Halloween Howl!!

Mancos Public Library invites you to

The Halloween Howl
(a pre-trick or treat party)

Monday, October 31st

5:00 to 6:00pm

MPL Community Meeting Room

211 West First Street in Mancos

Spruce up your costume with mask making supplies, get your face painted, enjoy a warm bowl of Turkey Chili, visit with friends and plan your evening trick or treating strategies.

Please join us!

For more information call 970/533-7600.

Poetry Workshop

The Mancos Public Library Presents…

A Poetry Workshop

Words are free, you can borrow them, arrange them, throw them out, trade them in, color them…

Date: Saturday, November 5, 2011

Time: 1pm – 3pm

Place: MPL Community Meeting Room

Free and open to the public; no experience necessary. Join us as we play with words and get poemcrazy. Please bring paper or your favorite notebook, and pen/pencil.

Call 533.7600 for more information.

MPL Gaming Daze

Gaming Daze – an after school drop in program for youth and family.

Dates: Every Wednesday that school is in session

Times: 3:30 – 5pm

Place: MPL Community Meeting Room

Wii Gaming, board games, chess, games galore! This drop-in program has adult supervision for youth and family members. Children younger than 8 must have an adult or child care provider present. Please feel free to bring your own Wii games to play and share during the session.

This weekly activity follows the local school schedule, if school is not in session the activity is cancelled.

The Mac Series: Focus on iTunes ~ Redux

Wondering about Playlists?

Want to subscribe to Podcasts or Videos? 

Trying to transfer music to your iPod? 

Can’t quite figure the whole thing out?

Mancos Public Library is proud to present a new technology series entitled “The Mac Series – All About Apple Computers”.  The second workshop in this series is, “Focus on iTunes”; where we’ll be learning about all aspects of iTunes.

Date:  Tuesday, October 25th

Time:  4 pm – 5:30 pm

Place:  MPL Community Meeting Room, 211 West First Street in Mancos.

If you’d like, please bring your laptop and/or iPod with you to the workshop.  The Mac Series will be taught by Dave Sessions of The Mac Ranch, the Apple Certified Reseller & Technician of the 4 Corners.   For more details, please call the Library at 970.533.7600.

FREE!

Local Archaeologist Book Talk

Local archaeologist and author Florence Lister will give a talk on “The Treasures of Pueblo Bonito” on Tuesday, October 11th, at 6:30pm at the Mancos Public Library located at 211 W. First St.

Lister has written or co-authored many books including: Pot Luck: Adventures in Archaeology and Troweling through Time: The First Century of Mesa Verdean Archaeology.

Free! For more information please contact MPL at 533-7600.

Community Cinema – October

As part of the ongoing PBS Community Cinema Series, The Mancos Public Library, located at 211 W. First St, will show the film “Deaf Jam” on Thursday, October 20th at 7:00pm.  A panel-led discussion will follow after the film.  The film follows Aneta Brodski, a deaf teen living in New York City, as she discovers the power of American Sign Language poetry.  As she prepares to be one of the best deaf poets to compete in a spoken-word slam, her journey leads to an unexpected collaboration.   This powerful film is free and open to all ages.  For more information call MPL at 533-7600.