{"id":92190,"date":"2019-10-02T20:49:08","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T20:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/mancos-library-celebrates-the-land\/"},"modified":"2019-10-02T20:49:08","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T20:49:08","slug":"mancos-library-celebrates-the-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/mancos-library-celebrates-the-land\/","title":{"rendered":"Mancos library celebrates the land"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=901f4849-17d3-46d5-aebb-a9e24ea4cc8b&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1251\" alt=\"The Mancos Public Library will host a series of events this October celebrating the land.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">The Mancos Public Library will host a series of events this October celebrating the land.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Journal file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>The Mancos Public Library has a host of earthy events coming up this month.<\/p>\n<p>They range from musical performances to herbal talks to a harvest festival \u2013 all focused on celebrating the land.<\/p>\n<div class=\"naviga-element naviga-subheadline1\">Four Corners One Book Initiative Oct. 3, Oct. 24, Nov. 7<\/div>\n<p>Mancos has joined in on the <a href=\"https:\/\/the-journal.com\/articles\/152846\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Four Corners One Book Initiative<\/a>, happening at six libraries in the area. As part of this initiative, local author Chuck Greaves will visit all six sites for a talk and reading of his book \u201cChurch of the Graveyard Saints,\u201d which is set in Southwest Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>For its own program, the Mancos Public Library will host a three-part series, with installments celebrating the preciousness of lands and resources in different ways.<\/p>\n<p>The first installment is Oct. 3, when Travis Custer from the Montezuma Land Conservancy comes to the library to talk about land and resource conservation.<\/p>\n<p>Next, the San Juan String Band will play from 6-8 p.m. Oct. 24 at the Absolute Bakery &amp; Cafe with a performance also celebrating the value of protecting our land. Beverages and some dessert offerings will be available for purchase.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, author Chuck Greaves will come to the library Nov. 7 for his author talk and book reading.<\/p>\n<div class=\"naviga-element naviga-subheadline1\">Kate Husted and Herb Hut Oct. 10<\/div>\n<p>Kate Husted, owner of Durango-based nonprofit the Herb Hut, will be at the Mancos Public Library at Oct. 10 to talk about herbs.<\/p>\n<p>The mission of Husted and the Herb Hut is to increase access to and education in alternative medicine practices for underserved communities.<\/p>\n<div class=\"naviga-element naviga-subheadline1\">Harvest Festival Oct. 19<\/div>\n<p>The library will host a Harvest Festival on Oct. 19, featuring stories about the growing season, a potluck, music by Jamie and the Dreamers, and returns to the Seed Lending Library, a program MPL offers which allows locals to borrow heritage or organic seeds for planting.<\/p>\n<p>The event is free and open to the public from 3-6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"mwc_shirttail\">This story was updated Oct. 15 to correct the location of the San Juan String Band\u2019s Oct. 24 performance.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Herbs, seeds, conservancy and more this October<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5737,5818,5736,5793,5735,5741],"tags":[28,638,83,29],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-92190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-library-and-museum","category-local-news","category-mancos","category-news","category-newsletter","tag-headlines","tag-library-and-museum","tag-mancos","tag-newsletter"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92190"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=92190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}