The Douglas County Libraries Board of Trustees will meet at 7 pm on Thursday, March 18 at the Philip S. Miller Library in Castle Rock. The public is welcome to attend. Board agendas and meeting minutes are available here.

Parker Library's Live Local Music Series presents a solo acoustic hour with John Common and Jess DeNicola of “John Common & Blinding Flashes of Light.” Enjoy a taste of the hippest music in the West by a 2009 Westword Best Pop Artist nominee.

Join current Denver Deputy Mayor Guillermo Vincente "Bill" Vidal as he speaks of overcoming his humble beginnings in a Colorado orphanage to become a proud and successful Cuban-American businessman. He'll discuss his first novel-memoir, Boxing for Cuba, "in which young boys become men in the shadow of revolution and turmoil."

Douglas County Libraries is offering a new series of business programs to complement its BizInfo suite of services. DCL will offer at least three programs each month targeting entrepreneurs and small business owners. Click on Read More below for topics, dates and locations.

The Castle Pines Business Book Club will meet at the Castle Pines Chamber of Commerce at 11:30 a.m. the first Thursday of each month. The Highlands Ranch Business Book Club meets the same day at noon at Tattered Cover Book Store in the Highlands Ranch Town Center.