A Free Book for all 4-Year-Olds! Calling all four-year-olds (and their families)! At our One Book 4 Colorado celebration you can meet some live raptors and some just-hatched baby chicks, enjoy great crafts, activities, and refreshments, hear Senator Kefalas read this year’s award-winning book, and receive your own copy to keep forever! Percy the Owl […]
Celebrate Colorado Women

As many Coloradoans know March is Women’s History month. Here are several women who have not only influenced Colorado and its history (or should we say HERSTORY!), but also changed the course of the United States, both in the distant past and the modern age. These women have influenced everything from politics and women’s rights […]
Forgotten Black History

Black History Month is the perfect time to reflect on a many times forgotten era of both Colorado history and the Wild West. Black cowboys were not only around in the 1800s, they had a great influence in settling the west and creating the rodeo pastimes we know and love today. It is estimated that […]
Support the Library through Colorado Gives

During this time of winter reflection and 2014 resolutions, we think about what is important in our communities; support the organizations that bring us local art, education and culture. A great way to support locally is to participate in Colorado Gives Day on Tuesday. The Community Foundation of Northern Colorado serves as the Larimer County […]
NaNoWriMo Midway

I think the hardest part about writing for NaNoWriMo is that it’s a competition with yourself. You’re not letting down anyone but yourself, and if you think about all the things you could let yourself down with, what’s a failed novel, right? I mean, of all the things to fail at, writing a novel is […]