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An Arts and Culture Forum for Grand Junction City Council candidates is scheduled for 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, online via Zoom. For the Zoom link, please visit the Event Calendar at mesacountylibraries.org Studies show that arts and cultural organizations significantly benefit the local economy, and arts and culture continue to grow and improve the […]
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Local history buffs, rejoice! A new book has been published by the Palisade Historical Society. Written by local historian and railroad enthusiast Matt Darling, “The History of Railroads in Palisade, Colorado” has made its way to our library shelves. This read explains the complications, successes, and technicalities of the railroad making its way through the Grand […]
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Spring is resurfacing, and new book recommendations are sprouting from the minds of our library staff. To enjoy these reads with us, click on any of the book covers below to be directed to the Mesa County Libraries catalog. Kelsey’s Pick: Vampires Never Get Old: Tales with Fresh Bite edited by Natalie C. Parker and […]
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Mortal Kombat is one of the main video games everyone thinks of when they hear “Video Game”. The franchise has been around since 1992 and has 22 games as well as a plethora of comics and novels. There are also 5 movie adaptations with the most recent version set to release in April 2021. The […]
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The Friends of Mesa County Libraries are hosting weekly book sales 9 a.m.-2 p.m. each Saturday through March 27 at the First Congregational Church, 1425 N. 5th St. (across from Grand Junction High School). These weekly Saturday “pop-up” sales feature a great selection of books at affordable prices. Stock up for your spring and summer […]
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Mesa County Libraries is pleased to present an interview with local activist David Combs, the first in the Mesa County Oral History Project’s new Social Justice Archive (created in partnership with the Black Citizens and Friends organization, Professor Sarah Swedberg, activist Shannon Robinson, and Mr. Combs). The Social Justice Archive will explore the local manifestation […]
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Dudley Mitchell was an early Mesa County resident and an interviewee of the Mesa County Oral History Project. In multiple interviews with Dudley, he discusses his fifty-year employment working an assortment of jobs for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad (D&RG). If you ever needed any information on how the railroad worked in the early […]
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Lynda, a popular educational eResource now known as LinkedIn Learning, will no longer be offered through Mesa County Libraries after March 14, 2021. The change is happening because of Lynda’s new technological requirements that the library is not currently able to meet. The library is working on a solution to the technical issues and hopes […]
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Mesa County Libraries cardholders now have access to hoopla®, an on-demand streaming service that offers more than 950,000 titles in the form of ebooks, eAudiobooks, movies, TV shows, music, and comics. Content on hoopla can be streamed from any compatible computer, mobile device, or platform by downloading the hoopla app for iOS, Android, AppleTV, Fire TV, Chromecast, […]
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Here are the most current bestsellers for fiction and nonfiction according to Publishers Weekly: Fiction The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah The Russian by James Patterson and James O Born The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse In Love & Pajamas: A Collection of Comics about being Yourself Together by Catana Chetwynd The Vanishing Half by Brit […]
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