Our Winter Online Book Club runs from January 6 to March 20, 2022. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston is the eight book of our online Book Club for Adults.

Literary icon Joan Didion dies at 87. California-born writer, journalist and cultural critic, Joan Didion, died of complications from Parkinson’s disease on December 23 in Manhattan at the age of 87. Born and largely raised in Sacramento, she graduated from UC Berkeley and began her writing career while working at Vogue magazine. In both her fiction and non-fiction, Didion was often lauded as a keen observer of American life and politics.

New Orleans native Anne Rice, passed away in Rancho Mirage this last weekend at age 80 due to complications from a stroke. Her passing was announced by her son Christopher Rice, a successful author in his own right, via social media. Anne had spent many years in California, first in San Francisco in her early 20s through her late 40s, and then later that year to Ranch Mirage.

bell hooks, author, poet feminist, cultural critic and professor passed away on Wednesday at the age of 69.

“If we are always fearful of judgement, we can never take the risks that make it possible for us to be fully self-actualized.”

Select items from the History Room are currently featured in an exciting new exhibition at the Descanso Gardens’ Sturt Haaga Gallery. Full Circle: A Return to the Land traces human interaction with the grounds upon which the Descanso Gardens sits today as well as the wider Los Angeles region.

What do you do when you don’t find the book you are looking for? You ask a Glendale Librarian for some help OR simply request the book you want from Link+.

The goal of Glendale's Storefront Art Program is to create professional quality art installations celebrating the surrounding community, thereby increasing the interest of passerby, enriching Glendale's cultural environment, and creating a strong community identity. Stay tuned for information on our Closing Reception on Saturday, January 29 2022.

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.