Community Spaces: Renovating Old Town Library

By Eileen McCluskey, Library Manager at Old Town Library Old Town Library customers are being greeted by workers in hard hats making all kinds of noise as the library’s interior refresh brings changes to the Lobby and second-floor spaces. From our groundbreaking in 1975 (pictured above) to today, we always seek to provide more functional spaces to align with the …

Picture This

A Homage to Illustrators that have Ignited our Imaginations Written by Amy Holzworth, Children’s Services Librarian at Council Tree Library I used to re-write thank you notes and emails to my lovely Aunt Millie who was an English professor for fear of thin sentence structure, grammar mistakes, and remedial style. She likely didn’t care, but I love that she …

18 Years of Fort Collins Reads Book Titles

Founded in 2002, Fort Collins Reads has worked to connect neighbors through literature and speaking engagements with some of the nation’s most recognized authors. Over the years, they’ve featured everything from staples of young adult fiction (Lois Lowry’s The Giver) to Pulitzer-winning authors (Jennifer Egan’s Manhattan Beach). Titles are selected with the goal of sparking …

PG Fiction for Adults

Every reader’s idea of “PG” material may be different, but perhaps you are looking for a book or audiobook with good writing, memorable characters, and a strong sense of place or time.  A redemptive story that avoids explicit language, violence, and graphic sexual situations. Maybe you’d like to read something that leaves you uplifted with …

Exploration Centers and Collaborative Coloring at Old Town Library

Next time you visit the Old Town Library, be sure to wander over to the Storytime Room in the Children’s Area, because we have something special going on! Since Storytimes have moved outdoors for the summer, this room has been taken over by fun self-guided activities that will help you connect to curiosity. Most of …