Library Calendar

Events in October 2019

  • Balloon Sculptures with Ming

    Category: Adults Balloon Sculptures with Ming


    October 1, 2019

    Learn to make balloon sculptures! Ming has been doing balloon sculptures for over 30 years and teaching balloon art for more than 20 years. In these lessons, you will learn all the basics of balloon sculpting in a step-by-step process.

    for patron 10 years and up

    RSVP to Cricket Pylman at 970-479-2179 or CPylman@vailgov.com

  • Tech Studio

    Category: All Ages Tech Studio


    October 2, 2019

  • Tech Studio

    Category: All Ages Tech Studio


    October 3, 2019

  • Balloon Sculptures with Ming

    Category: Adults Balloon Sculptures with Ming


    October 8, 2019

    Learn to make balloon sculptures! Ming has been doing balloon sculptures for over 30 years and teaching balloon art for more than 20 years. In these lessons, you will learn all the basics of balloon sculpting in a step-by-step process.

    for patron 10 years and up

    RSVP to Cricket Pylman at 970-479-2179 or CPylman@vailgov.com

  • Tech Studio

    Category: All Ages Tech Studio


    October 9, 2019

    Books 'n' Bites - "Zorro: A Novel"

    Category: Adults Books 'n' Bites - "Zorro: A Novel"


    October 9, 2019

    A child of two worlds—the son of an aristocratic Spanish military man turned landowner and a Shoshone warrior woman—young Diego de la Vega cannot silently bear the brutal injustices visited upon the helpless in late-eighteenth-century California. And so a great hero is born—skilled in athleticism and dazzling swordplay, his persona formed between the Old World and the New—the legend known as Zorro.

    Cocktails + Canvas: Tree Branch Coat Racks

    Category: Adults Cocktails + Canvas: Tree Branch Coat Racks


    October 9, 2019

    LOCATED ABOVE THE LIONSHEAD WELCOME CENTER IN VAIL (SECOND FLOOR). An local woodworker will guide you in constructing your own frame then attaching tree branches to it. You'll leave with a functioning coat rack!
    - Ages 16 and up (participants under 18 must be accompanied by adult).
    - All materials included.
    - Light appetizers provided!
    - Cash bar (must be 21 and over).
    - Space is limited, reservations required.

    RSVP https://vailrec.maxgalaxy.net/BrowseActivities.aspx or call 970-479-2292 with any questions.

  • Tech Studio

    Category: All Ages Tech Studio


    October 10, 2019

  • Knit Night tonight!

    Category: All Ages Knit Night tonight!


    October 14, 2019

    Bring a project or start one here, all abilities and skill levels are welcome at Knit Night!  Grab one of the library’s many knitting or crochet books for inspiration, and enjoy an evening with fellow crafters.  If you need extra help our teacher, Amy Cohen, is at Alpaca in Eagle where Knit Night is offered every Tuesday.

    Join the library Knit Night every 2nd and 4th Monday of the Month for conversation, encouragement, ideas, and company as you create a healthy lifestyle along with your warm and fuzzy fiber art!RSVP by 3pm is required.  Our teacher is a volunteer and we want to respect her time and schedule. 970-479-2187.

    For more information call 970-479-2187 or vaillibrary.com

  • Balloon Sculptures with Ming

    Category: Adults Balloon Sculptures with Ming


    October 15, 2019

    Learn to make balloon sculptures! Ming has been doing balloon sculptures for over 30 years and teaching balloon art for more than 20 years. In these lessons, you will learn all the basics of balloon sculpting in a step-by-step process.

    for patron 10 years and up

    RSVP to Cricket Pylman at 970-479-2179 or CPylman@vailgov.com

  • Sensational & Super Seniors @ your library

    Category: Adults Sensational & Super Seniors @ your library


    October 16, 2019

    Discovery and appreciate fine craftsmanship and stringed instrument creation, with Eagle County woodworker, Dennis Laird. As a luthier (builder of stringed instruments), Laird designs and hand-crafts acoustic guitars, ukuleles, old-time banjos, mandolins and bouzoukis. Join us for an afternoon of Laird’s designs and fashioned tools he uses in his luthier pursuit.

     

    Tech Studio

    Category: All Ages Tech Studio


    October 16, 2019

  • Tech Studio

    Category: All Ages Tech Studio


    October 17, 2019

  • Balloon Sculptures with Ming

    Category: Adults Balloon Sculptures with Ming


    October 22, 2019

    Learn to make balloon sculptures! Ming has been doing balloon sculptures for over 30 years and teaching balloon art for more than 20 years. In these lessons, you will learn all the basics of balloon sculpting in a step-by-step process.

    for patron 10 years and up

    RSVP to Cricket Pylman at 970-479-2179 or CPylman@vailgov.com

  • Tech Studio

    Category: All Ages Tech Studio


    October 23, 2019

    Evenings of Engagement with Brooks Williams

    Category: Adults Evenings of Engagement with Brooks Williams


    October 23, 2019

    Brooks Williams hails from Statesboro, Georgia, the town made famous by country-blues legend Blind Willie McTell. Ranked in the Top 100 Acoustic Guitarists, he’s a mean finger-picker and a stunning slide guitarist. Plus, “he has a beautiful voice,” says AmericanaUK, “that you just melt into.” Not one easy to pigeon-hole, Brooks' music is the love-child of country-blues and soulful Americana.

  • Scarecrow Building Workshop

    Category: All Ages Scarecrow Building Workshop


    October 26, 2019

    Form a team of friends or family and come build a scarecrow to decorate the library.
    The library will provide frames and art supplies. Vail Valley Cares Thrifty Store will provide clothes. Bring accessories to personalize your scarecrow.  Small parts, glue guns and staple guns will be used.  This creative day is appropriate for children 5 years old and older; all children must be accompanied by an adult.  Teens may work independently with librarian permission.
    Prizes for the most unique and creative scarecrows! For more information, call 970-479-2179 or visit www.vaillibrary.com
  • Knit Night tonight!

    Category: All Ages Knit Night tonight!


    October 28, 2019

    Bring a project or start one here, all abilities and skill levels are welcome at Knit Night!  Grab one of the library’s many knitting or crochet books for inspiration, and enjoy an evening with fellow crafters.  If you need extra help our teacher, Amy Cohen, is at Alpaca in Eagle where Knit Night is offered every Tuesday.

    Join the library Knit Night every 2nd and 4th Monday of the Month for conversation, encouragement, ideas, and company as you create a healthy lifestyle along with your warm and fuzzy fiber art!RSVP by 3pm is required.  Our teacher is a volunteer and we want to respect her time and schedule. 970-479-2187.

    For more information call 970-479-2187 or vaillibrary.com

  • Tech Studio

    Category: All Ages Tech Studio


    October 30, 2019

    Celtic Road Home - Author Visit with Ann Doolan-Fox

    Category: Adults Celtic Road Home - Author Visit with Ann Doolan-Fox


    October 30, 2019

    Get Inspired

    Join us! as we welcome Author Ann Doolan-Fox, as she presents her book "Celtic Road Home".

    This is a true story of a young, naïve Irish woman who embarked on a path of “most resistance” and danced/survived her way around seven different countries. Ann’s very descriptive, dramatic and often humorous Celtic Road Home takes you on a journey of constant life adventures. Inspirational and captivating, it is a tale filled with a lilt of Irish laughter that will make your heart smile.

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