Garfield County Libraries schedule from October 28th to November 28th. 3

This week Garfield County Libraries will be having one last fun pumpkin craft event in preparation for Halloween on Monday at the Parachute branch. Dia de Los Muertos is just around the corner, including altar workshops in Glenwood Springs on Tuesday and Wednesday, bread baking at the Carbondale branch on Friday, followed by a Dia de Los Muertos celebration.

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is also starting and there will be an event in preparation for the month at the Glenwood Springs branch on Halloween evening.

Be sure to visit the libraries’ event pages as some events may require pre-registration or have details not listed here. The website can be found here: https://www.gcpld.org/news-and-events.

The library locations are:

Parachute: 244 Grand Valley Way

Rifle: 207 East Ave.

Silt: 680 Home Ave.

New Castle: 402 W. Main St.

Glenwood Springs: 815 Cooper Ave.

Carbondale: 320 Sopris Ave.

MONDAY

Parachute:
SPARK at 11:30 a.m

The Great Pumpkin Craft at 11:30 a.m./La Gran Artesania de Calabazas from 11:30 a.m

Gun:
Crazy Mondays at 4:30 p.m

Silt:
Club de Bolsitas Rojas de 10 a.m

Glenwood Springs:
Last Monday book club at 2 p.m

Carbondale:

Club de Bolsitas Rojas from 10:30 a.m

At the Stitches Knitting Club at 1:30 p.m

Move from your center at 4 p.m

English in Action: Opening Hours at 6:30 p.m

TUESDAY

Gun:
Navigating the parenting journey at 11 a.m

Clases de Inglés Para Adultos from 1:30 p.m

Let’s chat about mental health at 5 p.m

New castle:

Story time for toddlers at 10:30 a.m

Glenwood Springs:
Story time at 11:15 a.m

Geri Fit at 1:30 p.m

Day of the Dead Altar Workshops at 2 p.m./Talleres de Altares de Dia de Muertos at 2 p.m

Carbondale:

Baby story time at 9:30 a.m

Story time for toddlers at 10:30 a.m

WEDNESDAY

Parachute:
Story time at 10:30 a.m

Gun:

Clases de Inglés Para Adultos from 1:30 p.m

English/Spanish conversation circle at 6:45 p.m

Silt:

Story time at 10:30 a.m

New castle:

Story time at 10:30 a.m

Glenwood Springs:
Club de Bolsitas Rojas from 10:30 a.m

Day of the Dead Altar Workshops at 2 p.m./Talleres de Altares de Dia de Muertos at 2 p.m

SPARK at 2:30 p.m

Tai chi at 5:30 p.m

Carbondale:
SPARK at 2 p.m

Colorado Mountain College Open Office Hours at 4 p.m

THURSDAY

Parachute:
Little Red Bag Club at 10:30 a.m

Club de Bolsitas Rojas de midday.

Gun:
Story time at 11 a.m

Curious Minds Club at 2:30 p.m

Glenwood Springs:
Bring out the Wiggles! at 11:15 a.m

NaNoWriMo at 5 p.m

Carbondale:
Bring out the Wiggles! at 10:30 a.m

FRIDAY

Gun:
SPARK at 11:30 a.m

Club de Bolsitas Rojas de midday.

Silt:
Shake out your foolishness by 10 o’clock

SPARK at 11:30 a.m

New castle:
Aspen Science Center STEM Exploration Hour at noon.

Glenwood Springs:
Your story, your life by 10 o’clock

Geri Fit at 1:30 p.m

Carbondale:
Day of Dead Bread Baking by 10 o’clock/Oreando Pan de Muertos de 10 a.m

Story time in preschool age at 10:30 a.m

Nature diary with words and drawings at 1 p.m

Day of the Dead at 4 p.m./Dia de los Muertos at 4 p.m

SATURDAY

Gun:
Medicare 101 at 11 a.m

Glenwood Springs:
Tai chi at 9:30 a.m

Carbondale:
Bilingual story time at 10:30 a.m

SUNDAY

Gun:

Crochet corner at 11 a.m. Carbondale:
The art of conversation at 6 p.m