Film screening of Crows of the Desert, a documentary based on the Memoirs of Levon Yotnakhparian. Followed by a panel discussion.
Watch a hero’s journey through the Armenian Genocide. Crows of the Desert is a documentary based on the Memoirs of Levon Yotnakhparian. It is the incredible true story of one man’s brave struggle to not only stay alive, but to help save his fellow Armenian survivors from near extinction in the 20th Century’s first genocide.
Film screening followed by panel discussion led by Helen Makhdoumian, PhD featuring filmmaker Marta Houske, producer Paul Turpanjian, and publisher Levon Parian.
Co-sponsored by Arpa International Film Festival and UCLA Promise Armenian Institute
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.
