By Amy Garoutte, Northern Saguache County Library District
Are you seeking grants for your small business, non-profit organization, religious affiliation, or yourself? The library now offers GrantWatch. This is a subscription-based database that is available at both branches for our patrons. The service allows users to search for available grants throughout the United States. We hope our patrons will take advantage of this service.
Our ROOM booths are up and running. These booths provide a space for private telehealth appointments and other virtual meetings. Each branch has a telehealth kit, laptop, and now private space for virtual conversations with medical providers.
Call the branch for more information or to make reservations.
Are you interested in supporting our library as part of a Friends of the Library group? Please contact Amy Garoutte at either branch for more information.
Some of our new books:
My Journey to Lhasa: The Classic Story of the Only Western Woman Who Succeeded in Entering the Forbidden City, by Alexandra David-Neel. Originally published in 1927, My Journey to Lhasa is a powerful, entertaining record of danger and achievement that has become one of the most remarkable and inspirational of all travelers’ tales. Disguised as a beggar, Alexandra David-Neel tackled some of the roughest terrain and climate, suffered primitive travel conditions, frequent outbreaks of disease, the ever-present danger of border control, and the military to become the first woman to penetrate Tibet and reach Lhasa — and the first western woman to have been received by any Dalai Lama.
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness, by Jonathan Haidt. After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rose sharply; more than doubling on many measures. Why?
In The Anxious Generation, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that hit many countries at the same time. He then investigates the nature of childhood, including why children need play and independent exploration to mature into competent, thriving adults.
Haidt shows how the “play-based childhood” began to decline in the 1980s, and how it was finally wiped out by the arrival of the “phone-based childhood” in the early 2010s.
Lucky, by Jane Smiley, is the story of a folk musician who rises to fame across our changing times. Full of atmosphere, shot through with longing and exuberance, romance and rock ‘n’ roll, Lucky is a story of chance and grit and the glitter of real talent; a colorful portrait of one woman’s journey in search of herself.
Clear, by Carys Davies. A stunning, exquisite novel from an award-winning writer about a minister dispatched to a remote island off of Scotland to “clear” the last remaining inhabitant who has no intention of leaving — an unforgettable tale of resilience, change, and hope.
A View from the Stars: Stories and Essays, by Cixin Liu, author of the New York Times bestselling Three-Body Problem series now a Netflix Original series. This new collection of short fiction and nonfiction pieces features a range of short works from the past three decades, shedding light on Liu’s experiences as a reader, writer, and lover of science fiction throughout his life.
The Atlas of Us, by Kristin Dwyer. In this YA novel, Atlas has lost her way. In a last-ditch effort to pull her life together, she’s working on a community service program rehabbing trails in the western Sierras. The only plus is that the days are so exhausting that Atlas might just be tired enough to forget that this was one of her dad’s favorite places in the world. Before cancer stole him from her life, that is.
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder, by Salman Rushdie. Speaking out for the first time, and in unforgettable detail, about the traumatic events of August 12, 2022. Salman Rushdie answers violence with art and reminds us of the power of words to make sense of the unthinkable.
Knife is a gripping, intimate, and ultimately life-affirming meditation on life, loss, love, and art — and finding the strength to stand up again.
You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World, by Ada Limón. Edited and introduced by the twenty-fourth Poet Laureate of the United States, You Are Here features fifty previously unpublished poems from some of the nation’s most accomplished poets: including Joy Harjo, Diane Seuss, Rigoberto González, Jericho Brown, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Paul Tran, and more.
A new DVD:
Lynch/OZ. Documenting director David Lynch’s obsession with The Wizard of Oz and its influence on his films, which many filmmakers and critics argue should be considered a foundational text for much of his work.
Recurring programs
Storytime: (ages preK-3rd grade): every Tuesday at the Saguache Public Library at 10 a.m.
Tech Help: every Friday from 10 a.m.-noon at the Baca Grande Library and every Tuesday from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at the Saguache Public Library.
Crestone In Town Hours: every Wednesday from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at the Little Shepherd Church.
Free Food Friday: every Friday from 10 a.m.-noon at the Baca Grande Library and 10 a.m-5 p.m.at the Saguache Public Library.
Special Events
Getting to Know Colorado Legal Services: at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 29, 2024 at the Saguache Public Library.
First Friday Art Reception: featuring Paula Hudson, from 3:30-p.m. on Friday, May 3rd, 2024 at the Baca Grande Library.
Saguache Community Flea Market: from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., on Saturday the 25th, next to the Saguache Public Library.
Crestone Music Festival: rain sticks in the park from 4-5 p.m..
For questions concerning programming, please call the Baca Grande Library at 719-256-4100.
Library hours
Baca Grande Library hours are Monday to Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saguache Public Library hours are Monday to Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.