Events in June 2023
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Summer Reading STARTS!
Summer Reading STARTS!
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June 1, 2023June 1 – August 20
Adults, teens, and children get ready for another fun Summer Reading Program!
This year we celebrate with the theme “All Together Now”
Join us for stories, reading clubs, special programs, music, and much more, online, indoors, or outside in our beautiful backyard.
Community Room BookedCommunity Room Booked
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June 1, 2023CML Spring Outreach meeting
Stephanie Bibbens
Town Clerk
970.479.2460Tech StudioTech Studio
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June 1, 2023Join us! back in Tech Studio, Vail Public Library's very own MakerSpace!
Located on the lower level of the library (across from the elevator), our Tech Studio is a true creation station for all ages, abilities, and interests. Explore, create, collaborate, and invent in a safe and supportive environment!
Services Available
- Virtual Reality System (Oculus Rift)
- 3D Printing (2 Lulzbot Mini)
- Green Screen by Do ink App
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Bilingual Story Time / La Hora del Cuento
Bilingual Story Time / La Hora del Cuento
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June 3, 2023Bilingual Story Time has moved to Saturday!
Join Sandy for Storytime in English and Spanish
Learn, read, sing, and have fun while practicing and learning Spanish! families with children up to age 6 will learn traditional and new Hispanic and Latino songs, games, and unique stories.
¡La hora del cuento bilingüe se ha cambiado a los sábados!
Únase a Sandy para Storytime en inglés y español
¡Aprende, lee, canta y diviértete mientras practicas y aprendes español! las familias con niños de hasta 6 años aprenderán canciones, juegos e historias únicas tradicionales y nuevas hispanas y latinas.
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Community Room Booked
Community Room Booked
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June 5, 2023Jill Stautner
Human Resources, AdminStory TimeStory Time
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June 5, 2023We are excited to invite families to our early literacy storytimes.
Join Erin for stories, songs, and movement activities that will entertain our youngest patrons - appropriate for ages 6 and under.
Zumba® classZumba® class
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June 5, 2023Back for the summer as part of our Healthy Lifestyle Series!
Zumba® is an interval-style dance fitness party that combines low-intensity and high-intensity moves. You’ll burn lots of calories as you move to the rhythm with Latin-inspired dance moves. The best part of it all is that it doesn’t even feel like exercise!
Instructed by Maria Rivera
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SRP - VISIT TO VAIL FIRE STATION 2
SRP - VISIT TO VAIL FIRE STATION 2
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June 6, 2023"All Together" let's take a walk to Vail's Fire Station 2.
Kiddos will be checking out the apparatus bays and engines in them.
They will also be able to see the duty quarters where the firefighters live during their 48 hour shifts.
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Story Time
Story Time
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June 7, 2023We are excited to invite families to our early literacy storytimes.
Join Erin for stories, songs, and movement activities that will entertain our youngest patrons - appropriate for ages 6 and under.
Community Room BookedCommunity Room Booked
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June 7, 2023From: Erin Boyle
Email: erin@chowco.org Org: CHOWTech StudioTech Studio
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June 7, 2023Join us! back in Tech Studio, Vail Public Library's very own MakerSpace!
Located on the lower level of the library (across from the elevator), our Tech Studio is a true creation station for all ages, abilities, and interests. Explore, create, collaborate, and invent in a safe and supportive environment!
Services Available
- Virtual Reality System (Oculus Rift)
- 3D Printing (2 Lulzbot Mini)
- Green Screen by Do ink App
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Tech Studio
Tech Studio
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June 8, 2023Join us! back in Tech Studio, Vail Public Library's very own MakerSpace!
Located on the lower level of the library (across from the elevator), our Tech Studio is a true creation station for all ages, abilities, and interests. Explore, create, collaborate, and invent in a safe and supportive environment!
Services Available
- Virtual Reality System (Oculus Rift)
- 3D Printing (2 Lulzbot Mini)
- Green Screen by Do ink App
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Walking Book Club
Walking Book Club
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June 9, 2023No grass grows under this group's feet. They're a walking, talking book club. Our Walking Book Club is a fun, social outing with social distancing. Come even if you have not read this month's title. Instead, share what you are reading with the group. We will meet in the library's Galleria and head out for a discussion of June's Books 'n Bites title, “The library book” by Susan Orlean
Email Jo Norris at JNorris@vailgov.com to confirm your participation.
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Bilingual Story Time / La Hora del Cuento
Bilingual Story Time / La Hora del Cuento
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June 10, 2023Bilingual Story Time has moved to Saturday!
Join Sandy for Storytime in English and Spanish
Learn, read, sing, and have fun while practicing and learning Spanish! families with children up to age 6 will learn traditional and new Hispanic and Latino songs, games, and unique stories.
¡La hora del cuento bilingüe se ha cambiado a los sábados!
Únase a Sandy para Storytime en inglés y español
¡Aprende, lee, canta y diviértete mientras practicas y aprendes español! las familias con niños de hasta 6 años aprenderán canciones, juegos e historias únicas tradicionales y nuevas hispanas y latinas.
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Story Time
Story Time
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June 12, 2023We are excited to invite families to our early literacy storytimes.
Join Erin for stories, songs, and movement activities that will entertain our youngest patrons - appropriate for ages 6 and under.
Zumba® classZumba® class
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June 12, 2023Back for the summer as part of our Healthy Lifestyle Series!
Zumba® is an interval-style dance fitness party that combines low-intensity and high-intensity moves. You’ll burn lots of calories as you move to the rhythm with Latin-inspired dance moves. The best part of it all is that it doesn’t even feel like exercise!
Instructed by Maria Rivera
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SRP - TIE DYE PARTY
SRP - TIE DYE PARTY
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June 13, 2023Get ready to express yourself in the most fun, colorful way!
Come tie-dye a t-shirt or bring your own clean white piece of clothing (socks, bandana, etc.)
RSVP to Liz at ESein@vailgov.com with how many are coming.
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Story Time
Story Time
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June 14, 2023We are excited to invite families to our early literacy storytimes.
Join Erin for stories, songs, and movement activities that will entertain our youngest patrons - appropriate for ages 6 and under.
Mountain of Books - Parent & Child Book ClubMountain of Books - Parent & Child Book Club
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June 14, 2023Kids and Parents will be able to ask questions and talk about their favorite parts of the book with each other.
Join us! for a discussion featuring the book:
"The Silver Arrow" by Lev Grossman
Kate and her younger brother Tom lead dull, uninteresting lives. And if their dull, uninteresting parents are anything to go by, they don’t have much to look forward to. Why can’t Kate have thrilling adventures and save the world the way people do in books? Even her 11th birthday is shaping up to be mundane — that is, until her mysterious and highly irresponsible Uncle Herbert, whom she’s never even met before, surprises her with the most unexpected, exhilarating, inappropriate birthday present of all time: a colossal steam locomotive called the Silver Arrow.
Kate and Tom’s parents want to send it right back where it came from. But Kate and Tom have other ideas — and so does the Silver Arrow — and soon they’re off to distant lands along magical rail lines in the company of an assortment of exotic animals who, it turns out, can talk. With only curiosity, excitement, their own resourcefulness and the thrill of the unknown to guide them, Kate and Tom are on the adventure of a lifetime . . . and who knows? They just might end up saving the world after all.
This thrilling fantasy adventure will not only entertain young readers but inspire them to see the beautiful, exciting, and precious world around them with new eyes.Tech StudioTech Studio
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June 14, 2023Join us! back in Tech Studio, Vail Public Library's very own MakerSpace!
Located on the lower level of the library (across from the elevator), our Tech Studio is a true creation station for all ages, abilities, and interests. Explore, create, collaborate, and invent in a safe and supportive environment!
Services Available
- Virtual Reality System (Oculus Rift)
- 3D Printing (2 Lulzbot Mini)
- Green Screen by Do ink App
Virtual Books 'n Bites - “The library book” by Susan OrleanVirtual Books 'n Bites - “The library book” by Susan Orlean
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June 14, 2023The library's book club meets each month for a fun and lively virtual book club experience!
We meet on the second Wednesday of the month via Zoom.
Email Sandy at SRivera@vailgov.com for an invitation to the monthly Books ‘n’ Bites.
Join us! this month when we will discuss the book:
“The library book” by Susan Orlean
On the morning of April 28, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. As the moments passed, the patrons and staff who had been cleared out of the building realized this was not the usual false alarm. As one fireman recounted later, “Once that first stack got going, it was ‘Goodbye, Charlie.” The fire was disastrous: it reached 2000 degrees and burned for more than seven hours. By the time it was extinguished, it had consumed four hundred thousand books and damaged seven hundred thousand more. Investigators descended on the scene, but more than thirty years later, the mystery remains: Did someone purposefully set fire to the library–and, if so, who? Weaving her lifelong love of books and reading into an investigation of the fire, award-winning New Yorker reporter and bestselling author Susan Orlean deliver a mesmerizing and uniquely compelling book that manages to tell the broader story of libraries and librarians in a way that has never been done before. In The Library Book, Orlean chronicles the LAPL fire and its aftermath to showcase the larger, crucial role that libraries play in our lives; delves into the evolution of libraries across the country and around the world, from their humble beginnings as a metropolitan charitable initiative to their current status as a cornerstone of national identity; brings each department of the library to vivid life through on-the-ground reporting; studies arson and attempts to burn a copy of a book herself; reflects on her own experiences in libraries; and reexamines the case of Harry Peak, the blond-haired actor long suspected of setting fire to the LAPL more than thirty years ago. Along the way, Orlean introduces us to an unforgettable cast of characters from libraries past and present–from Mary Foy; who in 1880 at eighteen years old was named the head of the Los Angeles Public Library at a time when men still dominated the role, to Dr. C.J.K. Jones, a pastor, citrus farmer, and polymath known as “The Human Encyclopedia” who roamed the library dispensing information; from Charles Lummis, a wildly eccentric journalist, and adventurer who was determined to make the L.A. library one of the best in the world, to the current staff, who do heroic work every day to ensure that their institution remains a vital part of the city it serves. Brimming with her signature wit, insight, compassion, and talent for deep research, The Library Book is Susan Orlean’s thrilling journey through the stacks that reveals how these beloved institutions provide much more than just books–and why they remain an essential part of the heart, mind, and soul of our country. It is also a master journalist’s reminder that perhaps especially in the digital era, they are more necessary than ever.
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Community Room Booked
Community Room Booked
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June 15, 2023From: Anna Robinson <anna@vailvalleypartnership.com>
Email: anna@vailvalleypartnership.com Org: Vail Valley Works (A nonprofit program of the Vail Valley Partnership) Phone Number: 970-477-4027 Date Requested: Community Leadership AcademyTech StudioTech Studio
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June 15, 2023Join us! back in Tech Studio, Vail Public Library's very own MakerSpace!
Located on the lower level of the library (across from the elevator), our Tech Studio is a true creation station for all ages, abilities, and interests. Explore, create, collaborate, and invent in a safe and supportive environment!
Services Available
- Virtual Reality System (Oculus Rift)
- 3D Printing (2 Lulzbot Mini)
- Green Screen by Do ink App
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Bilingual Story Time / La Hora del Cuento
Bilingual Story Time / La Hora del Cuento
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June 17, 2023Bilingual Story Time has moved to Saturday!
Join Sandy for Storytime in English and Spanish
Learn, read, sing, and have fun while practicing and learning Spanish! families with children up to age 6 will learn traditional and new Hispanic and Latino songs, games, and unique stories.
¡La hora del cuento bilingüe se ha cambiado a los sábados!
Únase a Sandy para Storytime en inglés y español
¡Aprende, lee, canta y diviértete mientras practicas y aprendes español! las familias con niños de hasta 6 años aprenderán canciones, juegos e historias únicas tradicionales y nuevas hispanas y latinas.
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Story Time
Story Time
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June 19, 2023We are excited to invite families to our early literacy storytimes.
Join Erin for stories, songs, and movement activities that will entertain our youngest patrons - appropriate for ages 6 and under.
Zumba® classZumba® class
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June 19, 2023Back for the summer as part of our Healthy Lifestyle Series!
Zumba® is an interval-style dance fitness party that combines low-intensity and high-intensity moves. You’ll burn lots of calories as you move to the rhythm with Latin-inspired dance moves. The best part of it all is that it doesn’t even feel like exercise!
Instructed by Maria Rivera
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SRP - GROOVY YOGA
SRP - GROOVY YOGA
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June 20, 2023Children will improve their strength, balance attention and coordination through fun yoga games, challenging yoga sequences as well as partner and group poses.
They will also play with moving their minds through two meditation mazes.
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Story Time
Story Time
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June 21, 2023We are excited to invite families to our early literacy storytimes.
Join Erin for stories, songs, and movement activities that will entertain our youngest patrons - appropriate for ages 6 and under.
Community Room BookedCommunity Room Booked
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June 21, 2023From: Erin Boyle
Email: erin@chowco.org Org: CHOWTech StudioTech Studio
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June 21, 2023Join us! back in Tech Studio, Vail Public Library's very own MakerSpace!
Located on the lower level of the library (across from the elevator), our Tech Studio is a true creation station for all ages, abilities, and interests. Explore, create, collaborate, and invent in a safe and supportive environment!
Services Available
- Virtual Reality System (Oculus Rift)
- 3D Printing (2 Lulzbot Mini)
- Green Screen by Do ink App
HOLDING SPACE: COMMUNITY PORTRAILS 2020-2022 EXHIBITION TOUR & ARTIST TALK WITH PHOTOGRAPHER STAS GINZBURGHOLDING SPACE: COMMUNITY PORTRAILS 2020-2022 EXHIBITION TOUR & ARTIST TALK WITH PHOTOGRAPHER STAS GINZBURG
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June 21, 2023Pride month shows how far we’ve come, and how far we have yet to go.
Pride month prompts parades, celebrations, and demonstrations, promoting LGBTQ+ visibility and equality. It falls in June, to mark the Stonewall riots for gay rights in New York in 1969 that spawned the first such march.
Since the murder of George Floyd, a resurgence of activism, from Black Lives Matter to Stop Asian Hate to advocacy for trans, immigrant and sex workers’ rights, has filled the streets. Queer and trans voices of color have come to the forefront of this fight for collective freedom.
These portraits by Stas Ginzburg celebrate and create visibility for our LGBTQ+ siblings who live unapologetically in their truth while advocating for the rights of all marginalized communities.
This exhibition has been organized by Peter Hay Halpert Fine Art and will be on view at the Library's Community Room for the month of June.
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Tech Studio
Tech Studio
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June 22, 2023Join us! back in Tech Studio, Vail Public Library's very own MakerSpace!
Located on the lower level of the library (across from the elevator), our Tech Studio is a true creation station for all ages, abilities, and interests. Explore, create, collaborate, and invent in a safe and supportive environment!
Services Available
- Virtual Reality System (Oculus Rift)
- 3D Printing (2 Lulzbot Mini)
- Green Screen by Do ink App
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Bilingual Story Time / La Hora del Cuento
Bilingual Story Time / La Hora del Cuento
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June 24, 2023Bilingual Story Time has moved to Saturday!
Join Sandy for Storytime in English and Spanish
Learn, read, sing, and have fun while practicing and learning Spanish! families with children up to age 6 will learn traditional and new Hispanic and Latino songs, games, and unique stories.
¡La hora del cuento bilingüe se ha cambiado a los sábados!
Únase a Sandy para Storytime en inglés y español
¡Aprende, lee, canta y diviértete mientras practicas y aprendes español! las familias con niños de hasta 6 años aprenderán canciones, juegos e historias únicas tradicionales y nuevas hispanas y latinas.
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Story Time
Story Time
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June 26, 2023We are excited to invite families to our early literacy storytimes.
Join Erin for stories, songs, and movement activities that will entertain our youngest patrons - appropriate for ages 6 and under.
Zumba® classZumba® class
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June 26, 2023Back for the summer as part of our Healthy Lifestyle Series!
Zumba® is an interval-style dance fitness party that combines low-intensity and high-intensity moves. You’ll burn lots of calories as you move to the rhythm with Latin-inspired dance moves. The best part of it all is that it doesn’t even feel like exercise!
Instructed by Maria Rivera
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SRP - DEWY DABBLES IN ART "COLORADO BOOK POTTERY"
SRP - DEWY DABBLES IN ART "COLORADO BOOK POTTERY"
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June 27, 2023Kids aren’t just slapping paint on pottery, they will learn FUN techniques like Silkscreening!
They can customize with different silk screen design options and styles.
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Story Time
Story Time
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June 28, 2023We are excited to invite families to our early literacy storytimes.
Join Erin for stories, songs, and movement activities that will entertain our youngest patrons - appropriate for ages 6 and under.
Tech StudioTech Studio
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June 28, 2023Join us! back in Tech Studio, Vail Public Library's very own MakerSpace!
Located on the lower level of the library (across from the elevator), our Tech Studio is a true creation station for all ages, abilities, and interests. Explore, create, collaborate, and invent in a safe and supportive environment!
Services Available
- Virtual Reality System (Oculus Rift)
- 3D Printing (2 Lulzbot Mini)
- Green Screen by Do ink App
Evenings of Engagement with Harper PowellEvenings of Engagement with Harper Powell
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June 28, 2023Evenings of Engagement is a series of events aimed at adults, with the purpose of offering exciting, interesting, fun or educational experiences.
Join us in the library's community room for this fun concert featuring
Harper Powell
Harper Powell is a BMI songwriter from Salida, Colorado, who started singing not long after she began taking her first steps. A strong bent of classic rock requires a second listen to appear clearly to the average listener. Like a young Alison Krauss, Harper marries the offbeat visionary style of Syd Barrett with the dark conceptualization of Grace Slick to beget a brand-new but still retro-inspired musical statement.
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Bravo! Little Listeners
Bravo! Little Listeners
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June 29, 2023Bravo! Vail's Little Listeners @ The Library presents interactive performances by orchestra musicians at the Vail, Gypsum, Avon, and Eagle public libraries. With a special focus on children ages 3-7, performing artists explore musical concepts and ideas with their young audiences in a captivating, memorable way.
Tech StudioTech Studio
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June 29, 2023Join us! back in Tech Studio, Vail Public Library's very own MakerSpace!
Located on the lower level of the library (across from the elevator), our Tech Studio is a true creation station for all ages, abilities, and interests. Explore, create, collaborate, and invent in a safe and supportive environment!
Services Available
- Virtual Reality System (Oculus Rift)
- 3D Printing (2 Lulzbot Mini)
- Green Screen by Do ink App