-Free Fun for All-

Through July 31! Our summer reading program has transformed into a celebration of reading AND sharing learning and fun, together. There's still time to register. Maintain and build reading and literacy skills over the summer, while enjoying events and activities for pre-readers, kiddos, teens and, for the first time, adults. Coming up: Boulder hikes, cooking classes, mineral skincare, and a Teen Scavenger Hunt in downtown Boulder.

Book Rich Environments Connects Families with Books

More than 50 residents received free books for their families at a Boulder Housing Partners (BHP) and BPL Book Rich Environments event. BPL and BHP are among 37 sites in the country selected to participate in the Book Rich Environments program, a partnership between housing authorities and public libraries led by the National Book Foundation. Through this program, BPL and BHP will connect families with free books, programming and vital connections to libraries and other local resources at events throughout the year. 

Studies show the higher the number of books available in a home, the greater the odds a child will succeed at school and later in life. Those odds increase even more each time we read to a child, or engage through singing, writing, playing and talking. Learn more about early literacy at BPL here. 

#GrowMore

The new courtyard garden at the George Reynolds Branch is beautiful! Enjoy the great outdoors @ your library. From beehives, to cooking classes, to seed sharing, to edible learning gardens at GRB & Main, BPL's Seed to Table focuses on sustainable, green, joy-filled living.

SLOW MOVER
Coming Up July 21 - August 19, Canyon Gallery
Presented by artists Matthew and Lisa Bethancourt of Mouse & the Billionaire, this is a series of traditional and interactive artworks that invite viewers to reflect on the slow movement of time. Living with artwork over time can be powerful and is very different than seeing something for a few minutes in a public context. For this reason, selected works will be given to interested individuals during the exhibition.

ORIGINS
Through September 14, Arapahoe Ramp
ORIGINS is a group exhibition about immigration and belonging. Curated by Melanie Yazzie and Jennifer Heath, this show shares artworks created by indigenous or descendants of indigenous people addressing topics such as land, incursion, aggression, home, empowerment, and resistance.ORIGINS is a companion exhibition to PERILOUS JOURNEYS in the Present Box at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art through July 28.