Berthoud Community Library

October 2023 Newsletter

In This Issue...

Welcome:

Letter from the CEO
Extended Hours!
Closure on 10/12

Family Events:

W, F - Sunshine Storytime
10/5 - Tinker Tots
Every other Friday (10/6 & 10/20) - Musical Moments
10/18 - Mars Explorers
10/27 - Fall Fest
10/28 - Kids Yoga

Teen Events:

10/11 - Outside Games at B-Rad's Arcade
10/19 - Construct & Concoct

Adult Events:

Every Monday - Writer's Group
10/13 - Crafter's Corner
10/14 - 3rd Annual Amateur Bake-Off
10/20 - Food for Thoughts Breakfast with Town of Berthoud
10/25 - Book Club
10/26 - Neighbor to Neighbor
10/27 - Knit & Crochet Drop In

More:

Podcast - New Episode!
Virtual Storytime with Miss Christy
Contact Us

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Welcome:

Letter From The CEO:

October is always a busy month at the library, and this year is no different. Check out our calendar for information on all our classes and events, including Storytime, Food for Thoughts, our Annual Bake-Off, Tinker Tots, Book Club, Kids Yoga, and more.

The Library will be closed on Thursday, October 12. Our staff will be spending the day at the Colorado Association of Libraries Conference. That is a single day closure, and we’ll be back and ready to help you on Friday the 13th .

As a reminder for all of you, we’ve extended the Library’s open hours and are here until 8:00 on both Wednesday and Thursday evenings. You can check items out, use the computers, or even host a meeting in the Community Room during those evenings.

Happy fall!

Amie P.

Library CEO

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Extended Hours!

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.

Closed on October 12th

We will be closed all day on October 12th for CAL (Colorado Association of Libraries) Conference. We will resume our regular hours on October 13th.

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Family Events:

Sunshine Storytime

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

Tinker Tots

Tinker Tots is designed for 3-6 year old children & their grown ups. We do an experiment and talk about science concepts.

We will be making an Ocean in a Bottle. We will talk about creatures in the ocean and how salt water is different from freshwater. We will experiment with things that float and things that sink.

This class will be on the 5th of October at 4PM.

Registration is required.

Musical Moments

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

October's Musical Moments dates are the 6th and 20th.

Mars Explorers

Strange New Planet -

Children ages 7-12 will work in teams to collect data and plan missions to explore unknown worlds on October 18th at 4PM. Observe from a distance from ground based "telescopes", then study them from increasingly closer distances during flybys and orbits. Use your collected information to plan landers and sample return missions. Our explorers will practice gathering data and using what they learn to plan new missions.

Registration Required.

Fall Fest

Join us for games, crafts, food and drink to celebrate the change of seasons on October 27th from 3:30-4:30PM.

Kids Yoga

Kids ages 7-12 are invited to Yoga with Miss Christy on October 28th at 10:30AM. There will be games and songs!

Registration is required.

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Teen Events:

Outside Games at B-Rad's Arcade

All teens are invited to an hour of outside games at B-Rad's Arcade from 4 - 5PM on October 11th.

154 Mountain Ave, Berthoud, CO 80513

Construct & Concoct

Construct & Concoct is a drop-in craft event for tweens & teens. Our October project will involve painting.

Drop-in from 4-6PM on Thursday, October 19th.

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Adult Events:

Writer's Group

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

All genres of writing welcome. We meet every Monday from 10:30AM to 11:45AM.

Crafter's Corner

Crafter's Corner is back!

Come learn about Dia de los Muertos and decorate a sugar skull in honor of a loved one who has passed on October 13th from 2-4PM.

16+. Registration is required.

3rd Annual Amateur Bake-Off

We will host our 3rd Annual Amateur Bake-Off on Saturday October 14th from 10:30AM - 12PM,

We will have 1 category this year: Cookies!

There is a limit of 8 adult and 8 children participants. Come in to the library to register.

Food for Thoughts Breakfast with Town of Berthoud

Join us for a locally-sourced breakfast on October 20th at 8AM as we discuss topics important to our community. This month’s topic is “Berthoud: Today & Tomorrow”. Registration is Required.

Anne Johnson from the Town of Berthoud will join us to discuss our town's growth and future.

Book Club 2023-2024

Due to some scheduling changes at the library starting in September, we are moving book club meetings to the 4th WEDNESDAY of each month, with the usual exception of combining November & December to one meeting in early December. The times 1:30pm and 6:30pm will remain the same.

Here is the schedule for the book club 2023-2024:

Wednesday 9/27/23: Drowning Ruth, by Christina Schwartz

Wednesday 10/25/23: West With Giraffes, by Lynda Rutledge

Wednesday TBD: The Secret Life of Sunflowers, by Marta Molnar

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

Neighbor to Neighbor Talk

Ashley Nichols, bilingual Move-in Assistance Housing Specialist of Neighbor to Neighbor will join us to talk about their programs on October 26th at 6PM.

Registration is required.