Enjoy live music and buy great books at great prices! Friends Back Door Bookstore open 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. on the Central Park Paseo on Brand Boulevard just behind the Downtown Central Library.
Live performance by Swing Ambiance from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Friends Back Door Bookstore open from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on the Central Park Paseo near the Museum of Neon Art on Brand Boulevard just behind the Downtown Central Library. More books in our Back Door Bookstore! Enjoy live music and great books, great prices!
222 EAST performances are supported by the City of Glendale and the Glendale Arts & Culture Commission, with funding from the Urban Art Program.
2019 PERFORMANCES
5/11 - Craig Kupka Swing & Pop Orchestra
6/8 - Black Market Reverie
7/13 - Trio SynThesis
8/10 - King Sol & The Vibes
9/14 - Gamelan Merdu Kumala
10/12 - Slick City Pickers
11/16 - Swing Ambiance
12/14 - Acoustic Asylum
AGE GROUP: | Family | Children | All Ages | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Performance | Music | Book/DVD Sale |
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.
