Friday Grab Bag, April 12, 2024

…news from Colorado State Library. Let’s open the Friday Grab Bag! Earth & Environment Alamosa Public Library wraps up Water Week, a week-long series of water conservation events, with a… (Search hits: 4 in body, 1 in title, 0 in categories, 1 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 127.86)

Friday Grab Bag, September 1, 2023

First Day The Steamboat Pilot, September 1, 1983 The Friday Grab Bag is a weekly series that highlights fun, unique, and interesting happenings in Colorado libraries, and includes news from… (Search hits: 6 in body, 1 in title, 0 in categories, 1 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 117.93)

Friday Grab Bag, March 15, 2024

…their St. PIEtrick’s Party on March 16 at 6:00 pm. This fusion of Pi(e) Day and St. Patrick’s Day will include games, activities, and of course pie (both the pizza… (Search hits: 6 in body, 1 in title, 0 in categories, 1 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 117.93)

Time Machine Tuesday: The Vulcan Mine Explosion

…coal for the railway. Just ten days before, the mine had been inspected by David Griffiths, the State Inspector of Coal Mines, who pronounced it in fine condition. His report… (Search hits: 4 in body, 1 in title, 0 in categories, 1 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 115.93)

Friday Grab Bag, February 2, 2024

…includes news from Colorado State Library. Let’s open the Friday Grab Bag! Made with Love Harbinger of Valentine Day The Denver Inquirer, February 12, 1954 Give your cards a personal… (Search hits: 3 in body, 1 in title, 0 in categories, 1 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 114.93)

Time Machine Tuesday: The Tabor Grand Opera House

…opera house on a far grander scale than Leadville’s. The resulting edifice cost the enormous sum of $800,000 to build. That’s equivalent to $20.3 million today. It was the most… (Search hits: 1 in body, 1 in title, 0 in categories, 1 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 112.93)

Time Machine Tuesday: The Lost Town of Caribou, Colorado

…and David Moffat. One longtime owner was New York financier R. G. Dun, best known today as the Dun of Dun & Bradstreet. By the time Dun died in 1900,… (Search hits: 1 in body, 1 in title, 0 in categories, 1 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 112.93)

The Book Club Guide to Literary Libations

…have a regular discussion like any other day, serve your beer and crackers, and skip the next two years of meetings until you’re ready to start building some hype for… (Search hits: 2 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 13.93)