Makers Lab
2025-12-15 16:00 - 17:00, 2026-01-17 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Denver) | BVPL Temporary Location, 27900 CR 319, Buena Vista, CO, 81211, United States
Use Cricut software and tools to create a wooden plaque for a bookshelf or wall. All supplies provided. Teens and Adults

High Altitude Cookies
2025-12-18 13:00 - 15:00 | Community Center, 715 E Main St, Buena Vista, 81211, United States
Learn to bake two different types of cookies at altitude. Bake and decorate gingerbread, and perfect a delicious brown butter chocolate chip cookie. Registration required. Limit 12. Audience: Adults.
Location: BV Community Center, Aspen Room

Storytime with Santa
2025-12-19 10:00 - 11:00 | Community Center, 715 E Main St, Buena Vista, 81211, United States
Destination Storytime: Santa has a story for you and a little present, too. Sit with Santa and share your wishes. Ages: 0-5

Tunes for Tots
2025-12-22 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-12-29 10:00 - 11:00 | CO
Preschoolers, parents, and caregivers learn a delightful variety of songs. Rhythm, matching pitch, and call and response are all part of the fun. Discover music as part of early literacy!

Free Play
2025-12-22 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-12-29 11:00 - 12:00 | CO
Play games, explore a variety of toys, socialize with others, or snuggle up with a book. Ages 0-6 and caretakers.

Library Closed- Christmas Eve
2025-12-24 | CO

Library Closed- Christmas
2025-12-25 | CO

Library Closed- New Year’s Eve
2025-12-31 | CO

Library Closed: New Years Day
2026-01-01 | CO

Tunes for Tots
2026-01-05 10:00 - 11:00, 2026-01-12 10:00 - 11:00 | BVPL Temporary Location, 27900 CR 319, Buena Vista, CO, 81211, United States
Discover music as foundation of early literacy. Rhythm, matching pitch, and call and response are all part of the fun. Build active listening and cognitive skills like memory and problem solving through pattern recognition.

Free Play
2026-01-05 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-01-12 11:00 - 12:00 | BVPL Temporary Location, 27900 CR 319, Buena Vista, CO, 81211, United States

Align & Flow Yoga
2026-01-05 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-01-12 12:00 - 13:00 | Community Center, 715 E Main St, Buena Vista, 81211, United States
Find strength, stillness, and peace in this all-level yoga class.

Art for Kids: Colorful Winter Trees
2026-01-06 15:30 - 16:30 | BVPL Temporary Location, 27900 CR 319, Buena Vista, CO, 81211, United States
Create a painting in this free art session. All supplies provided. Parents or caretakers are welcome to participate. Ages 7 – 12

Wiggles and Giggles
2026-01-07 10:00 - 12:00, 2026-01-14 10:00 - 12:00 | BVPL Temporary Location, 27900 CR 319, Buena Vista, CO, 81211, United States
Free play and stories for little ones and their caretakers. Skill building: fine motor, socialization, imaginative play, speech and language development

Art of Gluten-free Bread
2026-01-08 13:00 - 15:00 | Community Center, 715 E Main St, Buena Vista, 81211, United States
Learn to make delicious gluten-free bread and gather tips for other gluten-free baking projects. Registration required. Limit 12.

Story Time followed by Free Play
2026-01-09 10:00 - 12:00, 2026-01-16 10:00 - 12:00 | BVPL Temporary Location, 27900 CR 319, Buena Vista, CO, 81211, United States
Foster a love of books with story time, music, and art followed by free play.

User Experience: Library Website
2026-01-09 13:00 - 14:00 | BVPL Temporary Location, 27900 CR 319, Buena Vista, CO, 81211, United States
Test new library website designs and provide feedback to improve the Library’s website during this open drop-in hour. The first ten participants will receive a $10 City Market gift card. Not able to join in person? Complete this quick 5 minute survey to share your feedback!

Virtual Author Talk: The Creative and Compassionate Art of Seeing Others Deeply with David Brooks
2026-01-13 12:00 - 13:00 | CO
David Brooks: Leading Cultural and Political Commentator and Bestselling Author of The Road to Character
Register Now!
Join us for an online discussion with prominent cultural writer and bestselling author David Brooks on his book, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply, in which he helps us pose essential questions: If you want to know a person, what kind of attention should you cast on them? What kind of conversations should you have? What parts of a person’s story should you pay attention to?
Driven by his trademark sense of curiosity and determination to grow as a person, Brooks draws from the fields of psychology and neuroscience and the worlds of theater, philosophy, history, and education to present a welcoming, hopeful, integrated approach to human connection. How to Know a Person helps readers become more understanding and considerate toward others, and to find the joy that comes from being seen. Along the way it offers a possible remedy for a society that is riven by fragmentation, hostility, and misperception.
The act of seeing another person, Brooks argues, is profoundly creative: How can we look somebody in the eye and see something large in them and, in turn, see something larger in ourselves? How to Know a Person is for anyone searching for connection, and yearning to be understood.
Register now to take part in a riveting and timeless conversation on how to connect with people from all walks of life, and why doing so is paramount to our individual and communal growth.
About the Author: David Brooks is one of the nation’s leading writers and commentators. He is an op-ed columnist for The New York Times, a writer for The Atlantic, and appears regularly on PBS Newshour. He is the bestselling author of The Second Mountain, The Road to Character, The Social Animal, Bobos in Paradise, and On Paradise Drive.

The views expressed by presenters are their own and their appearance in a program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by Buena Vista Public Library.

Watercolor Nature Scene
2026-01-13 13:00 - 15:00 | BVPL Temporary Location, 27900 CR 319, Buena Vista, CO, 81211, United States
Create a winter scene in watercolor featuring a juniper sprig and juniper titmouse. Registration required. Limit 12.

Art for Kids: Full Moon Trees
2026-01-13 15:30 - 16:30 | BVPL Temporary Location, 27900 CR 319, Buena Vista, CO, 81211, United States

Journaling: Finding the Treasures Within
2026-01-15 13:00 - 15:00 | BVPL Temporary Location, 27900 CR 319, Buena Vista, CO, 81211, United States
Explore your unique strengths through journaling prompts to help reconnect with and express the authentic self. Registration required. Limit 12.

Dance Fitness for Kids
2026-01-17 13:00 - 14:00 | BVPL Temporary Location, 27900 CR 319, Buena Vista, CO, 81211, United States
Move and dance like Zumba to fun music. Wear comfy workout gear. *Caretakers may observe or participate, but must be readily available nearby. Ages 6-10.
