Friday Grab Bag, June 27, 2025

The Friday Grab Bag is a weekly series that highlights fun, unique, and interesting happenings in Colorado libraries, and includes news from the Colorado State Library. Let’s open the Friday Grab Bag!

Library Events & Programs

Fun & Games

Jefferson County Public Library is hosting an all-ages Tabletop Games Celebration on June 29 at Standley Lake Library. A variety of board games and card games will be available to play.

Gunnison County Libraries announces their first annual Adult Spelling Bee on June 27 at 6:00 pm. Register to compete as an individual or a representative from your workplace or other organization.

Alamosa Public Library hosts Chess Training for Kids with Coach Tony the first Thursday of every month. Join them for some friendly competition at their next meeting on July 3.

Bemis Public Library invites teens to play Minute-To-Win-It Games on July 2. Test your skills with a series of 60-second challenges using everyday household items.

Pueblo City-County Library District hosts Pinochle twice a month at Greenhorn Valley Library. Come play a hand of this classic card game at the next meeting on July 1 at 5:00 pm.

Create in Color

Estes Valley Library invites you to Color Our World with Skittle Art on July 1 at 2:00 pm. Get creative and enjoy a tasty treat using Skittles to make a variety of different art that you can eat.

High Plains Library District welcomes tweens and teens to Gotta Color ‘Em All: Pokémon Party on July 2 at LINC. Celebrate your love of Pokémon through exciting crafts, games, and activities.

Poudre Libraries welcomes kids to the Wonderful World of Weaving on July 3 at Harmony Library. Learn to create colorful woven bowls, bookmarks, and other cool fiber art.

Summit County Library is hosting a Branch Weaving Workshop on June 28 at South Branch Library. Lori Whipple from Wonderforest will show participants how to create unique, woven art from natural branches and colorful yarn.

Pick ‘n’ Mix

Learn what to do When Lightning Strikes! Durango Public Library welcomes Dr. Tiffany L. Brainerd, wilderness medicine doctor, for this presentation on July 2 at 6:00 pm.

Garfield County Libraries will host the Pauline S. Schneegas Wildlife Foundation for Predator Proofing and Coexisting with Wild Life, July 30 at the Rifle Branch. Their presentation will include strategies for predator-proofing chicken coops.

Spanish Peaks Library’s Kite Festival is June 30, 10:00 am, at the Huerfano Community Center Field. Bring your own kite or get a free one courtesy of the Walsenburg Craft Emporium.

It’s Christmas in July at Pines & Plains Libraries. Join them on July 2 at Elizabeth Library for holiday baking and festive crafting.

What’s New from the Colorado State Library

Colorado Historic Newspapers

It Takes a Village: New News for Weld and Pitkin Counties

Learning Opportunities

All events are online except where a location is noted.

• Balancing the Books: Addressing Economic Insecurity Among Library Workers
  • August 6, 1:00 – 2:00 pm
• Find even more learning opportunities:
  • Libraries Learn Calendar from Colorado State Library
  • Continuing Education Calendar from Maine State Library (note: all MSL events are listed in Eastern time). A different view of these events is available at Free Online Learning Opportunities for June 2025.

Library Jobline

Are you considering a job change this year? Check out Library Jobline for hot new library employment opportunities, like this selection from around Colorado.

• Children’s Librarian – Spanish Peaks Library District
• Part-time 25 hour Studio Host (Spanish speaking candidates preferred) – Studio at Anythink Wright Farms
• Materials Handler (Part-Time Gunbarrel) – Boulder Public Library District
• Senior Language Library Specialist, Spanish – Arapahoe Library District
• Patron Experience Associate (Part-Time) – Lakewood Library – Jefferson County Public Library
• Strategic Services Librarian – Non Profit – Pikes Peak Library District

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This post is part of the Spotlight on Sharing initiative, which aims to increase the visibility of Colorado library programs and resource sharing. Do you have a story from your library to share? Email Amy Hitchner, hitchner_a@cde.state.co.us.

All images are from the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection, a service of Colorado State Library.