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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In the days prior to adequate floodplain and stormwater management in Mesa County, flash floods could be an issue for valley residents. Charles Buttolph, former manager for the Red Cross Land and Fruit Company (and then-owner of his own fruit farm on adjacent land), talks about one such flash flood that swept through Cross Orchards […]
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An interview with local singer/songwriter Shaun Ray that was produced by Mesa County Libraries 970West Studio staff is scheduled to be broadcast Thursday and Friday, Jan. 10 and 11, in an episode of Arts District on Rocky Mountain PBS. Arts District is an RMPBS show that highlights Colorado artists, musicians, and creators. The segment about […]
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In the late Nineteenth or early Twentieth centuries, adventurous Mesa County citizens might mosey on out for a vaudeville act, a lecture, a play, a sermon, country dancing, live music, a circus, horse racing, a baseball game, a boxing match, a carnival, the Mesa County Fair, a medicine show, or even a Chautauqua performance. Destinations […]
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As my artist residency at the 970West Studio comes to a close, I’ve been reflecting on how inspired I have been by people in the community this fall. I want to thank the Grand Valley for creating art with me in my sculpting workshops and open studio hours! I typically work in my home studio, […]
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Residents of the American West are no strangers to the idea of flash floods, but having one actually crash down on you while you’re camped in a canyon is different altogether. In August of 1941, cowhand Merle Winters was camped in the Utah Bookcliffs in a canyon of Diamond Creek. Winters was working for the […]
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Local artists looking for a unique opportunity have one more week to submit their applications for 2019 Artist in Residence slots at the Mesa County Libraries 970West Studio. Artists 18 and older who live in Mesa County may apply, and residencies are available to artists at all stages in their careers. Artists in a wide […]
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The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad (D&RG) gave Grand Junction its first permanent transportation link to the outside world with the completion, in November 1882, of a railroad bridge over the Colorado River at the confluence. The first train arrived at seven minutes of five o’clock on November 21, 1882, coming over the bridge with […]
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Art work is being sought for a juried art show that will take place as part of the 2018 Mesa County Libraries Culture Fest, an annual celebration of Mesa County’s cultural diversity. This popular art show will be exhibited Oct. 26, 2018, through Jan. 3, 2019, at the Central Library, 443 N. 6th St. in […]
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In the old days of rural schoolhouse education in Mesa County and the Western Slope, most kids simply withstood the smacked wrists and hits they received from teachers, and understood it was the price for bad behavior. Farm and ranch kids, the boys especially, were thought to be wild by nature, and they often simply […]
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