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Library Closed for Furlough DayWe will be closed this Friday, Aug. 7 as part of a city-wide cost-saving effort to address the financial impact of COVID-19.
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Main Library Now OpenWelcome back! We've missed you!
Main Library is now open for limited onsite services, including self-service holds pickup and checkout, access to computers, printing and copying, outdoor returns, and limited collection access. Learn more.
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One Book, One BoulderLearn, reflect and take action for racial equity
One Book, One Boulder aims to bring Boulder together through the shared experience of reading and conversation.
Looking for ways to get involved?
- Aug. 14: Her Flowers anti-racism workshop for female-identifying teens.
- Aug. 17: A community conversation with Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse and Stephen Brackett of the Flobots.
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Summer of Discovery
Our 2020 summer reading challenge ends Aug. 31
You've still got time to participate in our Summer of Discovery program for children, teens and adults! Enjoy virtual activities and events, earn fun prizes, and track your summer reading online.
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Natural Sunscreen Workshop
Live demonstration at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 12
Join the BeeChicas online to learn how to make a natural sunscreen with freshly rendered beeswax from the BeeLiterate library hive. Avoid the chemical additives in commercial sunscreens and slather up!
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Storytime 24/7Boost early literacy, day or night
Call Dial-a-Story for a new book read weekly, or enjoy over 90 virtual storytimes with new storytimes added daily, Monday-Saturday. Attend live, or watch the recordings later. Don't miss the bilingual storytimes in English/Español.
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Census 2020Participate today to help Boulder receive funding
Boulder County receives almost $2,300 per person per year in federal funding based on our Census count. If we miss 100 residents, Boulder County could lose almost $2.3 million in federal funding over the next 10 years. Learn more and get counted. Plus! Check out our special Census Storytime.
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Coming Soon!New public art coming to Boulder’s Civic Area
Artist Adam Kuby's large-scale sculpture installation, "55 Degrees," will be installed soon in the Civic Area Park by Main Library. This project was commissioned in 2016 to support the park’s goals to become an ever-vibrant community destination, engaging for all ages. Kuby designed the installation as a sculptural reference to Boulder’s iconic Flatirons.
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by Ross Gay
“Poet Ross Gay's collection of essays, or 'essayettes' he calls them, grew out of a year-long project to record daily delights. The process helped him develop his 'delight radar' and the belief that delight grows when shared. This is a wonderful catalog of small delights, that grow into something more in his hands. Over the year, he comes back to common themes of family, public space, dreams, gardening, music, politics, and kindness. As a Black man in America, in a culture that often wants to conflate blackness and suffering, he also meditates on racism, and how he finds the simple act of writing 'a book of black delight' a delight in itself.” Alicia, Main Library
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Library StoriesIn Memoriam Ruth Kliger, a long-time Boulder resident, library lover and Homebound Delivery patron, passed away in July. She was 101 and requested library materials right up to her last week.
"She was really an amazing person who was always learning, trying to understand the world and humans." Kate, Volunteer Services
"I want to thank you so much for caring so well and deeply for our mother. Her life was enriched by the people who hand-delivered all those wonderful books. With gratitude for all librarians do!" Lisa, Ruth's daughter
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