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Library News: January 2017
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Library Closures
The library will be closed Monday, January 2 for the New Year holiday.
The library will also be closed Monday, January 16 for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
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Food for Late Fees!
January 3 - 31, 2017
You may reduce or eliminate old library late fees by donating non-perishable food and domestic items during the month of January. Bring your items to the library this month and we will remove $1 from old overdue fees for each item donated.
Examples include: store bought canned goods, paper towels, prepacked boxed goods, new containers of soap or toothpaste, etc.
All donated goods will remain in the community.
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Adult Coloring
Thursdays in January
Noon - 3 PM
Library Board Room
Drop in and express your creativity in a relaxing environment.
We will provide the materials and hot drinks, you bring the fun.
Coloring is not just for kids!
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Castle Valley Lecture
Colorado Plateau Lives Amid Grazing: An Art Show and Discussion Presented by Mary O'Brien
Thursday, January 5, 7:00 PM
Castle Valley Library
Mary O'Brien, Castle Valley resident, botanist, and Utah Forests Program Director for Grand Canyon Trust, will show and describe twelve paintings by colleague and Colorado artist Heidi Snyder. Each painting depicts a Colorado Plateau species or habitat that does not do well with excessive grazing. Mary will tell the ecological story of each painting - stories of the sometimes direct, sometimes indirect ways that grazing can pose challenges for Colorado Plateau life.
Visit the library's website for information on more upcoming events.
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Utah Film Circuit: Moab
MOTLEY'S LAW
Free Screening
Thursday, January 19
7:00 PM in Star Hall
In 2008, Kimberly Motley left the long hours and low pay of the Milwaukee public defender's office to work as a defense lawyer in Kabul, Afghanistan. She is the only foreign lawyer with a license to work in Afghan courts, not to mention the only woman. Kimberly defends Western and Afghan clients accused of criminal offenses and deals with human rights and women's rights cases that would be otherwise disregarded. She has said, "Every human deserves protection under their country's laws - even when that law is forgotten or ignored."
The 2015 documentary is 85 minutes long and not rated.
Disclaimer: Trailer includes language that some may find offensive.
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TEDxMoabLibrary
Theme: Perspectives
Tuesday, January 24
Noon - 1 PM
Large Meeting Room
Bring your own lunch and join us for a TED inspired lunch hour!
Over lunch, we will watch recorded TED talks from Julia Galef co-founder of the Center for Applied Rationality, novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and writer Kio Stark.
Light refreshments will also be provided.
TED is an organization devoted to spreading ideas. The library is proud to host independently organized TEDx events. For more information about TED visit their website at TED.com.
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Author Event: Mark Sundeen
Friday, February 3, 7:00 PM
Library Large Meeting Room
Author Mark Sundeen will talk about his most recent book
The Unsettlers: In Search of the Good Life in Today's America. The evening will also include a discussion with the author.
Presented in partnership with Back of Beyond Bookstore and Community Rebuilds.
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Second Wednesday Book Club
Wednesday, January 11, 6:00 PM
Library Board Room
January's selection is
The Point Is: Making Sense of Birth, Death, and Everything in Between by Lee Eisenberg. Copies are available for checkout in the library.
Kindles with the ebook version pre-loaded are also available for checkout! New participants are always welcome.
February's selection is
Tender is the Night
by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
More upcoming book club picks
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Castle Valley Book Group
Friday, January 27, 11:00 AM
Castle Valley Library
January's selection is
The Map That Changed the World by Simon Winchester. New participants are always welcome!
The Castle Valley Library is located in the Castle Valley Community Center and is staffed Tuesdays 9AM - 1PM, Wednesday 12PM - 4PM, Friday 1PM - 5PM.
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Grand County Public Library
is participating in
The
KUED Reading Marathon
IT IS ALMOST HERE!
ALL READING DONE IN NOVEMBER COUNTS
AS AN
INVITATION TO THE PARTY
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Sincerely,
Grand County Public Library Staff
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