PUEBLO CITY-COUNTY November 2015 news & events PRINTED THANKS TO THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY 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 All Pueblo Reads 2015: Celebrate Sci-Fi sponsored by Friends of the Library & Black Hills Energy Booklovers Blacktie Ball featuring Festival MythBusters’ Tory Belleci Saturday, Nov. 7, doors open: 6:30 p.m., 2nd Annual Día de los Muertos Altar Contest dinner: 7:30 p.m., RA, 2nd floor Sunday, Nov. 1, RA, Hispanic Resource Center, 2nd floor Tickets $100, Friends of the Library members Altars set up, 1 p.m./tear down, 4:30 p.m. Winners $80; Call amber pepin at (719) 562-5635 to get announced at 3:30 p.m. your tickets! Honor your loved ones with an altar. Science explodes at the library featuring MythBusters’ Tory Belleci Sugar Skull Craft Extravaganza! Tory Belleci nd Sunday, Nov. 8 Sunday, Nov. 1, 2-4 p.m., RA, Idea Factory, 2 floor nd Monday, Nov. 2, 4 p.m., LU, 5 p.m., GV Doors open: 1 p.m., Program: 2 p.m, RA, 2 floor Learn about science fiction from Hollywood’s special effects artist Celebrate the Day of the Dead with sugar skull crafts, and former MythBuster, Tory Belleci. Free and open to the public. face painting and refreshments. Día de los Muertos movie The Book of Life (PG) Nov. 1 2 p.m., Saturdays/Sundays, RA, InfoZone-4th floor Grupo Folklorico Del Pueblo-The People's Folk Group th Sunday, Nov. 1, 4 p.m., RA, Ryals Room-4 floor New libraries anniversary celebrations Tickets: $10 with AARP discounts and student Saturday, Nov. 14, 2 p.m., GV (children) discounts available. Purchase tickets at www. Saturday, Nov. 21, 2 p.m., GI gfdelpueblo.org. Open house to celebrate the Greenhorn Valley and Annual Dia De Los Muertos show featuring original choreography Giodone librarys' first anniversary with cake, crafts and live by Sara Roybal, MFA and traditional Mexican folk dances. music from Blue Pepper Trio (Greenhorn)! 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. Donna Pickman, VP Doreen Martinez, President Marlene Bregar Doris Kester, VP 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. (Greenhorn, Greenhorn Valley Library Pueblo West Library Lyndell Gairaud Greg Clark, Treasurer Giodone and Lucero only) 4801 Cibola Dr. 298 S. Joe Martinez Blvd. Phil Mancha Dustin Hodge, Secretary Friday & Saturday Colorado City, Colo. 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Rawlings Library Roy Miltner 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. (Greenhorn, Giodone Library 100 E. Abriendo Ave. Jim Stuart Giodone and Lucero only) 24655 U.S. Hwy 50 E. www.pueblolibrary.org Satellite library locations: Foundation Board: Sunday (Rawlings only) Lamb Library Avondale Elementary Julie Rodriguez, President 1 – 5 p.m. 2525 S. Pueblo Blvd. 213 Hwy. 50 E. Jim Stuart, VP Phone: 562-5600 Library @ the Y Beulah School Carol King, Secretary 3200 Spaulding 8734 Schoolhouse Ln. P. Michael Voute, Treasurer Events Calendar I love the library! November 2015 by Jon Walker I encourage employees to ask “How does this Storytimes are listed benefit the customer?” on pages 8 and 9 I have a confession to 1 Sunday make. I love this place! Don’t Third is a commitment to building and • New Frontiers: Exploring Sci- maintaining outstanding collections. After all, if Fi exhibit, RA, 4th floor open you? I mean what’s not to Nov. 1-30 love? The public library as an service is what makes us, it’s the collection that • 1 p.m., 2nd Annual Dis de los Muertos Altar Contest, RA, institution is one of the pillars sets us apart. Our role is linking the patron to Hispanic Resource Center-2nd supporting our wonderful the collection — that book, this video, a website, floor • 2-4 p.m., Sugar Skull Craft democracy. It stands as a just the right audio CD. Extravaganza! RA, Idea Factory-2nd floor beacon offering free and open Fourth, the library is a place, a physical place • 2 p.m., Tree Dot Art, RA access to the human record in all its formats — • 42 p.m., GroupoBook of Life Folklorico (PG), RA, — a comfortable place to read, study, and to DelInfoZone-4 Pueblo-Theth floor People’s Folk books, audio, video, online. Libraries represent gather to exchange ideas. • Group,4 p.m., RA,Groupo Ryals Room-4Folkloricoth floor all points of view — left, right and the middle Del Pueblo-The People’s Folk th Fifth is our online presence. Libraries are 2 MondayGroup, RA, Ryals Room-4 floor — and regardless of your age, financial means or • Southern Colorado standing in the community, we serve you. service, libraries are collections, libraries are 2 MondayWatercolor Society Exhibit place; but in the modern era we also must be • onSouthern display, Colorado Nov. 2-30, PW There are six principles I believe are important • 10Watercolor a.m., Swedish Society Weavers Exhibit virtual, electronic, online. People expect to be andon display, Needlework Nov. 2-30, Group, PW PW, for keeping our library moving forward and • King10 a.m., Room Swedish A Weavers able to click on the library from their home or • 1-2:30and Needlework p.m., Pueblo Group, PW, reaching toward the next level. Storytellers,King Room A RA, Idea school or office. • Factory-21-2:30 p.m.,nd Pueblo floor Storytellers, First, we must articulate succinctly what the nd Sixth — not last but in this spot only for • 4RA, p.m., Idea Sugar Factory-2 Skull floorCraft public library is and its value to our community. • Extravaganza!4 p.m., Sugar Skull LU Craft emphasis — we are people. The employees of the • 5Extravaganza! p.m., Sugar Skull LU Craft I touched on this value above. • Extravaganza!5 p.m., Sugar Skull GV Craft library district are our most valuable and valued • 6-7:30Extravaganza! p.m., Speak GV English Second is delivering excellent service. • Conversation6-7:30 p.m., Speak Club, English RA, Bret asset. KellyConversation B Club, RA, Bret Service is priority one. The library is a service • 6-8Kelly p.m. B Ma Jonng Club, PW, organization. Service! with a capital “S” and an Well, this is a little bit about what I think about • GLFC6-8 p.m., Room Mah Jongg Club, libraries. • 6:30PW, GLFCp.m., RoomStar Trek: Into exclamation point. Every day in everything we • Darkness6 p.m., Maker-in-Residence, (PG-13), RA, InfoZone-4RA, Idea Factory,th floor 2nd floor do — from the back office to the front line — What about you? What do you think? • 6:30 p.m.,p.m. Teen Star Trek: Advisory Into Board,Darkness LB (PG-13), RA, • 7InfoZone-4 p.m., BK Bookth floor Club, BK • 36:30 Tuesday p.m. Teen Advisory Library databases update • 10Board, a.m.-noon, LB Computer To stream-line and better secure • Open7 p.m., Lab, BK Book PW Club, BK • noon-1:30 p.m. SECAHEC off-site access to eResources 3 TuesdayMini Med School, RA, (Databases), Pueblo-City County • 10InfoZone-4th a.m.-noon, floorComputer • Open12:30-3:30 Lab, p.m.,PW Cast Off Library District will be updating • noon-1:30Knitting and p.m. craft SECAHEC Group, MiniPW, GLFC Med School,Room RA, the login for these services. PCCLD • InfoZone-41 p.m., Fiberth Artfloor Club will no longer be supporting a • 12:30-3:30“Yarnies,” RA, p.m., Idea Cast Factory- Off Knitting2nd floor and craft Group, library card barcode only login for • PW,2 p.m., GLFC Beginning Room eResources (Database). Starting Nov. • 1Computers, p.m., Fiber RA, Art TrainingClub “Yarnies,”Room-3rd RA, floor Idea Factory- 1, databases such as Chilton’s Auto • 2nd p.m. floor GI Book Club, GI • 24:45-6 p.m., p.m.,Beginning Grupo Repair, HelpNow, Academic Search Premier and others will require a login using a valid Computers,Folklorico, LU RA, Training library card barcode and PIN or a library account username and password. • Room-35:30-8:30rd floorp.m., PW writers • 2Group, p.m. GI PW, Book Jerry Club, King GI A • 4:45-66 p.m. Yoga,p.m., GrupoGV • Folklorico,6:30 p.m., Anime LU Club • 5:30-8:30(teens), LB p.m., PW writers Homebound Program • Group,6:30 p.m., PW, Pixels Jerry (PG-13), King A RA, Call 553-0233 or email [email protected]. • 6InfoZone-4th p.m. Yoga, GV floor • 6:30 p.m., Anime Club Volunteers needed! Homebound Services 4 Wednesday(teens), LB • all6:30 day, p.m., What’s Pixels Up, (PG-13), king Tut?, RA, Looking for an enjoyable way to applications go green! GVInfoZone-4 th floor make a difference? Help deliver/ Send applications electronically! Go to • 10 a.m., PW Daylight Book 4 WednesdayClub, PW retrieve library materials to and from pueblolibrary.org. From the Services • all2 p.m., day, ExploringWhat’s Up, the King Web, Tut?, customers who are unable to visit. tab; select Homebound. GVRA, Training Room-3rd floor • 104 p.m., a.m., Play PW it:Daylight Board Games,Book Club,RA PW • 27 p.m., ExploringPlanning for the a Web, RA,Comfortable Training Room-3 Retirement,rd floor PW Bonfils Blood Drive • 7 p.m., Planning for a Monday, Nov. 23, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., RA, parking lot 5 ThursdayComfortable Retirement, PW • 1-3 p.m., Crafty Needles The donation of whole blood from one person can save up to three lives.