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Join the Granada Hills Branch Library for a demonstration and tasting of traditional Oaxacan moles with Rocio Camacho.

Join the Angeles Mesa Branch Library for a demonstration and tasting of barbacoa (barbecued lamb) with Gish Bac.

Join the Junipero Serra Library for a talk on the cuisine of Oaxaca, including the history of Oaxacan food in Los Angeles, with James Beard Award-winning journalist Bill Esparza.

Join the Cypress Park Branch for a bilingual talk on Pre-Columbian history with Dr. Xóchitl Flores-Marcial, Assistant Professor at CSU Northridge. Learn how the indigenous cultures of Mexico are still alive and thriving today!

Join the Vernon Branch Library for a talk on the cuisine of Oaxaca, including the history of Oaxacan food in Los Angeles, with James Beard Award-winning journalist Bill Esparza.

Natalie Diaz, Layli Long Soldier, Natalia Toledo Performance and Conversation Join us for an evening celebrating indigenous poetry from the United States and Mexico with three major poets—Natalie Diaz (member of the Mojave and Pima Indian tribes, winner of the Nimrod/Hardman Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry, language activist and educator), Layli Long Soldier (an Oglala…

Join the Central Library Children's Department for a family-friendly workshop with Natalia Toledo and Víctor Cata. Through playing traditional games, puzzling over riddles, and attempting to pronounce Isthmus Zapotec tongue twisters, participants will learn about the vibrant culture of Southern Oaxaca.

Join the Van Nuys Branch Library for a family-friendly workshop with Natalia Toledo and Víctor Cata. Through playing traditional games, puzzling over riddles, and attempting to pronounce Isthmus Zapotec tongue twisters, participants will learn about the vibrant culture of Southern Oaxaca.

Víctor Cata, Zackary Drucker, Maritza Sanchez Moderated by Bamby Salcedo, activist and founder of TransLatin@ Coalition Anthropologists have traced the Meso-American acceptance of people of mixed gender back to pre-Columbian Mexico accounts of Aztec priests and Mayan gods who cross-dressed and were considered both male and female. In the shifting landscape of gender identity, what might…