Trinidad Carnegie Public Library

Library Board Meeting
2025-07-22 16:00 - 17:00, 2025-08-26 16:00 - 17:00, 2025-09-23 16:00 - 17:00, 2025-10-28 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Denver) | Trinidad Carnegie Public Library, 202 N. Animas St., Trinidad, CO, 81082, United States
The Library Board meets once a month every 4th Tuesday at 4:00 pm in the Library’s community room.

Free Legal Clinic
2025-08-19 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-16 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-10-21 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-11-18 14:00 - 16:00 | Trinidad Carnegie Public Library, 202 N. Animas St., Trinidad, CO, 81082, United States
Third Tuesday of each month in 2025
2:00 – 4:00 PM
202 N. Animas Street, Trinidad, CO 81082 BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
Call 719-846-6841 for more information
A FREE legal clinic for parties who have no attorney. Sign up today because spots are limited. Volunteer attorneys will answer questions, help fill out forms, and explain the process and procedure for legal issues. The volunteer attorneys do not represent you and this clinic is information only.
This clinic is run via Zoom and will be located at the library.

Las Animas Legal Clinic
2025-08-21 13:30 - 16:30, 2025-09-18 13:30 - 16:30, 2025-10-16 13:30 - 16:30, 2025-11-20 13:30 - 16:30 | Trinidad Carnegie Public Library, 202 N. Animas St., Trinidad, CO, 81082, United States
Every third Thursday of the month 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Call to make an appointment!! Colorado Legal Services-Pueblo (719) 545-6708, Option 3
Colorado Legal Services provides meaningful access to high-quality civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income person and members of vulnerable populations, including seniors, as possible.
Our Services Include:

Public Benefits Appeals
Family Matters
Consumer Issues
Health Issues
Housing

Wednesday Wigglers
2025-09-17 10:00 - 11:00 | Trinidad Carnegie Public Library, 202 N. Animas St., Trinidad, CO, 81082, United States
Bring your little ones for a joyful morning of stories, songs, and plenty of wiggly fun! Babies to toddlers can laugh, move, and groove with Miss Jessica Payton as she shares delightful tales and playful movement activities. Perfect for curious minds and busy bodies! 🐛📚🎶

Book Bandits
2025-09-20 10:00 - 16:00 | Trinidad Carnegie Public Library, 202 N. Animas St., Trinidad, CO, 81082, United States
Pick up the book for our book-to-movie club. We will meet to watch the movie on October 25th due to a scheduling conflict.
What is Book Bandits?
Book Bandits is for 5th–7th graders who love stories in every form! Each month we dive into a juvenile or young adult book, then meet on the 3rd Saturday at 1:00 PM to watch the movie adaptation. Afterward, we chat about what the book got right, what the movie did differently, and which version stole the show.

Trivia Night @ Mutiny
2025-10-07 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-11-04 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-12-02 18:00 - 19:30 | Mutiny Cafe, 135 E Main St, Trinidad, 81082
Compete for prizes, have some fun, and show off your smarts! Bring your friends, family, and your brain power for an unforgettable night of trivia.

STEM Exploring Days
2025-10-17 15:00 - 16:00 | Trinidad Carnegie Public Library, 202 N. Animas St., Trinidad, CO, 81082, United States
Get ready to tinker, build, and discover! Join us every 3rd Friday from 3:00–4:00 PM for STEM Exploring Days at the library. School-aged kids can dive into hands-on activities with our STEM Kits—experiment with magnets, test your engineering skills, play with math, and even try out beginner programming. Come curious, leave inspired!

Common Good Cafe
2025-10-20 17:00 - 19:00 | Online
Normally the café meets on the second Monday of every month, but in October, we will meet on the third Monday, the evening of October 20th, from 5:00 to 6:00PM. This will be a Zoom Meeting, and you must register to join. Please click the link below to register. Note: you may be routed to an interim screen by Bitly for a few seconds before you get to the registration page.

https://bit.ly/4nBWpXL

The driving force behind Common Good Café, and Philosophy Café before that, is Susanne van der Meer. We first met years ago at the library when she came to promote Conflict Resolution Month in Colorado: conflictresolutionmonth.org . This organization has a motto of sorts: “Listen, Talk, Work it Out.” Their yearly celebration every October aims at encouraging individuals and groups to resolve their conflicts instead of inflaming them. Each year, they also have a book suggestion, and in 2025 it’s Calling In, by Loretta J. Ross. The subtitle is, How to start making change with those you’d rather cancel. By way of honoring that organization, this month’s topic is “Mediation.” This could include anything from the informal act of “intervention in a dispute in order to resolve it” (a dictionary definition), to formal and professional arbitration as an important part of the legal system. We will be joined by Sam Benson, Self-represented Litigant Coordinator from the Colorado Courts. We also hope to have Erin Ogletree, who has experience in the field of mediation.

Mediator Sam Benson give a general introduction about mediation, including information about the local mediation programs at the Las Animas/Huerfano county courts in small claims and evictions.
After this we will explore how mediation skills can be used in our everyday life, as a way to engage in conflict constructively, rather than avoid it or have it escalate.

Susanne has selected a few links to get the conversation started:

In connection with October is Conflict Resolution Month in Colorado
https://www.conflictresolutionmonth.org/

What is Community Mediation?
https://www.nafcm.org/page/Frequently_Asked_

Constructive conflict guide
https://www.beyondintractability.org/bi24/guide

Podcasts
https://www.sidewayspod.org/episodes-1/episode/2417c771/s5e4-beyond-intractability-with-heidi-burgess

https://www.sidewayspod.org/episodes-1/episode/20364ec1/s3e6-the-magic-of-mediation-with-kabrina-bass

Book Bandits
2025-10-25 13:00 - 15:30, 2025-11-15 13:00 - 15:30 | Trinidad Carnegie Public Library, 202 N. Animas St., Trinidad, CO, 81082, United States
Book Bandits is for 5th–7th graders who love stories in every form! Each month we dive into a juvenile or young adult book, then meet on the 3rd Saturday at 1:00 PM to watch the movie adaptation. Afterward, we chat about what the book got right, what the movie did differently, and which version stole the show.

Kate Kingston - Author Signing Event
2025-11-08 13:00 - 15:00 | Trinidad Carnegie Public Library, 202 N. Animas St., Trinidad, CO, 81082, United States
Local poet Kate Kingston has previously partnered with the Trinidad Library in 2016 when she exhibited selections of her poetry on our Art Wall. She has been active in the local poetry and literary scene for years, most notably with the poetry festivals of 2018 and 2019. She recently published her fifth book of poetry, The Future Wears Camouflage, and will be at the library’s main room on Saturday afternoon, November 8th, from 1:00 to 3:00PM to sell and sign copies of her book, and to present readings of her poetry.
The Future Wears Camouflage weaves a meandering journey starting in Mexico during Dia de los Muertos and moving through the varied landscapes of Wisconsin, Spain, Morocco, France, and eventually to the Colorado wilderness. Kingston embraces these places transforming them into inner landscapes that infuse a spiritual effervescence, one that thrives on life itself in all its richness and shifting beauty.
Kate grew up in Wisconsin and has degrees from the University of Wisconsin and Vermont College of Norwich University. Her poetry has received multiple national awards, and has earned her fellowships in the United States and Europe. She has taught English and Spanish at Utah State University and at Trinidad State College.

Common Good Cafe
2025-11-10 17:00 - 18:00 | Online
Common Good Café is a monthly get-together where we discuss topics related to those things we all possess in common, things like the weather, water, sunlight. We normally meet on the second Monday of the month, and this session is on Monday, November 10th, from 5:00 to 6:00PM. We will meet this time using Zoom Meeting, and you must register to join. To register, click this link: http://bit.ly/436njP3

November’s topic is Time. This was suggested by Café regular, Greg Sund. He gives us this thought: “I would like to start by exploring the statement ‘ I don’t have time’, when in fact, the amount of time available to each of us has never changed. The change is people’s priorities.”

Our concept of time involves the entire gamut of our existence. We can see it in the realm of apparent objectivity, as in physic’s exact seconds, minutes and hours, all the way to a vague, subjective and troubling property involving our self-worth, existential angst, fear of over-working, being productive or being lazy. It’s a concept that seems on the one hand to be obvious, but as we try to define it accurately, the question of “what is time, and what does it mean” is impossible to get our brains around. Does time exist outside our mental concept of it? Is time the ever-present companion of memory, and if memory ceases does time follow? Does time exist at all or are we simply moving from one distinct reality to the next? Is everyone’s experience of time the same? Is Time just a magazine?

We will meet on 2nd Monday of every Month, at 5:00PM via Zoom. Please contact Tom Potter for more information.

CLOSED
2025-11-11 09:00 - 17:00 | Trinidad Carnegie Public Library, 202 N. Animas St., Trinidad, CO, 81082, United States
We will be closed on Veterans’ Day, Tuesday, November 11th. We will resume normal business hours on Wednesday, November 12th.

Wednesday Wigglers
2025-11-19 10:00 - 10:30 | Trinidad Carnegie Public Library, 202 N. Animas St., Trinidad, CO, 81082, United States
Bring your little ones for a joyful morning of stories, songs, and plenty of wiggly fun! Babies to toddlers can laugh, move, and groove with Miss Ursula as she shares delightful tales and playful movement activities. Perfect for curious minds and busy bodies! 🐛📚🎶

Closing Early - November 21, 2025
2025-11-21 14:00 - 17:00 | Trinidad Carnegie Public Library, 202 N. Animas St., Trinidad, CO, 81082, United States
Sorry, we’re closing early at 2:00 PM today due to staffing. We’ll reopen on Saturday, November 22nd, at 10:00 AM. We apologize for the inconvenience!

CANCELED - Library Board Meeting
2025-11-25 16:00 - 17:00 | Trinidad Carnegie Public Library, 202 N. Animas St., Trinidad, CO, 81082, United States
Because the board meeting falls on a holiday week, we will take a break from meetings in November and December. We will resume normal meetings in January. If an emergency requires us to meet, we will make sure the meeting time is posted in adequate time.

CLOSED - Thanksgiving Holiday
2025-11-27, 2025-11-28, 2025-11-29 | Trinidad Carnegie Public Library, 202 N. Animas St., Trinidad, CO, 81082, United States
We will be closed on Thursday, February 27th, through February 30th to enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday with our families. We will resume normal hours on Monday, December 1st.
