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
Spring Skills
Englewood Public Library invites tweens to harness the wind at their Kite Making program on April 3. After making and decorating a kite, tweens will take them out for a spin.
At Estes Valley Library, you can make a Spring Gnome Magnet to bring a whimsical, seasonal touch to your fridge. Join this maker event on April 3 at 4:30 pm.
Pueblo City-County Library District will host Pollination Investigation, a poster exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service and Smithsonian Gardens, from April 1 – 19 at Rawlings Branch. Come explore different pollinators and the role they play in the natural world.
Community Togetherness
Get ready for a super-powered showdown! High Plains Library District is hosting Random Fandom: Marvel & DC on April 1 at LINC. Teens will assemble to test their superhero trivia skills and create cosplay accessories.
Lone Cone Library is hosting a Community D&D Potluck on April 1 at 6:00 pm. All ages are welcome to don their adventuring costumes and enjoy an evening of fantasy-themed foods, miniature painting, and board games.
Pikes Peak Library District welcomes Celtic acoustic band Skean Dubh for a live performance on March 29 at East Library. All ages will enjoy the unforgettable vocals, beautiful bagpipes, sophisticated fiddle, and engaging rhythms.
Pick ‘n’ Mix
Lyons Community Library will host Professor Emerita Manette Ansay for College Application Strategies on April 1. Professor Ansay will address building compelling applications through academic enrichments, summer experiences, activities and more.
Local award-winning author Lisa C. Taylor will teach a free Fiction Writing Class at Cortez Public Library on April 3 from 4:00 to 6:00 pm.
Join Mesa County Libraries for their Recycled Book Art Show Reception on April 4 at Central Library. Award winners will be announced.
What’s New from the Colorado State Library
Colorado State Publications Blog
Growing container gardens in Colorado
Learning Opportunities
All events are online except where a location is noted.
- Maryland State Library Cultures Conference 2025
- February 12 – April 9
- Loneliness and Social Isolation: Tackling the Social Disconnection Epidemic
- April 2, 2:00 – 3:00 pm
- Aging at Your Library: How Colorado Libraries Meet the Moment for Aging Adults
- April 4, 1:00 – 2:30 pm
- April 7, 5:30 – 7:00 pm
- Effective “Debriefing” in the Workplace: Supporting Staff Who Experience High-Stress Events (Colorado Only)
- April 8, 12:00 – 1:00 pm
- How to Engage Older Adult Patrons through Creative Aging this Summer and Beyond
- April 10, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
- 2024-25 Youth Services Learning Community (Mountain West Region)
- April 11, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
- Grand County Library District’s Granby Library
- 2025 Colorado Resource Sharing Conference
- April 18, 10:30 am – 5:00 pm
- Pikes Peak Library District, Library 21c (Colorado Springs)
- Spirituality in the Library Workplace: Bringing Your Whole Self to Work
- April 23, 1:00 – 2:00 pm
- 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 March 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.
- Senior Librarian – Acquisitions (adult nonfiction) – Pikes Peak Library District
- Library Manager 2 – Pikes Peak Library District
- Full-time 40 hour Building Doctor (Spanish speaking candidates preferred) – Anythink Support Services at Northglenn
- Part-time 25 hour Concierge (Spanish speaking candidates preferred) – Anythink Wright Farms
- Supervisor, Early Literacy Specialists – Arapahoe Libraries
- Older Adult Services Library Program Associate – Denver Public Library
- Library Technology Specialist – Denver Public Library
- Library Associate- Children’s – High Plains Library District
- Library Associate – High Plains Library District
- Accounting Technician- Temporary – High Plains Library District
- Library Associate- Virtual Services- Substitute – High Plains Library District
- Adult Services Supervising Librarian – Clearview Library District
- Librarian II: Children and Youth Services Supervisor – Broomfield Public Library
- Library Specialist I – Full-Time (Meadows) – Boulder Public Library District
- Instruction and Research Librarian – Colorado Mesa University
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.
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