Downtown Central Library

Hear Bryan Cranston in conversation with KPCC's John Horn as they discuss Cranston's autobiography, My Life In Parts. A LIFE IN PARTS, Bryan Cranston’s riveting New York Times bestselling memoir traces his zigzag journey from his chaotic childhood to mega stardom by vividly revisiting the many parts he’s played, on camera (astronaut, dentist, detective, candy bar spokesperson, President of the United States, etc.) and off (paperboy, farmhand, security guard, dating consultant, murder suspect, dock loader, son, brother, lover, husband, father). With great humor, and much humility, Cranston chronicles his unlikely rise from a soap opera regular, trying to learn the...

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.

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.

Gleah Powers - Edna and Luna. Set in the American Southwest, Gleah Powers’ novel, Edna and Luna, is the story of two women: a lonely, recently widowed eccentric and a much younger new age healer. Facing old age and a hysterectomy, Edna, at 70, reminisces and ruminates about her losses as she makes unsuccessful attempts to start a new life. She tries to befriend her hairdresser, her gardener and a man she meets at a senior dance who makes sexual advances in the swimming pool. Luna, at 35, ridiculed since childhood for her unorthodox gift of healing, has left a...

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.

The Apology is a 2016 documentary film by Tiffany Hsiung about three former comfort women who were among the 200,000 girls and young women kidnapped and forced into military sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. The film is produced by Anita Lee for the National Film Board of Canada. ReflectSpace at Downtown Central presents Do the Right Thing: (dis)comfort women, an exhibition reflecting on the silence and dialogue by and about the women who were forced to become sex slaves by the Japanese Imperial Army before and during World War II. The exhibition presents the...

Come see the renovated Library and hear about all the new programs the Library has to offer. And while your there take a tour of the Bookstore run by the Friends of the Glendale Public Library. Location: Glendale Library Arts & Culture : Central Library 222 E. Harvard St., Glendale 91205 Members: $10 Non-Members: $20

Since 1949, Guild Opera Company has introduced more than four million children to the magical world of opera. Students from kindergarten through grade 6 experience and engage with the one art form that encompasses music, theater, dance and visual arts: Opera! Featuring: Little Red Riding Hood This delightful music, set to the classic fairy tale, is a perfect vehicle to introduce children to the enchanting world of opera. They will also learn to listen to their elders, do their homework, and not speak to strange wolves!

Cesar Chavez founded a labor union, launched a movement, and inspired a generation. He rose from migrant worker to national icon, becoming one of the great charismatic leaders of the 20th century. Two decades after his death, Chavez remains the most significant Latino leader in US history. In the first comprehensive biography of Chavez, Miriam Pawel offers a searching yet empathetic portrayal. Chavez emerges here as a visionary figure with tragic flaws; a brilliant strategist who sometimes stumbled; and a canny, streetwise organizer whose pragmatism was often at odds with his elusive, soaring dreams. He was an experimental thinker with...

On Wednesday, April 23at 6:00 pm the Commission on the Status of Women and the YWCA will co-host a discussion titled "Human Trafficking, Modern Day Slavery" at the Central Library Auditorium

                  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Challenges Faced by Armenian-American Youth Today! GLENDALE, CA Join us on Friday, March 7, 2014, at 7pm, for a very powerful panel discussion on the Challenges Faced by Armenian-American Youth Today, featuring panelists Dr. Emma Oshagan, Dr. Aghop Der-Karabetian and Mr. John Kossakian at the Glendale Central Library Auditorium, 222 East Harvard Street in Glendale. The discussion is in Armenian. Admission is free; seating is limited. Library visitors receive 3 hours FREE parking across the street at The Market Place parking structure with validation at the Loan...

  The Glendale Library, Arts & Culture Department 2014 One Book/One Glendale reading event will feature award winning author Chris Bohjalian who will discuss his epic novel of the Armenian Genocide, The Sandcastle Girls, in conversation with Glendale City Clerk Ardy Kassakhian. “The Sandcastle Girls’ is a touching story of tragedy, love, and hope set against the backdrop of one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the last century. One of Bohjalian’s most epic stories and one that will have you talking about it for weeks after you’re done.” — Ardy Kassakhian, City Clerk Chris Bohjalian is the critically acclaimed...