Documentaries, Author Events, Feature Films Just Part of Glendale’s May Bike Month Activities
A packed schedule of documentaries, feature films, and speakers is the Library’s contribution to May’s Bike Month blitz. Special thanks to El Morfi Grill, which generously provided a dinner of salad and their Empanadas Argentinas (three varieties – chicken, beef, and spinach – delicious!) for the Safe and Healthy Streets stakeholder meeting where these and other Bike Month activities were previewed.
In addition to library events, Safe and Healthy Streets will organize Bike to Work Day, two Glendale history rides, and several programs at community gatherings.
Glendale Library schedule of Bike Month events:
Monday, May 3, 7 p.m. – We Are Traffic
Tuesday, May 4, 2 p.m. – Pee Wee’s Big Adventure
Wednesday, May 5, 7 p.m. – Paris: Women and Bicycles,
with author Gil Garcetti
Tuesday, May 11, 2 p.m. – American Flyers
Monday, May 17, 7 p.m. – Contested Streets
Tuesday, May 18, 2 p.m. – Quicksilver
Monday, May 24, 7 p.m. – Klunkerz,
with producer Billy Savage
Tuesday, May 25, 2 p.m. – The Goonies
The above events will be held in the Glendale Central Library Auditorium, 222 E. Harvard St., Glendale. The library offers 3-hour validated parking for the Maryland Parking garage across the street (library parking lot use is limited to 30 minutes).
[...] Yesterday’s News-Press feature on the Glendale Safe and Healthy Streets tree-planting project suggests the city is advancing quickly onto the path of bicycling/pedestrian-friendly status. The weekend tree-planting follows local March events focused on giving a larger share of roads and byways to bicyclists and pedestrians, and precedes a very busy May of Bike Month activities in Glendale. [...]