Enjoy a slice of cake and meet author Siel Ju as she discusses her novel, Cake Time. Daring yet aimless, smart but slightly strange, Cake Time’s young female protagonist keeps making slippery choices, sliding into the dangerous space where curiosity melds with fear and desires turn into dirty messes. In “How Not to Have an Abortion,” the teenaged narrator looks for a ride from the clinic between her AP exams. In “Easy Target,” the now-college-grad agrees to go to a swingers party with a handsome stranger. A decade later, in “Glow,” she is suddenly confronted by the disturbing and thrilling...

Things are about to get loud at Downtown Central Library this summer with pop-up style performances at the outdoor plaza in front of Central Library on Harvard Street. 222 EAST performances are supported by the City of Glendale and the Glendale Arts & Culture Commission, with funding from the Urban Art Program.

2nd Annual Open Arts & Music Festival is a free family-friendly event in the heart of Downtown Glendale and is produced in collaboration with artists, performers, community leaders, local businesses, and organizations. Live music performances by: Run River North DUCKWRTH Buyepongo Wondem Boogaloo Assassins Yavaran El Santo Golpe Monalisa (DJ) All-day Programming: Public Art Installations and Video Projections by Y_NIS Kids Area with a Rock Climbing Wall, Instrument Petting Zoo, Face Painting, Life-sized games, and more! Arts Market featuring all-ages activities and workshops Craft Beer Garden at the Alex Theatre Forecourt Community Resource Center

SHE BENDS: WOMEN IN NEONFeaturing works by: Romily Alice – Sarah Blood – Linda Bracey – Dana Caputo – Robin Clason – Lily Erb – Teresa Escobar – Emma-Kate Hart – Michie Hongo – Eve Hoyt – Kate Hush – Koko Jamison – Kacie Lees – Leticia Maldonado – Lily Montgomery – Meryl Pataky – Shawna Peterson – Linda Price – Anika Rivers – Lisa Schulte – Valerie Shusterov – Olivia Steele – Megan Steljees – Mary Voytek MONA Members FREE with RSVP

Pacific Ballet Dance Theatre presents BEST OF KHACHATURIAN The evening of dance includes the following: A work dedicated to the memory of the Armenian Genocide Masquerade Spartacus Selections from Gayane

La Diosa presents ANDRES CEPEDA in concert.

Things are about to get loud at Downtown Central Library this summer with pop-up style performances at the outdoor plaza in front of Central Library on Harvard Street. 222 EAST performances are supported by the City of Glendale and the Glendale Arts & Culture Commission, with funding from the Urban Art Program.

La Diosa presents ALEJANDRO LERNER in concert.

Musical Theatre Guild presents a staged concert version of SUGAR Music: Jule Styne Lyrics: Bob Merrill Book: Peter Stone Based on screenplay Some Like It Hot by Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond What some guys won’t do to get the job….or the girl!’ In 1959 Lemmon, Curtis and Monroe lit up the silver screen in Billy Wilder’s classic comedy Some Like It Hot. In 1972 theatre creative giants Styne, Merrill and Stone transformed the property into a new musical titled SUGAR. Set in prohibition-era Chicago and Miami, SUGAR tells the story of two unemployed musicians, Joe and Jerry, who, after witnessing a mob murder, go undercover as women...