Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month Dance, Baile & Hispanics in World War I the Flavor of Sept

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Locations Key: BS Beulah Satellite LB Lamb PW Pueblo West AV Avondale Satellite GI Giodone LY Library @ the Y RA Rawlings BK Barkman LU Lucero GV Greenhorn Valley Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month Dance, Baile & Hispanics in World War I the Flavor of Sept. 1-30, All locations Andalusia Spain Images from PCCLD’s Special Collections department representing Hispanic and Latino Veterans from Pueblo and Southern Colorado Saturday, Sept. 9, who served in WWI. 6-8:30 p.m, RA, Ryals Room-4th All They Will Call You: Finding Woody Guthrie's Deportees floor th Join us for the flavor Monday, Oct. 2, 7 p.m. RA, Ryals Room, 4 floor of Adalusia Spain Award winning author, Tim Hernandez, offers an engaging presentation based on his research of the lives lost in the 1948 plane with “Flamenco crash and Woody Guthrie's song "Deportees-Plane Wreck at Los Underground” from Gatos." Hernandez has spent years locating and interviewing the Denver under the family members of the passengers. This lively and thought-provoking leadership of Natalia presentation sheds light on the totality of the incident, and puts Perez del Villar. They names and faces to the human lives directly affected by the historical will be performing omission. Tablao style to include More Hispanic Heritage Month news, Page 2 alegrias, and sevillanas with castanets, jaleos extremos, three solo guitar pieces and songs representing the best of Spanish Flamenco and a finish with a fin de fiesta. In honor of Hispanic Heritage month All Pueblo Reads 2017 Grupo Folklorico del Pueblo will open the show with folklorico GET YOUR TICKETS! dances followed by an intermission with tapas, wine and other Booklovers Blacktie Ball featuring Spanish refreshments. The Flamenco show will start at 7 p.m. Emily St. John Mandel author of Station Eleven Friday, Oct. 20, 6:30 p.m., Rawlings Library - 2nd floor. Southern Colorado: Advanced Purchase Pricing $80, Friends of the Library members $75, Preferred Seating $100 and Author The sacred land of the Saints Table Reservations $250. These prices and categories Saturday, Sept. 16, 2 p.m., RA, Ryals Room -4th floor are available through Friday, Sept. 22. Tickets purchased Santero Sean Trujillo embraces the tradition of creating Retablos. Sept. 23 and after are $100 — first come, first served. Email [email protected], call (719) 553- Retablos are Spanish-Colonial folk art which is dedicated to honoring 0221 or www.pueblolibrary.org/allpuebloreads to make saints and religious figures. He carves the wood himself and the your reservation. paints and varnish are also handmade. His reds come from the dirt of Author talk and book signing Emily St. John Red Rocks, his yellow hails from Boulder. His palette consist of colors Saturday, Oct. 21, 11 a.m., Rawlings Library, 2nd floor. Mandel from New Mexico and Colorado. Make your reservations today!

Hours: Locations: Board of Trustees: Friends of the Library Monday – Thursday Barkman Library Lucero Library Fredrick Quintana, President Officers: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. 1300 Jerry Murphy Rd. 1315 E. 7th St. Doreen Martinez, VP Dustin Hodge, President Marlene Bregar Evelyn Clayton, VP 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. (Greenhorn, Greenhorn Valley Library Pueblo West Library Lyndell Gairaud Monica Ayala, Secretary Giodone and Lucero only) 4801 Cibola Dr. 298 S. Joe Martinez Blvd. Phil Mancha Leslie Carroll, Treasurer Friday & Saturday Colorado City, Colo. 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Rawlings Library Jim Stuart 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. (Greenhorn, Giodone Library 100 E. Abriendo Ave. Foundation Board: Giodone and Lucero only) 24655 U.S. Hwy 50 E. www.pueblolibrary.org Satellite library locations: Julie Rodriguez, President Sunday (Rawlings only) Lamb Library Avondale Elementary Jim Stuart, VP 1 – 5 p.m. 2525 S. Pueblo Blvd. 213 Hwy. 50 E. Carol King, Secretary Phone: 562-5600 Library @ the Y Beulah School P. Michael Voute, Treasurer 3200 Spaulding 8734 Schoolhouse Ln. Events Calendar A High Achieving Library September 2017 STORYTIMES ON PAGE 8 by Jon Walker when compared with peer libraries in Colorado. EXHIBITS nd There are thirteen public libraries in Colorado serving At RA, Idea Factory-2 floor The Pueblo City-County populations of greater than 100,000. In addition to Sept. 1-Sept. 30 Library District (PCCLD) Baseball Memorabilia PCCLD, these are the Arapahoe Library District, the is renowned for its high At RA, Hispanic Resource Gallery- Aurora Public Library, the Boulder Public Library, 2nd floor achievements. A recent Sept. 1-Sept. 30 the Denver Public Library, Douglas County Libraries, "Santero" by Sean Trujillo example of this is PCCLD’s "Reflections" by Adrian Ortega recent selection for the current the High Plains Library District, the Jefferson County Public Library, the Mesa County Public Library At RA InfoZone-4th floor Library Journal Star Library World War I and America award. This prestigious District, the Pike Peak Library District, the Poudre Hispanics in World War I River Public Library District, the Rangeview Library At PW recognition came about as the Larry Fancher result of key findings showing District, and the Westminster Public Library. Among Jon Walker PCCLD is more actively these in 2016 PCCLD ranked third for number of RECURRING PROGRAMS items checked out per capita, second in library visitors Mondays engaged with our community than most other public libraries around the country. We are proud of this per capita, and first both for library computer use • 9-11 a.m., English Language Learners RA, 1st floor and, so, we anxiously awaited the first reports about per capita and program attendance per capita. These • 10 a.m.-Noon, Open Learning Lab 2016 outputs to see how well we continue to stack up. measures frequently are considered most important RA Training Room 3rd floor The Library Research Service recently released this when gauging public library success. • 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Swedish Weavers data for Colorado. & Needlework Group, PW It is fair to say that PCCLD’s strong attainment • 10:30 a.m.-Noon, Play Pinochle at This study shows PCCLD’s ongoing strong scores remains unabated. the Library GV • 1-3 p.m., Start, Sept. 11,Beginning English Classes / Clases de Ingles para Principantes LU Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month • 3:30-5 pm., Teen Hangout, PW • 5-7 p.m., Barkman Book Papel Picado! good health and good luck. More often, they are hung Discussion Club BK Saturday, Sept. 2, 3 p.m., LB up to dry for later cooking and eating. Come learn • 3:45-5:30 p.m., HardKnox Gang how to make your own chile ristra and take one home. Prevention/Intervention, LU Wednesday, Sept. 13, 3-6 p.m., PW • 5:30-7 p.m., Play Pinochle at the Wednesday, Sept. 13, 4 p.m., GI Space is limited. Register online at www.pueblolibrary. Library!, GV Friday, Sept. 15, 2-3 p.m., GV org or call Maria at 562-5615. • 6-7:30 p.m., English Conversation Club, RA, 1st floor Sept. 11th - Sept. 16, All day while supplies • 7-8:30 p.m.-English last, LY Sewing 101-Chile Pepper Pot Holder Conversation Club, PW Tuesday, Sep. 26, 5:30-6:30 p.m., GI Monday, Sept. 25, 4 p.m., BK Tuesdays Wednesday, Sept. 27, 4 p.m. RA-Kids Club Giodone Large Community Room • 10-11 a.m., Blue Sky Adults, RA Thursday, Sept. 28, All day while supplies Spice up your life with a Chile Pepper Pot Holder. 2nd floor • 10:30-11:30 a.m., Cyber Seniors last, LU Chile festival - Tech Questions Answered, GI Celebrate Hispanic Heritage month with this fun Friday, Sep. 29, 3-5 p.m., GI • 1-4 p.m., Cast-off Knitting and papel picado craft! In Mexico, cut tissue paper or Craft Group, PW Giodone Large Community Room • 1:30-3 p.m. Yarnies, RA, Idea papel picado is a traditional decoration for the Day Factory-2nd floor of the Dead, Cinco de Mayo, national holidays and Celebrate all things chile with crafts, tastings, Ristras • 2-4 p.m.,Computer Basics, RA and other fun activities. 3rd Floor other celebrations. These brightly colored banners are • 3:30 -5 p.m., Teen Hangouts, PW strung along balconies, across streets and buildings, Giodone Book Club and Tea — • 3:45-5:30 p.m., HardKnox Gang Prevention/Intervention, LU homes, and squares. Color your own banner and Bless Me Ultima • 4:30-6 p.m., Tinker Lab, GV enjoy the fun tie dye effect. Tuesday, Sep. 5, • 4-5 p.m., Childrens Literacy 5-5:45 p.m., GI Center, LU Family Craft Time-Paper chile pepper Giodone Large Community Room • 5:30-6:30 p.m., Teen Advisory Board, RA Tuesday, Sep. 12, 5:30-6:30 p.m., GI Join your neighbors for a lively discussion of Bless Me • 6-8 p.m., Ma Jongg Club, PW Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya. • 6-8 p.m., Open Learning Lab, Giodone Large Community Room RA, 3rd floor This month it's all things chile pepper. Learn how to • 6-8 p.m., Advanced English Exhibit — “Reflections” Classes, RA make a hanging tissue paper chile pepper. • 6:30 p.m., Teen Night, RA Sept., RA, Hispanic Resource Gallery, 2nd floor Local artist Wednesdays Chile Ristra • 9:15-10:15 a.m., Chair Yoga, PW Thursday, Sep. 14, 6-8 p.m., PW Adrian Ortega • 10 a.m.-noon, Intermediate will have his English Classes, RA Learn how to make chilei ristra for Hispanic Heritage • 10 a.m.-noon, Tech Talk, RA, paintings on 2nd floor Month. Everyone will be taking some chili home. display in • 3:45-5:30 p.m., HardKnox Gang Prevention/Intervention, LU the Hispanic • 6-8:30 p.m., Society for Ristras! Resource Creative Anachronism: Beledi Thurday, Sept. 21, 7 p.m., RA, Bret Kelly B-1st FL Belly Dance Lessons, PW Gallery for Thursday, Sept. 14, 6 p.m., PW the month of Thursdays Friday, Sept. 29, 3 p.m., GI September. • 9:15-10:15 a.m., Chair Yoga, PW • 10-11 a.m., Beginning Spanish Registration required. From the Classes, PW Are you ready for the Chile Festival? Ristras are 'Reflections' • 10:30 a.m.-noon, Play Pinochle sometimes used for decoration, and are said to bring exhibit by artist, at the Library, GV Adrian Ortega. 2 September 2017 Thursdays cont. • 11 a.m.-noon, Tech Talk, RA, 2nd floor • Noon-2 p.m., HardKnox Gang Prevention/Intervention, LU • Noon-2 p.m., Open Learning Lab, RA, Training Room-3rd floor • 1-3 p.m., Crafty Needles, BK • 3:30-5 p.m., Teen Night, PW • 3:45-5:30 p.m., HardKnox Gang Prevention/Intervention, LU • 4-5 p.m., Childrens Literacy Center, LU • 4-5 p.m., Tween Hangouts, RA • 4:30-5:30 p.m., Adult Literacy Book Club, RA, Bret Kelly A • 5:30-7 p.m., Play Pinochle at the Library! GV • 5-6:30 p.m. SoCo Makers Meetup, RA, Idea Factory-2nd floor • 5:30-7 p.m., Play Pinochle at the Library, GV • 6:30 -7:30 p.m., Teen Night, RA, Teen Zone-2nd floor Fridays • 9:30 a.m.-10:30, English The Great North American Conversation Group, PW • 3-4, p.m., Fireside Crochet, GI Solar Eclipse • 1:30-3:30 p.m., HardKnox Gang PCCLD's own Dave Hayden traveled to Wyoming to Prevention/Intervention, LU photo the sun's full eclipse. Saturdays • 10:15-11:30 a.m., Conversational Spanish Classes, RA, Bret Kelly A Hundreds gathered in the courtyard of Rawlings • Noon -2 p.m., American Sign Library on Aug. 21 to watch the sun as it was partially Language, RA, Idea Factory • 12:15-2:15 p.m., Beginning eclipsed by the moon. Spanish, RA, Bret Kelly A • 5:30-6:30 p.m., Yoga, GV Sundays • No recurring events SEPTEMBER The circus came to town! 1 Friday • 10:30-11:30 a.m. Ready, Set, Play!, GV • 1-2 p.m., F.L.A.S.H, GV • 3:30-5 p.m., Free Legal Self-Help Clinic (Registration Required), LB 2 Saturday • 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Foraging Hike with Cat-Tail Bob, GV • 10-11 a.m., Kids Parade, RA • 11:30-4 p.m., Southeast Colorado Genealogical Society,RA 1st floor- Kelly Room B • 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Minecraft Gaming Session, GI • 2-4, p.m., Rock Dog (PG), RA, InfoZone-4th floor • 3-4:30 p.m., Papel Picado, LB 3 Sunday • 2-4 p.m., Rock Dog (PG), RA, Audience members get into the act. InfoZone-4th floor 4 Monday Left: Performers from the Salida Circus dazzled crowds with tricks. • All Libraries Closed 5 Tuesday • 10:30-11:30 a.m., Cyber Seniors - Tech Questions Answered, GI • 2-4:30 p.m., Creation Studio: Make a Book Box or Bag, LB • 5-5:45 p.m., Giodone Book Printmaking Club and Tea, GI Patrons learn the art of • 6-8 p.m., Pueblo Model printmaking during an Railroad Association, PW August event. • 6:30-9 p.m., Pueblo West Writers Group, PW 6 Wednesday • 10-11:30 a.m., Daylight Book Club, PW • 10-noon, Tech Talk, RA, 2nd floor • 2-4 p.m., Super Seniors: Dropbox & Google Photos, RA 3rd floor • 4-5p.m., Tween Program-Chile Pepper Friendship Bracelet, GI • 4:30-6 p.m., History Connections of Pueblo, RA InfoZone, 4th floor • 5-6 pm., Create an Effective Resume, BK • 6:30 p.m., All Quiet on the WesternFront (NR), RA, InfoZone Theater 4th floor 3 September 2017 6 Wednesday cont. • 6-7 p.m., General Investing with Ron Phillips, PW Check this out! 7 Thursday • 2-4 p.m., Using Ancestry.com, Database Highlight: RA, Training Room-3rd Floor Reference USA • 11-11:30 a.m., School Readiness Storytime and Available to residents of Literacy Activities, GI Pueblo County with a valid • 4:30-6 p.m., Thursday library card. Go to http://www.pueblolibrary.org/eresources then click Afternoon Movie, LU • 5-6 p.m., DIY Locker on Business and choose on Reference USA COMPUTER Decorations, LB Best Use: Reference USA is a leading business and consumer research • 6-7 p.m., General Investing CLASSES with Ron Phillips, PW database. Small business owners can use the database as a marketing • 6-8:30 p.m., Southern Colorado tool to find new custiomers, while entrepreneurs can perform market Held at RA, Training Room-3rd Watercolor Society, PW research to assist with their business plan. Learn how to navigate floor, from 2-4 p.m. classes are 8 Friday Reference USA to find beneficial information for your business. No • 1:30-3:30 p.m., Pueblo Mini free and open to the public. No Maker Faire Meeting, RA, compurter experience needed. registration required. Seating is Idea Factory-2nd floor • 2-2:30 p.m., Firefighter limited, first come, first served. For Family Storytime, GI complete program descriptions, call • 3-5 p.m., To Dye For, RA Thurston Room-1st floor PROGRAMS AT THE IDEA FACTORY 562-5600 or view online at www. • 3:30-5:30 p.m., Chess pueblolibrary.org and click on the Hangout, BK All programs are a monthly events calendar. Classes • 4-5 p.m., Imagination Chapter, RA nd • 3:30-5:30 p.m., Chess RA, Idea Factory-2 floor. taught by PCCLD's E-Resources Hangout, BK For more info or to register contact and Digital Collections librarian, 9 Saturday Derrick Mason at 553-0213 or email Lori Kozel. • 9-noon, Greenhorn Valley Farmer's Market, GV [email protected]. Sept. 5: Computer Basics • 9 a.m.-4 p.m., The Society Sept. 12: Google Drive & Docs for Creative Anachronism Pueblo Mini Maker Sept. 19: Google Slides meeting, PW Faire Meeting • 11 a.m.noon.,Rainbow Sept. 26: Google Sheets Family Storytime, GI Friday, Sept. 8 & 22, 1:30-3:30 p.m. • Noon-2 p.m., Creation Station, RA Executive Committee Meeting for Resume Writing • 2-4 p.m., Beauty and the Beast Pueblo Mini Maker Faire. Tuesday, Sept. 26, 4-6 p.m. (2017) (PG), RA, Rawlings RA, 3rd floor InfoZone Theater-4th floor SoCo Makers Meetup Learn resume writing tips and job • 2-4 p.m., Pueblo West Thursdays, 5-6:30 p.m. Genealogy Club, PW search resources. No registration • 4-5:30 p.m., Maker Studio: Southern Colorado; tinkerers, hackers, makers, innovators, and DIY required. Essential Oil Roller Balls, GV creators come share, collaborate and participate in your local Maker 10 Sunday community. Bring your projects or pictures and video of projects to Tech Talk • 2-4 p.m., Beauty and the Beast (2017) (PG), RA, Rawlings show and tell; three slots available each meeting on a first come basis. Wednesdays,10 a.m.-noon InfoZone Theater-4th floor Just add your name to the list at the beginning of each meeting to par- RA, 2nd floor • 2-4 p.m., Origami Odyssey, RA, Idea Factory-2nd floor ticipate. Find inspiration and network with other local doers in our One-to-one tutoring assistance with 11 Monday community. computers, smartphones, or laptops. • 4:30-6:30 p.m., Growing Steam Makers, GI • 4:30-5:30 p.m., Perler Beads, LU • 6-8 p.m., Comfort for Critters, RA, Idea Factory-2nd floor HOMEBOUND • 5-7 p.m., Barkman Book Bringing the library to those who are unable to visit! Discussion Club, BK For more info: call 553-0233 or email [email protected]. • 6:30-8:30 p.m., African Americans in World War I, RA, InfoZone-4th floor Volunteers Needed! 12 Tuesday • 9-2 p.m., Pueblo West Women's Have an hour or two per month to take Wednesdays, 2-4 p.m. League Monthly Meeting, PW books to a homebound customer in • 10-11 a.m., Blue Sky Adults, RA, Our classes are small, relaxed, and Idea Factory-2nd floor your community? social. No computer experience • 2-4 p.m., Google Drive & Docs, RA Training Room 3rd floor Homebound applications go green! required. • 3:30-5:30 p.m., Growing Send applications electronically! Go to Sept. 6: Dropbox & Google Photos STEAM Makers, PW Sept. 13: Create a Website • 4:30-5:30 p.m. -Rubberband pueblolibrary.org. From the Services Bracelets, LU tab; select Homebound. Sept. 20: Tech Tips & Tricks • 5:30-6:30 p.m., Family Craft Sept. 27: Blogging for Beginners Time-Paper chile pepper, GI • 5-7:30 p.m., PBS POV Film: Cyber Seniors — Tech Questions Answered Open Learning Lab Dalya's Other Country, LB 13 Wednesday Tuesday, Sep. 5, Mondays, 10 a.m.-noon • 10-noon, Tech Talk, RA 2nd floor 10:30-11:30 a.m., GI Thursdays,Noon-2 p.m. • 2-4 p.m., Super Seniors: Giodone Large rd Create a Website, RA All at RA, Training Room-3 floor Training Room-3rd floor Community Room A computer training area for self- • 3-6 p.m., Cafe Cafts: Papel Especially for Seniors Picado Banners, PW paced learning. Users can learn to • 4-5 p.m., Papel Picado and Beginners: Learn maneuver the computer mouse, Banners, GI various computer pro- • 6:15-8:45 p.m., Avatar (PG- practice typing skills, learn a foreign 13), RA InfoZone-4th floor grams, apps, and other language, improve grammar, or 14 Thursday technology. • Noon- 2 p.m., Open Learning learn MS Office through online Lab RA Training Room-3rd floor resources. 4 September 2017 Movies @ the Library 14 Thursday cont. • 2-4 p.m., Reference USA, RA See a favorite film at one of the many library locations listed! 3rd floor • 3:30-5 p.m., Growing STEAM Makers, RA Idea Factory-2nd floor • 4:30-5:30 p.m., GHV Teens: Video Games!, GV • 5-6:30 p.m., SoCo Makers Meetup, RA Ideas Factory-2nd floor • 6-8 p.m., Chile Ristra making, PW • 6:30-8 p.m.,Music of the West African Kora with Sean Gaskell, RA InfoZone-4th floor 15 Friday • 3:30-5:30 p.m., Chess Hangout, BK • 3:304:30 p.m., War of the Currents: A.C. v D.C, GI • 4:30-5:30 p.m., Curiosity Day Party, LB • 6-8 p.m.,Minecraft Lock In, PW • 6-8 p.m., Minecraft Madness Lock In, BK 16 Saturday All movies are free! • All Day: Curiosity Day, BK, GI th • 11-1 p.m., Arkansas Valley Movies held at RA, InfoZone-4 floor unless otherwise specified. Seating at the InfoZone is on a first-come, first- Audubon Society Presentation, serve basis. Snacks are not allowed in the theater, but covered drinks are permitted. The InfoZone Theater is located RA InfoZone-4th floor th • Noon-1 p.m., Constitution Week, on the 4 floor of the Rawlings Library, 100 E. Abriendo Ave. RA courtyard • 2-4:30 p.m., Southern Colorado: Hispanic Resource Center Film Series El Arcoiris Films: I Am Michael (NR) The sacred land of the Saints, Thursday, Sept. 7,6:30 p.m., Hecho en Mexico (R) (2012) Thursday, Sept. 21, 6:30-8:30 p.m. RA, Ryals Room -4th floor • 2-4 p.m., The LEGO Batman Thursday, Sept. 28, 6:30 p.m., How To Be A Latin Gay-rights activist Michael Glatze questions his sexual- Movie (PG), RA InfoZone-4th floor Lover (2017) ity after a religious experience. Soon, he renounces his • 6:30-8:30 p.m., After the Storm, th homosexuality, becomes a pastor and marries a woman, RA InfoZone-4 floor Wednesday Movie Nights, 6:30 p.m. but all the while, he continues to wrestle with his iden- 17 Sunday Sept. 6: All Quiet on the Western Front (NR) • 2-4 p.m., The LEGO Batman tity. Based on a true story. Movie (PG), RA InfoZone-4th floor Sept. 13: Avatar (PG-13) (6:15 P.M. START TIME) • 1:30-3:30 p.m., Southern Independent Film: After the Storm Colorado Threadbenders, RA Sept. 20: The Patriot(R) (5 P.M. START TIME) nd (Japanese with English Subtitles) Idea Factory-2 floor Sept. 27: La La Land (PG-13) Saturday, Sept. 16, 6:30-8:30 p.m. 18 Monday • 10-noon, Open Learning Lab, Weekend kids movies Dwelling on his past glory as RA Training Room-3rd floor a prize-winning author, Ryota • 3-9 p.m., La Familia Fuerte Saturdays/Sundays, 2-4 p.m. Graduation Ceremony, RA (Hiroshi Abe) wastes the money th Rock Dog (PG) Sept. 2, 3 Ryals Special Events-4 floor he makes as a private detective • 4-5 p.m., War of the Currents: Beauty and the Beast (2017) (PG) Sept. 9, 10 on gambling and can barely pay A.C. v D. C., BK • 4:30-5:30 p.m., Perler Beads, LU Lego Batman Movie (PG) Sept. 16, 17 child support. After the death Smurfs: The Lost Village(PG) Sept. 23,24 of his father, his aging mother 19 Tuesday • 10-11 a.m., Blue Sky Adults, Big Hero 6 (PG) Sept. 30, Oct. 1 (Kirin Kiki) and beautiful RA Idea Factory 2nd floor ex-wife (Yoko Make) seem to • 10:30-11:30 a.m., The Mesa Documentary Social Club, GI be moving on with their lives. • 2-4:30 p.m., Creation Studio: Inside Peace, Tuesday, Sep. 26, 7-8:30 p.m., RA, In- Renewing contact with his ini- Making Chocolate Treats,LB foZone theater tially distrusting family, Ryota • 2-4 p.m., Google Slides, RA Training Room-3rd floor struggles to take back control of his existence and to • 4-6 p.m., Barkman Adult The Who’s Tommy: A Rock Musical,Monday, Sep. 18, find a lasting place in the life of his young son (Taiyo Coloring Program, BK 20 Wednesday 6:30-8:30 p.m., RA, InfoZone theater Yoshizawa) — until a stormy summer night offers • 2-4 p.m., Super Seniors: Tech them a chance to truly bond again. Tips & Tricks, RA Training Room-3rd floor • 4-5 p.m., Teen Program- Chile Pepper Earrings, GI ADULT LITERACY • 5-8:30 p.m., The Patriot (R), RA For more info: Jackie Swanson at 553-0206 or email [email protected]. InfoZone-4th floor • 6-8 p.m., Book Signing-Eloy Become a VOLUNTEER Adult Literacy Book Club Chavez, LU Adult Literacy is Thursdays,4:30-5:30 p.m., RA, Bret Kelly A-1st floor • 7 p.m., Ristras, RA 21 Thursday in need of more Registration required. Participants in the Adult Literacy • 2-4 p.m., Social Security 101 volunteers! Help Program read and discuss classic literature. Series, RA Training Room 3rd floor • 4-6 p.m., Growing STEAM someone to improve Makers, LU their reading and • 5-6 p.m., Stress Less, GI Waldo Needs Your Help! • 6:30-8:30 p.m., I Am Michael writing skills. Be a th tutor, change lives! September, RA (NR) RA InfoZone-4 floor Waldo is lost in this • 7-8:30 p.m., Mystery Book Club, PW Wanted: Adult Learners forest of books and 22 Friday Improve reading and writing skills or pass a test. Sign up • Noon-7 p.m., CPR cannot find his way! Certification & First Aid, GV for a tutor today! He does not have his • 1:30-3:30 p.m., Pueblo Mini Maker Faire Meeting, RA Idea English Conversation Group compass and needs your Factory-2nd floor Mondays, 6-7:30 p.m. RA, Bret Kelly B, 7-8:30 p.m., PW help. For a chance to win • 2-3:30 p.m., Trolls Celebration, RA • 3:30-5:30 p.m., Chess Hangout, BK Fridays, 9:30a.m.-noon 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., PW prizes, ask 2nd floor staff for 23 Saturday Practice speaking English with this friendly group. All clues to find Waldo. • 9-noon, Greenhorn Valley levels are welcome. Farmer's Market, GV 5 September 2017 What's happening at the library 23 Saturday cont. • 9-noon p.m., Lace Makers of For more info/questions on programs or to register call 562-5600 or visit www.pueblolibrary.org. Southern Colorado, PW • 11 a.m.-1 p.m., From the Ashes, BOOK CLUBS & SIGNINGS Free Legal CRAFTS & HOBBIES RA InfoZone-4th floor • Noon-2 p.m., Creation Station, RA Daylight Book Club Self-Help Clinic Pueblo Model Railroad • 1-2:30 p.m., Cook the Book Wednesday, Sept. 6 Friday, Sept. 1, 3:30-5 p.m., LB Assn. Club, LB • 2-4 p.m., Smurfs: The Lost Village 10-11:30 a.m., PW Registration required. Call Tuesday, Sept. 5, 6-8 p.m., PW (PG), RA InfoZone-4th floor Book: Author study of Fannie 562-5672. A FREE legal Meeting of interest to anyone 24 Sunday Flagg. clinic for parties who have no who builds model train sets, • 2-4 p.m., Smurfs: The Lost Village attorney, via computer link. miniatures or dioramas. (PG), RA InfoZone-4th floor Barkman Book Discussion Club Visitors welcome. 25 Monday Monday, Sept. 11, 5-7 p.m., BK Social Security 101 • 9 a.m.-5 p.m., HRC Event, RA th Book: Three Weeks With My Thursday, Sept. 21, 2-4 p.m., Creation Studio Ryals Special Events-4 floor rd • 10-noon, Open Learning Lab, Brother by Nicholas Sparks. RA, Training Room-3 floor (Ages 18 & up.) RA Training Room 3rd floor Learn to use Social Security's 2-4:30 p.m., LB • 10 a.m.-noon, Printmaking Presentation, RA Mystery Book Club online resources to plan for the Tuesday, Sept. 5: Make a • 10:30-11 a.m., Bilingual Thursday, Sept. 21 future. Public Affairs Specialist Book Box or Bag Time for Tots, RA • 4-5, Hispanic Heritage Craft, BK 7-8:30 p.m., PW Bridget Byerly will help set Tuesday, Sept. 19: Making • 4-6 p.m., Lamb Library Book: The Cold Dish by Craig up individual accounts and Chocolate Treats Program, LB • 4:30-5:30 p.m., Perler Beads, LU Johnson. show how to manage benefits, Machine Embroidery Club • 7-8:30 p.m., Pueblo West determine eligibility and Book Club, PW Cook the Book Club Thursday, Sept. 14,1-3 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 23, 1-2:30 p.m., research entitlements. PW 26 Tuesday • 10-11 a.m., Blue Sky Adults, LB General Investing nd Origami Odyssey RA Idea Factory, 2 floor Registration required. with Ron Phillips • 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.,World Sunday, Sept. 10, 2-4 p.m. War 1 and America Lunch Book: TBA. nd and Discuss, RA Ryals Special Wednesday & Thursday, Sep. 6 RA, Idea Factory-2 floor Events Room-4th floor Pueblo West Book Club & 7, 6-7 p.m., PW Children under 12 must be • 2-4 p.m., Google Sheets, RA Monday, Sept. 25, Registration required. Training Room-3rd floor accompanied by an adult. • 4-6 p.m., Resume Writing, 7-8:30 p.m., PW Two-night course. Learn the RA Training Room-3rd floor Book: Nora Webster by Com inside game of investing from Lace Makers • 4 p.m., Papel Picado, BK • 4:30-5:30 p.m., Rubberband Toibin. licensed stockbroker and of Southern Colorado Bracelets, LU financial adviser, Ron Phillips. Saturday, Sept. 23, 9 a.m.- • 5:30-6:30 p.m., Sewing 101- Eloy Chavez book signing noon PW Chile Pepper Pot Holder, GI Topics include mutual funds, • 6-7:30 p.m., Vinyl Destination, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 6 p.m., LU broker and adviser fees and Join other lace makers to work RA Idea Factory-2nd floor Somos Familia by Eloy Chavez. on projects and share tips and • 7-8:30 p.m., Inside Peace, RA tools the pros use. InfoZone-4th floor Book signing will follow the patterns. 27 Wednesday presentation. • 10-11 a.m., Coffee and English Conversation To Dye For Conversation, RA Thurston Club Room Friday, Sept. 8, 3-5 p.m., RA, • 10-noon, Tech Talk, RA Fridays, 9:30 p.m.-noon., PW Rawlings Thurston Room-1st • 1-2:30 p.m., Adult Literacy LEARN IT AT THE LIBRARY Mondays, 6:30-8:30 p.m., PW Advisory Board, RA Bret Kelly American Sign Language floor Room Practice speaking English with Registration required. Not • 1-3 p.m, All Pueblo Reads, BK for Beginners this friendly group. • 2-4 p.m., Super Seniors: Saturdays, Noon-2 p.m. ready to let go of summer? Blogging for Beginners, RA nd Please bring a t-shirt or other Training Room-3rd floor RA, Idea Factory-2 floor CPR Certification • 4:30-5:30 p.m., Ezzzy Jig, LU Registration required. Learn & First Aid article of clothing to create • 6:30-8:30 p.m., La La Land your own TO DYE FOR look! (PG-13), RA InfoZone-4th floor American Sign Language Friday, Sep. 22, Noon-7 p.m., • 7-8:30 p.m., Origami Odyssey, from ADA Advocate Dale GV Limit one article of clothing nd RA Idea Factory-2 floor Buterbaugh. Increase knowledge Charles Burns Community Room (100 percent cotton) per 28 Thursday person. • All Day, Papel Picado, LU to communicate with others. This Registration Required. • Noon-2 p.m., Open Learning class is not for ASL Certification. rd Become CPR certified for Lab, RA Training Room-3 floor adult, child, and infant, learn Comfort for Critters • 4:30-6 p.m., Thursday Monday, Sep. 11, 6-8 p.m., Afternoon Movie, LU Hardknox Gang Intervention AED (automatic external • 5-6:30 p.m, SoCo Maker Meetup, RA, Rawlings Idea Factory nd and Prevention defibrillator), and first aid. RA Idea Factory-2 floor 2nd Floor • 6:30-8:30 p.m., How To Be a Latin Mondays-Thursdays, 3:45-5:30 Cost $60.00 payable at least Lover (R) RA InfoZone-4th floor Come make items of comfort p.m., LU two weeks before class starts to for animals in need! All 29 Friday Fridays, 1:30-3:30 p.m., LU receive your book to study. Must • 3-5 p.m., Chile festival, GI blankets and toys will be • 3:30-5:30 p.m., Chess All ages. Program focuses on be 14 or older, limited to the donated to the Southern Hangout, BK addressing high risk/need areas first 10 people. 30 Saturday Colorado Spay and Neuter such as the anti-social behaviors, • All Day-Adult Coloring/ Clinic. Fleece fabric donations Word Search Passive thinking and personalities seen in Create an Program, BK appreciated! • All Day-Minecraft Builder's gang members. Addresses negative Effective Resume Club, BK peer groups and aims to work • Weekly Trivia, BK Wednesday, Sep. 6, 5-6 p.m., Cast-off Knitting • 9:30-10:25 a.m., Community toward strengths in the areas of BK and Craft Group Seed Exchange, RA Bret housing, education, recreation Kelly Room 1st floor Barkman Large Meeting Room Tuesdays, 1-4 p.m., PW • 11 a.m.-noon, Energy Healing, GV time, substance abuse and family Registration Required. Bring your knitting or other • Noon-2 p.m., Creation Station, RA relations. • 2:-4 p.m., Big Hero 6 (PG), RA Learn the basics of how to create fiber art project to this weekly InfoZone-4th floor an effective resume. gathering. 6 Southern Colorado EXHIBITS Bonfils Blood Drive Society for Creative Watercolor Society Baseball Memorabilia Friday, Sept. 22 Anachronism: Beledi Belly Thursday, Sep. 7, 6-8:30 p.m., Sept. 1-30, all day 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m., PW, parking lot Dance Lessons nd Contact (800) 365-0006, ext 2. Wednesdays, 6-8:30 p.m., PW PW RA, Idea Factory-2 floor Walk-ins welcome. Eat a hearty Learn classic American Beledi Southern Colorado Watercolor Memorabilia to celebrate the meal and drink water before belly dance lessons in a six- Society meeting. Visitors game of baseball. On loan from donating blood. week course. Wear comfortable welcome. Thad Stelter and Filadelfio Trujillo. clothes. Yoga Swedish Weavers & Vinyl Destination Needlework Group Larry Fancher Saturdays, 5:30-6:30 p.m., GV Tuesday, Sept. 26, 6-7:30 p.m. Mondays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., PW Art Exhibit All fitness levels welcome. RA, Idea Factory-2nd floor September 1-30, PW Registration required. Share a favorite record with Crafty Needles Suggested donation: $3-5. Thursdays,1-3 p.m., BK Larry Fancher will exhibit his other vinyl enthusiasts! artwork during the month. Increase flexibility, calm the Come socialize while working mind and relax muscles. Led by Coffee & Conversation s on projects, share patterns and GARDENING certified yoga instructor, Danielle Wednesday, Sept. 27 advice. Everyone is welcome. Community Seed Exchange Law. Bring mat or towel. 10 a.m., RA, ThurstonRoom Saturday, Sept. 30, 9:30-11:30 Discuss various topics related to SoCo Makers Meetup Greenhorn Valley Thursday, Sept. 14 and 28, a.m. social inclusion and common RA, Bret Kelly Room B-1st floor Farmer's Market issues. Coffee and pastries served. 5-6:30 p.m., RA Saturday, Sept. 9 & 23 nd Join the Colorado Master Scrapbooking Rawlings Idea Factory (2 9 a.m.-noon, GV Gardeners to learn about early Friday, Sep. 15, 6-8 p.m., GV floor) Outdoor market features seed saving and fall gardening. Charles Burns Community Southern Colorado, tinkerers, produce, baked goods, Room hackers, makers, innovators, GENEALOGY handmade crafts and goods. and DIY creators come share, Scrapbooking Club is a great Southeast Colorado Market accepts Colorado collaborate and participate in chance to sit and relax with Genealogical Society Supplemental Nutrition your local Maker community. friends while working on your Saturday, Sept. 2, 11:30-4 p.m. Assistance Benefits (SNAP). Learn about the upcoming next (or first!) project and new RA, Bret Kelly Room B Pueblo Mini Maker Faire. Bring Energy Healing* members are always welcome! Instructor: Del Kahare your projects or pictures & Saturday, Sept. 30 F.L.A.S.H Focus: Maps and genealogy. video of projects to show and 11 a.m.-noon, GV Friday, Sep. 1, 15 1-2 p.m., GV Research Sessions tell. Three slots available each Observe energy healing, a Charles Burns Community Thursday, Sept. 7,2-4 p.m. meeting on a first come basis. type of adjunct healing that Room RA, Training Room-3rd floor Find inspiration and network enhances your body to help heal Family Literacy Activity & Instructor: Charlene Garcia Simms with other local doers in our itself. *Content, materials are Sensory Hub! Focus: Using Ancestry.com and community. for informational purposes only The Mesa Social Club other genealogy tools. and not a substitute for doctor's Tuesday, Sept. 12, 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Sep. 19, 10:30-11:30 medical care or advice. Pueblo Mini Maker RA, Special Collections-3rd floor a.m., GI Giodone Large Community Room Faire Meeting Instructor: Charlene Garcia Chair Yoga Friday, Sept. 8 and 22, 1:30- Simms Come socialize at the library Wednesdays & Thursdays,9:15- enjoying conversation, snacks, 3:30 p.m., RA Focus: New Mexico Genealogy 10:15 a.m., PW Rawlings Idea Factory 2nd floor Wednesday, Sept. 27, 5-7 p.m. and games. rd Chair Yoga is recommended for Executive Committee Meeting RA, Special Collections-3 floor those with arthritis, osteoporosis, Pueblo West Women's for Pueblo Mini Maker Faire. Instructor: Noreen Riffe cancer recovery, carpal tunnel League Monthly Meeting Focus: Finding Lineage syndrome, chronic fatigue Tuesday, Sep. 12, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Maker Studio: Pueblo West syndrome, multiple sclerosis, PW Essential Oil Roller Balls Women's community charitable Genealogy Club post-op rehabilitation, and others organization monthly meeting. Saturday, Sep. 9, 4-5:30 p.m., GV with limited mobility. Registration Required Saturday, Sept. 9, 2-4 p.m., PW, Jerry King A Barkman Adult Learn about how essential oils Coloring Program can be used in aromatherapy Series of presentations on INTERACTIVE GROUPS genealogy research skills followed Play Pinochle at the Library Tuesday, Sep. 19, 4-6 p.m., BK and create your own oil roller to Barkman Large Meeting Room take home! Ages 12 and up. by discussion. Mondays/Thursdays, 10:30 a.m.-noon; 5:30-7 p.m., GV All Ages. Research shows that HEALTH Ages 21 and up. Instruction not coloring relieves stress. Come Fireside Crochet Stress Less* included. and create beautiful pictures. Friday, Sep. 8, 15 3-4 p.m., GI Thursday, Sept. 21,5-6 p.m., GI Supplies are provided. Friday, Sep. 22, 29, 3-4 p.m., GI Registration required. Learn Ma Jongg Club Learn to crochet projects how to ditch the stress and Tuesdays, 6-8 p.m., PW WRITING for all levels from beginners achieve your best life. Ma Jongg Club weekly game. Pueblo West Writer's Group to advanced. We provide *Content, materials are for Tuesday, Sept. 5, 6:30-9 p.m., PW the snacks, you provide the informational purposes only Monthly meeting to network conversation. and not a substitute for doctor's and share information about medical care or advice. writing and publishing. 7 For more information on Youth Services events, please call 562-5600. Curiosity Day Friday, Sep. 15, 4:30-5:30 p.m., LB Lamb Meeting Room- Lower Level Celebrate Curious George's birthday with snacks, crafts, and activities at September Storytime schedule. the Library! Please check below to confirm times and days. Saturday, Sep. 16, All Day, GI BARKMAN Celebrate Curiosity Day Firefighter Family Storytime Wednesdays with Curious George Friday, Sep. 8, 2-2:30 p.m., GI Preschool Storytime, 10:30 a.m. activities available all Giodone Large Community Room Thursdays day at the Giodone For children ages 3 and up and their parent Toddler Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Library while or caregiver. A special Fire Fighter storytime supplies last. with real life firefighters, and fire engine (if no GIODONE emergencies occur). Teddy Bears made by sewing Thursdays Arts and Crafts Hour group will be given to firefighters to distribute to Family Storytime, 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 2, 3 p.m., LB children at emergencies. Fridays Work on your own project or join in with the Family Storytime, 2 p.m. group-led one. All ages. Tweens (ages 8 -12) GREENHORN VALLEY Imagination Chapter Tuesdays Kids Club Friday Sep. 8, 4-5 p.m., RA Wednesdays, 4-5 p.m., RA Music & Movement Storytime, Youth Programming Room 10:30 a.m. Rawlings Youth Program Room (1st floor) Be part of the big picture and add to our chapter’s Ages 4-7. A weekly program designed to collaborative art piece to be displayed in the LAMB encourage creativity while having fun! Tween Space! Wednesdays Ready, Set, Play! Minecraft Lock-In Toddler Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Fridays, 10:30 a.m., GV Friday, Sep. 15, 6-8 p.m., PW Fridays This playdate experience combines parent and Registration required, attendance limited. Preschool Storytime, 10:30 a.m. child interaction designed to build sensory, Minecraft is taking over the library! Saturday, Sept. literacy, and cognitive skills through play. Parents Uninterrupted computer play for crafting, fort Music & Movement Storytime, are encouraged to participate. Ages 8 and under. building, and more! A parent permission form 10:30 a.m. MUST be submitted in order to attend this (See Online Calendar) event. Permission slips available at http://www. Rainbow Family Storytime pueblolibrary.org/funstuff, call 562-5600 or pick LIBRARY @ THE Y Saturday, Sep. 9, 11 a.m.-12 p.m., GI one up at any library. Tuesdays Giodone Large Community Room Toddler Storytime, 9:30 a.m. A fun storytime for LGBTQ Families and their Global Cardboard Challenge! Preschool Storytime, 10 a.m. supporters. Saturday Sep. 16, 11-2 p.m. RA Youth Programming Room LUCERO Imagination Chapters across the world participate Thursdays in the the Global Cardboard Challenge every year. Family Storytime, 11a.m. This year we challenge you to create an entire city block using cardboard, other recycled materials PUEBLO WEST and your imagination! Drop-in anytime to participate. Mondays Signing Storytime 2 p.m. Thursday Hangout Thursdays, 4-5 p.m., RA Tuesdays Youth Programming Room Toddler Storytime 10 & 10:30 a.m . Hangout after school every Thursday at the library. Thursdays Tween Program-Chile Pepper Baby Storytime, 10 a.m. Movie Night: Hook Friendship Bracelet Family Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, 3pm, LB Wednesday, Sep. 6, 4-5 p.m., GI Lamb Meeting Room (Lower Level) Giodone Large Community Room RAWLINGS Join us for a movie, popcorn, and an activity! Make a chile pepper bracelet for a friend or keep it Mondays Hook (PG): When his young children are for yourself. Bilingual Storytime, 10:30 a.m. abducted by his old nemesis, Capt. Hook, lawyer Peter returns to his magical origins as Peter Pan. Wednesdays DIY Locker Decorations Baby Storytime, 10 a.m. Thursday, Sep. 7, 5-6 p.m., LB Toddler Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Afternoon Movie Lamb Meeting Room (Lower Level) Thursdays, Sep. 7 and 28, 4:30-6 p.m., LU Come make cool personalized decorations for Fridays Lucero Large Community Room your locker. Supplies provided — Just bring your Toddler Storytime, 10 a.m. TBA creativity! Preschool Storytime, 10:30 a.m. 8 Trolls Celebration Friday, Sep. 22, 2-3:30 p.m. RA Enjoy everything Trolls! Sure to be a happy time with crafts, games, hugs and rainbows galore! Children's Literacy Center Tutoring Tuesdays and Thursdays (Beginning Sept. 5- Dec. 7), 4-5 p.m., LU Registration required. Childrens's Literacy Center’s Peak Reader program is aimed at helping children who are reading below grade level (grades 1 through 6). If you are interested in enrolling your child in the program, applications are now being accepted online. Please go to www.childrensliteracycenter.org to review the criteria for enrollment and to complete the application. School Readiness Storytime Teen (ages 13 +) and Literacy Activities Teen Hangout Mondays and Tuesdays, 3:30-5 p.m., PW Thursday, Sep. 7, 11-11:30 a.m., GI PW Jerry G King Room B Giodone Large Community Room Hangout with your friends, play games, make Friday, Sep. 8, 2-3 p.m., GV crafts and listen to music. Charles Burns Community Room Thursday, Sep. 14, 10:30-11 a.m., BK Teen Advisory Board Barkman Large Meeting Room Tuesdays, 5:30-6:30 p.m., RA, Teen Zone Thursday, Sep. 21, 10:30-11 a.m., PW PW Teller's Room (floor seating only) Teen Nights Saturday, Sep. 23, 11 a.m.-12 p.m., LB Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m., RA Lamb Meeting Room (Lower Level) Teen Zone Friday, Sep. 29, 11 a.m.-12 p.m., LU Teen Night Lucero Large Community Room Ages 3-5 Learn how singing, reading, writing, talking, and playing with your child Thursdays, 3:30-5:30 p.m., PW can jumpstart their reading and language skills. It's NEVER too early to get your PW Jerry G King Room B child ready for school! FREE books for every child. Caregivers and their children Teen Advisory Board, crafts, games and movies! are welcome. Teen Program- Chile Pepper Earrings Wednesday, Sep. 20, 4-5 p.m., GI Teens & Tweens Giodone Large Community Room Minecraft Gaming Session Make a pair of chile pepper earrings. Saturday, Sep. 2, 10:30-12:30 p.m., GI Giodone Large Community Room Registration Required Uninterrupted computer play for crafting, fort building and more! Register in person or by calling the library at 562-5600. Growing STEAM Makers Monday, Sep. 11, 4:30-6:30 p.m., GI Tuesday, Sep. 12, 3:30-5:30 p.m., PW PW Jerry G King Room A Thursday, Sep. 14, 3:30-5:30 p.m. RA IDEA Factory Thursday, Sep. 21, 4-6 p.m., LU Lucero Large Community Room Have you ever wanted to build a skateboard, guitar, or robot? Do you ever take apart electronics just to see how they work? Participate in similar hands-on activity based STEAM projects at this monthly program. GHV Teens: Video Games! Perler Beads Thursday, Sept. 14, 4:30pm-5:30 p.m., GV Mondays, Sept. 11 and 25 4:30-5:30 p.m., LU Come to the library and play our Wii and Xbox Lucero Large Community Room 360 on the big screen! Challenge your friends Make keychains or necklaces with your favorite patterns. and win bragging rights! Ages 13 and up.

War of the Current: A.C. v D.C. Tinker Lab Friday, Sept. 15, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m., GI Tuesdays, 4:30pm-6 p.m., GV Monday, Sept 18, 4-5 p.m., BK Ages 8 to adult. Join us for this multi-purpose In the 1890s a war was fought between two great wizards of science, workshop to share project ideas and learn about Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla. Find out why an elephant was 3D printers, robotics, programming, and meet electrocuted, how Niagara Falls became the turning point in the war, fellow maker-geeks who like to design, create, and why DC is making a comeback in the 21st Century. program and invent. 9 Celtic and Medieval Faire Saturday, Sep. 23, Noon-3 p.m., PW Tons of books Step back in time with The Society for Creative Anachronism as they demonstrate medieval combat, to choose from! belly dancing, art, heraldry, flint knapping, book making, costuming, calligraphy and armor. The Pikes Peak Highlanders will be performing on bagpipes and drums starting at 12 p.m. Bring the kids for free popcorn, face painting, bounce house from Bounce On!, costumes and crafts. Local food trucks will provide Greek, barbecue and Asian food available for purchase.

Book Signing Saturday, Sept. 16, 4-6 p.m., *Entry forms are available at all library RA InfoZone locations and online at www.pueblolibrary.org/ Ernesto Alvarado, contests. Geronimo Archuleta, and Eagle Scary Story Contest Bear, ceremonial Grades 2-adult leaders, will do a Deadline: book signing and Oct. 6 presentation for Writers are invited to write a All hardback “Our Apache Ways, mystery, suspenseful thriller Three Ceremonial or a humorous scary tale of a fiction books Leaders Share Their Ancestors' Teachings." non-violent nature. with authors whose last name Foraging Hike Create Your Own with Cat-Tail Bob Futuristic or Apocalyptic begins with the Saturday, Sep. 2, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., GV Charles Burns Community Room Character Contest letters Registration Required Grades K-adult This program begins with a presentation by author Deadline: October 13 N, O and P Bob Seebeck (Cat-Tail Bob) on how to identify Be inspired by characters featured in Pueblo local edible plants and distinquish them from City-County Library District’s All Pueblo on sale for $2 their poisonous counterparts. The second half of Reads title, Station Eleven by Emily St. John each. the program will involve hiking local mountain Mandel. Create your own character and write trails to use the skills developed in class. a brief description about your character.

HISPANIC RESOURCE CENTER For more info: Maria Smyer at 562-5615 or email [email protected] Beginning English Classes/ Beginning Spanish Class Clases de Inglés para Principantes Saturdays, 12:15-2:15 p.m., RA, Bret Kelly A Starting Sept. 11, Mondays Conversational Spanish Classes Empieza el 21 de agosto; cada lunes Saturdays, 10:15-11:30 a.m., RA, Bret Kelly A 1-3 p.m., LU Intermediate English Classes/ Call 553-0340 Clases de Inglés para Intermedios Wednesdays Cada miercoles 10 a.m.-noon, RA

Advanced English Classes/ Clases de Inglés para Avanzados Tuesdays www.booksagain-pueblo.com Cada martes, 6-8 p.m., RA 10 World War I and America Exhibit September, 4-24, RA, InfoZone-4th floor World War I and America marks the 100th anniversary of American entry into World War I. It is a two-year initiative that explores the continuing relevance of the war by reading, discussing, and sharing insights into the writings of Americans who experienced it ﬁrsthand. A traveling exhibit from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History will be on exhibit during September of 2017. From the Tuskegee Airman Dialogue and Unity exhibit. African Americans Tuskegee Airman Dialogue and Unity in World War I Friday, Sept. 8, 1-4 p.m. RA, InfoZone Theater Monday, Sept. 11, 6:30 Myron Wilson introduces a short story revealing how his father healed himself from the negative effects of racism and traces his father's journey as a Tuskegee Airman and his evolutionary steps involving his p.m., RA, Rawlings th membership in the Baha'i Faith. The movie "Red Tails" will be shown, followed by "America the Beautiful" InfoZone Theater-4 played on the chromatic harmonica. Refreshments provided. floor Join local historian Ray Brown PBS POV Film Event: as he discusses the role of African Americans in World Dalya's Other Country War I and also the African Tuesday, Sep. American soldiers that served 12, 5-7:30 p.m., in WWI from Pueblo County. LB, Lamb Meeting Room (Lower Level) World War I and Join us for a PBS America Lunch POV Film Event: and Discuss Dalya's Other Country. A family Tuesday, Sept. 26, displaced by the 11:30-12:30 p.m, RA, Syrian conflict Constitution Week Ryals Special Events remakes themselves Bell Ringing Ceremony Room-4th floor after the parents Saturday, Sept. 16, Noon-1 p.m., RA Join us for lunch and a separate. Courtyard Patio discussion of the World In honor of Constitution week, the Daughters of War I and America Library Music of the West African the American Revolution will have a bell ringing of America Project Reader. ceremony. Read the words from those Kora with Sean Gaskell who experienced World War Thursday, Sept. 14, 6:30 p.m., RA Movie Night: The Patriot I and join us to discuss these InfoZone Theater 4th floor Wednesday, Sept. 20, 5-6:30 p.m., experiences. To download Sean Gaskell will give a performance and edu- 15-minute intermission, 6:45-8:30 the project reader http:// cational demonstration on the kora, an ancient th wwiamerica.org/ For food 21-stringed harp from West Africa. This concert p.m., RA, InfoZone Theater-4 floor count, please RSVP to Maria will feature traditional songs that are the heart and A widower and past war hero just wants to live in Tucker at 553-0205 or rsvp soul of the kora's musical repertoire in addition to peace and farm his land — until a cruel British online at www.pueblolibrary. some of Gaskell's own compositions. officer brings the American Revolution to his door. org 11 Non-Profit Pueblo City-County Library District Organization 100 E. Abriendo Ave. U.S. Postage PAID Pueblo, CO 81004 Pueblo, Colorado Permit No. 89 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED

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Arkansas Valley Audubon Society Presentation Saturday, Sep. 16, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., RA Rawlings InfoZone Theater 4th floor Gretchen Holschuh District Wildlife Manager for 16 years throughout Pueblo County will speak at the AVAS presentation. Refreshments will be available at 10:45. She will speak on how she views the importance of her position and how she interacts with the community.

Scholarships Available! Colorado High School Online Diploma Program It’s never too late! Career Online High School can Kids Parade – help you finish school and Celebrate the Arts! get career training too. Saturday, Sept. 2, 10 a.m. Find out if you qualify for a Parade route is along Abriendo Ave. in scholarship by visiting http:// front of Rawlings Library. www.pueblolibrary.org/ Be inspired by books, animation, careeronlinehighschool theater, music, architecture, movies and more!