Do your kids want to drive a simulated space shuttle? Make amazing shapes with bubbles? Spend the day exploring over 100 interactive hands-on exhibits? EUREKA! Science Museum in Mesa County has got you covered. Mesa County Libraries is proud to offer free admission passes to the EUREKA! Science Museum. These passes can be checked out […]
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2022 Poetry Contest Adult and Teen Winners!
Congratulations to our 2022 poetry contest winners! As usual, we had lots of great submissions this year. If you missed entering this year, keep an eye out for our 2023 contest! Adult Category: 1st Place “The Sun and the Moon” by Melody Jones Daytime glares and bares the gunmetal gray invading thinned hair once luscious […]
Continue readingLibrary Friends to host Book Drop Clearance Sale April 22-May 14
Stock up on reading material to add to your home library! Friends of the Mesa County Libraries have a lot of books they’d love to send home with readers, so they are hosting weekly clearance book sales 9 a.m.-2 p.m. each Friday and Saturday from April 22 through May 14 at the First Congregational Church, […]
Continue readingLibrary Friends to host October Book Sale Oct. 21-23
There’s no better place than the Friends of Mesa County Libraries October Book Sale to stock your shelf with reading material for the winter or to shop early for holiday gifts. This blowout sale, complete with bargains galore, happens Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 21-23, at the First Congregational Church, 1425 N. 5th St. (across from […]
Continue readingSubmission deadline extended for pandemic collection
The submission deadline for the “In This Together” collection of writing and art from the pandemic has been extended to midnight Thursday, July 1, 2021. The collection seeks to gather stories, poems, and artwork that Mesa County residents created during the coronavirus pandemic into a volume that will capture how creativity was expressed during the past 15 months. […]
Continue readingSummer Reading starts June 1
Now that summer is here, be sure to include Summer Reading at Mesa County Libraries in your plans! Summer Reading 2021 begins Tuesday, June 1, and wraps up Saturday, July 17. Along the way, kids, teens, and adults will have opportunities to pursue their reading goals, win prizes in biweekly drawings, and exercise their creativity […]
Continue readingIllustrator Rachel Campbell Osborne is new 970West Artist in Residence
Illustrator and graphic designer Rachel Campbell Osborne is the new Mesa County Libraries 970West Artist in Residence. Campbell Osborne’s residency begins May 24 and lasts through Aug. 30, 2021. During that time, she will teach programs focusing on different kinds of painting, and she will host weekly Meet and Greets at the Mesa County Libraries […]
Continue readingEli Saslow, author of “Rising Out of Hatred,” to present online talk May 27
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Eli Saslow, author of “Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist,” will give a live online author talk May 27 about his book and the issues it addresses. Saslow’s talk is scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, May 27, via Zoom. Those interested in attending the event should register […]
Continue readingNew Mirrors and Windows Reading Experience focuses on stories of our diverse world
Mesa County Libraries announce the launch of the Mirrors and Windows Reading Experience, a new, self-paced reading activity that explores stories of our diverse world. Mirrors and Windows is an all-ages celebration of culture focused on diverse books and films offered through the library catalog. It continues through Dec. 31, 2021, and between now and […]
Continue readingGet your bike ready to ride May 1 at the Bicycle Fair
Start bike season right by attending a Bicycle Fair that will help cyclists of all ages get ready for Bike to Work/School Day. The Bicycle Fair happens from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 1, in the East Parking Lot of the Central Library, 443 N. 6th St., Grand Junction. This community event is a […]
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