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Libros Schmibros - Grand Opening & Book Drive

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Founder David Kipens at Libros Schmibros in Boyle Heights. Photo: Marianne Williams.

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Libros Schmibros - Grand Opening & Book Drive

Libros Schmibros at the Hammer will host an all-day opening celebration and book drive at the Hammer from 11 am-7pm, capped with a caravan downtown to Josh Kun's salute to the music of Boyle Heights at Grand Performances on Bunker Hill.

Visitors will receive free admission with the donation of books from the following categories:
-Books about Los Angeles or by L.A. authors
-High school or college syllabus paperbacks
-Farsi-language or Spanish-language books
-First editions or advance reading copies of all sorts

The Hammer Museum’s Public Engagement program seeks to create a new kind of interactive museum: an artist-driven visitor engagement program that encourages contact among visitors, artists, and Museum staff, and activates spaces in imaginative ways.

Public Engagement and AIR were established in 2009 thanks to a James Irvine Foundation Arts Innovation Fund grant. Via AIR, artists examine and respond to fundamental museum issues related to the visitor experience in an attempt to deepen the Hammer’s connection with its guests.

Libros Schmibros is a fiscally sponsored project of the Pasadena Arts Council’s EMERGE Program

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