Berthoud Community Library District

Welcome:

• Letter from the CEO
• Hours
• Summer Learning Initiative
• Adult Summer Reading
• 7/4: Fourth of July Closure

Family Events:

• Tuesdays: Bouncing Baby Storytime at 10:30AM
• Wednesdays: Terrific Toddler Storytime at 10:30AM
• Fridays: Perky Pre-K Storytime at 10:30AM

• 7/1, 7/15, & 7/29: Musical Moments at 4:00 PM

• 7/3: Story Creations with Border Collies Joey & Kira at 2PM at New Freedom Outreach Center

• 7/10: Talewise: Adventure of the Lost Treasure at 2PM at New Freedom Outreach Center

• 7/17: Salida Circus: Welcome to Camp! at 2PM at New Freedom Outreach Center

• 7/24: Nature's Educators at 2PM at New Freedom Outreach Center

Teen Events:

• 7/11: Chuckle, Chortle, and Guffaw at 2PM *Registration Required

• 7/18: Eat it -- Don't Yeet it! at 2PM *Registration Required

• 7/25: Paint a Piece! Collaborative Painting at 2PM *Registration Required

Adult Events:

• Mondays - Writer's Group from 10:30-11:45AM
• Saturdays - Saturday Sketch Hour from 11AM - 12PM
• 7/11 - Philosophy Reading & Discussion Group with Philosophy Outreach Program of Colorado (POPCO), University of Colorado, Boulder: “Famine, Affluence & Morality” at 6PM *Registration Required
• 7/24 - Yoga with Bella at 4:30PM *Registration Required
• 7/26 - Knit & Crochet Drop-in from 1-3PM

More:

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

Save the Date!

Made in Colorado: a Berthoud Literary Festival will take place September 20-22.

We’ll welcome many authors into our community, including Peter Heller and Kathleen

Donnelly. Expect author visits, book discussions, book signings, and even writing

workshops.

Information regarding registration, tickets, and volunteer opportunities will be available

in the next couple weeks. Be sure to watch the library’s social media accounts and read

your weekly newsletters so you don’t miss out. Mark the dates on your calendar and be

ready to enjoy a weekend full of literature soon!

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.

There is still time to participate in our Summer Learning Initiative! We have something for all ages.

For more information visit: https://www.berthoudcommunitylibrary.org/summer-learning-2024

Adult Summer Reading continues throughout July!

Enter for a chance to win weekly drawings of Joyful Brews Drive Thru gift certificates. At the end of summer, three lucky readers will either win a cooking class courtesy of Ginger and Baker in Fort Collins, a gift certificate for movie nights at MetroLux Dine-In Theatres, or a Kindle Paperwhite.

See the front desk at the library to sign up and get your punch card! Thanks for being a part of our vibrant community of readers -- we appreciate you.

The Library will be closed on July 4th for the Fourth of July.

Join us for Bouncing Baby Storytime on Tuesdays at 10:30AM. This story time is tailored to babies under two. Short books, bounces, songs, finger and foot play rhymes will be fun for babies and their grown-ups alike!

Join us on Tuesdays at 10:30AM for Terrific Toddler Storytime. Let your toddler move and wiggle at this fast-paced story time with books to grow on, as well as plenty of singing and dancing!

Join us on Fridays at 10:30AM for Perky Pre-K Storytime. We will be reading and interacting with longer stories in this group, but don’t worry we will still have songs and movement. We will wrap up with a craft.

Every other Monday!

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.

July's Musical Moments dates are the 1st, 15th, and 29th.

Join us for this Summer Learning Family Event on July 3rd at 2PM. Located at New Freedom Outreach Center.

When Denise Gard's famous border collies Joey and Kira discover a book on Ancient Egypt, they dream about traveling back in time to explore the pyramids. But when Kira angers the goddess Bastet, Joey must find a way to remove the curse before she becomes a beetle! Dog tricks and action abound in this show for all ages!

Join us for this Summer Learning Family Event on July 10th at 2PM. Located at New Freedom Outreach Center.

Science Heroes: Adventure of the Lost Treasure! Designed for the Adventure Begins at Your Library Summer Reading Theme and aligned with Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), this interactive and exciting STEM show combines the magic of stories with the wonders of science!

Join us for this Summer Learning Family Event on July 17th at 2PM. Located at New Freedom Outreach Center.

Welcome to Camp! Join in the fun as you help to protect Ranger Critta’s puppet themed wilderness friends species from extinction, maintaining and restoring their habitats and living a sustainable lifestyle along the way. Join in the adventure with circus themed rolling globe bolder walking, camp fire plate balancing, and sustainable trash juggling!

Join us for this Summer Learning Family Event on July 24th at 2PM. Located at New Freedom Outreach Center.

Join Nature's Educators to meet and learn about 4 raptor ambassadors! Find out what they eat, where they live, how they survive, conservation efforts, and their personal stories. Recommended for ages 5 and up.

A variety of ice breaking activities destined to make you laugh.

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Join us for this event on July 11th at 2PM. Registration is required. Call (970) 532-2757 to register or come in to the Library.

Food and Fun! Explore different food combinations.

Join us for this event on July 18th at 2PM. Registration is required. Call (970) 532-2757 to register or come in to the Library.

Camp Paint a Piece! Come paint a piece of a whole painting. To see an example of what we are doing, look at the collaborative painting from last year that is hung above our catalog computer.

Join us for this event on July 25th at 2PM. Registration is required. Call (970) 532-2757 to register or come in to the Library.

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.

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!)

Registration is required for this event.

We will be discussing Peter Singer's "Famine, Affluence, and Morality". Some things about our world remain the same today as when Singer wrote this classic 1972 essay -- most notably, many people in the US live in luxury and amid plenty while people in other parts of the world live with far fewer resources. What, if anything, do the affluent owe to the poor? What difference does it make if we are separated by thousands of miles and/or geopolitical borders?

These sessions are participant-driven discussions focused on philosophical essays, facilitated by a trained CU Boulder philosopher. Our goal at each discussion is to build a philosophical dialogue by investigating as a community of thinkers. Each session focuses on a philosophical text, but we do not regard the authors we read as unquestionable authorities. Rather, we consider each author to be another voice in our shared dialogue.

To prepare, please read the selected text to the best of your ability. Most months you'll find a reading guide linked above. If you are unable to read ahead, please come anyway. We recommend bring a copy of the reading with you - digital or printed out.

At the discussion, after brief introductions and a review of the discussion policies, the facilitator will ask participants to share questions and ideas for group discussion. The facilitator will then guide the group in working through as many of their questions as possible before recapping and wrapping up the discussion.

No background in philosophy is expected or required. We are excited to discuss the ideas raised by your interaction with the text!

Register for this event here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/philosophy-reading-discussion-group-at-berthoud-community-library-tickets-874097367757

For more information and reading guide: https://sites.google.com/view/berthoud-philosophy/home

Join us for a free yoga class on July 24th from 4:30-5:30PM! Bella has practiced yoga for years and is excited to begin teaching after receiving her 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training in May.

This class will be a gentle hatha flow. All levels are welcome.

Registration is required. Call (970)532-2757 to register.

Knit & Crochet Drop-in will meet this Friday the 26th of July from 1-3PM.

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.

Most Recent Episode:

Season 5 – Episode 1: Knowing Our Roots: Berthoud History

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.

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