Visit the Carbondale Branch Library with your unused holiday cards from years past, and swap them out for new-to-you designs! This free swap will take place November 15 through December 4. Call the library at 970-963-2889 for more information.

School-age children are invited to the Glenwood Springs Branch Library every week for art, hands-on experiments, projects, and crafts. Explorers will be led by the library, with special guests each month including the Aspen Science Center. The club is free and starts at 2:30 p.m. each Wednesday. For more information call the library at 970-945-5958.

Your Garfield County Libraries invite you to join friends and neighbors in playing the classic Mexican bingo game, Loteria! It’s a free and fun game with deep cultural roots dating back more than 100 years in Mexico. Join us on the first and third Thursday each month at the New Castle Branch Library or on the second and fourth Wednesday each month at the Rifle Branch Library. All events begin at 5:30 p.m. For more information visit www.gcpld.org.

Whether you’re knitting, crocheting, cross-stitching, or enjoying any other craft, you are invited to the Parachute Branch Library at 10 a.m. on the second Saturday each month to join fellow crafters and library staff working on their own craft projects. We’ll create awesome things and chat while we work. It’s free to attend and light refreshments will be served. For more information call the library at 970-285-9870.

We solemnly swear we will be up to no good as we celebrate all things Hogwarts at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 11 at the Parachute Branch Library. Wizards and Muggles of all ages are invited to join us for a festival of games, crafting, prizes, and food. Spend a magical night featuring the Sorting Hat, Potions Class, and more! Door prize drawings and an additional drawing for those in costume will take place throughout the evening. For more information about this free event call the library at 970-285-9870.

Your Garfield County Libraries invite you to enjoy an evening with Rodrigo Arreguin for our Holiday Concert Series! In 2004, he started his career in the Baja California Orchestra and the Hispanic-American Center of Guitar. Join us at your local library to enjoy his music, which is influenced by contemporary composers, nature, and cultural history. The first event will start at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 30 at the Silt Branch Library. The second concert will begin at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 1 at the New Castle Branch Library. The third concert will begin at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 4 at the Parachute Branch Library. The next concert will start at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 11 at the Glenwood Springs Branch Library, followed by 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 15 at the Carbondale Branch Library. The final concert will start at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 18 at the Rifle Branch Library. All are free and open to everyone. Visit www.gcpld.org for more information.

Explore, discover, and engage! Join the Aspen Science Center and Carbondale Branch Library for an hour of fun, hands-on science and engineering activities designed for children and their caregivers. We’ll meet at 12 p.m. on the first and third Wednesday each month at the Carbondale Branch Library. For more information about this free event series call the library at 970-963-2889.

School-age children are invited to the Glenwood Springs Branch Library every week for art, hands-on experiments, projects, and crafts. Explorers will be led by the library, with special guests each month including the Aspen Science Center. The club is free and starts at 2:30 p.m. each Wednesday. For more information call the library at 970-945-5958.