Out and About: Longmont Library celebrates poetry month

April 13

Celebrate Poetry Month

• 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
• Location: Library
  409 Fourth Ave.

Celebrate Poetry Month by transforming an old book into a poetic work of art! Not a poet or artist? No problem! Experiment and meet new people. This program is offered in English and Spanish. Experience level - Beginner

Registration REQUIRED

Registration is required to attend this event and space will be limited to 20 attendees. Click the button below to save your seat! Can't make it on April 13? Save your seat for the April 27 edition! Save your seat on Eventbrite

 

Thursday Nights @ the Museum: NCAR Explorer Series: Hurricane Forecasts

7 pm;

Free, reservations recommended

The 2022 hurricane season caused devastating damage, loss of life, and disruption in the U.S. and Caribbean. While forecasting has improved significantly, accurately predicting where and when a hurricane will make landfall remains a challenge.

 

Culture and Courage: A fundraiser for Ukrainian Refugees

5:30 p.m. 

Silver Creek High School. 4901 Nelson Rd. 

$10 tickets

The evening is part of a Senior Capstone Project to raise awareness and funds for Ukrainian refugees. The evening will host several guest speakers including: 

• A photo-journalist from Denver who has recently been to Ukraine (John Babiak)
• A Silver Creek student whose parents are living in Ukraine; 
• A recent refugee (living in Colorado) who will sing Ukrainian songs of hope
• An informational presentation with video slideshow highlighting the need and plight of Ukrainian refugees

The organizations that will benefit from this fundraiser include:

MercyCorps Ukraine; UNICEF Ukraine; UNHCR; Ukrainians of Colorado and Sunflower Seeds Ukraine.

 

People Get to Know Local Filmmakers at LPM Shorts Forum

7 p.m.

Longmont Public Media: 457 Fourth Ave

On Thursday, April 13th at 7 PM, LPM Shorts Forum returns to Longmont Public Media. This forum allows local filmmakers to showcase their work and the audience can get to know how creators make their films. The forum is hosted by its creator John Williams, former Boulder High School Videography and Film teacher as well as former Educational Outreach Director for the Boulder International Film Festival.

This forum will highlight four local filmmakers, each highlighting a short film which inspired them. Each filmmaker will present a short film they created, ranging from films about “bizarre love triangles” to Arachna of the Spider People, as well as a film they admire. These short films will be getting the big screen treatment on Longmont Public Media’s 144” movie screen and studio speakers for surround sound. Unlike most big screens, audience members can bring their own snacks and Upslope Brewing will be donating beer for the event.

Tickets to the event are free, and seating is limited. Donation opportunities will be available at the event to help support Longmont Public Media and to keep events like these going. To get tickets for LPM Shorts Forum or learn more about Longmont Public

 

 

April 14

Night of Noise

4:30 - 5:15pm: Poster making at OBC Pridehouse (1443 Spruce St, Boulder, CO 80302)

5:15 - 6pm: Pearl Street march from Pridehouse to Boulder Public Library

6 - 8:30pm: Event at Boulder Public Library (1001 Arapahoe Ave, Boulder, CO 80302)

This youth-centered event will conclude the Day of Silence with a soiree that will include a variety of entertainers, including drag performers, poets, youth speakers, and more! A march and poster-making session will commence and kick off the celebration at Out Boulder County's Pridehouse, and then we will travel to the Boulder Public Library for performances, tabling, and activities. There will be snacks, refreshments, and pride-themed goodies.

This event is free to attend.

RSVP: https://qrco.de/bdjh2l

Audience: All ages & identities are welcome.

Contact: Chris (they/them/elle), [email protected]

 

Friday Afternoon Concert

Coração Brazilian Jazz Quartet

2:30 pm;

$12 general admission, $10 students/seniors, $8 members

Each member of this lively quartet has spent a lifetime performing and recording jazz, funk, pop, classical and world music, but what really unites them is their strong passion for the music of Brazil. Join us for an afternoon featuring an exciting collection of classic and modern jazz compositions in all the styles of the music of Brazil including Samba, Bossa Nova, Baio, Partito alto, Afoxe, and Ch0ro

 

Special Family Storytime: Poetry Month with Poet Oliver Baez Bendorf

• Date: 04/14/2023 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
• Location: Library
  409 Fourth Ave.

Join us for a storytime celebrating poetry! Come for fun exploration of rhyme, rhythm, and how poems are all around us, in this special Poetry Month edition of 30-minute Friday Family Storytime designed for children of all ages and their grown-ups.

 

Family Storytime

City Of Longmont Public Library

Happy Day Drop-Ins

Happy Day Plants

Live Music at Bootstrap Brewing!

Bootstrap Brewing

Live Music at The Kuper

Kuper Wine Bar

 

April 15

Beautiful Minds - Darkness & Light

7:30pm

Vance Brand Civic Auditorium

Enjoy another LSO World Premiere performance. Intensely beautiful and moving, Tyler Harrison’s Symphony No. 3 The Garden of Tears is paired with Peter Tchaikovsky’s Symphony #6 The Pathetique in this moving program. Written just nine days before Tchaikovsky's untimely death, The Pathetique clearly shows this great composer wrestling with darkness and light. American composer Tyler Harrison’s World Premiere Symphony #3 “The Garden of Tears” is his thematically paired answer to The Pathetique. Harrison’s symphony ends with hope, as he says “The garden of life thrives on the tears that water it, but it is laughter that ultimately defines its beauty.” Powerful and transformative, this concert program will stay with you. Purchase tickets and learn more here.

 

One Night Only

6-10:30 p.m.

306 Coffman St.

PEARL Promise is hosting a fundraiser “as big as a whale” to raise money to support single parent families the hope, skills and assistance necessary to build stable homes for their families. 

 

Book Launch with Author Jessica Lanan

11 a.m.

The Wandering Jellyfish Bookshop, 198 2nd Ave. Ste 1-A

Local author and illustrator Jessica Lanan will be at The Wandering Jellyfish Bookshop to celebrate the launch of her new book Jumper: a Day in the Life of a Backyard Jumping Spider. The storytime event will include a reading, Q&A session, book signing and craft for participants.

Lanan is a critically acclaimed illustrator of numerous picture books including The Lost Package by Richard Ho, and is author-illustrator of The Fisherman and the Whale. She is based in Boulder, Colorado and hopes that her books inspire young readers to find beauty in the world around them.

Jumper is a nonfiction picture book that follows the daily experience of a jumping spider, all while sharing nature and spider facts with readers.

 

Rodney Rice at The Speakeasy

8 p.m.

Rodney Rice, an up-and-coming musician, now examines the human condition through a songwriter’s lens, and his SAME SHIrT, DIFFERENT DAY offers a dozen solidly formed tunes, inspired by the musical explorers who came before him, but ultimately shaped by his uniquely fresh perspective.

Astrologer at Crystal Joys

Crystal Joys

Front deRanged Comedy Show!!

Jesters Dinner Theatre & Performing Arts

Intro to Fly Fishing Full Day

Angles Sports Ski, Board and Fly Fishing Shop

Kris Anderson Live Music at 300 Suns

300 Suns Brewing

La Vita Bella Presents: After hours with Arietta!

La Vita Bella

Live Music at Bootstrap Brewing!

Bootstrap Brewing

Live Music at Longs Peak Pub: John McKay Duo

Longs Peak Pub & Tap House

Live Music at The Kuper

Kuper Wine Bar

Medium at Crystal Joys

Crystal Joys 372 Main St, Longmont, CO 80501

Music and Storytelling Concert with Boulder Children’s Chorale

City Of Longmont Public Library

Songs & Stories: Tyler Grant, Tyree Woods, Michael Kirkpatrick

Wibby Brewing

 

April 16

Library @ the Museum: An Afternoon with Author Erika Krouse

7 pm;

Free, reservations recommended

Join us for an intimate conversation with the acclaimed, Colorado-based author of the memoir "Tell Me Everything: The Story a Private Investigator," the novel "Contenders," and the short story collection "Come up and See Sometime." Program to be followed by a book signing with books for sale in the Museum’s Gift Shop.

 

Lotería Mexicana

• Date: 04/16/2023 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
• Location: Library
  409 Fourth Ave.
• 3rd Sunday each month
• Library Meeting Rooms

Come with your whole family to play Loteria Mexicana! The "money" we bet is chocolate, and prizes include bilingual books and little giveaways from local Mexican markets. This program is bilingual and family-friendly - all ages are welcome! You do not need to know Spanish in order to play. No registration is required.

 

Sobre el evento

• 3-4 pm
• Cada tercer domingo
• Salas de reuniones de la biblioteca

¡Venga con su familia entera para jugar Lotería Mexicana! El “dinero” que apostamos es de chocolate, y los premios incluyen libros bilingües y obsequios de mercados mexicanos locales. Este programa es bilingüe y para toda la familia – todas edades son bienvenidas! No hay que registrarse.

 

April 19

Caregiving for Young Children: The Importance of Gross Motor Skills

A Mental Health Partners Kid Connects in the Neighborhood class

• Date: 04/19/2023 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
• Location: Library
  409 Fourth Ave.

• About the Class

• With summer right around the corner learn about different gross motor activities to not only keep your child entertained, but also support their development. Improving their gross motor skills helps them gain confidence and strength in their body, gain independence, and helps their brain develop, as well!
• We will also teach some ways to help limit screen time to encourage more outdoor play.
• This is a free course for ALL caregivers: parents, grandparents, aunts/uncles and neighbors who care for children birth- 5 years old.

• About Kid Connects in the Neighborhood

• Kid Connects in the Neighborhood is a program with Mental Health Partners that supports children not in licensed care settings by providing education and social emotional support to their caregivers.

 

April 20

Cover Letter and Resume Writing Workshop

5:30 p.m.

Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87657086886

Your cover letter and resume are the first impression for your next job, make sure they have the three "F's":

• Function, 
• Form(at) and 
• (e)ffectiveness 

Please fill out this form so you can participate in this workshop to learn the best techniques on how to write a cover letter, and a free review of your resume.

Registration is not complete until you fill out This form

 

Thursday Nights @ the Museum: Tales from the Tipping Point

 7 pm

An inventive DIY multi-media performance about climate change and sustainability featuring a variety of puppets, an assortment of recycled materials, and a brief history of consumerism told by a very unusual storyteller, Betsy Tobin.

 

April 21

House Concert, Final of 2023 Season

8:30 p.m.

An LSO Ensemble plays at a lovely Longmont Home for the final House Concert of our 2022-23 Season. Come join us for a fun evening of beautiful music, good food, fine wine, (and other non-alcoholic beverages) in a more intimate and relaxed performance setting. Sponsored by Kuper Wine Bar. Tickets are $75 each. Pre-purchase of tickets required prior to the event. Learn more and purchase tickets here.

 

April 29

Future Farmers of America Fundraiser

9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

4Rivers Equipment, 4322 CO-66

The FFA is hosting a fundraiser. The nonprofit organization is inviting YouTuber Tim Marks from “Tractor Time with Tim” to host a outdoor tractor clinic. The clinic is open to the public for anyone interested in learning the basics or ins and outs of their tractor. 4Rivers Equipment will match donations received up to $2,500.

 

May 5

75th Anniversary of Barbershop music “Celebrate”

7 p.m.

Niwot High School Theater, 8989 E. Niwot Rd

Come join the Longs Peak Barbershop Chorus as we present our annual spring show, as we celebrate the joys of vocal music, as we join students from the St Vrain school district and as we Celebrate our 75th anniversary as members of the Barbershop Harmony Society.

We will be presenting our annual spring show on May 5 and May 6. We will be performing at Niwot High School and will be joined by students from the St Vrain School District. Our guest quartet, Artistic License, will be sharing the stage with the Longs Peak Chorus and students from the St Vrain School District. Artistic License will also be working with St Vrain students during the day on Friday.

 

May 6

75th Anniversary of Barbershop music “Celebrate”

2 p.m.

Niwot High School Theater, 8989 E. Niwot Rd.

Come join the Longs Peak Barbershop Chorus as we present our annual spring show, as we celebrate the joys of vocal music, as we join students from the St Vrain school district and as we Celebrate our 75th anniversary as members of the Barbershop Harmony Society.

We will be presenting our annual spring show on May 5 and May 6. We will be performing at Niwot High School and will be joined by students from the St Vrain School District. Our guest quartet, Artistic License, will be sharing the stage with the Longs Peak Chorus and students from the St Vrain School District. Artistic License will also be working with St Vrain students during the day on Friday.

 

June-July

Longmont Museum Summer Camps

Ages 5-13

Camp at the Longmont Museum is filled with adventure and fun! Join us in the summer or over a school break and discover history, art, music, culture, science, and more in these hands-on camps. Camps are filling fast; scholarships available!