Adults
Scrabble Club
If you love words, games and having fun, this club is for you! Our adult Scrabble Club meets from 6:00 - 8:00 pm on the second Wednesday of every month at the New Castle Branch Library.
Beginners and experts alike are encouraged to join our club, which is free and open to the public. Make new friends and learn new Scrabble strategies. Scrabble boards, scoring materials and dictionaries are provided.
Daytime Book Club
Join this new book club where we will explore fabulous stories in the light of day. Please come prepared with ideas for future titles, and plan on having a good time sharing your passion for good books. We will be discussing the book "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet?" by Jamie Ford for the month of April. Light refreshments will be served.
Club meets at the New Castle Branch Library on the second Wednesday of every month at 10:30 am.
Silt Mesa Meeting - Sponsored by Bookcliff Conservation District
The Bookcliff conservation District is putting on an informative program about how Silt Mesa residents can be better informed on the topics of improving irrigation systems, invasive species like russian knapweed, and fire mitigation. The program will be held at the Silt Library community room and starts at 6:30pm on Thursday, March 14th.
Spring Into Greens: Exploring the Benefits of a Vegan Lifestyle
Come join Susanna Goldstein, Certified Health Coach, Cooking Diva, and Kitchen Designer, as she explores the benefits of living a vegan lifestyle. Hear what doctors and others are saying about health. Learn more about the human body and how it is designed to complement a plant-based diet. Discover what a typical daily menu would be like as a vegan. Find out how to get the required proteins, carbohydrates, and fats to support our bodies. Explore how to transition your current lifestyle to incorporate the “crowding out” method.
Otto Mears: Pathfinder of the San Juans
The Winter Lecture Series continues at the Glenwood Springs Branch Library with a Chautauqua-style program on Thursday March 21, 2013 at 7 pm. Otto Mears (1840-1931) was a famous Colorado railroad builder and entrepreneur who played a major role in the early development of southwestern Colorado. Mears was known as the "Pathfinder of the San Juans" because of his road and railroad building projects through Colorado's San Juan Mountains in the late 19th Century.
Health Information on the Internet: Getting There from Here
Would you like to learn techniques for finding credible health information on the Internet? Did you know there are medical databases available through the websites of Valley View Hospital and the Glenwood Springs Library? Would you like to learn what a medical database is and how you can use it to acquire personal health information?
Health Information on the Internet: Consider the Source
Would you like to learn techniques for finding credible health information on the Internet? Did you know there are medical databases available through the websites of Valley View Hospital and the Glenwood Springs Library? Would you like to learn what a medical database is and how you can use it to acquire personal health information?
Scrabble Club
If you love words, games, and having fun, this club is for you! Our adult Scrabble Club meets from 5:30-8 p.m. on the first Tuesday of every month at the Glenwood Springs Branch Library. Beginners and experts alike are encouraged to join our club, which is free and open to the public. Make new friends and learn new Scrabble strategies. Scrabble boards, scoring materials, and dictionaries are provided.
Make and Take: Ornament Club
Start now and you'll be set for the holidays. Each month you will craft another one of a kind ornament. This month we feature easy to cut and hand sew felt ornaments.
Make and Take: Ornament Club takes place at the Parachute Branch Library on Tuesday, march 26 from 1:00 to 3:00 pm.
Sign up is required, class is free, materials list will be given to you when you sign up.
Grumpy Old Men vs The Gracious Ladies Will Bowling Challenge
Cabin fever setting in? We have the perfect solution. Sign up Wii Bowling and experience more fun and exercise than you have had in years. You will quickly learn what a Wii is and then learn to bowl the modern way! Men will challenge the ladies. Beware- gambling on the outcome may be dangerous! Wii Bowling is fun to play, fun to watch, and no more cabin fever!
Program takes place at the Parachute Branch Library on Thursday, March 21, from 1:00 to 3:00 pm.
