Glenwood Springs Branch Library

Young children and their accompanying adults are invited to the library every week for stories, activities, and music with friends!

Celebrate the halfway point of our Summer Reading Challenge with an ice cream social! All are welcome to take a break from the heat and enjoy a tasty treat. While supplies last.

The Aspen Science Center provides quality, fun, hands-on STEM programming during these one hour sessions for families and all ages of youth looking for an exciting science experience.

Are you interested in journaling, writing poetry, prose or memoir? Join us in a welcoming setting to support and nurture your unique expression. All adults are welcome. The group will meet for two hours in the upstairs meeting room of the Glenwood Springs Branch Library.

The library invites caregivers and their young children to a joyous musical storytime that includes a movement circle, songs, and a story in celebration of summertime. Ms. Holly is a preschool teacher from the Waldorf School on the Roaring Fork with years of experience teaching children. Expect to hear the live music of Ms. Holly's ukulele, and to skip, jump, and sing!

Join us at your favorite library for a foam blast this Summer! Ann Lincoln will be with us to help us make the best of the heat in the middle of our Summer Reading Challenge. Bring a towel and a change of clothes and face down our foam cannon madness!

Connect with others in the community as we get together for discussions, presentations, and activities covering topics such as art, history, music, technology, and wellness. Join us once a month for a new activity!

Join friends at the library to SPARK your imagination. We’ll build, create, explore, concoct, and invent together!

Toddlers and Preschoolers: Bring your grown-up to the library! We’ll burn some energy with active play and work on large motor skills! Balancing • Jumping • Running • Crawling • Dancing • Throwing

All are welcome to join Burt Oglesby to practice Tai Chi twice a week at the Glenwood Springs Branch Library. There will be sessions from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesdays and also from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. on Saturdays. The first Saturday of the month is designated for those who are new to Tai Chi. It’s free and open to all.

Acompáñanos para el club de lectura para leer libros llenos de determinación, poder, y emociones; que cambiarán las perspectivas sobre la realidad de las personas alrededor de nosotros. Se servirá comida y bebida al inicio del evento. ¡Gratis!

Join us at your Garfield County Public Library for a special summer presentation with Myles Bullen. Myles Bullen is a genre- fluid, art-poet, ukulele-playing punk rapper, from Portland, Maine. As a person in long term recovery from addiction, Myles sings and screams songs about grief, mental health, addiction, navigating identity, relationships, and cartoon lore. Performances are geared for teens, but open to all.

The library invites caregivers and their young children to a joyous musical storytime that includes a movement circle, songs, and a story in celebration of summertime. Ms. Holly is a preschool teacher from the Waldorf School on the Roaring Fork with years of experience teaching children. Expect to hear the live music of Ms. Holly's ukulele, and to skip, jump, and sing!

Join us at your Garfield County Library and have a blast this summer with Will Parker and the Make Believe Band! Will Parker and the Make Believe Band need you to help save Imagine Land! Imagine Land is in trouble because people are not using their imaginations like they used to. In this wild and zany award-winning album for kids (ages 1-100), Will Parker and his band take the listener on a grand adventure fully of unique and magical characters. Along the way, with the help of the listeners, they use their imaginations to save Imagine Land from disappearance!

Join friends at the library to SPARK your imagination. We’ll build, create, explore, concoct, and invent together!

All are welcome to join Burt Oglesby to practice Tai Chi twice a week at the Glenwood Springs Branch Library. There will be sessions from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesdays and also from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. on Saturdays. The first Saturday of the month is designated for those who are new to Tai Chi. It’s free and open to all.

Toddlers and Preschoolers: Bring your grown-up to the library! We’ll burn some energy with active play and work on large motor skills! Balancing • Jumping • Running • Crawling • Dancing • Throwing

Calling all chess players and those interested in learning! We’ll get together at the Glenwood Springs Branch Library to learn, practice, and challenge each other in this timeless game of strategy. Several chess sets will be provided, but feel free to bring your own. Free and open to all ages.

Are you interested in journaling, writing poetry, prose or memoir? Join us in a welcoming setting to support and nurture your unique expression. All adults are welcome. The group will meet for two hours in the upstairs meeting room of the Glenwood Springs Branch Library.

All are welcome to join Burt Oglesby to practice Tai Chi twice a week at the Glenwood Springs Branch Library. There will be sessions from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesdays and also from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. on Saturdays. The first Saturday of the month is designated for those who are new to Tai Chi. It’s free and open to all.

Come ye brave adventurers! Great mysteries and secrets lie within the great library-fortress of Candlekeep, and you have been tasked with finding them! This adventure is best suited for those aged 12 and above, but accommodations can be made should any child adventurers wish to join. There is limited space in our party so please sign up at the front desk should you wish to join.

The library invites caregivers and their young children to a joyous musical storytime that includes a movement circle, songs, and a story in celebration of summertime. Ms. Holly is a preschool teacher from the Waldorf School on the Roaring Fork with years of experience teaching children. Expect to hear the live music of Ms. Holly's ukulele, and to skip, jump, and sing!

Join us at your Garfield County Library this summer and Share Your Story with Mr. Kneel! Mr. Kneel is back with us to share his stories about reading with a beat-box and rhyme workshop for the whole family!

Join friends at the library to SPARK your imagination. We’ll build, create, explore, concoct, and invent together!

Practice reading in a fun, supportive environment with a four-legged friend! Therapy dogs from Heeling Partners of the Roaring Fork Valley will be at the library to listen, encourage, and enhance each young reader’s experience. There will be 15-minute time slots for readers (1st-5th grade), and advance registration is required. For the well being of the dogs, only the readers will be allowed in the room with the dogs and specialists.

All are welcome to join Burt Oglesby to practice Tai Chi twice a week at the Glenwood Springs Branch Library. There will be sessions from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesdays and also from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. on Saturdays. The first Saturday of the month is designated for those who are new to Tai Chi. It’s free and open to all.

Toddlers and Preschoolers: Bring your grown-up to the library! We’ll burn some energy with active play and work on large motor skills! Balancing • Jumping • Running • Crawling • Dancing • Throwing

Join us at your Garfield County Libraries as we enjoy a unique and amazing performance with Joey Leone as he takes us through the decades of Rock and Roll in America. Come for a fun day of music and get to learn about the history of one of the greatest and most popular styles of music. JULY 22 • 6 PM • CARBONDALE JULY 23 • 11 AM • SILT JULY 23 • 6 PM • NEW CASTLE JULY 24 • 2 PM • PARACHUTE JULY 24 • 6 PM • RIFLE JULY 25 • 6 PM • GLENWOOD SPRINGS

All are welcome to join Burt Oglesby to practice Tai Chi twice a week at the Glenwood Springs Branch Library. There will be sessions from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesdays and also from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. on Saturdays. The first Saturday of the month is designated for those who are new to Tai Chi. It’s free and open to all.

Join award-winning Colorado author Laura Pritchett for a presentation of her recently released sixth novel, "Playing with Wildfire." Laura has published six other novels, two nonfiction books and is the editor of three environmental anthologies. She has been the recipient of the PEN USA Award, the Milkweed National Fiction Prize, the WILLA, the High Plains Book Award, several Colorado Book Awards and others. She directs the MFA program in Nature Writing at Western Colorado University and holds a PHD from Purdue University. The event is free and light refreshments will be provided. Books will be available for sale with a book signing following the presentation. For more information call the library at 970-963-2889.

Local book lovers are invited to join our book club where we’ll explore a broad range of genres and topics, including fiction and non-fiction. Join anytime, and find out what we are reading this month by calling or by asking at the front desk.

Young children and their accompanying adults are invited to the library every week for stories, activities, and music with friends!

Join friends at the library to SPARK your imagination. We’ll build, create, explore, concoct, and invent together!

All are welcome to join Burt Oglesby to practice Tai Chi twice a week at the Glenwood Springs Branch Library. There will be sessions from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesdays and also from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. on Saturdays. The first Saturday of the month is designated for those who are new to Tai Chi. It’s free and open to all.