VES LA: Tour DTLA Central Library + Octavia Lab / Community Care Drive

Saturday, May 2 | 1:00 PM

Meet in the main lobby near the gift shop by 12:50 PM
Library tour begins promptly at 1:00 PM, lasts approximately one hour

Join your fellow VES LA members for a behind-the-scenes look at one of downtown’s most architecturally stunning and historically rich landmarks, the Los Angeles Central Library. Our docent-led tour will cover the building’s striking architecture, its murals and public art, and the library’s storied history.Then we head downstairs to the Octavia Lab, named after pioneering science fiction author Octavia E. Butler, who wrote her first novel here.

The lab offers free access to tools including 3D printers, 3D scanners, sewing machines, a podcast and livestream studio, a photography studio with green screen, laser cutters, a vinyl cutter, a CNC mill, digital media stations with Adobe Creative Cloud, and a DIY Memory Lab with equipment to digitize analog film, VHS, Super 8, and audio. If you’ve ever wanted a place to prototype a prop, digitize archival footage, or spin up a side project, this is it!

After the tour, anyone interested is welcome to walk over to Grand Central Market for a bite to eat. VES Members and guests welcome. Free to attend. 
Pets not allowed. Service Animals permitted. For ADA accommodations, please call (213) 228-7430 at least 72 hours prior to the event.

Validated Parking is available for $1 in the garage at 524 South Flower Street.

Community Care Drive: Emergency Whistle + Food Collection

We’re collecting 3D printed safety whistles at this event to give to vulnerable community members. A link to the file will be shared with attendees via Email. Print and bring as many as you like. Prefer a different way to help? Nonperishable food donations are also welcome and can be brought to the parking structure after the event (Board member Sarah McGrail will be collecting for distribution).