Friends of the Library Book Sale

Word Honey - Free Poetry Workshop

Wed, Jul 02, 11:00am - 11:30am

Durango Public Library - Storytime Room

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

When Lightning Strikes!

Wed, Jul 02, 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Durango Public Library - Room 2

With Dr. Tiffany L. Brainerd, wilderness medicine doctor

Wed, Jul 02, 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Durango Public Library - Room 1

Write and create original works with us!

Thu, Jul 03, 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, Jul 03, 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Durango Public Library - Room 2

Enjoy gaming in the library with a variety of games!

Thu, Jul 03, 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!

Holiday Closure - Library Is Closed

Fri, Jul 04, All day

Durango Public Library

Library is closed for Independence Day.

Cancelled

Birds, Pollinators, and Biodiversity - What can we do to help them thrive?

Fri, Jul 04, 11:00am - 11:30am

Durango Public Library

Baby Time is tailored for babies from birth-12 months together with their favorite adult!

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!

Tue, Jul 08, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Durango Public Library - Room 1&2 Combined

Drop-in chess games in a friendly environment.

Great Garden Series: Smart as a Box of Rocks

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+.

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!

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.

Crafternoons (for Adults!) - Arte por la tarde

Thu, Jul 10, 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Durango Public Library - Storytime Room

Enjoy gaming in the library with a variety of games!

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

Friends of the Library Book Sale

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!

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!

Cookbook Club: Made in India by Mera Sodha

Tue, Jul 15, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Durango Public Library - Room 1&2 Combined

Drop-in chess games in a friendly environment.

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!

Word Honey - Free Poetry Workshop

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+.

Wed, Jul 16, 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Durango Public Library - Room 1

Write and create original works with us!

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.

Spanish Conversation Hour / Hora de Conversación en Español

Thu, Jul 17, 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Durango Public Library - Room 2

Enjoy gaming in the library with a variety of games!

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!

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.

Please contact the library to register for this event.

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 1&2 Combined

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!