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create a paintbrush from yucca leaves and paint on watercolor paper with red ocher.
Join Lazaro Arvizu Jr. to create a paintbrush from yucca leaves and paint on watercolor paper with red ocher. The lesson tells the story of foothill Yucca, ochre relationships with each other and humans.
This program will take place on Saturday, November 16 at 10:30am in the Central Library Makerspace, and is intended for adults. Space is limited. Please register online to reserve your spot.
Lazaro Arvizu Jr. is an artist, educator, musician, and researcher. Born and raised in the Los Angeles basin, he is knowledgeable of the land and cosmology of the Gabrieleño. Lazaro has worked for over 20 years facilitating creative and meaningful learning experiences to people of all ages and walks of life in many venues.
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.
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.
