A vivid and propulsive memoir about finding courage and meaning in a life outdoors, by a world-class whitewater rafting guide. After Bridget Crocker’s parents’ volatile divorce, she moved with her mother from Southern California to Wyoming. Her life was idyllic, growing up in a trailer park on the banks of the Snake River with a…
A time travel romance, a spy thriller, a workplace comedy, and an ingenious exploration of the nature of power and the potential for love to change it all: Welcome to The Ministry of Time, the exhilarating debut novel by Kaliane Bradley. In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams…
Join Townie Books on the Rumor’s Patio for a signing and casual conversation with local author Roger Kahn, featuring his new book, The Rise of Recreation Exurbs & The Demise of Community. In this insightful work, Kahn examines how places like Martha’s Vineyard, Crested Butte, and Tahoe have transformed from working- and middle-class communities into…
Come discuss The Skin and Its Girl with us at Townie Books for PRIDE month. A young, queer Palestinian American woman pieces together her great aunt’s secrets in this sweeping debut, a family saga confronting questions of sexual identity, exile, and lineage. In a Pacific Northwest hospital far from the Rummani family’s ancestral home in…
Were you T-O-P of your C-L-A-S-S when it came to spelling? Do you keep a dictionary on your bedside table in case of emergencies? Do you enjoy watching other people stumble over “chrysanthemum” in front of a crowd? Gunnison County Libraries invite you to the first annual Adult Spelling Bee on Friday, June 27 at…
Join us at the Gunnison Library at 10:30 am on Saturday, June 7 for Super Saturday Storytime. We will be joined by Tenderfoot Childcare Center’s Cool Kids Club for June’s theme of Solar Soiree. Stories and activity from the Trailhead Children’s Museum for the whole family. Free & open to the public.
Join us on Sunday, June 22 at 3:30 pm at the Gunnison Library for the return of Caregiver Conversations. Caregiver Convos are monthly book discussions about raising children, facilitated by Louise Perry, MSW. Read & Discuss: The Good Mother Myth: Unlearning Our Bad Ideas About How to Be a Good Mom by Nancy Reddy About…
Join the museum for a monthly book club where we will analyze and discuss both non-fiction and fiction works that explore the history of our valley and the works of local authors. Upcoming Book of the Month Books & Museum Host: • May: “The Melting Pot” – with Alyssa Moore • June: “Reflections on a…
Join the museum for a monthly book club where we will analyze and discuss both non-fiction and fiction works that explore the history of our valley and the works of local authors. Upcoming Book of the Month Books & Museum Host: • May: “The Melting Pot” – with Alyssa Moore • June: “Reflections on a…
Ben Goldfarb will speak with residents about Beaver habitat. Free and open to the public. Ben Goldfarb is an environmental journalist whose work has appeared in National Geographic, the Atlantic, Smithsonian Magazine, High Country News, and many other publications. He is the author of Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet,…