Welcome to our event specifically geared towards adults with disabilities! Join us for crafts, science, and LEGO® fun! For August, we will have a final summer celebration blast doing squirt bottle painting. Be sure to wear clothes that are okay for getting messy. Please bring your staff with you. (Adults; Cottonwood Room)
As part of the library’s programming for Americans and the Holocaust, a traveling exhibition for libraries, this class will give you a start in researching your Jewish ancestors in records found in the United States, Europe, and Israel. We will cover resources such as Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.org, and JewishGen.org. We will also explore information located in libraries, archives, and vital record ...
Join your friends at the library to learn about leather crafting. We’ll learn beginner cutting and stamping to make an embossed leather craft. All supplies will be provided, including ear plugs (for all the pounding) and cold beverages. Adults only. RSVP for this event below. (Adults; Sunflower Room) Click Here to RSVP
Steve Pressman has brought the incredible true story of Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus to the small screen in his Emmy-nominated HBO documentary 50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus and to bookshelves with his acclaimed book 50 Children: One Ordinary American Couple’s Extraordinary Rescue Mission into the Heart of Nazi Germany. As part of the library’s programming ...
Join us for the final program in a series of expert presentations from Dr. Adam Blackler, Ph.D. and Associate Professor of History at the University of Wyoming, all of which will provide context and historical background for the themes and concepts presented in Americans and the Holocaust, a traveling exhibition for libraries, currently on display. In 1945, Europe offered a ...
C-O-W-B-O-Y-S! Cowboys, Cowboys, Cowboys! Prepare your best University of Wyoming football cheer, don your brown and gold, and get ready for game day at the library! Join fellow fans to watch the first game of the season as the Cowboys take on Illinois. Bring your comfy camping chairs–we’ll provide tailgate-style refreshments and door prizes. (Adults & Teens; Cottonwood Room)
Our August read will be The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris. A moving tale of love amidst brutality and despair, this novel is based on true events but has stirred controversy and incited questions about how strongly rooted in history a book must be before it can be considered historical fiction. Visit the 3rd floor Ask Here desk to ...
The Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) will be available throughout the day to educate taxpayers on filing accurate tax returns, provide refund timing information, and inform taxpayers about self-help tools and resources for checking on refund statuses. TAS can also assist individuals and small businesses with tax issues they have not been able to resolve with the IRS. Take advantage of ...
This event has been canceled. Please return to the online events calendar to review other programs and activities. Are you new to proposal writing? Or do you want a quick refresher? This class will provide you with an introductory overview of the nonprofit proposal writing process. Explore some tips and best practices on how to organize, write, and submit a ...
Come enjoy a car show at the library! Members of the Capital City Car and Bike Club will be showing off their vehicles in the parking lot before their big event at the Hispanic Festival on September 10th. (Adults; Library Parking Lot)
Think you’ve got what it takes to be a trivia champ? Join us for Jeopardy!® Battle for prizes and bragging rights! RSVP below to receive an email with the Zoom link. (Adults; Live via Zoom) Click Here to RSVP
Learn the fundamentals of starting a business in Wyoming! We’ll cover business models and plans, the feasibility of business ideas, legal structure and regulations, and the reality of start-up financing. Presented in partnership with the Wyoming Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). RSVP for this event below. (Adults; Sunflower Room) Click Here to ...
Welcome to our event specifically geared towards adults with disabilities! This month, join us for a Library for All Movie Day! Enjoy some pizza and popcorn with your friends while we all watch a movie together. Bring your own drinks and please bring your staff with you. (Adults; Cottonwood Room)
It’s back! Join us to watch Something’s Gotta Give (2003, rated PG-13), a romantic comedy about an aging womanizer who finds himself falling for the mother of his young girlfriend during a trip to the Hamptons. Starring Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton. Enjoy free popcorn and a discussion afterward. (Adults; Cottonwood Room)
Internationally-renowned guitarist Pierre Bensusan will offer a workshop for adult and teen guitar players at any level. While he plays and composes in DADGAD tuning, the workshop will be open to all guitarists, whatever tuning they use. Pierre will bring together technique, performance, and pleasure. Presented in partnership with Cheyenne Guitar Society. (Adults & Teens; Cottonwood Room)
French-Algerian acoustic guitar virtuoso, vocalist, and composer Pierre Bensusan has taken his unique sound to all corners of the globe. His manner of playing defies classification, crossing world, classical, jazz, traditional, folk, pop, and more. Bensusan is the winner of the Independent Music Award for his triple live album Encore and the Rose d’Or at the Montreux Festival for his ...
Did you know that Cheyenne was home to one of America’s most important research centers for trees and plants? Hear about this and more cool facts as local author and Children’s Village Horticulturist, Jessica Friis, discusses her book High Plains Arboretum, written in collaboration with Friends of the Cheyenne Botanical Garden. Copies of High Plains Arboretum will be available to ...
Transition from summer to fall and join us for a September book group discussion of Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson. This novel’s story unfolds through a series of letters written between two strangers who’ve bonded over their mutual obsession with the life and death of Tollund Man, one of Denmark’s famous bog bodies. Visit the library’s 3rd ...
October 1–31 Welcome to our second annual House Cup reading challenge in Beanstack! Will Gryffindor be able to defend their title or will they be knocked off of the pedestal? Join us to see if Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, or Slytherin can defeat Gryffindor and claim the House Cup! Recruit your housemates and sign up beginning October 1st to start logging minutes ...
This class will help you get started with genealogical research both on the internet and in print resources to find your Hispanic ancestors in the U.S., Mexico, and Central and South America. (Adults; Sunflower Room)
