Join us for the annual Dia de Los Muertos/Day of the Dead Celebrations at Glendale Central Library.
Since 2017, The City of Glendale celebrates Dia de Los Muertos. This year, the celebration will take place at the Glendale Central Library on November 6, from 3:00 pm -7:00 pm.
Live performances by
Participate in the community altar by bringing your offerings to the Central Library from November 1 - November 5, 2021. For questions about the altar offerings, please contact Guillermo Garcia via email at jugarcia@glendaleca.gov.
Day of the Dead or Dia de Los Muertos is a Mexican holiday that is celebrated in different parts of the world on November 1st and 2nd. Dia de Los Muertos is a colorful celebration of life that reunites the living and the dead. Families build ofrendas to honor and welcome their beloved departed family members.
For more information about this program visit, www.eglendalelac.org/hispaniclatinx.
Co-sponsored by GUSD Adelante Latinos! and Glendale Latino Association
AGE GROUP: | All Ages |
EVENT TYPE: | Special Events | Performance | Arts & Crafts |
TAGS: | SpecialEvent | DiadelosMuertos | Dia |
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.
