Friday Grab Bag, February 28, 2025

The Friday Grab Bag is a weekly series that highlights fun, unique, and interesting happenings in Colorado libraries, and includes news from the Colorado State Library. Let’s open the Friday Grab Bag!

Library Events & Programs

Hands-On Fun

Join Estes Valley Library for a hands-on Intro to Needle Felting on March 5 at 10:00 am. You’ll personalize a wool dryer ball with custom embellishments to make a unique creation.

High Plains Library District’s Spice of the Month for March is ginger. Stop by LINC for a take-and-make kit that includes a spice sample, some recipe cards, a brief history and cultural significance of ginger, and related book recommendations.

Ouray Library District is holding a Film Production Workshop on March 3 from 4:00 to 8:00 pm. Contact the Library for more details.

Nature and Science

Englewood Public Library continues their Embryology program with Chick Egg Candleing on March 6 at 4:00 pm. Children are invited to come see the baby chicks developing in their eggs.

Pikes Peak Library District welcomes Rick Sturdevant for UFOs of Rocky Mountain West, March 5 at Old Colorado City Library. His presentation will outline some of the UFO sightings in the region and weigh them against official U.S. government studies.

Lyons Community Library will host volunteer naturalists for Story in the Rocks: The Geologic History of Boulder County on March 6 at 6:30 pm. Through the slide program, learn the history of this remarkable landscape that goes back over 2 billion years.

Pick ‘n’ Mix

Garfield County Libraries and the Glenwood Springs Historical Society invite you to experience a special talk about the Ute Trail with Bill Kight on March 13 at Glenwood Springs Branch Library. Kight will speak about his experience working with the three Ute Tribes to identify the ancient Ute Trail across the Flattops north of Glenwood Springs.

Mancos Public Library invites you to a Nonprofit Lunch & Learn on March 6 at 12:00 pm. This program will focus on using the Colorado Grants Guide to discover grant funding.

Nederland Community Library will host Boulder Ballet Co. for The Journey of Country Mouse, a special story time performance on March 7 at 10:10 am. 

What’s New from the Colorado State Library

Colorado Resource Sharing Conference

Register NOW for the 2025 Colorado Resource Sharing Conference!

Colorado State Publications Library

Understanding Colorado’s electric vehicle tax credit

Learning Opportunities

All events are online except where a location is noted.

• Maryland State Library Cultures Conference 2025
  • February 12 – April 9
• Empowering Teens through Meaningful Service
  • March 6, 1:30 – 2:30 pm
• Communication Breakdowns: Tools for Working Through Conflict in the Workplace
  • March 13, 12:00 – 1:00 pm
• Supporting Mental Health and Well-Being for LIS Students: Navigating the Challenges of Graduate Studies
  • March 19, 1:00 – 2:00 pm
• Demystifying Genre (Colorado Library Staff Only)
  • March 19, 2:00 – 3:30 pm
• Trauma-Informed Library Management: Practical Strategies for Creating a Healthy Organizational Culture (Colorado Only)
  • March 20, 12:00 – 1:30 pm
  • This session is full. Contact Christine Kreger to be added to the waitlist.
• Ageless Grace in Libraries Community of Practice: Spring 2025
  • March 24, 10:00 – 11:00 am
• 2024-25 Youth Services Learning Community (Southwest Region)
  • March 26, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
  • Pine River Library
• Find even more learning opportunities:
  • Libraries Learn Calendar from Colorado State Library
  • Continuing Education Calendar from Maine State Library (note: all MSL events are listed in Eastern time). A different view of these events is available at Free Online Learning Opportunities for February 2025.

Library Jobline

Are you considering a job change this year? Check out Library Jobline for hot new library employment opportunities, like this selection from around Colorado.

• Librarian – Denver Public Library, Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales Branch
• Library Branch Supervisor – Denver Public Library, Lena Archuleta Branch
• Technology Specialist – Arapahoe Library District
• Financial Administrator – Clearview Library District
• HR Generalist – Clearview Library District
• Children and Teen Services Library Technician – Longmont Public Library

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This post is part of the Spotlight on Sharing initiative, which aims to increase the visibility of Colorado library programs and resource sharing. Do you have a story from your library to share? Email Amy Hitchner, hitchner_a@cde.state.co.us.

All images are from the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection, a service of Colorado State Library.