Berthoud Community Library District

Welcome:

• Letter from the CEO
• Hours
• 1/1: Closed
• 1/27: Friends of the Library Book Sale

Family Events:

• W, F: Sunshine Storytime
• Musical Moments
• 1/4: Tinker Tots (Problem Solving Skills)
• 1/20: Kids Stuff Exchange

Teen Events:

• 1/18: Construct & Concoct (Watercolor Techniques)

Adult Events:

• Every Monday: Writer's Group
• Saturday Sketch Hour
• 1/4: Foothills Audubon Bird Club Meeting
• 1/11: 2024 Vision Boards
• 1/18: Budgeting for the New Year with NOCO Credit Union
• 1/19: Food for Thoughts Breakfast “Sheriff Talk” with John Feyen, Sheriff, Larimer County Sheriff's Office
• 1/24: Book Club
• 1/25: Crafter's Corner

More:

• Podcast: New Episode!
• Virtual Storytime with Miss Christy
• Contact Us

We’re starting the new year off by getting back to basics.

First and foremost, books! The use of e-books is up 75% over previous years, and even the checkout of physical books is up 7%. So if you’ve got a new year’s resolution to read more books this year, you’re in good hands and in good company. (Our top book borrower in 2023 checked out over 1,000 books during the course of the year. #goals)

We’re starting a new class series too called Get It Together. Our first two events will happen in

January—an evening to develop and create a vision board, and an evening to learn all about budgeting with our friends from the Northern Colorado Credit Union. Spots are limited and our classes have been filling up fast, so be sure to check out all our offerings below and give us a call to secure your spot.

Join us for a class or an event, or join us to check out some books to get through those long winter

nights. Happy New Year, everyone!

Amie P.

Library CEO

We have extended our Browsing Hours on Wednesday and Thursday!

We are now open for browsing Monday, Tuesday, and Friday from 10AM - 6PM. Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10AM - 8PM, and Saturday we are open from 10AM - 4PM. We are no longer closed for lunch on Saturdays (yippee!).

Curbside hours remain constant every day, Monday through Saturday, from 10AM until 5PM. Please email us at curbside.bcld@gmail.com or give us a call and let us know what we can gather for you. We'll arrange a time to pick up for contactless delivery.

The Library will be closed all day on January 1st for New Years Day. We will resume our regular hours on Tuesday, the 2nd.

The Friend of the Berthoud Community Library will be hosting a Book Sale on January 27th from 10AM to 4PM. Everything's a dollar, except kids books which are a quarter!

Join us for Sunshine Storytime Wednesdays & Fridays at 10:30AM.

Now every other Monday beginning January 15th!

Let's play at the library! Musical Moments is especially designed for preschool children. Stop by every other Monday at 4PM to learn, play, and sing at the Berthoud Community Library.

January's Musical Moments dates are the 15th and 29th.

This month, Tinker Tots will explore Problem solving activities including building puzzles, scavenger hunts, logic and spatial games.

This class will be on the 4th of January at 4PM.

Call 970-532-2757 to register.

Bring old toys and outgrown clothes and pick out more fitting stuff for your kids from 10AM - 4PM on Saturday, January 20. All items not taken by the end of the day will be donated to the Berthoud Restore.

Construct & Concoct is a drop-in craft event for tweens & teens. This month we will be learning water color techniques.

Drop-in from 4-5PM on Thursday, January 18th.

Join us as we free-write, critique, and hone our craft together.

All genres of writing welcome. We meet Mondays from 10:30AM to 11:45AM. There will be no Writer's Group on Monday the 1st of January.

Join us for Saturday Sketch Hour each Saturday from 11AM-12PM! This is an hour for artists of any age and skill level to come and practice, and to learn from each other. Paper and pencils will be provided, however, if you have your own sketching supplies feel free to bring them. (Activity is drawing-specific!)

Artist and Texas native, Blake Welch, moved to Boulder County at the age of 7. His art background includes book design and his own design and advertising agency, Welch Creative Group, Inc., serving local and national hospitals, health care agencies, and large corporations, including IMB. He is currently the Program Director for the Multimedia and Graphic Design department at the Boulder County campus of Front Range Community College in Longmont.

Blake's love of nature began at an early age. In this program for the Foothills Audubon Bird Club, he will share some of his paintings that are testament to that love. His large canvases of birds are as stunning as they are realistic.

January 4, 6-8 PM

Berthoud Library

236 Welch Ave

Berthoud, CO 80513

Join us for the first event in out "Get it Together Series" on January 11th from 6:00-7:30PM to make your 2024 Vision Board.

Northern Colorado Credit Union will join us for our second event in the "Get it Together Series" to discuss budgeting on January 18th from 6-7PM. Refreshments will be included. Call (970)532-2757 to register.

Join us for a locally-sourced breakfast on January 19th at 8AM as we discuss topics important to our community. This month will be a “Sheriff Talk” with John Feyen, Sheriff, Larimer County Sheriff's Office.

Call 970-532-2757 to register.

Book Club is back! Join us this month on the 24th at 1:30PM & 6:30PM to discuss Carnegie's Maid by Marie Benedict .

Winter-Spring 2024 Book Club List:

Wednesday 1/24/24: Carnegie's Maid, by Marie Benedict

Wednesday 2/28/24: Remarkably Bright Creatures, by Shelby Van Pelt

Wednesday 3/27/24: Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk, by Kathleen Rooney

Wednesday 4/24/24: The Paris Library, by Janet Skeslian Charles

Wednesday 5/22/24: Go As a River, by Shelley Read

Let’s decorate a journal and learn journaling techniques on January 25th from 4-6PM. 16+. Call (970) 532-2757 to register.

Knit & Crochet Drop-in will meet on Friday the 26th of January from 1-3PM instead of 1-4PM now.

This is not a class, just a place for fellow crafters to meet and knit/crochet together. This is a drop-in event.

This podcast is not just about library 'stuff', but about the wonderful community we live in. Straight from our CEO, Amie!

We're here for you, to support you, to inform you, and to care for you the best way we know how.

New Episode:

Season 4 – Episode 9: Helping People Be at Home: Berthoud Habitat for Humanity.

View all of Miss Christy's virtual story times from the past years. Watch the ones you missed or re-watch your favorites over and over again.

Click here to view.

Please keep checking our website, our Facebook page, and/or our Instagram page throughout the month to see the events we are hosting and any updates we may have!

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