Past events

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September 24, 2013 - 10:00 am to 10:30 am

Join us for stories, songs, and activities that are just right for active toddlers. This program is for ages 2-3. Space is limited; registration required. 

Event Type: 
Storytime
Age: 
Children
September 24, 2013 - 9:45 am to 10:30 am

Share time with your little one with songs, rhymes and stories, then stay for free playtime afterwards. This program is for ages birth-23 months. Space is limited; registration required. 

Event Type: 
Storytime
Age: 
Children
September 23, 2013 - 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm

Alex is a singer, guitarist, and pianist and can teach you how to record and edit your own music for a CD-quality final product.

Mondays, September 9, 16, 23, & 30th, 4:30 - 6:30pm
Wednesdays, September 4, 11, 18, & 25th, 4 - 6pm 

Event Type: 
The Studio
Age: 
Teen
September 23, 2013 - 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Explore, create and try something new. What will you do after school? Join us every Monday at 4 pm for a new adventure. Grades K-3 welcome.

  • Sept. 9: Move It – Let’s get moving! Try some tricky movement challenges and games.
  • Sept. 16: Make It: Create a memory matching game that you can play with your friends.
  •  Sept. 23: Nature Explorers: Art – Join us for outdoor exploration and create art using natural materials.
  • Sept 30: Build It - We provide the Legos and building blocks; join us each month for a new building challenge.
Age: 
Children
September 23, 2013 - 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Calling all tweens! Join us for an hour of Wii. Appropriate for students ages 7-12. 

Age: 
Tween
September 23, 2013 - 12:00 pm to September 28, 2013 - 5:30 pm

Want to know what it's like to have something of yours censored? Participate in this week long experience zone where you will create a displayable piece of work that will immediately be censored. Join Anythink's celebration of your freedom to read!

Age: 
Children, Teen, Tween
September 23, 2013 - 10:00 am to 11:30 am

Need help with using Facebook and Twitter? Create an account and see all of the different features these services offer. Upload pictures, browse around, and keep current with friends, family, and celebrities. Registration suggested, but not required.

Age: 
Adult, Teen
September 23, 2013 - 10:00 am to 10:30 am

Join us for stories, songs, and activities that are just right for active toddlers. This program is for ages 2-3. Space is limited; registration required. 

Event Type: 
Storytime
Age: 
Children
September 21, 2013 - 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm

Kids are invited to join us for an old-fashioned drive-in movie at the library. Bring a box you can fit inside to decorate like a car. Then, sit inside your new car and enjoy a Disney movie, pretzels, and juice. Space is limited; registration required. 

 

Age: 
Children, Family
September 21, 2013 - 10:00 am to 10:30 am

Join us every Saturday at 10 am for activities the whole family can enjoy.

  • Sept. 7 and 21 – Family Story Time: Have lots of fun with stories and songs.
  • Sept. 14 and 28 ­– Family Music and Movement: Enjoy songs, basic instruments and movement activities.
Event Type: 
Music
Storytime
Age: 
Children, Family
September 21, 2013 - 10:00 am to 1:00 pm

Pull from your characters, situations, plot ideas, and novel’s world to explore the possibilities for dynamic change over the arc of your novel. We’ll work on how best to tell your tale, exploring point of view, voice, vision, tense, psychic distance and language.

 

Event Type: 
Class
Age: 
Adult
September 21, 2013 - 10:00 am to 12:00 pm

Children in elementary school are invited to read to our wonderful dog volunteers. They join us on the third Saturday of each month. This is an excellent program for children who are learning to read or need practice reading. Our patient dogs love to listen and they never criticize. Please call 303-452-7534 or stop by to make an appointment.  

September 19, 2013 - 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm

Clooz is an electronic filing system that allows you to put your finger on any piece of paper at any time for each person listed in a particular document. Space is limited; registration suggested.

Event Type: 
Class
Age: 
Adult
September 19, 2013 - 6:15 pm to 6:45 pm

Join us at the library for a bilingual storytime! Every Thursday, we host a bilingual storytime for children and their parents. Come on in and enjoy stories in both English and Spanish.

Event Type: 
Storytime
Age: 
Children
September 19, 2013 - 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Are you a knitter or weaver? Do you love to crochet? Join other fiber artists and crafters in your community and share your expertise at this informal craft group. Bring a project you are working on and join us for some fun! A table will be reserved near the Anythink Café.

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September 19, 2013 - 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm

On the first and third Thursdays of the month, we’ll host Bingo for Books for all ages. Teens, tweens, families and children are welcome to join in the Bingo fun, with books as prizes.

Age: 
Children, Family
September 19, 2013 - 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Show your love for animals by joining us every week for presentations and crafts all focused on pets and wildlife. Grades 1-5 welcome. Space is limited; registration required. 

  • Sept. 5: Wildlife Mystery – We will use a kit borrowed from Colorado Parks and Wildlife to examine animal tracks and hair and solve a “whodunit” mystery.
  • Sept. 12: Cat Toys – Kids will make cat toys to donate to the Adams County Animal Shelter.
  • Sept. 19: Read to Madeline the Dog – Madeline the therapy dog will come to Wright Farms and listen to stories kids are reading.
  • Sept. 26: Creature Feature – Representatives from the Denver Zoo will bring two live mammals for kids to get acquainted with.

Age: 
Children
September 19, 2013 - 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm

In addition to answering basic genealogy questions, our genealogy volunteers can help you build a four-generation pedigree using familysearch.org and introduce you to resources such as Ancestry.com. If you are a beginner, they will help you get started building a family tree and sharing your family history. Each individual help session is up to 30 minutes long and is available on a first come, first served basis.

Event Type: 
Class
September 19, 2013 - 10:00 am to 10:30 am

A new way to explore literacy! This drop-in program is for children through age 6 and their caregivers. Five different centers are set up reflecting each early literacy skill.

Age: 
Children, Family
September 19, 2013 - 10:00 am to 10:45 am

Share time with your little one with songs, rhymes and stories, then stay for free playtime afterwards. This program is for ages birth-23 months. Space is limited; registration required. 

Event Type: 
Storytime
Age: 
Children
Sep 18 2013

An instructor from Mile High Fitness will be on hand to teach some fun Zumba inspired games and activities for kids. Zumba is one of the most popular forms of exercise around, so don’t miss your chance to see what fun it can be! This program in intended for kids of all ages and there is no registration required.

Age: 
Children
September 18, 2013 - 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Alex is a singer, guitarist, and pianist and can teach you how to record and edit your own music for a CD-quality final product.

Mondays, September 9, 16, 23, & 30th, 4:30 - 6:30pm
Wednesdays, September 4, 11, 18, & 25th, 4 - 6pm 

Event Type: 
The Studio
Age: 
Teen
September 18, 2013 - 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm

Local professional photographer Anginet Paige will introduce useful photographic tips and tricks that will help you get the most out of your camera.  She will also help you learn how to use your photographs to tell a story.  All classes held in our hands-on Studio.  Feel free to bring your own photographic equipment.

Event Type: 
The Studio
Age: 
Teen
September 18, 2013 - 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm

Email is an incredibly fast and easy way to communicate with people all over the world. In this class, you’ll register for an email account and learn how to send and organize emails. Basic computer and Internet skills are required. Space is limited; registration suggested but not required.

Age: 
Adult
September 18, 2013 - 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm

Enjoy a drop-in snack program sponsored by The Food Bank of the Rockies and Feeding America. Everyone age 18 and under welcome!

Age: 
Children, Teen, Tween
September 18, 2013 - 10:00 am to 10:30 am

Enjoy stories, finger plays, songs and other activities for children ages 2-6.

 

Event Type: 
Storytime
Age: 
Children
September 18, 2013 - 10:00 am to 11:00 am

Join us for a lively discussion of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba. With a small pile of once-forgotten science textbooks; some scrap metal, tractor parts, and bicycle halves; and an armory of curiosity and determination, Kamkwamba embarked on a daring plan to forge an unlikely contraption and small miracle that would change the lives around him. Appropriate for adults. Please see Anythink staff for a copy of the book.

Event Type: 
Book Club
Age: 
Adult
September 18, 2013 - 10:00 am to 10:30 am
Spend time with your toddler listening to stories, songs and finger plays geared just for them. Appropriate for kids ages 2-3.
Event Type: 
Storytime
Age: 
Children

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