Every time I tell my mother about something new the Library is doing, she says the same thing: “You should advertise this stuff!” And she is certainly not wrong, but she has unknowingly pointed out the conundrum of this big, beautiful puzzle that is a modern library: Does it need marketing?

Author Randi Samuelson-Brown, who writes what she calls “unflinching” history and historical fiction, recalls an evening she spent having dinner with some of her older relatives. They asked her about her choices of subjects: Why, they asked, didn’t she write about schools and churches and civic organizations — “nice people.” Her reply: “The other people are so much more interesting!”

As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary and the State of Colorado turns 150 years old, the 2026 Pikes Peak Regional History Symposium will examine how our region has transformed Colorado over the years.