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THIS MONTH'S SPOTLIGHT
LIBRARY HOLIDAY CLOSURE DAYS:
ONE BOOK ONE VALLEY
2022
One Book One Valley (OBOV) is back for the 11th year, encouraging all residents to read the same book at the same time to create a Community Book Club.
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2022 KICK-OFF EVENT
MONDAY, DECEMBER 13 | 5:00 P.M.
AT THE BOOKWORM
(295 Main St, Edwards, CO 81632)
Join the Conversation!
Celebrate with us the start of this year’s Community Read. Join us at this in-person event, where the selected title will be revealed, and the official proclamation will be read.
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This December, help us Name our New Bear Cub Statue by entering this fun contest!
Submit your idea to
Libinfo@vailgov.com
by Mon. Dec. 27
The winning name will be eligible to receive a special gift & recognition in our January 2022 eNewsletter.
Stop by and meet our new friend!
Thanks to the generosity of Don & Jerrie Earthman, this statue was originally purchased at a Redcliff Fair and the creator went by the name “Chainsaw Lady”. The red stone came from the area near Redcliff and the burnt tree limbs are from a local fire near Eagle.
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DECEMBER'S VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON PROGRAMS AND EVENTS FOR ADULTS
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HOLIDAY HARP MUSIC
WITH MARGOT KRIMMEL
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15 | 5:30 P.M.
No instrument expresses seasonal favorites more beautifully than the harp. Join us! at Vail Public Library for traditional and winter-themed compositions as Margot performs in our Fireside Lounge.
Attendees are required to wear a face covering.
Margot began her music career right here in Vail, playing the harp for the guests of the Sonnenalp Hotel. She now resides in the Boulder area and teaches this unique instrument to over 25 students.
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MOUNTAIN HARMONY ACAPELLA
WED, DECEMBER 22 | 5:30 P.M.
Singing a variety of holiday pieces, Mountain Harmony is sure to catch you up in the spirit of the season.
They will perform in the Fireside Lounge,
so pull up a chair and enjoy!
All attendees are required to wear a face covering.
Mountain Harmony is a women’s acapella group, performing in 4-part harmony. Over the past 20 years, they have performed for tree lightings and other holiday events from Vail to Glenwood Springs. Their repertoire of holiday arrangements spans a few centuries.
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VIRTUAL BOOKS 'N BITES
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8 | 5:00 P.M.
VIA ZOOM
Join us! for this month's Virtual Book Club via Zoom when we will discuss the book
“The Night Watchman: a novel” by Louise Erdrich
Email Lori at LBarnes@vailgov.com to receive an invitation to the Zoom meeting.
Based on the extraordinary life of National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich’s grandfather who worked as a night watchman and carried the fight against Native dispossession from rural North Dakota all the way to Washington, D.C. This powerful novel explores themes of love and death with lightness and gravity and unfolds with the elegant prose, sly humor, and depth of feeling of a master craftsman.
SKIING BOOK CLUB
NO MEETING IN DECEMBER
We will resume our Skiing Book Club in the month of January 2022.
For more information, please email Jo at JNorris@vailgov.com
VIRTUAL GENTLE YOGA
EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY | 11:30 A.M.
Virtual Gentle Yoga with instructor, Anne Anderson, is a favorite at Vail Public Library!
This class is appropriate for those who want a softer, nurturing, slow-paced, well-supported and relaxing practice.
NOTE:
All participants must be logged in by starting time.
There is NO access to ZOOM Yoga after 11:30 am.
Email Sandy at SRivera@vailgov.com to receive an invitation to the Zoom meeting.
For updates, comments, registrations or suggestions from our instructor, please email Anne at gentleyogavail@gmail.com
VIRTUAL ZUMBA CLASS
EVERY MONDAY | 5:30 P.M.
Get your body moving to the beat of Zumba with Maria Sugiedy Rivera.
Zumba is perfect for everybody and every body! Each Zumba® class is designed to bring people together to sweat it on. We'll be together in spirit but safe at home!
Email Sandy at SRivera@vailgov.com to receive an invitation to the Zoom meeting.
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DECEMBER'S VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON PROGRAMS AND EVENTS FOR KIDS
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SANTA & THE BABIES
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3 | 11:00 A.M.
This is a wonderful opportunity for a photo with Santa in a calm and casual environment.
We offer this to children under 3 years who will benefit from a daytime, playful and casual Santa experience.
Parents are required to wear a face covering throughout the event.
RSVP to Cricket at CPylman@vailgov.com
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HOLIDAY SING-ALONG
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5 | 3:30 P.M.
Join us! for a holiday celebration of music, dance, and movement.
Sing along with Mountain Harmony. Pirouette with Clara and the Sugarplum Fairy from The Nutcracker.
Family event for all ages.
All attendees are required to wear a face covering.
RSVP to libinfo@vailgov.com
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LANTERN MAKING WORKSHOP
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19 | 12:00 P.M.
3 one-hour sessions of paper lantern workshops with Alpine Arts Center.
Space is limited per workshop and participants must be registered in advance.
All attendees are required to wear a face covering.
RSVP to Molly at
MEppard@vailgov.com
or call at 970.479.2344
IN-PERSON STORY TIMES
MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS & THURSDAYS | 11:00 A.M.
We are excited to invite families to our early literacy story times.
Join Cricket or Sandy for stories, songs and movement activities that will entertain our youngest patrons - appropriate for ages 6 and under.
Mondays & Wednesdays with Miss Cricket
&
Thursdays - Bilingual with Miss Sandy
Attendees 3 years and up are required to wear a face covering.
VIRTUAL STORY TIME
MONDAYS AND SATURDAYS | 10:00 A.M.
VIA FACEBOOK LIVE
Join us! for all-ages story times featuring stories, songs, fingerplays, rhymes, crafts or other extension activities.
Mondays with Miss Cricket &
Saturdays - Bilingual with Miss Sandy
GIRLS WHO CODE CLUB
EVERY 3rd THURSDAY OF THE MONTH | 3:15 P.M.
Girls Who Code (GWC) is on a mission to close the gender gap in technology and change the image of what a programmer looks like and does.
GWC is a club at Vail Public Library for girls going into 3rd to 5th grades. Mark and Lelia Conlon are our club facilitators.
All interested girls in this age group are encouraged to join.
If you are interested, please reach out to
Cricket Pylman at 970.479.2179 or CPylman@vailgov.com
 JOIN OUR TEEN ADVISORY BOARD (TAB)!
We will resume our meetings in January 2022
The TAB is for local middle and high school teen volunteers who not only help the library and community, but take an active leadership role in implementing programs, promoting, and advocating for youth services at Vail Public Library.
Board members should attend our monthly meetings regularly, with the possibility for other volunteer opportunities.
For more information and to join TAB,
please email Sabrina at SUnrein@vailgov.com
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EXTRAS
JOSEF "JOE" STAUFER
ORAL HISTORY: VAIL VALLEY VOICES
Josef F. “Joe” Staufer was born 18 August 1934 in Schörfling am Attersee, Austria to Karl & Teresa Staufer. While both parents modeled kindness, industry and an appreciation for rural montain life, the Staufer children learned to love food preparation and hospitality from their mother. In Bermuda, Staufer managed the Elbow Beach Club and met the love of his life, Anne. While traveling to California for a new job, they visited Vail in January of 1963 and never left. The Staufers welcomed their son, Jonathan, into the cozy home that Earl Eaton built in 1971.
Josef Staufer’s enterprise and creativity is legendary. During the ski season of 1963, he managed Mid-Vail and opened the very popular lunch haven called Hamburger Heaven. While managing the Lodge at Vail, Staufer convinced Vail Associates to keep the Lodge open during the summer. When informed he could not keep the kitchen open, Staufer created a grill in The Lodge great room. He subsequently opened restaurants at the Christiana and Manor Vail. In addition, Staufer bought an inn that became the Austria Haus. In 1969, with the support of investors, he purchased Vail Village Inn.
Joe Staufer was a charter member of the Vail Rotary Club and helped inaugurate the Vail Resort Association. Landscape and architectural aesthetics, as well as environmental stewardship, are important values for Staufer. He was instrumental in keeping Ford Park a community commons and open space and also led an effort to bury, berm and landscape the village parking structure. Staufer also helped organize the “Walk for Water,” an awareness-promotion campaign focused on Piney Lake and the proposed Homestake II Reservoir water diversion efforts.
Staufer served on the Vail Town Council from 1972 to 1977 and served as mayor pro tem during the last two years. He also served on the board of the Eagle River Water and Sanitation District. In 1977, Staufer and Sally Hanlon spearheaded the campaign to open Red Sandstone Elementary School. The Vail Health hospital has a “patient care unit room” dedicated to the Staufer family. Josef Staufer was honored with the 2020 Vail Trailblazer Award, which acknowledged his legacy and community contributions over the last five decades.
ART @ YOUR LIBRARY
Vail Public Library proudly displays local artists’ work in our community room on a rotating schedule. Public viewing is available during library hours.
The art on display for the month of December is by local artist, Patricia "Trisha" Donovan.
Growing up in a family of painters and musicians, Trisha Donovan/TA Donovan developed an appreciation for and a devotion to art. However, her passion for the arts percolated for years as she pursued a career in education – first as teacher and then as a principal. While designing - with her faculty - an elementary school for the arts within the Littleton (Colorado) Public Schools, she began pursuing her own creativity. Studying first at the Denver Art Museum and later at the Denver Art Students’ League, she found her way to figurative and landscape painting. In her work, you will find the influences of Ron Hicks, Michael Lynch, and Kim English, her teachers, who demonstrate movement, light, and drama in their paintings. Viewers find that stories unfold in TA Donovan’s paintings - as light and shadows drift across the canvases.
If you are interested in displaying your work, please contact
Sandy Rivera at 970-479-2331 or SRivera@vailgov.com
THIS MONTH'S DATABASE HIGHLIGHT
CREATIVEBUG
Give the gift of handmade this holiday season with Creativebug! Enjoy thousands of unlimited online art and craft classes free with your library card.
Learn how to paint, knit, crochet, sew, screen print, and more.
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ONLINE 24/7 RESOURCES
Remember to use our online resources for 24/7 access
to information including the resources listed below.
VAIL PUBLIC LIBRARY
Open Hours:
Monday - Thursday, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Friday - Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
292 West Meadow Drive, Vail CO 81657
970.479.2184 | vaillibrary.com
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