Library Calendar

Events in March 2021

  • MEET WILL SHAKESPEARE: AN INTRODUCTION AND BOOK CLUB WITH JILL GORDON PART II: "A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM"

    Category: Adults MEET WILL SHAKESPEARE: AN INTRODUCTION AND BOOK CLUB WITH JILL GORDON PART II: "A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM"


    March 8, 2021

    Ever wanted to learn more about the legendary William Shakespeare?
    Join us for another 3-part series on Shakespeare for novices as well as aficionados.

    The second event in this series will discuss Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" via Zoom Meeting.

    Jill Gordon is a longtime Shakespeare enthusiast and an online instructor at Colorado Mountain College.

    Email Jill at  gordongrp@comcast.net for a Zoom invitation

  • Virtual Books 'n' Bites (Book Club): “The Address” By Fiona Davis

    Category: Adults Virtual Books 'n' Bites (Book Club): “The Address” By Fiona Davis


    March 10, 2021

    Join us! for this month's Virtual Book Club via Zoom which will discuss the book “The Addess” By Fiona Davis

    Email Lori Barnes at LBarnes@vailgov.com to receive an invitation to the Zoom meeting.

    "After a failed apprenticeship, working her way up to head housekeeper of a posh London hotel is more than Sara Smythe ever thought she’d make of herself. When a chance encounter with Theodore Camden, one of the architects of the grand New York apartment house The Dakota, leads to a job offer, her world is suddenly awash in possibility. Sara accepts the opportunity and moves to America, where a person can rise above one’s station. The Dakota promises to be the greatest apartment house in the world.” Sara’s life is thoroughly altered with this chance to advance herself in work and her relationship to Theo and his family."

     

  • "ADVENTURES IN THE LIFE OF A FIELD ECOLOGIST" A VIRTUAL PRESENTATION WITH DR. CHRIS RAY

    Category: Adults "ADVENTURES IN THE LIFE OF A FIELD ECOLOGIST" A VIRTUAL PRESENTATION WITH DR. CHRIS RAY


    March 17, 2021

    Ray has been out in the field capturing pikas and counting birds among other things. Adventure is a word that includes triumphs and mishaps of any fieldwork. She will entertain us with some of the ups and downs of spending time in some of the most fragile and changing ecosystems.

    Ray studies and models the dynamics of plant and animal populations, focusing especially on threatened species with fragmented populations. Her long-term project involves research on the American Pika, a species most impacted by alpine climate change. Other recent projects include modeling bird population trends in National Parks of the Pacific Northwest, analyzing how plant community assembly is affected by ecological interactions among species, and modeling the dynamics of plague in prairie dog communities. She emphasizes outreach and education in connection with her research, mentoring students at all levels and acting as a scientific advisor for citizen science projects focused on the American pika, such as the Front Range Pika Project organized by the Denver Zoo and Rocky Mountain Wild.

    Register here

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