October 2022 Library News and Events

Hours & Locations
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Burbank Central Library
110 N. Glenoaks Blvd.
818-238-5600
Monday - Thursday........10:00 am - 9:00 pm
Friday - Saturday............10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Sunday.......................................................... closed
Buena Vista Branch
300 N. Buena Vista St.
818-238-5620
Monday - Thursday........10:00 am - 9:00 pm
Friday - Saturday............10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Sunday..................................1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Northwest Branch
3323 W. Victory Blvd.
818-238-5640
Monday...................................12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Tuesday..................................12:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Wed - Thursday....................12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Friday - Saturday........................................closed
Sunday....................................10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Holiday Hours
Monday, Sept. 5................all Libraries closed
burbanklibrary.org/spark
Monday....................................1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Tuesday.................................11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Wednesday............................................closed
Thursday...............................11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Friday........................................1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Saturday..................................1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
A Note from the Director
Elizabeth Goldman
Library Services Director
October brings our annual Burbank Reads program.
Burbank Reads revolves around the idea that we
can build community and common understanding
through the shared act of reading. The concept of
everyone in a city reading the same book originated
many years ago and spread across the country as a
simple way to bring people together. Reading, after
all, builds empathy, and empathy is a building block
of a strong society.
This year’s Burbank Reads theme goes deeper into that topic by focusing on
the theme of “community and belonging” through a primary title, A Map Is
Only One Story: Twenty Writers on Immigration, Family, and the Meaning
of Home, edited by Nicole Chung, which collects essays about immigrant
experiences. Belonging can mean many different things in different stages
of life or circumstances. Given that Burbank is made up of a range of people,
identities, and experiences, what holds us together? Where can we find
common ground, call upon ourselves to build and maintain a welcoming
community, and consciously choose a less divisive path?
Burbank Reads is for all ages, and this year’s children’s selection features a
local author, Jennifer Jackson, who along with Miry Whitehill wrote Our
World Is a Family: Our Community Can Change the World. The authors will
talk to kids about their book at the Community Unity Story Time on October
11. The book introduces children to some of the reasons for human migration
and encourages them to identify ways to welcome their neighbors.
Please join in with Burbank Reads this year. You can participate by checking
out the title, joining in a book discussion, or attending any of a variety of
programs connected to the theme, which are listed in this newsletter.
Whatever the topic prompts you to think and learn about, we encourage
you to discuss community and belonging with your friends and family.
Everyone can relate to these universal themes.
Elizabeth
Join us throughout the month of October.
book discussions - citizenship information
documentary screening - art projects
urban gardening for kids - LGBTQ Immigrants
personal immigration stories