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To the Library and Beyond! |
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Thurs, Mar. 5, 4-6PM Basalt, we have a problem, over. The Library's Space Shuttle is leaving for its maiden voyage to the stars, but something's gone haywire with the system and the crew is trapped! If you think you have what it takes to solve the escape room shuttle puzzle, then come with a small group and try your hand at this interstellar experience! This is a teen focused program, but all ages are welcome! Registration is required.Basalt, tenemos un problema, cambio. El Transbordador Espacial de la Biblioteca se prepara para su viaje inaugural hacia las estrellas, pero algunos cables del sistema se han cruzado ¡y la tripulación se encuentra atrapada! Si tú crees que cuentas con lo necesario para resolver el acertijo de esta sala de escape, ¡entonces ven con un grupo pequeño de personas e intenten resolverlo en colaboración durante esta experiencia interestelar! Este programa ha sido diseñado para adolescentes, ¡pero damos la bienvenida a personas de todas las edades! Se requiere inscripción previa. |
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Come cozy by the fire pit for an enchanting evening under the stars! Explore the night sky through telescopes, discover your astrological constellations, and enjoy the warmth of a crackling fire. We’ll have s’mores to toast and hot cocoa to sip as you marvel at the cosmos. A perfect night for stargazers! ¡Ven a acurrucarte junto al fuego durante una encantadora velada bajo las estrellas! Explora el cielo nocturno a través de telescopios, descubre constelaciones astrológicas y disfruta la calidez de un fuego crepitante. Tostaremos s’mores y beberemos chocolate al tiempo que nos maravillamos con el cosmos. ¡Una noche perfecta para amantes de la astronomía! |
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Join us to master the free and popular planetarium program Stellarium. Whether you use the mobile app to identify stars in real-time or use the desktop suite to go back in time to view the sky as it was 2500 years ago, this course will teach you how to navigate the cosmos. Learn how to simulate a telescopic view of the planets and even view the sky through the eyes of dozens of different world cultures. Acompáñanos y aprende a manejar el popular programa planetario gratuito conocido como Stellarium. Ya sea que utilices la aplicación diseñada para dispositivos móviles con la que podrás identificar estrellas en tiempo real, o que utilices la suite computacional para regresar en el tiempo y observar el cielo como se mostraba hace 2500 años, con este curso aprenderás a navegar el cosmos. Prepárate para simular una vista telescópica de los planetas y observa el firmamento a través de los ojos de docenas de culturas distintas. El programa será facilitado en inglés. |
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Step into a storybook evening at the Basalt Library as we celebrate the brilliance of women writers and the unforgettable characters they’ve brought to life! Enjoy a cozy, joy-filled night with tea and light refreshments while you play a spirited round of literature-themed bingo inspired by books written by women—spanning genres, generations, and bold voices. This is a night for book lovers, conversation starters, and joyful connection. Whether you’re here to play, sip, dress up, or simply celebrate the women who’ve shaped the literary world, you belong here. ¡Acompáñanos durante una velada de cuentos en la biblioteca de Basalt, en la que celebraremos la genialidad de las mujeres escritoras y los personajes inolvidables a los que han dado vida! Disfruta de una noche acogedora y llena de alegría con té y refrigerios ligeros, mientras jugamos una animada ronda de Bingo con una temática literaria, inspirada por libros escritos por mujeres — abarcando diversos géneros, generaciones y presentando voces de gran audacia. Ésta es una noche para amantes de la lectura y vínculos con base en la alegría, en la que le abriremos la puerta a la conversación. Ya sea que estés aquí para jugar, tomar una bebida, disfrazarte, o simplemente para celebrar a las mujeres que han dado forma al mundo literario, tú perteneces aquí. |
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Step into a world of magic and mystery during this welcoming Dungeons & Dragons session at the Basalt Regional Library. Guided by the Dungeon Master, players will work together to solve puzzles, explore fantastical landscapes, and shape the story through their choices. Come to meet new friends, try something creative, and enjoy an evening of play. All levels of experience are welcome, but basic familiarity with D&D is helpful. Entra a un mundo de magia y misterio en esta sesión de bienvenida de Dungeons & Dragons (Calabozos y Dragones) en la Biblioteca Regional de Basalt. Guiadas por el Amo del Calabozo, las personas participantes trabajarán en colaboración para resolver los rompecabezas y acertijos, explorando los fantásticos paisajes y dándole vida a la historia a través de sus decisiones. Ven a crear nuevas amistades, a probar una actividad creativa y a disfrutar de una divertida velada de juego. Todos los niveles de experiencia son bienvenidos, pero tener una familiaridad básica con D&D es de gran utilidad. |
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We are lucky to be joined this month by a mashup of genres and cultures – Jaerv is a folk music group making the trek all the way from Sweden, and OK Factor is a classical music string duo joining us from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Throughout Traditions, Jaerv and The OK Factor share traditional and contemporary arrangements of Scandinavian and American music, as well as newly composed works, all delivered with relatability and authenticity. Este mes, tenemos la fortuna de contar con la presencia de una increíble combinación de géneros y culturas — Jaerv es un grupo de música folclórica haciendo un viaje desde Suecia, y The OK Factor es un dúo clásico de música de cuerdas acompańándonos desde Minneapolis, Minnesota. A través de tradiciones, Jaerv y The OK Factor comparten arreglos tradicionales y contemporáneos de música escandinava y norteamericana, al igual que trabajos nuevos de composición; todos interpretados con autenticidad y con los que sin duda podrás identificarte. |
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Every 2 seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood. Stop by Vitalant's Bloodmobile in the parking lot. It usually only takes about 15 minutes to save up to 3 lives! Pre-registration recommended. Walk-ins available as time permits. This program is provided in partnership between Basalt Regional Library and the Chris Klug Foundation. Cada 2 segundos, alguien en los Estados Unidos necesita una transfusión sanguínea. Visita la unidad móvil conocida como Vitalant's Bloodmobile en el estacionamiento de la biblioteca. Usualmente toma aproximadamente 15 minutos, ¡y puedes salvar hasta 3 vidas! Se recomienda una inscripción previa. Damos la bienvenida a donantes sin registro, pero el tiempo es limitado. Este programa es ofrecido a través de una colaboración entre la Biblioteca Regional de Basalt y la Fundación Chris Klug. |
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Closed For Staff Training
Tues, Mar. 17 We will be closed for our staff book club meeting! Just kidding, we will actually be closed for staff training. We will reopen at 10AM on Wednesday, March 18. |
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The Crossroads
by C. J. Box
Game warden Joe Pickett fights for his life as his daughters try to uncover who shot him and left him for dead in this riveting new novel from #1 New York Times bestseller C. J. Box. Marybeth Pickett gets the call she has always dreaded: her husband Joe is in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the head. Joe was found in his pickup at Antler Creek Junction, a crossroads connecting three ranches. Each road leading to a dangerous family. Each family with a different bone to pick with the local game warden. Marybeth and the new sheriff assume that Joe was ambushed by one of the families, but they have no idea which one since Joe didn't say where he was going or why. With Joe unconscious and fighting for his life with Marybeth at his side, Sheridan, April, and Lucy split up and investigate each of families to uncover the truth of what happened to their father, before it's too late-- Provided by publisher.
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Keeper of Lost Children
by Sadeqa Johnson
In this new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The House of Eve, one American woman's vision in post WWII Germany will tie together three people in an unexpected way. Ethel Gathers, the proud wife of an American Officer, is living in Occupied Germany in the 1950s. After discovering a local orphanage filled with the abandoned mixed-race children of German women and Black American GI's, Ethel feels compelled to help find these children homes. Philadelphia born Ozzie Phillips volunteers for the recently desegregated army in 1948, eager to make his mark in the world. While serving in Manheim, Germany, he meets a local woman, Jelka, and the two embark on a relationship that will impact their lives forever. In 1965 Maryland, Sophia Clark is given an opportunity to attend a prestigious all white boarding school and escape her heartless parents. While at the school, she discovers a secret that upends her world and sends her on a quest to unravel her own identity. Toggling between the lives of these three individuals, Keeper of Lost Children explores how one woman's vision will change the course of countless lives, and demonstrates that love in its myriad of forms--familial, parental, and forbidden, even love of self--can be transcendent.
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The Great Shadow: A History of How Sickness Shapes What We Do, Think, Believe, and Buy
by Susan Wise Bauer
Written in lively, informative prose...The Great Shadow offers wide-ranging evidence of alternative frameworks for disease. --Science Allows readers to practically experience firsthand how humans have adapted to and dealt with disease throughout history...necessary and timely...engaging and entertaining. Highly recommended. Library Journal, starred A] splendid examination...Deeply insightful if unsettling. Kirkus Anti-science, anti-vaccine, anti-reason beliefs seem to be triumphing over common sense today. How did we get here? The Great Shadow brings a huge missing piece to this puzzle--the experience of actually being ill. What did it feel like to be a woman or man struggling with illness in ancient times, in the Middle Ages, in the seventeenth century, or in 1920? And how did that shape our thoughts and convictions? The Great Shadow uses extensive historical research and first-person accounts to tell a vivid story about sickness and our responses to it, from very ancient times until the last decade. In the process of writing, historian Susan Wise Bauer reveals just how many of our current fads and causes are rooted in the moment-by-moment experience of sickness--from the search for a balanced lifestyle to plug-in air fresheners and bare hardwood floors. We can't simply shout facts at people who refuse vaccinations, believe that immigrants carry diseases, or insist that God will look out for them during a pandemic. We have to enter with imagination, historical perspective, and empathy into their world. The Great Shadow does just that with page-turning flair.
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Homeschooled
by Stefan Merrill Block
Stefan Merrill Block was nine when his mother pulled him from school, certain that his teachers were 'stifling his creativity.' Hungry for more time with her boy who was growing up too quickly, she began to instruct Stefan in the family's living room. Beyond his formal lessons in math, however, Stefan was largely left to his own devices and his mother's erratic whims, such as her project to recapture her twelve-year-old son's early years by bleaching his hair and putting him on a crawling regimen. Years before homeschooling would become a massive nationwide movement, at a time when it had just become legal in his home state of Texas, Stefan vanished into that unseen space and into his mother's increasingly eccentric theories and projects. [So] when, after five years away from the outside world, Stefan reentered the public school system in Plano as a freshman, he was in for a jarring awakening--
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