The soon to be opened new Main Public Library will get a name on Tuesday, July 23. That’s when the Long Beach City Council is scheduled to make a decision. I’m not taking bets on whose name will be approved. My question is: Why do we have to brand any public facility, school or park…
The Mott Haven Public Library branch was a long city block from my public housing apartment in the South Bronx. It was there that I discovered the world outside of my neighborhood. There were incredible jungles in far off lands, castles in countries that I swore I would never visit, languages that didn’t quite look…
The Long Beach Public Library continues its annual citywide Summer Reading Program 12 library locations June 25 to August 20, 2016. Readers of all ages are invited to register and participate in the Summer Reading Program. PalacioMagazine.com spoke by phone with Cynthia Bautista, Department Librarian and Youth & Family Services Coordinator for the Long Beach Public Library. She described…