Carbondale Library

  • Third Thursday Book Club

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    Join us each Third Thursday at 2:00 at the Carbondale Branch Library for a lively book discussion. We will discuss “The Last Kingdom” by Bernard Cornwell. For more information, call 970-963-2889.…

  • Meet the Author: Linda Romero Criswell

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    Start from where you are. Linda Romero Criswell talks about how you don’t need all the answers up front – just jump in and see where it takes you! You can also learn more about Linda’s novel “Watermelon Snow” which is set in small town Colorado. For more information call…

  • Third Thursday Book Club

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    Join us each Third Thursday at 2:00 at the Carbondale Branch Library for a lively book discussion. In celebration of our Winter Reading Challenge, please come ready to share whatever you read or listened to during the challenge. On March 16 we will discuss your book of choice by Alan…

  • Locations: Letters Published

    Letters - Feb. 9, 2023

    Re: Thoughts to share
    In a recent letter to The Sopris Sun, a writer shared her observations that school-aged children use the library computers to play violent video games, implying that shooting games lead to school shootings, and suggesting that library staff should prohibit access to these games in… read more →

  • Locations: Letters Published

    Letters - Jan. 26, 2023

    Letters – Jan. 26, 2023 thumbnail Congratulations to the winners of the 2022 Carbondale Chamber Business of the Year Awards: Alpine Bank (for-profit) and Aspen Valley Land Trust (nonprofit). Pictured, left to right: Andrea Stewart (Carbondale Chamber), Erin Quinn and Suzanne Stephens (Aspen Valley Land Trust), Garrett Jammaron (Alpine Bank) and Katie Montie (Carbondale Chamber). Courtesy photo

    Forever Young
    Congratulations on the occasion of Alpine Bank’s 50th anniversary. Carbondale is the birthplace of Alpine Bank and it has been much more than just a bank. We have all heard Alpine’s ads and jingles espousing community involvement and concern for its patrons. For 50 years, founder/president Bob… read more →

  • Third Thursday Book Club

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    Join us each Third Thursday at 2:00 at the Carbondale Branch Library for a lively book discussion. We will discuss “The Lions of Fifth Avenue” by Fiona Davis on January 19. On February 16 we will present our book of choice from the Winter Reading Challenge. For more information, call…

  • Locations: News Published

    Who you gonna call? Colorado Coalition of Paranormal Investigators

    Who you gonna call? Colorado Coalition of Paranormal Investigators thumbnail They're not the Ghostbusters, they're the Colorado Coalition of Paranormal Investigators: (from left to right) Erik Mazur, Sarah Babb-Mazur, Susan Herwick and Clarissa Vazquez. Photo by Amy Hadden Marsh

    Let’s get this straight right off the bat. Clarissa Vazquez and her cadre of nine volunteer ghostly phenomenon investigators are not ghostbusters. “Ghostbuster is a fictional term that implies some sort of captivity, same as ghost hunter,” she told The Sopris Sun. “We don’t hunt anything.”

    She considers herself an… read more →

  • Third Thursday Book Club

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    Join us each Third Thursday at 2:00 at the Carbondale Branch Library for a lively book discussion. We will discuss a biography or memoir of your choice on December 15. On January 19 we will discuss “Lions of Fifth Avenue” by Fiona Davis. For more information, call 970-963-2889.…

  • Locations: News Published

    Random conversations bud fresh relationships

    Random conversations bud fresh relationships thumbnail

    Did someone once tell you not to talk to strangers? A new Carbondale resident is challenging that age-old axiom with an event series designed to take people out of their comfort zones and into meaningful conversation. 

    “The Lost Art of Random Conversations” is a community-building event created by Tom… read more →

  • Third Thursday Book Club

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    Join us each Third Thursday at 2:00 at the Carbondale Branch Library for a lively book discussion. We will discuss “The Lincoln Highway” by Amor Towles on November 17. On December 15, we will discuss a biography or memoir of your choice. For more information, call 970-963-2889.…