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 Sat, June 6, 12-3PM Dig into summer fun at our Summer Reading Kick-Off Party! Celebrate the start of Summer Reading with a high-energy event for the whole family, featuring a live DJ, a foam bubble dance floor, and a bounce castle kids will love. Uncover even more fun with a temporary tattoo booth and a dinosaur scavenger hunt throughout the library. Enjoy classic summer favorites like hamburgers and hot dogs while you dance, play, and unearth new stories and adventures. This free event is the perfect way to launch a summer of reading, discovery, and fun—come ready to dig in and make some bubbly memories! ¡Desentierra la diversión en la fiesta de inauguración de nuestro Programa de Lectura Durante el Verano! ¡Celebra el inicio de la lectura veraniega con un evento lleno de energía para toda la familia en el que contaremos con un DJ en vivo, una pista de baile cubierta de espuma y burbujas, y un castillo inflable para saltar que a los peques les va a encantar! Descubre aún más diversión con un quiosco de tatuajes temporales y un juego de búsqueda con temática de dinosaurios a lo largo de la biblioteca. Disfruta de comidas clásicas para el verano como hamburguesas y hot dogs mientras bailas, juegas y desentierras nuevas historias y aventuras. Este evento gratuito es la manera perfecta de dar comienzo a la lectura, los descubrimientos y la diversión durante el verano. ¡Prepárate para excavar y crear recuerdos burbujeantes! |
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Discover the art of seeing the world through a photographer’s lens! This hands-on photography workshop is perfect for all skill levels and focuses on taking stunning photos right on your phone. Learn how to spot the perfect shot in nature while exploring simple, effective techniques for lighting, composition, and editing. Whether you’re brand new to photography or looking to sharpen your eye, this relaxed and creative workshop is a fun way to build skills, enjoy the outdoors, and see your surroundings in a whole new way. Just bring your phone—and your curiosity! ¡Descubre el arte de observar el mundo a través de una lente fotográfica! Este taller práctico de fotografía es perfecto para todos los niveles de aptitud y el objetivo es tomar fotografías espectaculares con tu teléfono. Aprende a encontrar la toma perfecta en la naturaleza mientras exploras técnicas simples pero efectivas de iluminación, composición y edición. Ya sea que la fotografía sea algo completamente nuevo para ti o que estés intentando agudizar tu vista, este taller relajado y creativo es una manera divertida de adquirir aptitudes, disfrutar la naturaleza y observar tus alrededores de una manera totalmente nueva. Solo trae tu teléfono — ¡y tu curiosidad! |
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Guitarist Sean McGowan, Professor of Music for the Music & Entertainment Industry Studies department at the University of Colorado Denver, presents an evening of classic American jazz standards from the Great American Songbook, thoughtfully arranged and performed for solo guitar. El guitarrista Sean McGowan, profesor de música para el Departamento de la Industria de la Música y el Entretenimiento de la Universidad de Colorado en Denver, presenta una velada de jazz norteamericano clásico con cánones extraídos de “the Great American Songbook” (El gran libro de canciones norteamericanas), cuidadosamente arreglado para ser interpretado a manera de solo para guitarra. |
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Grab some popcorn and settle in! Join us for a fun movie night at the library featuring a newer film you won’t want to miss. Enjoy the big screen, cozy vibes, and a great story—no tickets required. Bring friends, bring family, or just bring yourself and relax while we take care of the movie magic. Popcorn and light refreshments will be provided while supplies last. Seating is first-come, first-served. This month's movie: Avatar: Fire and Ash ¡Toma unas palomitas de maíz y acomódate bien! Acompáñanos para una divertida noche de película en la biblioteca, presentando una cinta de estreno que no querrás perderte. Disfruta de la pantalla grande, la energía acogedora y una gran historia — sin necesidad de boletos de entrada. Trae a tus amistades, familiares, o ven sin acompañantes… y relájate mientras nos encargamos de crear magia a través de la pantalla. Tendremos palomitas de maíz y refrigerios ligeros (hasta agotar existencias). Los asientos estarán disponibles de acuerdo con el orden de llegada. La película de este mes: Avatar: Fire and Ash |
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Slow down, unwind, and let your creativity flow in this guided watercolor journaling class. Using simple, stress-free prompts, you’ll blend easy watercolor techniques with personal reflection and writing to create a meaningful journal page—no art or journaling experience required. Baja la velocidad, relájate y permite que tu creatividad fluya en esta clase de pintura con acuarelas a manera de diario. Siguiendo indicaciones simples y libres de estrés, combinarás técnicas sencillas de acuarela con reflexiones personales y escritura para crear una página significativa en tu diario — no se requiere experiencia en arte o redacción. |
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This two-part educational series is designed to increase understanding, awareness, and practical skills related to Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. Led by Dr. Chad Federwitz, PhD, CPG, the program offers valuable insights for caregivers, family members, and community members seeking to better understand memory loss and supportive communication strategies. June 17th – Understanding Alzheimer’s & Dementia June 24th – Effective Communication Strategies with Alzheimer’s This series is ideal for caregivers, family members, and anyone interested in learning more about Alzheimer’s disease and supportive care strategies. Esta serie educativa de dos partes está diseñada para aumentar la comprensión, sensibilización y aptitudes prácticas relacionadas con la enfermedad de Alzheimer y otros tipos de demencia. Dirigida por Dr. Chad Federwitz, PhD, CPG, el programa ofrece una valiosa perspectiva para cuidadores, familiares y miembros de la comunidad deseosos de aumentar su comprensión sobre temas como la pérdida de la memoria, además de ofrecer estrategias que favorezcan la comunicación. 17 de junio – Entendiendo la enfermedad de Alzheimer y la demencia 24 de junio – Estrategias de comunicación efectivas para la enfermedad de Alzheimer Esta serie es ideal para familiares, personas al cuidado de pacientes afectados, y para cualquier persona interesada en aprender más sobre la enfermedad de Alzheimer y las estrategias favorables de atención. |
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Spend an evening with the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES) celebrating food, learning, and connection. Explore the principles of regenerative agriculture and discover how these earth-friendly practices can be used right in your own garden. Along the way, enjoy fresh vegetable tastings, hear stories from the field, and roll up your sleeves to pickle seasonal veggies to take home. Come curious, leave inspired—and bring home both new knowledge and a jar of something delicious. Pasa una velada con Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES) celebrando buena comida, aprendizaje y vínculos afectivos. Explora los principios de la agricultura regenerativa y descubre cómo estas prácticas ecológicas pueden ser utilizadas en tu propio jardín. En el camino podrás disfrutar probando verduras frescas, escuchar las historias del campo, y subirte las mangas para preparar conservas de verduras de la estación para llevarte a casa. Ven con curiosidad y llévate inspiración — y regresa a tu casa con conocimientos y un frasco de conservas deliciosas. |
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lun, 8, 15, 22 y 29 de Junio, 5-6:30PM El Placer de Leer es un grupo de lectura y discusión en español, dedicado a celebrar la literatura creada por autores hispanos y latinoamericanos. A través de lecturas compartidas y conversación reflexiva, cada participante explora voces imponentes, temas profundos y la minuciosidad cultural de la literatura escrita en español. Esta no es una clase de español, sino un espacio para discusión y análisis literario. Si participas, es importante que sientas seguridad al leer y conversar en español a un nivel avanzado. El Placer de Leer is a Spanish-language reading and discussion group dedicated to celebrating literature by Hispanic and Latin American authors. Through shared reading and thoughtful conversation, participants explore powerful voices, rich themes, and the cultural depth of literature written in Spanish. This is not a Spanish language class, but a space for literary discussion and analysis. Participants should feel comfortable reading in Spanish and engaging in conversation at an advanced level. |
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¡Prepárate para moverte, bailar y divertirte! Este taller para principiantes de cuatro semanas, dirigido en español, ¡es la mejor manera de aprender a bailar salsa! Aprenderás los conceptos básicos de la salsa — incluyendo pasos simples, ritmo y fluidez de movimiento — en un ambiente de apoyo y baja presión, diseñado para todas las personas que deseen aprender. No es necesario contar con experiencia en la danza ni venir con una pareja de baile — sólo trae tu curiosidad, energía y amor por la música. ¡Ven a bailar, reír y descubrir la alegría de la salsa un paso de baile a la vez! Ready to move, groove, and have some fun? This beginner-friendly, four-week salsa dance workshop, led in Spanish, is the perfect way to get started! You’ll learn the basics of salsa—including simple steps, rhythm, and fluid movement—in a supportive, low-pressure environment designed for everyone. No dance experience or partner is needed—just bring your curiosity, your energy, and a love of music. Come dance, laugh, and discover the joy of salsa one step at a time! |
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Friday, June 19
We will be closed on Friday, June 19th for Juneteenth. We will reopen at 10AM on
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We are looking for someone who can create meaningful, memorable experiences for the community — everything from author talks and workshops to live performances, art displays, volunteer engagement, and large-scale events. This is not a behind-the-scenes desk job. This role blends creativity, community engagement, and hands-on event coordination. You’ll be the person bringing people together, building partnerships, coordinating logistics, welcoming presenters, managing volunteers, and helping shape the library as a vibrant community hub. If you thrive in fast-moving environments, enjoy balancing creativity with organization, and can move seamlessly from brainstorming an event to setting up chairs and troubleshooting microphones, this role may be a strong fit. |
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We are seeking a dependable, hard-working, and self-motivated Patron Services Associate to join our circulation team. This position is ideal for someone who takes initiative, values integrity, and enjoys helping people in a fast-paced public service environment. The Patron Services Associate is often the first point of contact for patrons and plays a key role in creating a welcoming, positive library experience. Successful candidates will be customer-focused, adaptable, tech-comfortable, and able to work independently while also contributing to a strong team culture. This position is regularly scheduled Saturday through Monday, with a schedule such as: Saturday 10am to 5:30pm
Sunday 12pm to 5:30pm
Monday 11am to 7:30 PM
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The Spanish Language Outreach Coordinator oversees our Spanish Outreach work, expanding library services to our Spanish-speaking community. This individual must possess bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish, have experience in program management, possess strong organizational and communication skills, and have proven experience in community outreach, particularly for our Spanish-speaking community. |
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The Calamity Club
by Kathryn Stockett
So immersive, exciting, and downright fabulous, you never want it to end.--Oprah Daily INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The multimillion-copy-selling author of The Help returns with a bold, big-hearted novel about a group of unbreakable women, fighting for what's rightfully theirs--and the power of friendship to change everything. Pure, hell-raising entertainment.--The New York Times Book Review Oxford, Mississippi, 1933.Abandoned by her mother one Christmas Eve, eleven-year-old Meg Lefleur has learned the hard way to rely on no one. Now one of the unadoptable big girls at the Lafayette County Orphan Asylum, she fights each day to keep her spirit unbowed. Birdie Calhoun, unmarried and outspoken, has come to Oxford to ask her socialite sister to help the struggling family she's left behind. But as the Depression tightens its grip, Birdie discovers her sister's seemingly charmed life is a tapestry of lies. Then, Birdie encounters Charlie, a woman running low on luck with little left to lose. When their fates--and Meg's--converge, Charlie comes up with an audacious plan for them to take control of their lives. But in a place and time where hypocrisy is rife and women's freedom is fragile, even the smallest act of defiance can have dangerous consequences. The Calamity Club will make you laugh, cry, and cheer--an epic testament to underestimated women who know that calamity can be the spark of new beginnings. This is Kathryn Stockett at her most confident, heartfelt, and hilarious--the triumphant return of one of the most beloved storytellers of our time.
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The Midnight Train
by Matt Haig
A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES TODAY SHEREADS WOMAN'S WORLD PARADE THE NERD DAILY HER CAMPUS BOOKPAGE When your life flashes before your eyes, where would you stop? No one can change the past, but the Midnight Train can take you there.The chance to re-live the moments that meant most. To see what kind of person you really were. For Wilbur his best days were with Maggie, the love of his life. On his honeymoon in Venice. Before he gave it all away. He wishes he could go back and live differently. But to do so risks everything . . . A magical, time-travelling love story, from the world of The Midnight Library.
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True Crime: A Memoir
by Patricia Cornwell
#1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell finally tells the story that rivals all of the works that precede it: her own. Let's start, and end, with this: Patricia Cornwell's autobiography, TRUE CRIME, could be the best book she's ever written. And I've read them all --James Patterson Patricia Cornwell is best known for her international bestselling thriller series about forensic pathologist Dr. Kay Scarpetta. Every story comes from somewhere, and Scarpetta's began when Patricia Cornwell embedded herself in a morgue. In this achingly honest memoir, Cornwell excavates her own life, detailing her traumatic childhood being raised by neglectful parents, her father abandoning the young family on Christmas day, her mother being institutionalized twice, an abusive foster family, and developing a parental relationship with evangelist Billy Graham's wife Ruth. Cornwell depicts a harrowing hospitalization and near-death car accident. She unflinchingly shares overcoming obstacles that later gave her the ambition to become an award-winning police reporter. From there it was research in a medical examiner's office that would turn into a full-time job. She would become a forensic expert and worldwide publishing phenomenon. Cornwell leaves no stone unturned in this deeply candid account of her life, offering inspiring insight into what made her into the international sensation she is today.
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American Rambler: Walking the Trail of Johnny Appleseed
by Isaac Fitzgerald
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - New York Times bestselling author Isaac Fitzgerald sets off into the heart of America, following the path of the legendary Johnny Appleseed on an epic journey that both takes him far from home and brings him closer to it. Rollicking, heartfelt. . . . Made me feel the kind of wonder and hope I've been longing for. --John Green, author of Everything Is Tuberculosis As a child, Isaac Fitzgerald was captivated by Johnny Appleseed, drawn to the legend by family ties, his father's larger-than-life stories, and a shared restlessness to leave home and discover what lay beyond. In American Rambler, he sets out on a year-long journey to follow Appleseed's path, walking (okay, sometimes driving, and at one point, even floating downstream) from Massachusetts to Indiana. On this journey, Fitzgerald turns a childhood fascination into a profound reckoning of loss and grief, ritual and faith, grimy gas station bathrooms and scenic apple picking. He is followed by a mysterious creature, camps in hostile environments, trespasses more than once, and is warmed by the generosity of strangers at every turn. A moving blend of memoir, history, and travelogue, American Rambler is at once an ode to the American heartland, a meditation on escaping the breakneck pace of modern life, and a clear-eyed look at the myths--often violent, sometimes hopeful, frequently romanticized--at the very core of American identity and history.
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Basalt Regional Library
14 Midland Ave | Basalt CO | 970-927-4311 | basaltlibrary.org
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