Friends of the Library Book Sale

Color Our World - with Chemistry!

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!

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.

Registration is now closed

Folk Jam

Sat, Jul 19, 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Durango Public Library - Room 1&2 Combined

Let's make music!

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!

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.

Climate Cafe - Facilitated by Ecotherapist and Social Worker Hannah Smith

Tue, Jul 22, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Durango Public Library - Room 1&2 Combined

Drop-in chess games in a friendly environment.

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.

Great Garden Series: Preparing Fair Submissions for Success

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+.

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

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.

A River Runs Through It - Conservation in Colorado's Canyon Country

Thu, Jul 24, 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Durango Public Library - Room 2

Enjoy gaming in the library with a variety of games!

Thu, Jul 24, 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Durango Public Library - Room 2

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

Death Cafe - Facilitated by Lola Montano

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!

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!

Tue, Jul 29, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Durango Public Library - Room 1&2 Combined

Drop-in chess games in a friendly environment.

Word Honey: Pollinator Session - Lead by Geneva Toland

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+.

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

Summer Fun Foam Party! - with Ann Lincoln

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.

Thu, Jul 31, 11:00am - 12:00pm

Durango Community Recreation Center

Cool off with a morning of foam & fun at the Durango Recreation Center!

Hora de Cuentos Familiar Bilingüe/Bilingual Family Storytime - Cuentos y Cantos

Thu, Jul 31, 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Durango Public Library - Room 2

Enjoy gaming in the library with a variety of games!

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!

Color Our World - with Circuits!

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!

Fri, Aug 01, 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Durango Public Library - Room 1&2 Combined

Join us for an electrifying blend of science and creativity!

Stories in the Park

Tue, Aug 05, 10:00am - 10:45am

Santa Rita Park

Join us for Storytime and nature journaling!

Book Club: Why Fish Don't Exist by Lulu Miller

Tue, Aug 05, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Durango Public Library - Room 1&2 Combined

Drop-in chess games in a friendly environment.

Tue, Aug 05, 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Durango Public Library - Room 3

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!

Please contact the library to register for this event.

Word Honey - Free Poetry Workshop

Wed, Aug 06, 11:00am - 11:30am

Durango Public Library - Storytime Room

Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, & other fun activities! Perfect for children ages 3+.

Wed, Aug 06, 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Durango Public Library - Room 1

Write and create original works with us!

Thu, Aug 07, 11:00am - 11:30am

Durango Public Library - Storytime Room

Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, & other fun activities! Perfect for children ages 1-2.

Spanish Conversation Hour / Hora de Conversación en Español

Thu, Aug 07, 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Durango Public Library - Room 2

Enjoy gaming in the library with a variety of games!

Thu, Aug 07, 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!

Fri, Aug 08, 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, Aug 08, 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Durango Public Library - Room 1&2 Combined

Build, create, & play!

Yarn Meetup

Sat, Aug 09, 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Durango Public Library - Room 2

Calling knitters, crocheters, and fiber artists of all ages and levels!

Tue, Aug 12, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Durango Public Library - Room 1&2 Combined

Drop-in chess games in a friendly environment.

Writers & Scribblers - Monthly meeting

Wed, Aug 13, 11:00am - 11:30am

Durango Public Library - Storytime Room

Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, & other fun activities! Perfect for children ages 3+.

Wed, Aug 13, 6:15pm - 7:45pm

Durango Public Library - Room 1

A new topic every month!

Thu, Aug 14, 11:00am - 11:30am

Durango Public Library - Storytime Room

Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, & other fun activities! Perfect for children ages 1-2.

Crafternoons (for Adults!) - Arte por la tarde

Thu, Aug 14, 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Durango Public Library - Room 2

Enjoy gaming in the library with a variety of games!

Cancelled

Thu, Aug 14, 4:00pm - 5:30pm

Durango Public Library

Let's get creative! ¡Seamos creativos!

Around the World Not Counting the Days - A Travelogue

Thu, Aug 14, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Durango Public Library - Room 1&2 Combined

Join local author and retired University of New Mexico professor John Kessell as he recounts his 1958 ocean liner trip from San Francisco to Sydney, Australia and his adventures beyond.