In the margin of Zofia Kostyrko’s artwork is a series of statements, the first — “Outliers are a separate species. Ray Bradbury was one of them.”

The South Pasadena Public Library will inaugurate its newly-renamed “Ray Bradbury Conference Room” in a brief ceremony on May 9 beginning at 7:00 p.m.

The event will feature remarks by Mayor Richard D. Schneider, M.D.; Lissa Reynolds, Co-Owner and Artistic Director of the Fremont Centre Theatre; Brendan Durrett, President, South Pasadena Public Library Board of Trustees; and Robert Kerr, Actor, Ray Bradbury’s Pandemonium Theatre Company.

They will unveil a bronze doorplate purchased by the Friends of the South Pasadena Public Library, and a reproduction of a Bradbury portrait by Zofia Kostyrko.

Refreshments will be served. Enter via the Diamond Street balcony entrance as the Library proper will close at 6:00 p.m..

 [Thanks to John King Tarpinian for the story.]