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Holiday Closure

Library is Closed
2024-12-25 00:00:00 2024-12-25 23:59:00 America/Denver Holiday Closure The library is closed for Christmas. Durango Public Library -

Wednesday, December 25
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The library is closed for Christmas.

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EVENT TYPE: | Holiday Closure |

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Durango Public Library
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Mon, Jul 20 9:30AM to 6:00PM
Tue, Jul 21 9:30AM to 6:00PM
Wed, Jul 22 9:30AM to 6:00PM
Thu, Jul 23 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Fri, Jul 24 9:30AM to 5:30PM
Sat, Jul 25 9:30AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Jul 26 Closed
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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

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LEGO Club
Mon, Jul 20, 2:00pm - 4:30pm
Durango Public Library - Youth Activity Room
Build, create, & play!
Terrific Tuesdays: Summer Shows!
Tue, Jul 21, 10:30am - 11:30am
Durango Public Library - Room 1&2 Combined
Weekly summer performances for kids includes music, magic, animals, dinosaurs & more!
Terrific Tuesdays: Summer Shows!
Tue, Jul 21, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Durango Public Library - Room 1&2 Combined
Weekly summer performances for kids includes music, magic, animals, dinosaurs & more!
Book Sculpting
Tue, Jul 21, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Durango Public Library - Room 2
Transform a book into a three-dimensional sculpture by folding, cutting, carving, and gluing pages.
Storytime
Wed, Jul 22, 11:00am - 11:30am
Durango Public Library - Youth Activity Room
Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, & other fun activities! Perfect for children ages 3+.
Great Garden Series - Native Trees and Shrubs of Colorado
Wed, Jul 22, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Durango Public Library - Room 1&2 Combined
With Jennifer Bousselot, Associate Professor of Horticulture, Colorado State University
Toddler Time
Thu, Jul 23, 11:00am - 11:45am
Durango Public Library - Youth Activity Room
Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, & other fun activities! Perfect for children ages 1-2. Stay after for a fun play group!
Teen Game Zone
Thu, Jul 23, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Durango Public Library - Youth Activity Room
Enjoy gaming in the library with a variety of games!
Baby Time
Fri, Jul 24, 11:00am - 11:45am
Durango Public Library - Youth Activity Room
Baby Time is tailored for babies from birth-12 months together with their favorite adult!
Family Movie - The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Fri, Jul 24, 11:00am - 12:30pm
Durango Public Library - Room 1&2 Combined
Power up and beat the heat at the library with a showing of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie!
Friday Fun - Art
Fri, Jul 24, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Durango Public Library - Room 1&2 Combined
Friday afternoons are all about having fun building, playing, exploring, and creating together!
Dig Into Reading - Dinolympics
Sat, Jul 25, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Durango Public Library - Youth Activity Room
Race against the clock and other teams to win the Dinosaur Olympics!
Yarn Meetup
Sat, Jul 25, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Durango Public Library - Room 1
Calling knitters, crocheters, and fiber artists of all ages and levels!
LEGO Club
Mon, Jul 27, 2:00pm - 4:30pm
Durango Public Library - Youth Activity Room
Build, create, & play!
Death Cafe
Mon, Jul 27, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Durango Public Library - Room 2
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: Summer Shows!
Tue, Jul 28, 10:30am - 11:30am
Durango Public Library - Room 1&2 Combined
Weekly summer performances for kids includes music, magic, animals, dinosaurs & more!
Terrific Tuesdays: Summer Shows!
Tue, Jul 28, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Durango Public Library - Room 1&2 Combined
Weekly summer performances for kids includes music, magic, animals, dinosaurs & more!
Cookbook Club: Secret Family Recipes
Tue, Jul 28, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Durango Public Library - Room 1&2 Combined
Let's get together and cook a potluck of recipes from our families!
Storytime
Wed, Jul 29, 11:00am - 11:30am
Durango Public Library - Youth Activity Room
Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, & other fun activities! Perfect for children ages 3+.
Community Story Circle
Wed, Jul 29, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Durango Public Library
With local author and life coach, Brooke Heller.
Toddler Time
Thu, Jul 30, 11:00am - 11:45am
Durango Public Library - Youth Activity Room
Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, & other fun activities! Perfect for children ages 1-2. Stay after for a fun play group!
Teen Game Zone
Thu, Jul 30, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Durango Public Library - Youth Activity Room
Enjoy gaming in the library with a variety of games!
Stories Written in Stone: A Life in Paleontology
Thu, Jul 30, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Durango Public Library - Room 1&2 Combined
With local Paleontologist John Hankla
Baby Time
Fri, Jul 31, 11:00am - 11:45am
Durango Public Library - Youth Activity Room
Baby Time is tailored for babies from birth-12 months together with their favorite adult!
Friday Fun - STEM
Fri, Jul 31, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Durango Public Library - Youth Activity Room
Friday afternoons are all about having fun building, playing, exploring, and creating together!
Dig Into Reading - Salt Dough Fossils
Sat, Aug 01, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Durango Public Library - Youth Activity Room
Learn about different kinds of fossils, and sculpt your own fossil replicas to take home!
LEGO Club
Mon, Aug 03, 2:00pm - 4:30pm
Durango Public Library - Youth Activity Room
Build, create, & play!
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Terrific Tuesdays: Summer Shows!
Tue, Aug 04, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Durango Public Library
Weekly summer performances for kids includes music, magic, animals, dinosaurs & more!
Book Club: The Wide Wide Sea - by Hampton Sides
Tue, Aug 04, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Durango Public Library - First floor river lounge
Register at the reference desk, then join us to discuss the book at the library. A free book is available for the first 15 people who register and attend! 
Storytime
Wed, Aug 05, 11:00am - 11:30am
Durango Public Library - Youth Activity Room
Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, & other fun activities! Perfect for children ages 3+.
Teen Fashion Show
Wed, Aug 05, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Durango Public Library - Room 2
Show off your style on the catwalk!
Word Honey at The Hive - Free Poetry Workshop
Wed, Aug 05, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
The Hive - 1175 Camino Del Rio
Write and create original works with us!
Toddler Time
Thu, Aug 06, 11:00am - 11:45am
Durango Public Library - Youth Activity Room
Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, & other fun activities! Perfect for children ages 1-2. Stay after for a fun play group!
Teen Game Zone
Thu, Aug 06, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Durango Public Library - Youth Activity Room
Enjoy gaming in the library with a variety of games!
Spanish Conversation Hour / Hora de Conversación en Español
Thu, Aug 06, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Durango Public Library - Room 1&2 Combined
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, Aug 07, 11:00am - 11:45am
Durango Public Library - Youth Activity Room
Baby Time is tailored for babies from birth-12 months together with their favorite adult!
Friday Fun - Art
Fri, Aug 07, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Durango Public Library - Room 1&2 Combined
Friday afternoons are all about having fun building, playing, exploring, and creating together!
Dig Into Reading - Pasta Paleontology
Sat, Aug 08, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Durango Public Library - Youth Activity Room
Make a dinosaur skeleton with different shape pasta!
Yarn Meetup
Sat, Aug 08, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Durango Public Library - Room 1
Calling knitters, crocheters, and fiber artists of all ages and levels!
LEGO Club
Mon, Aug 10, 2:00pm - 4:30pm
Durango Public Library - Youth Activity Room
Build, create, & play!
Coptic Stitch Bookmaking
Tue, Aug 11, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Durango Public Library - Room 2
A two-part series!
Storytime
Wed, Aug 12, 11:00am - 11:30am
Durango Public Library - Youth Activity Room
Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, & other fun activities! Perfect for children ages 3+.
Writers & Scribblers - Monthly meeting
Wed, Aug 12, 6:15pm - 7:45pm
Durango Public Library - Room 1
July's Topic: Heroes and High Drama: Tips and Tricks
Toddler Time
Thu, Aug 13, 11:00am - 11:45am
Durango Public Library - Youth Activity Room
Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, & other fun activities! Perfect for children ages 1-2. Stay after for a fun play group!
Teen Game Zone
Thu, Aug 13, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Durango Public Library - Youth Activity Room
Enjoy gaming in the library with a variety of games!
Baby Time
Fri, Aug 14, 11:00am - 11:45am
Durango Public Library - Youth Activity Room
Baby Time is tailored for babies from birth-12 months together with their favorite adult!
Friday Fun - STEM
Fri, Aug 14, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Durango Public Library - Room 1&2 Combined
Friday afternoons are all about having fun building, playing, exploring, and creating together!
Stories in the Park
Sat, Aug 15, 10:00am - 10:45am
Santa Rita Park
Join us for Storytime and a nature themed craft!
Dig Into Reading - Dinosaur Engineers
Sat, Aug 15, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Durango Public Library - Youth Activity Room
Practice your STEAM skills with some unexpected materials to construct your very own dinosaur!
Acoustic Jam
Sat, Aug 15, 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Durango Public Library - Room 1&2 Combined
Let's make music!
Silent Book Club - No assigned reading, no group discussion, and no judgement!
Sat, Aug 15, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Durango Public Library - Room 3
Join us for an hour of dedicated reading. Socialize after, or not!
LEGO Club
Mon, Aug 17, 2:00pm - 4:30pm
Durango Public Library - Youth Activity Room
Build, create, & play!
Book Club: Speculative Fiction - Fantasy, Science Fiction, Post-apocalyptic, and More!
Tue, Aug 18, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Bread Downtown
Join us at Bread Downtown (135 E 8th St) for a "nontraditional" book club, where the discussion is based on a genre/topic rather than a specific book!
Storytime
Wed, Aug 19, 11:00am - 11:30am
Durango Public Library - Youth Activity Room
Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, & other fun activities! Perfect for children ages 3+.
Cuentos y Cantos - Hora de Cuentos Familiar Bilingüe/Bilingual Family Storytime
Wed, Aug 19, 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Durango Public Library
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!
Word Honey at The Hive - Free Poetry Workshop
Wed, Aug 19, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
The Hive - 1175 Camino Del Rio
Write and create original works with us!
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