International Women’s Day originated in the labor and socialist movements of the early 1900s when women were demanding better pay, safer working conditions, and the right to vote.

To kick off 2022, as part of the library’s Be the Change initiative, we’d like to celebrate the Lunar New Year with you!

After far too long, the in-person arts have returned! There are plenty of free events courtesy of Glendale’s Arts & Culture Commission to help celebrate the visual and performing arts.

Join us in celebrating Dia de los Muertos/Day of the Dead. Participate in the community altar by bringing your offerings to the Central Library from November 1 - November 5, 2021

Draw Together with us for the month of October. Pick up your drawing kit at any Glendale Public Library Arts & Culture branch for the first week of October.

National Hispanic Heritage Month is a period from September 15 to October 15 in the United States for recognizing the contributions and influence of Hispanic Americans to the history, culture, and achievements of the United States.

Author Meredith Talusan will discuss her critically-acclaimed book, Fairest: A Memoir. Fairest is a memoir about a precocious boy with albinism, a "sun child" from a rural Philippine village, who would grow up to become a woman in America.

Glendale Library, Arts & Culture is paying tribute to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and/or Questioning, Intersex, and Asexual and/or Ally (LGBTQIA+) Pride Month, celebrating LGBTQIA+ history, culture and honoring the community’s struggle for inclusion and equity.