Here are the most current bestsellers according to Publisher’s Weekly: Fiction: Happy Place by Emily Henry Only the Dead by Jack Carr Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver The 23rd Midnight by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro Queen Charlotte by Julia Quinn and Shonda Rhimes Yellowface by R. F. Kuang The Making […]
Continue readingSummer Reading Staff Picks
The official start of Mesa County Libraries Summer Reading is right around the corner! From May 30-July 15th, attend fun events and sign up for Summer Reading to log your reading, enjoy engaging activities, and win prizes. All ages are encouraged to participate! To launch your Summer Reading journey, the staff at Mesa County Libraries […]
Continue readingPublisher’s Weekly 5/19/23
Here are the most current bestsellers according to Publisher’s Weekly: Fiction: Happy Place by Emily Henry The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece by Tom Hanks Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros The 23rd Midnight by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro Queen Charlotte by Julia Quinn and Shonda Rhimes Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver The Covenant […]
Continue readingLocal History Thursday: …The Harder the Bust (Black Sunday, part 2)
On Wednesday, April 26, in a boardroom located in a Sixth Avenue skyscraper in Manhattan, a group of Exxon executives decided to kill the Colony Shale Oil Project. They considered a variety of factors, including the rising cost of the project, an unfavorable petroleum market, and declining first-quarter profits. They made their decision, shook hands, […]
Continue readingPublisher’s Weekly 5/12/23
Here are the most current bestsellers according to Publisher’s Weekly: Fiction: Happy Place by Emily Henry The 23rd Midnight by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese The Wedding Planner by Danielle Steel Simply Lies by David Baldacci Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano The Secret Book […]
Continue readingLocal History Thursday: An Interview with Dave Davis, the Artist Behind Art on the Corner
An oral history interview with local arts pioneer Dave Davis can now be found online in the Mesa County Oral History Project (a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado). Many Grand Valley residents know the name of Dave Davis in association with Grand Junction’s Art on the Corner, a longstanding […]
Continue readingCentral Library West Entrance to close May 15-16 for repair project
The West Entrance of the Mesa County Libraries Central Library in downtown Grand Junction will be closed Monday and Tuesday, May 15 and 16, while the doors and glass storefront are replaced. The West Entrance faces the intersection of Fifth Street and Grand Avenue. During the project, all Central Library visitors should use the East […]
Continue readingPublisher’s Weekly 5/5/23
Here are the most current bestsellers according to Publisher’s Weekly: Fiction: Happy Place by Emily Henry Simply Lies by David Baldacci In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin You Shouldn’t Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose It […]
Continue readingLocal History Thursday: The Bigger the Boom… (Black Sunday, part 1)
Forty-one years ago, on May 2, 1982, the news dropped like a bomb on the Western Slope; Exxon was pulling the plug on its $5 billion investment in the Colony Oil Shale Project, effective immediately. Overnight, $85 million in annual payroll disappeared as 2,100 workers were laid off from the project. The resulting upheaval was […]
Continue readingClifton Branch construction continues on schedule
After a long, cold winter, it finally seems safe to say that spring is here! As we roll into May with warmer weather, construction of the new Mesa County Libraries Clifton Branch continues on schedule. While there may not be much new to see from the outside, crews have been busy transforming the inside of […]
Continue reading