This year the Powell Branch Library’s annual Salsa Contest will be held during Homesteader Days on Saturday, September 14th from 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Bring your mild, medium, hot, or fruit salsa to Homesteader Days at the Homesteader Museum in Powell, and get the chance to become the king or queen of salsa! Entering your salsa is free. Pay $1.00 and get a bowl of chips in order to taste and judge. All salsas must be fresh or canned (no store bought) and need no refrigeration. Come join the fun!

Powell Branch Library will be hosting an Ernest Hemingway Film Festival every Tuesday in September. Movies will begin at 6:00 p.m. Bring a comfy chair (if you want) and enjoy free popcorn. September 3rd kicks the festival off with, The Old Man and the Sea starring Spencer Tracy. The film is not rated. Children are welcome with an accompanying adult.

The Powell Branch Library will host its 8th Annual Banana Split Kick-off to School program on Monday, August 26th from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Pre-school – 12th graders are welcome to come enjoy a free banana split to celebrate their first day of school. YUM!

Summer Reading has come to an end in Powell for 2019. Your librarians would like to thank every individual and business who donated prizes, money, and time to making this another successful year. Our Friends of the Powell Branch Library and the Park County Library Foundation are huge supporters of the summer reading program each year. We can’t thank them enough for what they do for the library. Every child, teen, and adult who participated made strides towards maintaining or improving their reading skills and comprehension.  Good job, Powell!  You are an amazing community and we love being your librarians!

Powell Branch Library’s summer reading finale will be a raptor experience brought to you by the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. They will bring 3 raptors for an informative and fun evening program for all ages. Join us Thursday, July 18 at 6:30 p.m. in order to enjoy these beautiful birds of prey.