Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month
Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month & Día de los Muertos
September 15 - October 15 & November 5
Paying tribute to Hispanic and Latinx Americans of the Glendale community in a celebration of history and culture and in recognition of the community’s struggle for inclusion and equity.
DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS
Glendale Central Library
Saturday, November 5, 2022
3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Day of the Dead or Día de Los Muertos is a Mexican holiday that is celebrated in different parts of the world on November 1st and 2nd. Día 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.
The City of Glendale celebrates Dia de Los Muertos every year since 2017. This year, the celebration will take place at the Glendale Central Library on Saturday November 5, from 3-7pm.
Participate in the community altar by bringing your offerings to the Central Library from November 1 - November 4, 2022. For questions about the altar offerings, please contact Guillermo Garcia via email at jugarcia@glendaleca.gov.
We hope to see you at the library!
Note: Space is limited. Please only register if you can attend the workshop at the scheduled time. If you plans change, please cancel your registration at your earliest convenience. This allows us to alert waitlisted individuals and provide them with the required materials.
THE ART OF FRIDA KAHLO AND DIEGO RIVERA
LIVE VIRTUAL EVENT | ZOOM INTERACTIVE
Saturday, September 24, 2:00-3:00 pm
AGES: families, children ages 9-13 years and up.
REGISTRATION REQUIRED HERE
Celebrate LatinX month. Learn the art of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera and paint a small mural or self-portrait.
SUGAR SKULL DECORATING WORKSHOP
LIVE VIRTUAL EVENT | ZOOM INTERACTIVE
Saturday, October 29, 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Registration opens October 1
AGES: families, children ages 9-13 years and up.
Sugar skulls are a very important element for the Day of the Dead altars. Join this class to decorate your own sugar skull with icing and sequins for your own altar.
Materials included with registration:
One sugar skull as well as icing, in four colors, to decorate it.
ALEBRIJES
PACIFIC PARK LIBRARY
Tuesday, November 1, 2:30 - 4:00 pm
LIBRARY CONNECTION
Wednesday, November 2, 2:30 - 4:00 pm
Alebrijes are colorful imaginary creatures created from different parts of various animals, you may have seen them in the movie Coco. This folk art originated around the 1930s by an artisan named Pedro Linares. Use your imagination to create colorful imaginary creatures.
Celebrate Dia de los Muertos in style by creating alebrijes to decorate your space.
AGES: families, children ages 5-12 years and up.
Supplies will be provided. Drop in while supplies last.
LATINX/HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH
READING CHALLENGE
SEPTEMBER 15 - OCTOBER 15
Celebrate Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month by honoring diverse voices, unique perspectives, and rich cultural traditions. Check out our curated reading list for children and reading challenge.
STORYTIMES & OTHER VIRTUAL PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN
September - Early November
Enjoy Story Times, Book Talks, and other virtual Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month programming for the little ones. (English and Spanish).
SPANISH STORYTIMES - CUENTOS INFANTILES EN ESPAÑOL PLAYLIST
Storytimes in Spanish with Ms. Jeannette.
TEEN G.E.N. TALKS - THE PODCAST
Shany is a Salvadorean and Guatemalan lifestyle and beauty influencer, content creator, actress and singer based in California. Her content is based on beauty, skincare, and fashion and how to express yourself in those ways.
Andrea was born and raised in Puerto Rico. She has an EdS in reading education and works as a public school ESOL teacher by day and as a writer by night. Andrea balances her life in Virginia with trips home to see her family and eat lots of tostones de pana. When she’s not busy, you can always find her enjoying nature in the nearest forest or body of water. Iveliz Explains It All is her debut novel.
Crystal Maldonado is a young adult author with a lot of feelings. Her debut novel, Fat Chance, Charlie Vega, is a 2021 New England Book Award winner, a Cosmopolitan Best New Book, and a POPSUGAR Best New YA Novel. Her next novel, No Filter and Other Lies, explores teenage life in the social media age—and the lies we tell ourselves and others. By day, Crystal works in higher ed marketing, and by night, a writer who loves Beyoncé, shopping, spending too much time on her phone, and being extra. Her work has also been published in Latina, BuzzFeed, and the Hartford Courant. She lives in western Massachusetts with her husband, daughter, and dog.
GUSD ¡Adelante, Latinos! Hispanic Heritage Month 3rd Annual Speaker Series
September 15 - October 15
Join GUSD for their 3rd annual speaker series with five weeks of learning from renowned Latinx professionals who serve their communities in different ways. The theme for the 2022 Hispanic Heritage Month is: Unidos Inclusivity for a Stronger Nation. We encourage students grades 7-12 to participate in these webinars to learn and enhance their understanding of Hispanic Heritage.
Anita Quiñonez Gabrielian
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 5:00 PM
President & CEO of Gabrielian & Associates Insurance Services, Former Glendale Community College Board of Trustee Member
Dr. Carlos Haro, Ph.D.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 5:00 PM
Assistant Director Emeritus and Postdoctoral Scholar at the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center
Ignacio Gomez
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 5:00 PM
Artist, sculptor, muralist, and illustrator of important figures in Mexican American/Chicano history.
Dr. Carlos Reyes Guerrero, Ph.D.
Samantha Nuno
Dr. Carlos Reyes Guerrero, Ph.D.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 5:00 PM
Professor at Los Angeles Community College in Chicano Studies and Writing
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 5:00PM
Grants and Programs Analyst for Climate Resolve, Public Policy and Grant Writing Consultant
Be The Change by exploring these booklists about the Hispanic/Latinx community:
ADULT BOOKLISTS
¿Le gustaría tener acceso a infinidad de contenidos digitales de temáticas variadas y en multiformato en un solo clic?
¡Ahora es posible con Odilo!
TEEN BOOKLIST
CHILDREN’S BOOKLIST
¡Adelante Latinos!
¡Adelante Latinos! is an all-volunteer committee within the Glendale Unified School District dedicated to the advancement, support and success of all students of Hispanic/Latinx heritage in our schools.
Glendale Latino Association
Glendale Latino Association’s mission is to provide scholarships to local students who have demonstrated educational excellence and extraordinary citizenship, promote activities that improve education, and bring together businesses and professionals.
https://www.glendalelatinoassociation.com/
La Plaza de Cultura Y Artes
A Plaza de Cultura y Artes honors the past, inspires the future, and recognizes the enduring cultural influence of Mexicans, Mexican Americans and all Latinas/Latinos in Los Angeles through transformative exhibitions, programming and educational experiences.
Los Angeles Conservancy: Latinx Heritage
Read about the Eastside as an epicenter for pivotal social and cultural movements in the Latinx community.
https://www.laconservancy.org/latinx-heritage
Glendale Community College Multicultural & Community Engagement Center
The Multicultural & Community Engagement Center (MCEC) at Glendale Community College is dedicated to helping our campus build a culture of acceptance and inclusion through engagement.
https://www.glendale.edu/students/student-services/multicultural-community-engagement-center-mcec
Mujeres de Maiz
The mission of Mujeres de Maiz (women of the corn) is to bring together and empower diverse women and girls through the creation of community spaces that provide holistic wellness through education, programming, exhibition and publishing.
As an inter-cultural, intergenerational and interdisciplinary collective they have made that space from the stage to the page, the gallery to the streets, and ceremony and wellness world for women of color by sharing their own specific blend of mind, body, spirit and cultural work.
https://www.mujeresdemaiz.com/
Self Help Graphics & Art
Self Help Graphics & Art fosters the creation and advancement of new art works by Chicana/o and Latinx artists through experimental and innovative printmaking techniques and other visual art forms. We are an organization rooted in community; and since 1973, have been at the intersection of arts and social justice, providing a home that fosters the creativity and development of local artists. We establish international collaborations and partnerships nation-wide and create world-wide cultural exchanges.
https://www.selfhelpgraphics.com/
Riverside Art Museum- The Cheech
The Cheech is a “center of Chicano art, not only for painting, but for sculpture, photography, and video arts.” The 61,420-square-foot center will house hundreds of paintings, drawings, photographs, and sculptures by artists including Patssi Valdez, Sandy Rodriguez, Carlos Almaraz, Frank Romero, and Gilbert “Magú” Luján.
https://riversideartmuseum.org/visit/the-cheech-marin-center-for-chicano-art-culture/
