High Plains Library District

Teentober Pet Ghost

Create a spooky little friend to keep you in good spirits all year round.

Wed. Oct. 22, Farr Library

Teentober is Here!

Spooky teen events all October long!

Farr Regional Library

Plot to Publishing: a 5-Week Writing Workshop

Whether you’re just starting your writing journey or looking to take a draft to the next level, this five-week series will guide you from idea to publication.

Thurs. Oct. 16 Carbon Valley

Climate Conversations

Book Discussion - Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World.

Wed. Oct. 15, LINC

Writers of the Macabre: Horror Writing Workshop

Whether you're a seasoned scribe or just beginning to explore the darker corners of your imagination, this workshop will guide you through the art of crafting chilling tales.

Wed. Oct. 15, LINC

Stuffy Storytime & Sleepover

Bring your favorite stuffy to a stuffed-animal themed storytime and leave them at the library overnight for mischief and fun!

Centennial Park Library, Wed. Oct. 15

Spooky Storytime Jam

Join Miss Ashley and Miss Tessa (AKA Marmalade & Jam) for a special spooky edition of the Storytime Jam!

Erie, Wed. Oct 15., Spaces Limited!

Stream & Download

Upcoming Events

Citizenship Class: Advanced Morning

October 9th, 2025 @ 8:30am

Location: Immigration Refugee Center of Northern Colorado, Greeley

Citizenship Class: Beginning Morning

October 9th, 2025 @ 8:30am

Location:

Centennial Park Twinkle Babies

October 9th, 2025 @ 9:30am

Location: Centennial Park Community Room

New At Your Library

Song of Ancient Lovers

Laura Restrepo

The Earl Who Isn't

Courtney Milan

Unfit Parent: A Disabled Mother Challenges An Inaccessible World

Jessica Slice

As a Jew: Reclaiming Our Story from Those Who Blame, Shame, and Try to Erase Us

Sarah Hurwitz

A School Lunch Revolution: A Cookbook

Alice Waters

Recipes from the American South

Michael W. Twitty

US citizenship test study guide 2025-2026: Naturalization Exam Prep with All 100 USCIS Civics Questions

B. Hettinger

Unwanted

Mia Sheridan

Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity

Paul Kingsnorth

Everything Is Probably Fine: A Novel

Julia London

Days You Were Mine: A Novel

Clare Leslie Hall

The Second Story Bookshop

Denise Hunter

The Premiere

All We Imagine as Light

Brian and Maggie

A Real Pain

The Monkey

Mickey 17

Wolf Man

Love Hurts

Saturday Night

We Don't Deserve Dogs

The Woman in the Yard

Love Me

Staff Picks

Life On the Bridge: Linking My World to Yours as an Autistic Therapist

Kaelynn Partlow

Manhunt

Gretchen Felker-Martin

Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of A Man, His Wife, and Her Alligator

Homer Hickam

Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life

Ali Wong

Of Monsters and Mainframes

Barbara Truelove

Trespass: Stories of Homelessness, Love, and Understanding

Kim Watson

The Doodle Knit Directory

Jamie Lomax

I, Tonya

The Addams Family (1964)

White Chicks

The Great Dictator

Intersteller

No No: A Dockumentary: The Vibrant Life of Baseball Legend Dock Ellis

Nick Offerman: Full Bush

The Secret of Kells

Honeyland

Blades of Glory

Marmalade

Starve Acre

EO

Nightcrawler

The Ides of March

Postcards From the Edge

Honeyland

Oldboy

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

The Blackening

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