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Twenty academic librarians from across the U.S. will participate in a 3-week session in July.

The big pageants like Miss America are nowhere near the cultural touchstones they once were. And the smaller ones — anybody remember an L.A. auto dealership's Miss New Car Department? — have all but disappeared. What happened?

Los Angeles' first documented smog attack — yes, we had smog attacks — was in 1943. We've been fighting the sources of pollution and the quirks of geography that trap it ever since.

Funds to support commissions, performances, recordings, residencies and research for contemporary music.

Experts, academics, artists and organizers will discuss diasporas, why people migrate and other topics during the six-part series.

Welcoming interior invites patrons back for in-person services and consultations after a nearly three-year closure.

Participants represent university libraries from across the nation.

Osorio, who has 15 years of diverse experience in the campus library system, will become the new director on Feb. 1.