Join us for a screening of Break the Game as part of our programming for One Book, One Glendale selection: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
After coming out as a trans woman, world-record-holding gamer, Narcissa Wright loses her massive fanbase. To win them back, she attempts to set a new world record in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, while live-streaming every minute of her mythic quest. Drawing from an archive of more than 3,000 hours of Narcissa’s livestreams, intimate verite, and 8-bit animation, BREAK THE GAME is a moving exploration of gamer culture, the realities of online harassment, and the mental health implications of living a digital life.
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.
About One Book, One Glendale
One Book, One Glendale is a beloved community reading event that brings together the Glendale to foster a sense of community through a shared reading experience. By promoting literacy and meaningful dialogue, this program unites our city around a single book. This year's selection is Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, A glorious and immersive novel about two childhood friends, once estranged, who reunite as adults to create video games, finding an intimacy in digital worlds that eludes them in their real lives.
Copies of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow are available at Glendale Library, Arts & Culture locations. Copies of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow are also available for purchase from our community partner Once Upon a Time Book Store. Book signings will follow the presentation.
This program is generously sponsored by the Glendale Arts and Culture Commission through funding from the Urban Art Fund
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.
