Gunnison County Libraries
Gunnison County has a seven-decade history of library service to Gunnison and Crested Butte residents and visitors. Our libraries include Crested Butte Library and Gunnison Library, and the Center for Adult and Family Education. The first library was established in 1939 in the basement of Webster Hall in Gunnison by the American Association of University Women with a grand total of 2,000 volumes. Finally, in 1965, Gunnison County designated this library the Gunnison County Public Library. In 1975 the library moved to its present Gunnison location and a small addition was completed in 1983. Much of this was made possible through the vision and support of local philanthropist Ann Zugelder for whom the library building is named.
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Join us at the 11
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Join us at the 11 AM on Wednesdays at the Crested Butte Library for Baby & Toddler Storytime (ages birth to 3 years) with Storytime Sue!
This is an interactive session for the wee ones where we focus on the 5 practices of Every Child Ready to Read: read, write, talk, sing, and play.
After story time, let the little ones play while you socialize, swap stories, share techniques or just chat with other caregivers at the Library.
This event meets all year long!
Time
(Wednesday) 11:00 am - 11:30 am
Location
Crested Butte
504 Maroon Avenue, Crested Butte, CO 81224
Organizer
Crested Butte Library970-349-6535
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Join us for Storytime on
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Join us for Storytime on Fridays at 10 AM at the Crested Butte Library. So, stop on by the Library and join us as we read, romp and have some fun with new books and old classics.
This event meets all year long!
Time
(Friday) 10:00 am - 10:45 am
Location
Crested Butte
504 Maroon Avenue, Crested Butte, CO 81224
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Book Club hosted at Gunnison
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Book Club hosted at Gunnison Library, meets the 4th Wednesday of every month at 4 pm.
September 25: The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
October 23: The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
November 20*: The Last Equation of Isaac Severy by Nova Jacobs
*date moved to accommodate Thanksgiving holiday the following week
December 18*: The House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea
*date moved to accommodate Christmas holiday
January 22: Circe by Madeline Miller
February 26: Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. Sullivan
March 25: Beartown by Fredrik Backman
April 22: The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks
May 27: The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
Time
(Wednesday) 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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Board games, (including but not limited to, Settlers of Catan, Gunnison-opoly, Scrabble, Yahtzee, Parcheesi), card games, puzzles and more! Pizza provided. Suitable for all ages and free and open to the public.
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Board games, (including but not limited to, Settlers of Catan, Gunnison-opoly, Scrabble, Yahtzee, Parcheesi), card games, puzzles and more!
Pizza provided.
Suitable for all ages and free and open to the public.
Time
(Wednesday) 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location
Gunnison Library
307 N. Wisconsin, Gunnison, CO 81230
Organizer
Gunnison Library970-641-3485
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The Center for Adult and
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The Center for Adult and Family Education (C.A.F.E.) presents weekly classes for those seeking to learn English.
English literacy for adults and children’s programs.
$20 for new students | $10 for returning students | Children are free
For more information and/or to register call Dana at 970-641-7684. Se habla español.
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El Centro de Educación para Adultos y Familias (el programa CAFE) ofrece clases semanales para todos los que quieran aprender inglés.
Clases para los adultos y cuidado de niños.
$20 estudiantes nuevos / $10 estudiantes recurrentes / gratis para los niños
Para más información llame al (970) 641-7684. Se habla español.
Time
(Wednesday) 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm MST
Location
Gunnison Community School
1099 N. 11th Street, Gunnison, CO 81230
Organizer
CAFEDana Hersch Don
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The Center for Adult and
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The Center for Adult and Family Education (C.A.F.E.) presents weekly classes for those seeking to learn English.
English literacy for adults and children’s programs.
$20 for new students | $10 for returning students | Children are free
For more information and/or to register call Dana at 970-641-7684. Se habla español.
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El Centro de Educación para Adultos y Familias (el programa CAFE) ofrece clases semanales para todos los que quieran aprender inglés.
Clases para los adultos y cuidado de niños.
$20 estudiantes nuevos / $10 estudiantes recurrentes / gratis para los niños
Para más información llame al (970) 641-7684. Se habla español.
Time
(Thursday) 8:30 am - 10:30 am MST
Location
Gunnison Library
307 N. Wisconsin, Gunnison, CO 81230
Organizer
CAFEDana Hersch Don
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Join us every Thursday from 10:30-11 as we practice school readiness skills through stories, games and songs. This storytime also involves craft time!
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Join us every Thursday from 10:30-11 as we practice school readiness skills through stories, games and songs. This storytime also involves craft time!
Time
(Thursday) 10:30 am - 11:00 am
Location
Gunnison Library
307 N. Wisconsin, Gunnison, CO 81230
Organizer
Gunnison Library970-641-3485
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Please join us as we
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Please join us as we welcome, New York Times Bestselling author, Peter Heller, to Crested Butte on Friday, October 25, 2019. This event is generously sponsored by the Crested Butte Friends of the Library and is free and open to all.
Schedule of events:
6-7 pm Social hour. Free appetizers and cocktails (21+) and an opportunity to mingle with Peter.
7-8 pm Presentation + Q&A.
8 pm Book signings.
About the author:
Peter Heller is the national best-selling author of The River, the story of two college students on a wilderness canoe trip–a gripping tale of a friendship tested by fire, white water, and violence. Heller has also written the novels Celine, The Painter, and The Dog Stars. The Painter was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and won the prestigious Reading the West Book Award, shared in the past by Western writers such as Cormac McCarthy and Terry Tempest Williams, and The Dog Stars, which was published to critical acclaim and lauded as a breakout bestseller, has been published in twenty-two languages to date.
Heller is also the author of four nonfiction books, including Kook: What Surfing Taught Me About Love, Life, and Catching the Perfect Wave, which was awarded the National Outdoor Book Award for Literature, Hell or High Water: Surviving Tibet’s Tsango River, and The Whale Warriors: The Battle at the Bottom of the World to Save the Planet’s Largest Mammal. An award-winning adventure writer and a longtime contributor to NPR, Heller is a contributing editor at Outside magazine, Men’s Journal, and National Geographic Adventure, and a regular contributor to Bloomberg Businessweek.
He holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop in poetry and fiction and lives in Denver, Colorado.
Time
(Friday) 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm MST
Location
Crested Butte Library
504 Maroon Avenue, Crested Butte, CO 81224
Organizer
Crested Butte Library970-349-6535
28oct3:30 pm- 5:00 pmCreepy Cafe3:30 pm - 5:00 pm MST Gunnison LibraryEvent Category:Children
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Join us at the Gunnison
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Join us at the Gunnison Library on Monday, October 28 from 3:30-5 pm for Creepy Cafe.
In this after-school program, we’ll have snacks, games and Amazing Halloween DIY crafts: Monsters, Frankentoys, Skeletons and Ghosts.
Time
(Monday) 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm MST
Location
Gunnison Library
307 N. Wisconsin, Gunnison, CO 81230
Organizer
Gunnison Library970-641-3485
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Drop in every Monday between 3:45-5pm pm this fall for games, crafts, lego challenges, etc.
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Drop in every Monday between 3:45-5pm pm this fall for games, crafts, lego challenges, etc.
Time
(Monday) 3:45 pm - 5:00 pm MST
Location
Gunnison Library
307 N. Wisconsin, Gunnison, CO 81230
Organizer
Gunnison Library970-641-3485
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We are going to have our "Dragons Love Tacos" visiting character, story time and a special craft.
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We are going to have our “Dragons Love Tacos” visiting character, story time and a special craft.
Time
(Monday) 3:45 pm - 5:00 pm MST
Location
Crested Butte Library
504 Maroon Avenue, Crested Butte, CO 81224
Organizer
Crested Butte Library970-349-6535
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The Center for Adult and
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The Center for Adult and Family Education (C.A.F.E.) presents weekly classes for those seeking to learn English.
English literacy for adults and children’s programs.
$20 for new students | $10 for returning students | Children are free
For more information and/or to register call Dana at 970-641-7684. Se habla español.
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El Centro de Educación para Adultos y Familias (el programa CAFE) ofrece clases semanales para todos los que quieran aprender inglés.
Clases para los adultos y cuidado de niños.
$20 estudiantes nuevos / $10 estudiantes recurrentes / gratis para los niños
Para más información llame al (970) 641-7684. Se habla español.
Time
(Monday) 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm MST
Location
Gunnison Community School
1099 N. 11th Street, Gunnison, CO 81230
Organizer
CAFEDana Hersch Don
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The Center for Adult and
more
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The Center for Adult and Family Education (C.A.F.E.) presents weekly classes for those seeking to learn English.
English literacy for adults and children’s programs.
$20 for new students | $10 for returning students | Children are free
For more information and/or to register call Dana at 970-641-7684. Se habla español.
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El Centro de Educación para Adultos y Familias (el programa CAFE) ofrece clases semanales para todos los que quieran aprender inglés.
Clases para los adultos y cuidado de niños.
$20 estudiantes nuevos / $10 estudiantes recurrentes / gratis para los niños
Para más información llame al (970) 641-7684. Se habla español.
Time
(Tuesday) 8:30 am - 10:30 am MST
Location
Gunnison Library
307 N. Wisconsin, Gunnison, CO 81230
Organizer
CAFEDana Hersch Don
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Join us every Tuesday from 10-10:30 am as we read, sing, rhyme and dance! Group playtime immediately follows.
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Join us every Tuesday from 10-10:30 am as we read, sing, rhyme and dance! Group playtime immediately follows.
Time
(Tuesday) 10:00 am - 10:30 am
Location
Gunnison Library
307 N. Wisconsin, Gunnison, CO 81230
Organizer
Gunnison Library970-641-3485
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Are you looking to obtain
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Are you looking to obtain your high-school equivalency diploma?
The Gunnison Public Library’s GED program offers classes, one-on-one tutoring, and GED testing to help you reach your educational goals.
$20 per semester / Must be 17 years or older
PRE-REGISTRATION required. Call 970.641.7684 or email Dana at dana@gunnisoncountylibraries.org.
Time
(Tuesday) 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Location
Gunnison Community School
1099 N. 11th Street, Gunnison, CO 81230
Organizer
CAFEDana Hersch Don
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Come practice your English or
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Come practice your English or Spanish and join in an evening of fun!
¡Venga a practicar su inglés o español para una tarde de diversión!
Complimentary coffee and treats provided.
Presented by Tributary Coffee Roasters, the C.A.F.E. program, and Spanish Extended Studies. RSVP to dana@gunnisoncountylibraries.org
Time
(Wednesday) 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm MST
Location
Tributary Coffee Roasters
120 N. Main St. Gunnison, CO 81230
Organizer
CAFEDana Hersch Don
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KBUT and the Crested Butte
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KBUT and the Crested Butte Library bring you the “Howl-O-Ween Fright Parade” on Halloween Thursday October 31st. We will meet at 4:30pm at First and Elk. Dress in your best costume, boogie to music from Bobby Digital, trick-or treat down Elk Ave., and then join us after at the library for snacks, a cider-making demo by Big B’s and an activity with The Trailhead Children’s Museum! Businesses and homes on Elk Avenue are invited to hand out goodies to the kids. This event is free and open to all! For more information, email kt@kbut.org
Time
(Thursday) 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm MST
Location
Crested Butte Library
504 Maroon Avenue, Crested Butte, CO 81224
Organizer
Crested Butte Library970-349-6535
