Events in July 2025
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Nature's Educators Camouflage Program Nature's Educators Camouflage Program
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July 1, 2025Nature’s Educators, Colorado’s traveling wildlife program, will be here with animals!
They will share how animals hide their colors in nature!This program is well suited for families.
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Story Time Story Time
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July 2, 2025
We are excited to invite families to our early literacy story times.
Join Ms. Laurine for stories, songs, and movement activities that will entertain our youngest patrons – appropriate for ages 6 and under.
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Story Time Story Time
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July 7, 2025We are excited to invite families to our early literacy story times.
Join Ms. Laurine for stories, songs, and movement activities that will entertain our youngest patrons – appropriate for ages 6 and under.
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Online Speaker Series: Raúl The Third Online Speaker Series: Raúl The Third
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July 8, 2025Drawing Your World with Raúl The Third
This event will be 30 minutes in length.
Join author and illustrator Raúl The Third as he discusses his book ¡Vamos! Let’s Go Read!. Meet Little Lobo and friends as they explore their library's Libro Love Book Festival! From cookbook demonstrations and comics workshops to mask making and language classes, this library has something for everyone and Little Lobo can’t wait to show you.
Raúl the Third uses his culture and his experience growing up on the US and Mexico border to inspire his art and his storytelling. Students will be encouraged to explore their world through a creative lens. A draw along is planned, drawing supplies and paper are recommended.
Please note that we will be hosting Raúl the Third twice on this date, once in Spanish and in English. Be sure that you are registering for your preferred format.
Por Favor: Tenga en cuenta que esta fecha tendremos dos presentaciones de Raúl the Third: una en español y otra en inglés. Asegúrese de registrarse en el formato que prefiera.
About the Author: Raúl The Third is a New York Times bestselling and three-time Pura Belpre award-winning illustrator, author, and artist living in Boston. His work centers around the contemporary Mexican-American experience and his memories of growing up in El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. He is currently adapting his World of Vamos! books into an animated television series with Silvergate Media and Mercury Filmworks.
The views expressed by presenters are their own and their appearance in a program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by Vail Public Library.
Drum Safari Drum Safari
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Story Time Story Time
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July 9, 2025We are excited to invite families to our early literacy story times.
Join Ms. Laurine for stories, songs, and movement activities that will entertain our youngest patrons – appropriate for ages 6 and under.
Bravo! Little Listeners at the Library Bravo! Little Listeners at the Library
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July 9, 2025
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Jammin' Jazz Kids Jammin' Jazz Kids
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July 10, 2025Jammin’ Jazz Kids offers an engaging and fun learning experience for youngsters through FREE interactive, hands-on activities that teach the fundamentals of jazz and the art of improvisation.
Children and their families are invited to a free fun-filled 45-minuteprogram of exploring the fundamentals of jazz music, the 12-barblues, and playing along with lively music educators. Ideal for children up to age eight, but everyone is welcome!
Learn More at vailjazz.org or by calling 970.479.6146
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Walking Book Club Walking Book Club
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July 11, 2025No grass grows under this group's feet. They're a walking, talking book club.
Our Walking Book Club is a fun, social outing.
You're welcome to join even if you have not read this month's title. Instead, share what you are reading with the group.
Meet at the library and at 11:30.
Email Jo at JNorris@vail.gov to confirm your participation.
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Story Time Story Time
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July 14, 2025We are excited to invite families to our early literacy story times.
Join Ms. Laurine for stories, songs, and movement activities that will entertain our youngest patrons – appropriate for ages 6 and under.
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Glass Etching Glass Etching
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July 15, 2025 -
Story Time Story Time
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July 16, 2025We are excited to invite families to our early literacy story times.
Join Ms. Laurine for stories, songs, and movement activities that will entertain our youngest patrons – appropriate for ages 6 and under.
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Online Speaker Series: Marie Lu Online Speaker Series: Marie Lu
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July 17, 2025Discerning the Truth with Marie Lu (9th-12th Grade)
Explore the intricate world of Legend with Marie Lu as she encourages readers to look beyond the surface and reveal hidden secrets. Explore the depths of deceit, battle for power, and the lengths characters will go to unmask the Truth.
Legend is a dystopian novel where two unlikely characters, June and Day, cross paths in search for the Truth. Can they set aside their differences and preconceptions for the greater good? Readers will devour Marie Lu’s words as they are challenged to think critically about the world around them and reminded to never judge a book by its cover. Register now for an event you don’t want to miss!
About the Author: Marie Lu is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Legend trilogy and The Young Elites trilogy. She graduated from the University of Southern California and jumped into the video game industry, working for Disney Interactive Studios as a Flash artist. Now a full-time writer, she spends her spare time reading, drawing, playing Assassin’s Creed, and getting stuck in traffic. She lives in Los Angeles, California (see above: traffic), with one husband, one Chihuahua mix, and two Pembroke Welsh corgis.
Library and At-Home Activity Pages
The views expressed by presenters are their own and their appearance in a program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by Vail Public Library.
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Story Time Story Time
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July 21, 2025We are excited to invite families to our early literacy story times.
Join Ms. Laurine for stories, songs, and movement activities that will entertain our youngest patrons – appropriate for ages 6 and under.
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StoryWalk® Event (Off-Site) "Penguins Love Colors" StoryWalk® Event (Off-Site) "Penguins Love Colors"
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July 22, 2025Event departs from the library promptly at 3:30 p.m.! Transportation by bus provided.
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Story Time Story Time
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July 23, 2025We are excited to invite families to our early literacy story times.
Join Ms. Laurine for stories, songs, and movement activities that will entertain our youngest patrons – appropriate for ages 6 and under.
Bravo! Little Listeners at the Library Bravo! Little Listeners at the Library
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July 23, 2025
Online Speaker Series: Rex Ogle Online Speaker Series: Rex Ogle
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July 23, 2025Illuminating Hope and Grace in the Face of Hardship with Rex Ogle (5th-8th Grade)
This event will be 45 minutes in length.
You’re invited to join us online with award-winning author Rex Ogle as he talks to viewers about his struggles to navigate sixth grade as written about in his book Free Lunch.
Instead of giving him lunch money, Rex’s mom has signed him up for free meals. As a poor kid in a wealthy school district, better-off kids crowd impatiently behind him as he tries to explain to the cashier that he’s on the free meal program. The lunch lady is hard of hearing, so Rex has to shout.
Free Lunch is the story of Rex’s efforts to navigate his first semester of sixth grade—who to sit with, not being able to join the football team, Halloween in a handmade costume, classmates and a teacher who take one look at him and decide he’s trouble—all while wearing secondhand clothes and being hungry. His mom and her boyfriend are out of work, and life at home is punctuated by outbursts of violence. Halfway through the semester, his family is evicted and ends up in government-subsidized housing in view of the school. Rex lingers at the end of last period every day until the buses have left, so no one will see where he lives.
Unsparing and realistic, Free Lunch is a story of hardship threaded with hope and moments of grace. Rex’s voice is compelling and authentic, and Free Lunch is a true, timely, and essential work that illuminates the lived experience of poverty in America. Register now to join the conversation!
About the Author: Rex Ogle is the author of Free Lunch, winner of the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award; Punching Bag, a New York Public Library Best Book; Abuela Don’t Forget Me, finalist for the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award; and Road Home, which received a Printz Honor and a Stonewall Book Award Honor. He lives in Los Angeles, California.
Library and At-Home Activity Pages
The views expressed by presenters are their own and their appearance in a program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by Vail Public Library.
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Jammin' Jazz Kids Jammin' Jazz Kids
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July 24, 2025Jammin’ Jazz Kids offers an engaging and fun learning experience for youngsters through FREE interactive, hands-on activities that teach the fundamentals of jazz and the art of improvisation.
Children and their families are invited to a free fun-filled 45-minuteprogram of exploring the fundamentals of jazz music, the 12-barblues, and playing along with lively music educators. Ideal for children up to age eight, but everyone is welcome!
Learn More at vailjazz.org or by calling 970.479.6146
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Story Time Story Time
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July 28, 2025We are excited to invite families to our early literacy story times.
Join Ms. Laurine for stories, songs, and movement activities that will entertain our youngest patrons – appropriate for ages 6 and under.
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Foam Party! Foam Party!
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July 29, 2025 -
Story Time Story Time
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July 30, 2025We are excited to invite families to our early literacy story times.
Join Ms. Laurine for stories, songs, and movement activities that will entertain our youngest patrons – appropriate for ages 6 and under.
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Collage Art with Michael Albert Collage Art with Michael Albert
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July 31, 2025Looking for a unique, colorful way to get creative this summer?
Pop Artist Michael Albert is bringing his famous Cereal Box Collage Workshop to Vail Public Library!
Join us at the library for a hands-on collage workshop where participants will have a chance to create and take home their own masterpieces using Albert’s materials of choice, recycled cereal boxes & other colorful cardboard packages including cookie boxes, cracker boxes, soda cartons & more.
All participants will receive a free signed poster of one of Albert’s creations as a special gift for joining him in this creative art making session!
You don’t need to reserve your spot, but it is always great to know you’re coming!To RSVP or get more info call 970-479-2187 or email lmegna-davis@vail.gov
