This summer we’ll “Build a Better World” and focus on culture, nature and creativity. Here is a tentative schedule of the fun for Messy Mondays, held from 3:30-5 pm each Monday at the Crested Butte Library. Come join us for this free and fun program where, sometimes we get just a little bit messy!

July 24 – Gardening with Mary
July 31 – Special Guest, Bailey from Mountain Manners!

August 7 – Do it yourself dog and cat toys
August 14 – Solar Art
August 21 – Book binding with Len Germinara and the CB Book Binders
August 28 – Back to School and End of Summer Reading Program Celebration!!!

Program schedule is subject to change.

This summer join us on Tuesdays for Tween Scene (ages 8-12) from 3:30-5 pm at the Crested Butte Library. Every week is different, with activities focusing on STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math. This event is free and open to the public.

Here is a tentative schedule of the fun:

July 25 – Can you Build a Better Bug?

August 1 – Origami with Jill!
August 8 – Creatures with Kate Seeley (make your own creatures!) SPECIAL TIME 3:30-5:30 pm
August 15 – Gardening with Mary
August 22 – Build Your Own Fidget Spinner
August 29 – No TWEEN SCENE but join us on Monday, August 28 @ 3:45 as we celebrate BACK To SCHOOL and the end of our SUMMER READING PROGRAM!

Program schedule is subject to change.

Tween Scene rules:

1. Don’t touch anything until you’ve been invited (science projects especially!).
2. Be respectful- of one another, of the librarian(s), of the other library patrons.
3. Have FUN!

Please join us, at the Library, the morning after the Crested Butte Public Policy Forum to continue the conversation!

For more information and list of speakers, visit the CB Public Policy Forum website.

Thursday, July 27, 2017 we’ll discuss the presentation by Speaker: JOHN BELLINGER on “TRUMP’S NATIONAL SECURITY AGENDA: AN EARLY ASSESSMENT”

Thursday, August 3, 2017 we’ll discuss the presentation by Speaker: GEORGE FRAMPTON on “CLIMATE CHANGE: PROSPECTS FOR CARBON PRICING”

Thursday, August 10, 2017 we’ll discuss the presentation by Speaker: ILYSE HOGUE on “THE FUTURE IS FEMALE”

Thursday, August 17, 2017 we’ll discuss the presentation by Speaker: PROFESSOR JON D. BAILEY on “HAMILTON, THE MUSICAL, AS SOCIAL DOCUMENT”

The Novel Tea Book Club will meet on July 27 at 2 p.m. to  and discuss “Little Greed Men” by local authors Kym O’Connell Todd & Mark Todd.

“What happens when a town’s local resident spots a UFO? Silverville sees nothing but dollar signs. First an amusement park and museum, then a celestial motif for the whole town. Con artists and embezzlers, tourists and kooks, all get caught up in the frenzy, some hoping to make a quick buck, others seeking a spiritual message from beyond the stars. Ride along on this irreverent adventure that reveals Colorado mountain culture at its most outrageous, and where just about everybody shares in the madness of money, murder, and mayhem”–Cover

Nominated for the Colorado Book Award

Placed on the Recommended Reading List at the Library of Congress by the Washington Center for the Book

“The characters were finely drawn and well placed, the plotting was very well done–with a number of surprises that you don’t see coming–and the story itself is fun and interesting. If you have ever spent any time in a small, western town in the rockies you will recognize these folks. A fun read.” — SFRevu

After enjoying the book, come see Kym & Mark at the Crested Butte Library on Thursday, August 3 at 7 pm sharing some of their ghost stories of the Southwest!