Library Calendar

Events in February 2021

  • Meet Will Shakespeare: An Introduction and Book Club with Jill Gordon - PART I: "THE COMEDY OF ERRORS"

    Category: Adults Meet Will Shakespeare: An Introduction and Book Club with Jill Gordon - PART I: "THE COMEDY OF ERRORS"


    February 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, starting this February. The first event in this series will discuss Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors" via Zoom Meetings.

    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

  • Sensational & Super Seniors

    Category: Adults Sensational & Super Seniors


    February 10, 2021

    Join seniors from around the valley for a Virtual Book Discussion via Zoom featuring this year's NEA Big Read - One Book One Valley selected title "Lab Girl" by Hope Jahren.

    Email ReNae Anderson, Director of Caregiver Connections, at support@getcaregiverconnections.org  for a Zoom invitation.

    Virtual Books 'n' Bites (Book Club): “Breaking Wild” By Diane Les Becquets

    Category: Adults Virtual Books 'n' Bites (Book Club): “Breaking Wild” By Diane Les Becquets


    February 10, 2021

    Join us! for this month's Virtual Book Club via Zoom which will discuss the book “Breaking Wild” By Diane Les Becquets

    It is the last weekend of the season for Amy Raye Latour to get away. Driven to spend days alone in the wilderness, Amy Raye, mother of two, is compelled by the quiet and the rush of nature. But this time, her venture into a remote area presents a different set of dangers than Amy Raye has planned for and she finds herself on the verge of the precarious edge that she’s flirted with her entire life. When Amy Raye doesn’t return to camp, ranger Pru Hathaway and her dog respond to the missing person’s call. After an unexpected snowfall and few leads, the operation turns into a search and recovery. Pru, though, is not resigned to that. The more she learns about the woman for whom she is searching, and about Amy Raye’s past, the more she suspects that Amy Raye might yet be alive. Pru’s own search becomes an obsession for a woman whose life is just as mysterious as the clues she has left behind. As the novel follows Amy Raye and Pru in alternating threads, Breaking Wild assumes the white-knuckled pace of a thriller laying bare Amy Raye’s ultimate reckoning with the secrets of her life, and Pru’s dogged pursuit of the woman who, against all odds, she believes she can find

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

  • "SAVING THE ALPINE ONE SEED AT A TIME" Hosted by Betty Ford Alpine Gardens

    Category: Adults "SAVING THE ALPINE ONE SEED AT A TIME" Hosted by Betty Ford Alpine Gardens


    February 17, 2021

    You think alpine plants are small? You should see the seeds! Emily plans to introduce you to the intricacies of conserving the alpine through the plants that are the backbone of this fragile ecosystem.

    Emily Griffoul is Betty Ford Alpine Gardens’ Conservation Scientist. She is leading the implementation of the Gardens’ North American Strategy for Alpine Plant Conservation to promote understanding and protection of vulnerable alpine species and habitats through ex-situ collections, surveys and mapping of alpine areas, collaborations with partners in other gardens and federal agencies, and engaging with the public. She collects seeds for preservation and propagation and surveys the alpine areas in Colorado with rare and endangered plants to develop an understanding of the alpine and identify and address threats.

    Click HERE to register in advance.

  • Virtual Evenings of Engagement with Briony Kennington Hunn

    Category: Adults Virtual Evenings of Engagement with Briony Kennington Hunn


    February 25, 2021

    Join in from the comfort of your home for some musical entertainment via Facebook Live!

    Briony Kennington Hunn, born and raised in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, this singer-songwriter’s eclectic mixture of classic & new vibes is ear candy for all ages.  Briony’s style emerged as a fusion of sentimental folk with flavors of pop, blues & the new emerging music of today, topped with her own poignant flare.

     

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