Solar energy, composting, electric vehicles and educating women and girls. The book Drawdown, edited by Paul Hawken, says these are some ways to end the vicious cycle we have been living in. Cecilie Stuart and Andy Shrader will discuss via Zoom our Los Angeles effort to reverse global warming. Email:  silver@lapl.org  for link to event.Stuart is an Educator/Creative Activist with Manzanita School Drawdown Arts Program and Move the World Climate Action Performing and Advocacy Group. Shrader is…See More

Are you ready to reduce your carbon footprint?Do you wish you could do more to fight climate change?Do you ever get confused about what is and isn’t recyclable?Do you live in an apartment building with limited recycling? This informative and fun discussion, led by Zero Waste professionals working in  the Silver Lake area, will help participants grasp the importance of going Zero Waste, why it's key to the health of our planet and how to begin that journey (or get support if you’re already…See More

We’re celebrating Pride Month with a screening of the moving documentary about the fondly remembered local piano bar, The Other Side. Jane Cantillon’s documentary about the Silver Lake gay piano bar, the last of its kind, interweaves personal interviews and archival footage with performances at the piano. The film captures candid stories from bar patrons about gay life in Los Angeles from the ’40s on, including tales love and loss, police raids and arrests at the bar, and the horrific years of…See More