The Library will be closed Monday, March 11 for Staff Training. | |
Special Notes from the Library | |
Special Event for World Recycling Day! | |
The Recycling Symbol: Born in Aspen
Monday, March 18 | 6:00pm-7:30pm
Dunaway Community Room
In partnership with the Resnick Center for Herbert Bayer Studies.
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We are excited to announce this special event we are hosting for World Recycling Day! Designer Gary Anderson will be in conversation with Recycle Colorado’s Liz Chapman. Gary Anderson is responsible for designing the Recycling symbol we see every day. Join us and learn more about the history of the design and its long-lasting impact. | | |
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Art at the Library: Paint Like Bob Ross
Thursday, March 7 | 4:00pm-6:00pm
Join us for an evening of painting! Participants will watch a Bob Ross, The Joy of Painting video and enjoy following along. We will use acrylics and a smaller canvas so you can take it home at the end of the event. Snacks and tea will be provided. Learn more.
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Library Concert Series:
Francisco Vila, Cello
Saturday, March 9 | 5:30pm-6:30pm
Francisco Vila is a celebrated cellist who has performed as a soloist and with prominent orchestras across Europe, and North and South America. He founded and directs the International Music Festival of Esmeraldas in his hometown in Ecuador, which brings gifted young musicians from around Central and South America to attend concerts and master classes with some of the world's most prominent artists. Learn more.
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Miniature and Book Nook Club:
Miniature Scenes
Thursday, March 14 | 4:30pm-6:00pm
This session will continue previous miniature sessions, allowing club members time to work on their miniatures or learn new techniques for miniature scenes. Learn more.
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Legends of Aspen Film Series
Thursday, March 14 | 4:30pm-6:00pm
Join us for a screening of short films focusing on past Aspen Hall of Fame inductees and learn more about the history of Aspen.
This is a partnership between Aspen Hall of Fame and the Pitkin County Library. Learn more.
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Bookbinding
Saturday, March 16 | 3:30pm-5:30pm
Learn beginner bookbinding skills. Each program will build on skills learned in previous sessions, but beginners are welcome.
For teens and adults. In the Dunaway Community Room.
Sign up for Bookbinding.
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Literature Out Loud: David Quammen
Tuesday, March 19 | 5:30pm-7:00pm
This enthusiastic, witty and talented science writer will engage your minds and tickle your senses!
You may never have heard of him, but you’ll be glad when you get to meet him. His words will be delivered by two of the valley’s finest readers. You won’t want to miss this fine introduction to a great writer delivered to you by great readers. Learn more.
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Library Cinema in March:
Additional Times!
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A Program for Cinephiles
Library Cinema takes place in the Dunaway Community Room.
Tickets are $10.00*, cash only, popcorn included!
*Free for Friends of the Library.
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Library Cinema is now complimentary for Friends of the Library!
A "I'm a Friend of the Pitkin County Library, 2024" sticker will be provided to each of our Friends; please attach this to your library card and show it for free access to any of our Library Cinema screenings in 2024.
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Special Services at the Library | | |
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Veterans Coffee and Doughnuts
Tuesday, March 26 | 9am-11am
Join Adam Lazaro, US Marines/OEF Veteran, on the fourth Tuesday of the month for coffee and doughnuts. Learn more.
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Events Outside the Library | |
Aspen Words Literary Prize:
Short List Announcement
Wednesday, March 13
The Aspen Words Literary Prize is a $35,000 annual award for an influential work of fiction that illuminates a vital contemporary issue and demonstrates the transformative power of literature on thought and culture.
Annually, open to authors of any nationality, the award is one of the largest literary prizes in the United States, and one of the few focused exclusively on fiction with a social impact. Learn more.
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Aspen Film: Women in Equation
Thursday, March 26 | 6:30pm
Isis Theatre
Aspen Film will celebrate Women's History Month with a special guest speaker, the showing of Hidden Figures (2016), and a short film featuring Pitkin County Library's Girls Who Code Club!
Learn more.
Buy tickets to the showing through the Aspen Film website.
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New Fiction and Nonfiction Books | |
Until next time, happy reading! | |
For more literary events in Aspen... | |
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