Zink Chairs have a temporary home, Mardi Gras party, and blood drive at the library

By Kara Bauman Redstone Review

LYONS – Referred to locally as “the Zink Chairs,” Sirene and Poisson, originally placed on the sidewalk outside Rabbit Brush gallery, were an unexpected displacement of the tragic Main Street fire of December 15, 2022.

The beautiful metal chairs, approximating a mermaid and a fish, were created by Charlotte and Ben Zink of Berthoud and procured for loan by the HeARTs of Lyons public art program. Cyclone fencing in place to secure the gutted building made the chairs inaccessible for appreciation and your Lyons Community Library jumped at the chance to become their new home for the next 18 months. Please visit the whimsical chairs on the Library’s front porch during your next visit.

Area families are invited to let the good times roll at our upcoming Mardi Gras Party on Tuesday, February 21 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Shrove Tuesday marks the end of Carnival season and is a great time to enjoy jazz and zydeco music, create colorful masks, don beads, and parade around the Library. Perhaps you will enjoy the slice of king cake with the hidden baby inside and enjoy luck and prosperity for the year to come. Wear your purple, green, and gold, and help us transform the Community Room into a little pocket of New Orleans.

Youth Services Librarian Becki Loughlin calls all kiddos age 5 and up to join us for our first LEGO Club gathering on Thursday, March 2 from 5 to 6 p.m. Of course books will be available to help spark construction and engineering ideas, but all will be invited to build whatever strikes their fancy. LEGO Clubs in libraries help support the development of math and engineering concepts as well as