pickett, author of the iconic book Sideways and the new sequel, Vertical; Amy Ephron is a novelist, screenwriter and producer, her new book is Loose Diamonds and other Things I've Lost Along the Way; Meredith Baxter, best known as Elyse Keaton on the 1980s hit series Family Ties and author of Untied: A Memoir of Family, Fame and Floundering; Karrine Steffans, author of Satisfaction: Erotic Fantasies for the Advanced & Adventurous Couple; and Steve-O, star of "Jackass" and author of Professional Idiot: A Memoir.
After two years of construction and many years of planning, the City of West Hollywood, Los Angeles has completed Phase I of the West Hollywood, Los Angeles Park Master Plan, and is ready to unveil the stunning, highly-anticipated, new West Hollywood, Los Angeles Library.
The soft-opening was last week in order to allow Library staff to practice with the new facility, and a fundraising Gala took place last weekend, but the Grand opening is this Saturday from 10 - 2 PM.
Best-selling author Jackie Collins will be the Special Guest Speaker at the Dedication Ceremony. Ms. Collins has written 27 novels, all of which have appeared on the New York Times bestsellers list and sold more than 400 million books worldwide which have been translated into 40 languages. Eight of her novels have been adapted for the screen, either as films or television mini-series. Jackie's current book is the 7th in the Lucky Santangelo series and is titled, "Goddess of Vengeance." Jackie will also participate in the 10th Annual West Hollywood, Los Angeles Book Fair on Sunday, October 2, 2011 at West Hollywood, Los Angeles Park and the new West Hollywood, Los Angeles Library.
Free parking will be available at the West Hollywood, Los Angeles Park/Library Parking Garage at 625 N. San Vicente Boulevard (enter from Robertson Boulevard at El Tovar Place) and at the Pacific Design Center at 8687 Melrose Avenue. There will also be complimentary Cityline Shuttle service available from Plummer Park to West Hollywood, Los Angeles Park. The Cityline Shuttle will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, October 1st.
The new 32,000 square foot, LEED-certified West Hollywood, Los Angeles Library will serve as the centerpiece of the West Hollywood, Los Angeles community. It is designed to showcase the City's rich intellectual, literary and cultural diversity and provide a landmark facility for the community's passionate commitment to lifelong learning.
The New West Hollywood, Los Angeles Library, which will continue to be operated by the County of Los Angeles Library, includes:
Stuart Feigin Computer and Technology areas
Wells Fargo Career Development Center
Signature Collections (HIV/AIDS, Arts and Design)
Children's Theatre/Children's Area
Teen Area
LGBT Area
International Languages Collections
Assistive Technology and Large Print Collections
West Hollywood, Los Angeles Room and Archive
Friends of the Library Bookstore
The New West Hollywood, Los Angeles Library has shelving for 150,000 books, movies and music as well as wireless Internet, reading lounges, group study rooms and much more.
More about the new West Hollywood, Los Angeles Library in the Los Angeles Times
