Devan Penniman, a creator who specializes in paper, printing, and bringing people together through art, is the new Mesa County Libraries 970West Artist in Residence. Penniman will host open studio hours at the 970West Studio from 4-6 p.m. every Tuesday through the end of her residency Aug. 12. She also has scheduled a variety of […]
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Michelle Boisvenue-Fox, a library administrator with a two-decade record of driving innovation and creativity in library settings, has been selected as the new director of Mesa County Libraries. The Mesa County Libraries Board of Trustees made the announcement today. Boisvenue-Fox currently serves as director of programming, outreach, and collection services for the Kent District Library […]
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Performers of all types are invited to apply for an opportunity to entertain audiences at the 2019 Mesa County Libraries Culture Fest, an annual event celebrating western Colorado’s cultural diversity. Anyone interested should submit an online application at mesacountylibraries.org/cfperformers by July 20, 2019. Performers must be available to perform at Culture Fest, which takes place […]
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Walter Bigelow Cross seems to have been a man of mystery to the people of Mesa County, Colorado, a well-off person who kept largely to himself and shared few details about his life. They were well aware that he owned Cross Orchards, one of the largest fruit growing operations in Colorado in the early Twentieth […]
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Did you know that Grand Avenue used to extend east of its current stopping point onto what was then called East Grand Avenue? According to Mesa County Oral History Project interviewee Levi Parminter Morse, before the construction of the I-70 business loop, East Grand continued over the railroad tracks and became D ½ Road at […]
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Learn about music copyright and meet other people involved in the content-creation industries at 970West Networking Night, scheduled for 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, at the Mesa County Libraries 970West Studio, 502 Ouray Ave. (across from the Central Library). Guest speaker Noel Kalenian, Mesa County Libraries Patent and Trademark Resource Center librarian, will host a […]
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Teens can learn the basics of audio recording while creating their own podcasts at the upcoming Teen Audio Camp at the Mesa County Libraries 970West Studio, 502 Ouray Ave. (across from the Central Library). Teen Audio Camp is an all-day workshop, and participants can sign up to participate on either Tuesday, March 19, or Wednesday, […]
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Bring some seeds, take some seeds, and drop off your gently used tools at the Mesa County Libraries Discovery Garden Seed Exchange and Tool Drive, taking place at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 9, in the new Discovery Garden at Fifth Street and Chipeta Avenue in Grand Junction. Gardeners can bring seeds to exchange with other […]
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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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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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