Manitou Springs Library will be temporarily closed starting Fri., Nov. 1 to prepare for its move to its newly renovated Carnegie Library building which will open in early 2025.   

Virtual Yoga

9:00am - 10:00am
Adult, Senior
Required
Virtual Event
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Library Branch: Virtual Library
Age Group: Adult, Senior
Event Type: Adults, Seniors, Virtual Program
Required
Seats Remaining: 105
Event Details:

Join local yoga instructor Svetlana Nudelman in this virtual yoga class for beginners and intermediate level practitioners. Zoom link will be emailed to participants prior to the class.

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Becca’s Session

9:00am - 10:15am
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: East Library
Room: East F5
Description

Need room for an hour during a virtual meeting.

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study

9:15am - 11:15am
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Penrose Library
Room: Penrose Study Room D3
Description

study

Baby Time

9:30am - 10:00am
Kids 0-5, Family
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Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: Children's Room
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Family
Event Type: Kids, Family Library Programs, Live Indoor
Event Details:

Babies from birth to 12 months, with a favorite adult, enjoy songs, bouncing action rhymes, and sharing a book together.

Story time at the Western Museum of Mining and Industry

9:30am - 10:30am
Kids 0-5, Family
Offsite Event
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Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Family
Event Type: Kids, Family Library Programs, Live Indoor
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Stories and more for children ages 3 and older, with a favorite adult.

Story time at the Western Museum of Mining and Industry

9:30am - 10:30am
Kids 0-5, Family
Required
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Library Branch: Mobile Library Services
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Family
Event Type: Kids, Family Library Programs, Live Indoor
Required
Seats Remaining: 24
Event Details:

Stories and more for children ages 3 and older, with a favorite adult.

Tri-Lakes Friends of the Library Meeting

10:00am - 12:00pm
Adult
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Library Branch: Monument Library
Room: Monument Meeting Room
Age Group: Adult
Event Type: Friends of PPLD
Event Details:

The bi-monthly meeting of the Tri-Lakes Friends of the Library, who serve to support the Monument and Palmer Lake libraries in all their activities.

Inkscape: Don't Coast on the Laser - Level 1

10:00am - 1:00pm
Tween 9-12, Teen, Adult, Senior
Required
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Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: Make II (Messy Maker Space)
Age Group: Tween 9-12, Teen, Adult, Senior
Event Type: Adults, Makerspace and Studios, Live Indoor, Makerspace, Seniors, Teen, Tweens
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Take the first steps into designing graphics for laser cutting. Using Inkscape, a free Vector Graphics Software, we will create custom coaster designs to engrave and cut out of 1/8” wood. Don’t coast on your creativity with a laser engraver!

Trauma-Informed Yoga and Meditation

10:15am - 11:15am
Adult, Senior
Required
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Library Branch: Rockrimmon Library
Room: Rockrimmon Meeting Room
Age Group: Adult, Senior
Event Type: Adults, Live Indoor, Seniors
Required
Seats Remaining: 6
Event Details:

Join a certified yoga therapist for a specific low impact trauma-informed yoga class.

Baby Time

10:30am - 11:00am
Kids 0-5, Family
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Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: Children's Room
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Family
Event Type: Kids, Family Library Programs, Live Indoor
Event Details:

Babies from birth to 12 months, with a favorite adult, enjoy songs, bouncing action rhymes, and sharing a book together.

Baby Time

10:30am - 11:15am
Kids 0-5, Family
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch: East Library
Room: East Children's Activity/Story Rooms
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Family
Event Type: Kids, Family Library Programs, Live Indoor
Event Details:

Babies from birth to 12 months, with favorite adult(s), enjoy songs, bouncing action rhymes, and sharing a book together. If an older sibling wishes to come along, they might want to bring their own baby doll so they can participate too.&nbsp

Summer Fun - Ocean Themed Crafts in July

10:30am - 11:30am
Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Family
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Library Branch: Calhan Library
Room: Calhan Meeting Room
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Family
Event Type: Kids, Family Library Programs, Live Indoor, S.T.E.A.M., Tweens
Event Details:

Get ready to celebrate Shark Week by exploring various ocean-themed crafts at your local branch library. For ages 1 - 12.

#SummerAdventure #OceansofPossibility #SummerFun #Crafts

No-cost summer lunches for kids & teens

11:00am - 12:00pm
Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Teen
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Library Branch: East Library
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Teen
Event Type: Community Public
Event Details:

Kids and teens can enjoy lunch

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Study

12:00pm - 2:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: East Library
Room: East F3
Description

study

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Mr. Neal

1:00pm - 3:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: B6
Description

Doctorate Program

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German Conversation Group

1:30pm - 3:30pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Monument Library
Room: Monument Meeting Room
Description

A conversation group for intermediate and advanced German speakers.

Teens Make: Under the Sea Spray Paint

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Tween 9-12, Teen
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Library Branch: Calhan Library
Room: Calhan Meeting Room
Age Group: Tween 9-12, Teen
Event Type: Teen, Tweens
Event Details:
Create a seascape (jellyfish, bubbles, and other aquatic creat

Virtual Coding Series: Game Design

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Teen
Required
Virtual Event
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Library Branch: Virtual Library
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Teen
Event Type: Kids, S.T.E.A.M., Teen, Tweens
Required
Seats Remaining: 2
Event Details:

Beginners will learn to code with Google! Using an evaluated curriculum from the computer scientists at Google, youth will learn basic computational thinking concepts through block coding in Scratch.

Paws to Read

2:30pm - 3:30pm
Kids 0-5
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Library Branch: Fountain Library
Age Group: Kids 0-5
Event Type: Kids
Event Details:

Practice reading

Ice Cream Social

2:30pm - 4:30pm
Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Teen, Adult, Senior, Family, All
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Library Branch: High Prairie Library
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Teen, Adult, Senior, Family, All
Event Type: Adults, Kids, Live Indoor, Seniors, Teen, Tweens
Event Details:

You scream, I scream, we all scream for Ice Cream! Celebrate summer with a pre-packaged ice cream treat, while supplies last.

3D Printer Badging Class

3:00pm - 5:00pm
Tween 9-12, Teen, Adult
Required
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Library Branch: Sand Creek Library
Room: Sand Creek Makerspace
Age Group: Tween 9-12, Teen, Adult
Event Type: Makerspace and Studios, Live Indoor, Makerspace, S.T.E.A.M.
Required
Seats Remaining: 3
Event Details:

3D printing is an amazing technology that lets you print custom designs out of plastic! After completing this class, you will be able to use the 3D printer on your own during Open Hours at the Sand Creek, Library 21c, East, and Manitou Spring

KidsMake: Squishy Stress Balls

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12
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Library Branch: East Library
Room: East Community/ Annex
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12
Event Type: Kids, Live Indoor, Tweens
Event Details:

Create your own squishy stress ball and decorate it however you like! Ages 5-12.

#SummerAdventure #OceansofPossibility

Tween/Teen: Ocean Mini Golf

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Tween 9-12, Teen
Required
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Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: Venue
Age Group: Tween 9-12, Teen
Event Type: Teen, Tweens
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Come play Mini Golf in the library! Can you navigate the ocean-themed mini golf course? 

#SummerAdventure #OceansofPossibility

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ME WORK

4:00pm - 6:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: East Library
Room: East F5
Description

work

Northstar Computer Series – Computer Lab

4:00pm - 6:00pm
Adult
Required
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Library Branch: Monument Library
Age Group: Adult
Event Type: Computer Classes
Required
Seats Remaining: 4
Event Details:

NORTHSTAR COMPUTER SERIES - Computer Lab

Join us and learn to use PPLD resources to improve your computer skills.

CNC Badging Class

4:00pm - 7:00pm
Teen, Adult, Senior
Required
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Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: Make II (Messy Maker Space)
Age Group: Teen, Adult, Senior
Event Type: Adults, Makerspace and Studios, Live Indoor, Makerspace, Seniors, Teen
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Kick off your creativity with our CNC Router! PPLD's ShopBot Desktop CNC is a computer controlled mill, router, and drill all in one that lets you make your own projects with wood or acrylic.

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study

4:30pm - 6:30pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Penrose Library
Room: Penrose Study Room D3
Description

study

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Love to Learn

5:15pm - 6:45pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: Ent Conference Center
Description

Community Tutoring

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Write English Group

6:00pm - 8:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Sand Creek Library
Room: Sand Creek Conference Room
Description

Write English groups are fun English language creative writing groups for adults with intermediate and advanced English language skills.

Each group meets once a week for two hours to practice English writing.