| 2017, vol. 20
Sept. 27 - Oct. 11, 2017
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Library Master Plan Update Open Houses
Two more open houses: Thursdays 9/28 and 10/5 You're invited to attend an open house meeting to provide library staff and the Library Commission with feedback on our draft Master Plan goals. These goals were developed based on community input shared during activities held earlier this year. The meetings are an informal opportunity for community members to talk with staff and commissioners about the future of the library.
Light refreshments served. Community members may also fill out comment cards during the sessions or provide input any time via the online comment form.
*Watch a recent video news segment update about the status of the library master plan update, below.*
Questions? Contact ask@boulderlibrary.org, 303-441-3100.
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Family Play Festival Oct. 7 at the Main Library
Main Library: Canyon Meeting Room. Children's Story Space, and
Mt. Sanitas Room Drop in and play, sing, read, write and talk at activity stations throughout the library. Families with young children (birth to age 5) can enjoy interactive early literacy activities and take home crafts and great prizes as well as new ideas for family fun. Each station includes special activities for babies.
Volunteers are needed to help put on this wonderful event. If interested, please visit our volunteer webpage for more information or to apply. Thank you! Questions? Contact ask@boulderlibrary.org, 303-441-3100.
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BLDG 61 Woodworking 101 Class Woodworking 101: Decorative BoxDesign and build your own decorative box under the guidance of expert instructors. We will use wood affected by the Emerald Ash Borer, prepared by Bridge House apprentices through the TreeOpp program.
Public workshops begin Oct. 24 and run through the end of 2017, primarily on Tuesday evenings. Registration opens Tuesday, Oct. 10, at 5 p.m., and space is limited. Ages 14+. All attendees must fill out the BLDG 61 Acknowledgement of Risk and Release Form prior to use of the makerspace.
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Indigenous Peoples Day is Oct. 9 in Boulder
Indigenous Peoples Day is part of a national effort to recognize and honor the existence, culture, and contributions of the original inhabitants of North America on the day that has, for the past 82 years, been observed as Columbus Day. Boulder City Council passed a resolution in August 2016 officially recognizing Indigenous Peoples Day. History, Poetry, and Presence presented by Motus Theatre
Monday, Oct. 9, from 4:30-7:30 p.m.
Main Library, Canyon Theater
Join us to learn more about Boulder colonial settler history, listen to Native American leaders in our community, and engage in a conversation about creating a more equitable and just community for all. Documentary screening: "What Was Ours"
presented by the Museum of Boulder
Free screening of this stunning documentary as part of our annual gathering in honor of Chief Niwot. "What Was Ours" follows an Eastern Shoshone tribal elder and two young northern Arapaho students who leave the Wind River Reservation for Chicago's Field Museum in search of sacred objects taken from their tribes. There they discover a treasure trove of ancestral objects, setting them on a journey to recover what has been lost and build hope for the future.
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Flatirons Film Food FestivalThe Flatirons Food Film Festival is an annual multi-day (Sept. 27 - Oct. 1) feast celebrating exceptional culinary cinema. The festival includes film showings at various locations (the screenings at Boulder Public Library are listed below), expert speakers, discussions, and food and beverage events.
Tickets are for sale on the festival website.
At the Main Library, Canyon Theater:
Thursday, Sept. 28, at 7:30 p.m.
"Look and See: A Portrait of Wendell Berry"
Friday, Sept. 29, at 7:30 p.m.
"A Journey through the People's Republic of Fermentation"
Saturday, Sept. 30
"Ratatouille" screens at 10:30 a.m. (Free, registration required)
"What's for Dinner, Mom" screens at 1 p.m.
"Sour Grapes" screens at 4 p.m.
"Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent" screens at 7:15 p.m.
Questions? Contact ask@boulderlibrary.org, 303-441-3100.
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Author Talk with Helen Thorpe Nov. 14 Tickets available now
Author Helen Thorpe will speak about and sign her new book, "The Newcomers." Tickets are $10 (and include a $5 voucher toward "The Newcomers" book purchase) and are available at the Main Boulder Public Library and at Boulder Book Store.
"The Newcomers" follows the lives of 22 immigrant teenagers throughout the 2015-2016 school year as they land at South High School in Denver in an English Language Acquisition class created specifically for them. Questions? Contact ask@boulderlibrary.org, or call 303-441-3100.
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Recommended Read "Teenager Kafka Tamura runs away from home to the island of Shikoku, where he spends his time at a private library. Concurrently, Satoru Nakata, a finder of lost cats, goes on an odyssey across Japan in search of an 'entrance stone.' Like most of Murakami's books, this one is bizarre in the best ways. Even as the two interweaving plots bend the reader's mind at odd angles, the pages fly by." --Tony, Patron Services
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Overheard at the library...
"I'm making a documentary about Crested Butte history. I needed to preview a 16mm ektachrome turned magenta to see if I wanted to digitize it. I'm so grateful to Joel (Haertling) and the library for offering this amazing service. It saved me both time and money, and it was a great sense of community and support. I learned a lot from Joel - he's so great!! Thank you!" - Alison B. (in a note about the program she attended, Old School Film School New School Film School, in August at the library)
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