Beyond The Book
Thank You!
From all of us here at the Library, we want to thank everyone who made this year’s Beyond the Book 2024 event an amazing success!
At this year’s event, we collaborated with over 30 different local and Los Angeles wide organizations and vendors, adding an incredible amount of variety to our event and bringing in people of all types of backgrounds; from our STEM organizations like Aquarium of the Pacific and the Natural History Museum, to our more artistic groups like Chicxs Rockerxs and The Stay Gallery; from local vendors like The Little Felt Shoppe and Joyful Imperfections to amazing performances by Rachel Flowers, Flesh for Fantasy, and the legendary Bob Baker Marionette Theater. Beyond The Book celebrated the greater South East Los Angeles community and brought together groups from all corners of Los Angeles to showcase their incredible talent and creativity.
We want to extend special thanks to everyone who supported this year’s event:
To our community sponsor The Water Replenishment District and the Friends of the Library, who helped make this event possible.
To our performers Rachel Flowers, Bob Baker Marionette Theater, DHS Folklorico Club, Friends of the Library Polynesian Dance, and the Ballet Folklorico de Nicaragua
To our panelists Jose Pimienta, Javier Solorzano, Javier Hernandez, and Henry Barajas
To the Natural History Museum, Columbia Memorial Space Center, Stay Gallery, Aquarium of the Pacific, Discovery Cube, We Rock The Spectrum, Wellnest LA, Exchange Club of Downey, The Downey Theater, and Cartoon Ink.
To Chulita Vinyl Club, Flesh for Fantasy, and Indomination for providing the grooves all day long
To Carrie Molinaro who designed the logo for the event and Soraya Quintana who photographed and captured all the special moments for the event.
To Elementos, Stop Bye Cafe, Mashup Ice Cream, and Helping Hands for providing delicious food for our hungry visitors.
To all the booths and vendors who set up shop.
And lastly, to you and every member of the community that attended. Thank you for continuing to support your local library and keeping the community spirit alive. We hope to see you next year!
Sincerely,
The Downey City Library
Memories
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Beyond the Book celebrates the creative and innovative efforts made by the individuals and groups in our communities and beyond. We’ve been very fortunate and grateful to collaborate with talented and giving individuals/groups such as Melissa Villaseñor, Bob Baker Marionette Theater, WriteGirl, LA Project, The Natural History Museum, Chulita Vinyl Club, and so much more.
If you’re an individual or group that
Performs (musician, comedian, actor, entertainer, etc.)
Educates (poet, writer, teacher, etc.)
Serves (restaurant, shop, food truck, item seller, etc.)
Creates (crafter, designer, seamer, etc.)
Or just someone that wants to contribute to our efforts, let us know and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.