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A River Runs Through It

Conservation in Colorado's Canyon Country
2025-07-24 18:00:00 2025-07-24 19:30:00 America/Denver A River Runs Through It Join us for an illustrated lecture and see conservation in action- canoes flipping and rafts rocking! Come share your river stories! Durango Public Library - Room 1&2 Combined

Thursday, July 24
6:00pm - 7:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-07-24 18:00:00 2025-07-24 19:30:00 America/Denver A River Runs Through It Join us for an illustrated lecture and see conservation in action- canoes flipping and rafts rocking! Come share your river stories! Durango Public Library - Room 1&2 Combined

Durango Public Library

Room 1&2 Combined

Join us for an illustrated lecture and see conservation in action- canoes flipping and rafts rocking! Come share your river stories!

Author of Bears Ears: Landscape of Refuge and Resistance (University of Utah Press, 2022), Dr. Andrew Gulliford will discuss case studies of river conservation in Colorado’s Canyon Country. From a forthcoming book, Dr. Gulliford will describe the BLM’s system of National Conservation Lands, which covers 37 million acres of Congressionally designated national monuments, national conservation areas, wild & scenic rivers, historic trails, and wilderness. Gulliford will compare case studies of preserved river and canyon systems in Colorado including McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area and Ruby-Horsethief Canyons on the Colorado River; Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area and the Gunnison River; and Brown’s Canyon National Monument and the Arkansas River.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | More Fun Stuff! |

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Durango Public Library
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About the Library

Overlooking the Animas River, the Durango Public Library and Botanical Gardens is one of the most popular gathering spots in our community.

Upcoming Events

Birds, Pollinators, and Biodiversity  - What can we do to help them thrive?
Mon, Jul 07, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Durango Public Library - Room 2
by Margaret Mayer
Terrific Tuesdays: Library Field Day
Tue, Jul 08, 10:30am - 11:30am
Viles Park
The library is having a field day!
Youth Chess Club
Tue, Jul 08, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Durango Public Library - Room 1&2 Combined
Drop-in chess games in a friendly environment.
Preschool Storytime
Wed, Jul 09, 11:00am - 11:30am
Durango Public Library - Storytime Room
Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, & other fun activities! Perfect for children ages 3+.
Great Garden Series: Smart as a Box of Rocks
Wed, Jul 09, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Durango Public Library - Room 2
With Mike Smedley, Passionate Gardner
Writers & Scribblers - Monthly meeting
Wed, Jul 09, 6:15pm - 7:45pm
Durango Public Library - Room 1
A new topic every month!
Toddler Storytime
Thu, Jul 10, 11:00am - 11:30am
Durango Public Library - Storytime Room
Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, & other fun activities! Perfect for children ages 1-2.
Teen Game Zone
Thu, Jul 10, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Durango Public Library - Storytime Room
Enjoy gaming in the library with a variety of games!
Crafternoons (for Adults!) - Arte por la tarde
Thu, Jul 10, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Durango Public Library - Room 3
Let's get creative! ¡Seamos creativos!
Friends of the Library Book Sale
Fri, Jul 11, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Durango Public Library - Room 1&2 Combined
FOL Book Sale
Baby Time
Fri, Jul 11, 11:00am - 11:30am
Durango Public Library - Storytime Room
Baby Time is tailored for babies from birth-12 months together with their favorite adult!
LEGO Club
Fri, Jul 11, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Durango Public Library - Storytime Room
Build, create, & play!
Friends of the Library Book Sale
Sat, Jul 12, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Durango Public Library - Room 1&2 Combined
FOL Book Sale
Yarn Meetup
Sat, Jul 12, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Durango Public Library - Room 3
Calling knitters, crocheters, and fiber artists of all ages and levels!
Terrific Tuesdays: Live Action Hungry, Hungry Hippos
Tue, Jul 15, 10:30am - 11:30am
Durango Public Library - Room 1&2 Combined
Join us for an exciting, larger-than-life version of the classic game Hungry, Hungry Hippos!
Youth Chess Club
Tue, Jul 15, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Durango Public Library - Room 1&2 Combined
Drop-in chess games in a friendly environment.
Cookbook Club: Made in India by Mera Sodha
Tue, Jul 15, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Durango Public Library - Room 2
Let's get together and cook a potluck of recipes from our chosen cookbook!
Preschool Storytime
Wed, Jul 16, 11:00am - 11:30am
Durango Public Library - Storytime Room
Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, & other fun activities! Perfect for children ages 3+.
Word Honey - Free Poetry Workshop
Wed, Jul 16, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Durango Public Library - Room 1
Write and create original works with us!
Toddler Storytime
Thu, Jul 17, 11:00am - 11:30am
Durango Public Library - Storytime Room
Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, & other fun activities! Perfect for children ages 1-2.
Teen Game Zone
Thu, Jul 17, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Durango Public Library - Room 2
Enjoy gaming in the library with a variety of games!
Spanish Conversation Hour / Hora de Conversación en Español
Thu, Jul 17, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Durango Public Library - Room 2
Come speak Spanish in an informal setting. All language levels welcome! Ven a hablar español en un ambiente informal. ¡Abierto a todas las habilidades!
Baby Time
Fri, Jul 18, 11:00am - 11:30am
Durango Public Library - Storytime Room
Baby Time is tailored for babies from birth-12 months together with their favorite adult!
Color Our World - with Chemistry!
Fri, Jul 18, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Durango Public Library - Room 1&2 Combined
Combine science and art with this colorful experiment! Learn about acids and bases, and then use your knowledge to get creative and make your own color changing art.
Teen After Hours - Painting Party
Fri, Jul 18, 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Durango Public Library - Room 1&2 Combined
Spend your Friday evening learning how to make a beautiful painting with a local art instructor.
Please contact the library to register for this event.
Silent Book Club - No assigned reading, no group discussion, and no judgement!
Sat, Jul 19, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Durango Public Library - Room 3
Join us in the Reading Room for an hour of dedicated reading. Socialize after, or not!
Folk Jam
Sat, Jul 19, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Durango Public Library - Room 1&2 Combined
Let's make music!
Colorado Fish, Wildlife, and Parks Series - Living with Wildlife
Mon, Jul 21, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Durango Public Library - Room 1&2 Combined
Learn how to reduce human-wildlife conflict through a four-part lecture series from Colorado Parks and Wildlife. All programs run 6-7:30pm.
Terrific Tuesdays: Outdoor Art Party
Tue, Jul 22, 10:30am - 11:30am
Durango Public Library - Riverside Patio
Let's get messy with an outdoor art party on the library's Riverside Patio. Come create amazing art pieces both big and small with other kids in the community.
Youth Chess Club
Tue, Jul 22, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Durango Public Library - Room 1&2 Combined
Drop-in chess games in a friendly environment.
Climate Cafe - Facilitated by Ecotherapist and Social Worker Hannah Smith
Tue, Jul 22, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Durango Public Library - Room 3
Climate Cafés are a space to share thoughts and feelings about the climate crisis in community.
Preschool Storytime
Wed, Jul 23, 11:00am - 11:30am
Durango Public Library - Storytime Room
Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, & other fun activities! Perfect for children ages 3+.
Great Garden Series: Preparing Fair Submissions for Success
Wed, Jul 23, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Durango Public Library - Room 1&2 Combined
Heather Houk, CSU Extension Agent Lisa Bourey, Landscape Designer & Fair Judge Carol Wallace, DBG Docent & Fair submissions
Toddler Storytime
Thu, Jul 24, 11:00am - 11:30am
Durango Public Library - Storytime Room
Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, & other fun activities! Perfect for children ages 1-2.
Teen Game Zone
Thu, Jul 24, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Durango Public Library - Room 2
Enjoy gaming in the library with a variety of games!
A River Runs Through It - Conservation in Colorado's Canyon Country
Thu, Jul 24, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Durango Public Library - Room 1&2 Combined
Join us for an illustrated lecture and see conservation in action- canoes flipping and rafts rocking! Come share your river stories!
Baby Time
Fri, Jul 25, 11:00am - 11:30am
Durango Public Library - Storytime Room
Baby Time is tailored for babies from birth-12 months together with their favorite adult!
LEGO Club
Fri, Jul 25, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Durango Public Library - Room 1&2 Combined
Build, create, & play!
Yarn Meetup
Sat, Jul 26, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Durango Public Library - Room 2
Calling knitters, crocheters, and fiber artists of all ages and levels!
Death Cafe - Facilitated by Lola Montano
Mon, Jul 28, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Durango Public Library - Room 3
At a Death Cafe people gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death. Our objective is 'to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives'.
Terrific Tuesdays: Rocky Mountain Puppets in Prism Break
Tue, Jul 29, 10:30am - 11:30am
Durango Public Library - Room 1&2 Combined
Join Meghan and her special friends for show full of ventriloquism and laughs!
Terrific Tuesdays: Rocky Mountain Puppets in Prism Break
Tue, Jul 29, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Durango Public Library - Room 1&2 Combined
Join Meghan and her special friends for show full of ventriloquism and laughs!
Youth Chess Club
Tue, Jul 29, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Durango Public Library - Room 1&2 Combined
Drop-in chess games in a friendly environment.
Preschool Storytime
Wed, Jul 30, 11:00am - 11:30am
Durango Public Library - Storytime Room
Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, & other fun activities! Perfect for children ages 3+.
Word Honey: Pollinator Session - Lead by Geneva Toland
Wed, Jul 30, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Durango Public Library - Room 1
Join us for a special poetry writing workshop on the topic of "Poetry as History"
Cancelled
Toddler Storytime
Thu, Jul 31, 11:00am - 11:30am
Durango Public Library
Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, & other fun activities! Perfect for children ages 1-2.
Summer Fun Foam Party! - with Ann Lincoln
Thu, Jul 31, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Durango Community Recreation Center
Cool off with a morning of foam & fun at the Durango Recreation Center!
Teen Game Zone
Thu, Jul 31, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Durango Public Library - Room 2
Enjoy gaming in the library with a variety of games!
Hora de Cuentos Familiar Bilingüe/Bilingual Family Storytime - Cuentos y Cantos
Thu, Jul 31, 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Durango Public Library - Room 2
Lleva a la familia a disfrutar de cuentos y canciones bilingües en español e inglés. Bring the family for stories and songs in Spanish and English!
Baby Time
Fri, Aug 01, 11:00am - 11:30am
Durango Public Library - Storytime Room
Baby Time is tailored for babies from birth-12 months together with their favorite adult!
Color Our World - with Circuits!
Fri, Aug 01, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Durango Public Library - Room 1&2 Combined
Join us for an electrifying blend of science and creativity!
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