Come to Central Library for the Grand Opening of the Youth Spaces: the Children's Space, the Teen Space, and Sound Space!
Schedule of Events:
10:00 - 10:30 AM - Welcome remarks
10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
• 10:30 AM & 12:00 PM Storytimes in Children's Space
• 11:00 AM "Illusions by Allen Oshiro" in Auditorium
• 12:00 PM Dungeons & Dragons in Teen Space
• Pick up your limited-edition Grand Opening tote bag (while supplies last)
•Sign up for a library card and pick from three designs, including our new Youth Spaces card
• Record your own “I love my library because...” story in Sound Space
• Passport exploration of new spaces, pick up a MakerSpace made badge for every space explored!
• Dance Party with “Construction Cat”
Please follow us on social media @MyGlendaleLAC on Facebook, X, and Instagram to learn more details.
PARKING
Visitors to the Glendale Central Library receive 3-hour FREE parking across Harvard Street at the Marketplace parking structure with validation at the service desk. Accessible parking is available on the east side of the building. For additional information about this event, please contact Central Library at (818)548-2021 or send us an email at LibraryInfo@GlendaleCA.gov.
AGE GROUP: | Tweens | Toddlers | Teens | Preschool | Family | Early Elementary | Children | Babies | All Ages | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Special Events |
TAGS: | Special Event | Glendale Central Library | Central Library | All Ages |
Established in 1906.
Library services in Glendale were first provided in 1906. The women of the Tuesday Afternoon Club, a social and philanthropic organization, raised money through a series of lectures to fund a library collection. The library opened in a renovated pool room at Third and E (Wilson and Everett) Streets with seventy books, soon supplemented by a State Traveling Library of fifty more, and served a population of 1,186.
In 1907, the City Trustees passed Ordinance 53 which established and supported a library which "...shall be forever free to the inhabitants and nonresident taxpayers of the City of Glendale..." The first year the library had 251 books, 165 registered patrons, and a budget of $248.88.
In 1913, a Carnegie grant of $12,500 made possible the construction of the main library at Kenwood and Fifth (Harvard Street). The building was completed and dedicated November 13, 1914.
