All LA County Library locations will be closed on Monday, May 27 in observance of Memorial Day. Our digital library is open 24 x 7.
The La Crescenta Library Virtual Book Club meets weekly on Tuesdays at 11am on Zoom. Please contact Marta Wiggins at mwiggins@library.lacounty.gov for your Zoom invite to attend the book club. For adults.
In May we will be meeting on Tuesday, May 7, 14, 21, & 28.
Real American begins on the precipice of Y2K in New York City, when twenty-two-year-old Lily Chen, an unpaid intern at a slick media company, meets Matthew, pharmaceutical empire heir. They couldn't be more different; despite all this, Lily and Matthew fall in love. Celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with this read from this upcoming Asian American author and editor based in San Francisco.
AGE GROUP: | Older Adults | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Books, Poetry, & Writing |
TAGS: | Book Club | Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month |
La Crescenta Library first opened in November 1914 as the 78th branch of the Los Angeles County Public Library. The collection was first housed in a local church building, and subsequently moved several times; once into a school house, later into a local store front, and into the Sears building in 1926.
By 1932, the library had settled into a building at 3930 La Crescenta Avenue. As the population of La Crescenta grew, so to did the demand for a new building. The library found an appropriate site on the corner of Foothill Blvd and La Crescenta Ave, and opened in March of 1963.
By 2005 the population had once again outgrown the library's space, so the La Crescenta community sought a new building. Thanks to funding from Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich, and Congressman David Dreier, the County of Los Angeles was able to construct an updated facility in its current location.
The building broke ground in 2007, and reopened in January 2010. The new 14,000 square foot facility, built in the style of the arts and crafts movement, features modern technology and meeting space open to the public.
