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A newly installed window sign at the Collbran Branch Library is a unique design that pays homage to the community’s history. The new design was created by Mesa County Libraries through a deliberate process combining historical research with modern sign technology. The Collbran Branch is located in the historic Stockmen’s Bank building at 111 Main […]
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“Fighting Shirley Chisholm” was the first black woman elected to Congress, in 1968. She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1924 to a Guyanan father and Barbadian mother, and spent part of her childhood in Barbados on her grandmother’s farm, receiving a traditional, strict British education. She received an MA in elementary education and was […]
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On Her Own Ground: the life and times of Madame C.J. Walker, by A’Lelia Bundles (the great-great-granddaughter of Walker), is the inspiring story of Sarah Breedlove, born in Louisiana in 1867, and who became the first female millionaire in the United States by starting a beauty business featuring hair products for black women. Orphaned at age […]
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The awe-inspiring courage of Robert Smalls isn’t as well known as it should be. Born into slavery in 1839 to a slave named Lydia Polite in Beaufort, South Carolina, he was most likely the son of his owner, Henry Mckee. As a teen, he worked as a laborer in Charleston, first in a hotel, then […]
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Mesa County Libraries would like to set the record straight regarding our exploration of having a social worker in the library. This topic has received considerable media attention in recent weeks, some of which was inaccurate or incomplete. Foremost, Mesa County Libraries do not plan to hire a social worker. We have neither the budget […]
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So, I was watching Darkest Hour, a sepia-toned and fanciful version of Churchill’s World War II years, chock-full of duty, pluck and chins up. I wanted to know more about him besides the cigar smoking and champagne swilling. I needed facts, and hey, I don’t get my facts from movies, I get’em from books. There is […]
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Teen Reviews presents book reviews and recommendations from teens in Mesa County. Don’t be surprised if you can’t find some of the books mentioned in these posts at the library or in stores: teens who attend Teen Book Club on Wednesdays at 4:00 at the Central Library have access to books before they are officially […]
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Since this one-horse town cannot give me the snow days I so richly deserve, I guess I’ll only be able to experience the stinging cold and ferocious blizzards I crave through books. That’s why I’ve selected the freeziest thrillers out there, and unless I move to Duluth, it’s the closest I’ll come to winter misery and the joy […]
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Preteens Read Picks presents book reviews and recommendations from preteens in Mesa County. Don’t be surprised if you can’t find some of these books at the library or in stores: kids who attend Kids Read Book Club on Tuesdays at 4:00 at the Central Library have access to books before they are officially published. Rating […]
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Where can you see a demonstration of a live-stream event, gaze at faraway planets, interact with robots, and experience virtual reality? Mesa County Libraries Tech Expo 2019 offers all of those options and more when it happens from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, at the Central Library, 443 N. 6th St. in […]
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