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This year, CMC’s Common Reader selection is “Ludlow” by Colorado’s Poet Laureate, David Mason. This verse novel tells the story of the Ludlow Massacre in southern Colorado on April 20, 1914, where immigrant miners on strike and their families were attacked and many were killed by the Colorado National Guard. This selection reflects on a momentous event in American labor relations and in Colorado history.

This year, CMC’s Common Reader selection is “Ludlow” by Colorado’s Poet Laureate, David Mason. This verse novel tells the story of the Ludlow Massacre in southern Colorado on April 20, 1914, where immigrant miners on strike and their families were attacked and many were killed by the Colorado National Guard. This selection reflects on a momentous event in American labor relations and in Colorado history.

Join us at the Round Room at the 3rd Street Center in Carbondale on Monday, October 22nd at 6:30 for a special author event celebrating the 9th annual One Book One Town.  This year's selection, "Nothing Daunted" by Dorothy Wickenden, is available for checkout at the library.

Once upon a time there was an annual event called Spellebration that continues to this day, bringing lovers of literacy and adult education together for an evening of magic and mayhem with an old-fashioned adult spelling bee and silent auction. This year, we will gather at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, March 16, 2012 at the Enchanted Forest we know as Aspen Glen, where spellers will compete for bragging rights as the best spellers in Garfield County and all attending will be spellbound by the merriment, the festive ambiance, and the enticements of the silent auction.

The Parachute Branch Library's Preschool Storytime is going on the road! Join us at Mesa Vista Assisted Living Center on Friday, December 16, at 11:00 a.m. as we share stories and songs with center residents. The Mesa Vista Assisted Living Residence is located at 0072 East Sipprelle Drive in Parachute.

It is time again for our annual fundraiser, Jewels for Literacy! 50% of all proceeds will be donated to Literacy Outreach. Join us on Thursday, November 10, at 6:00 p.m.

Join the design team for the new Carbondale library on January 12 at the Third Street Center's Calaway Room to see plans and share your ideas. This is the third of three scheduled community input open houses. All meetings will take place from 4:00pm to 6:30pm with after-hours open house available until 8:00pm for those who need to come later. Learn more.

Join the design team for the new Carbondale library on November 17 at the Third Street Center's Calaway Room to see plans and share your ideas. This is the second of three scheduled community input open houses. All meetings will take place from 4:00pm to 6:30pm with after-hours open house available until 8:00pm for those who need to come later. Learn more.

Join the design team for the new Carbondale library on November 8 at the Third Street Center's Calaway Room to see plans and share your ideas. This is the first of three scheduled community input open houses. All meetings will take place from 4:00pm to 6:30pm with after-hours open house available until 8:00pm for those who need to come later. Learn more.

A Mighty Long Way is the subject of the 2011 CMC Common Reader program. Author Carlotta Walls LaNier will visit the West Garfield CMC Campus in Rifle on October 18 at 7 p.m. (click for a map). She will also be at the Aspen campus on October 19 at 10 a.m. (click for a map) and the Spring Valley campus at 7 p.m.