Laptop Lab

9:00am - 10:00am
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Library Branch: Old Colorado City Library
Room: Old Colorado City Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Event Type: Adult Library Programs, Computer Classes, Senior Library Programs
Event Details:
Library laptops are available for use in our downstairs meeting room. Library staff will be on hand either to assist with personal projects from job skills to Microsoft Office products, or provide practice materials on computer basics. No registratio...

Tai Chi Swords

9:00am - 10:30am
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Library Branch: Rockrimmon Library
Room: Rockrimmon Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Event Type: Adult Library Programs, Senior Library Programs
Event Details:
Learn the uniquely Chinese dance-like Jian (straight sword) and DaoI (broadsword) forms. The Jian sword form is fairly meditative, while the Daol sword form is quite energetic. A word of caution: regular practi...

Nonprofit Workshops - Grantseeking

9:00am - 11:00am
Required
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Library Branch: Penrose Library
Room: Penrose Computer Lab
Age Group: Adults
Event Type: Class
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 14
Event Details:
Learn how to identify foundation and corporate giving programs by matching your organizations mission to foundation's funding preferences.  Participants will be introduced to the Colorado Grants Guide and key search techniques. ...

ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (ESL)

9:00am - 12:00pm
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Library Branch: Sand Creek Library
Room: Sand Creek Meeting Room B
Age Group: Adults
Event Type: Adult Education Programs
Event Details:
For adults wanting to improve their workplace and every day English language skills. Classes provide instruction in reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Registration is required. New students must attend ESL Orientation to register and take a p...

GED / HiSET / TASC class

9:00am - 12:00pm
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Library Branch: Sand Creek Library
Room: Sand Creek Meeting Room A
Age Group: Adults
Event Type: Adult Education Programs
Event Details:
PPLD Adult Education High School Equivalency (HSE) program offers free classes for adults. Using trained instructors, we will help students who need to obtain GED, HiSET, or TASC credentials, which are the alternative to a high scho...

AARP Tax-Aide

9:00am - 5:30pm
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Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: Ent Conference Center
Age Group: Adults
Event Type: Adult Library Programs
Event Details:
AARP Foundation Tax-Aide offers free tax preparation help to anyone, and if you’re 50 and older and can’t afford a tax preparation service we were made especially for you. We understand that retirement or other life changes may mean your taxes are a ...

Storytime

9:30am - 10:00am
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Library Branch: East Library
Room: East Children's Story Room
Age Group: Kids, Family
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, Family Library Programs
Event Details:
Stories and more for children ages 3 and older, with a favorite adult. Call for storytime themes, if you're interested! We know there are all kinds of kids with all kinds of needs, so if your child might benefit from some sensory accommodations li...

Toddler Time

9:30am - 10:00am
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Library Branch: East Library
Room: East Children's Activity Room
Age Group: Kids, Family
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, Family Library Programs
Event Details:
One and two-year old children, with a favorite adult, participate in nursery rhymes, music and movement, and listen to a few short books. Toddler Time builds on familiar experiences to introduce new vocabulary and word sounds in a lively atmosphere. ...

Toddler Time

9:30am - 10:00am
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Library Branch: Monument Library
Room: Monument Meeting Room
Age Group: Kids
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs
Event Details:
One and two-year-old children, with a favorite adult, participate in nursery rhymes, music and movement, and listen to a few short books. Toddler Time builds on familiar experiences to introduce new vocabulary and word sounds in a lively atmosphere. ...

Once Upon a Sign: ASL Storytime

9:30am - 10:30am
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Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: CreateSpace
Age Group: Kids, Family
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, Family Library Programs
Event Details:
Come and join us for a fun new Storytime featuring early literacy activities and stories signed in American Sign Language (ASL) by a Deaf role model, and spoken aloud in English. All children and their family are invited to join in the fun! ...

Toddler Time

10:00am - 10:30am
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Library Branch: East Library
Room: East Children's Activity Room
Age Group: Kids, Family
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, Family Library Programs
Event Details:
One and two-year old children, with a favorite adult, participate in nursery rhymes, music and movement, and listen to a few short books. Toddler Time builds on familiar experiences to introduce new vocabulary and word sounds in a lively atmosphere. ...

Storytime

10:00am - 10:45am
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Library Branch: High Prairie Library
Room: High Prairie Meeting Room
Age Group: Kids, Family
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, Family Library Programs
Event Details:
Children ages 3 and up, with a favorite adult, experience stories through books, flannel boards, puppets, songs and activities. This program encourages emerging reading skills by engaging children with shapes, sounds, rhythm and rhyme in a playful en...

ERC Make-a-Masterpiece: Pop Art Action Figures

10:00am - 11:15am
Required
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Library Branch: East Library
Room: East Educational Resource Center
Age Group: Kids
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, ERC (Educational Resource Center), Homeschool
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 16
Event Details:
Create funky, active art in the style of graphic artist Keith Haring. This fun, graffiti-like masterpiece will “pop” with color, style and movement! Register for one session only please; choose the Wednesday, Thursday, OR the Friday class. Please reg...

Family Place Playgroup

10:00am - 11:15am
Required
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Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: Children's Room
Age Group: Kids, Family
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, Family Library Programs
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 18
Event Details:
For parents/caregivers and children 1-3 years old. Please join us for this enjoyable five week playgroup where you will spend time together, play, make friends, and speak one-on-one with specialists in fields of child development, early literacy, and...

Southeast Supply Drive

10:00am - 2:00pm
Virtual Event
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Library Branch: Virtual Library
Age Group: All
Event Type: Community Public
Event Details:
You can now drop items off at the Pikes Peak Library District - Sand Creek Library on TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS from 10am-2pm! Drop off is located at the back entrance of the library. . Please consider how you can support and bring mu...

Storytime

10:30am - 11:00am
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Library Branch: East Library
Room: East Children's Story Room
Age Group: Kids, Family
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, Family Library Programs
Event Details:
Stories and more for children ages 3 and older, with a favorite adult. Call for storytime themes, if you’re interested! We know there are all kinds of kids with all kinds of needs, so if your child might benefit from some sensory accommodations li...

Storytime

10:30am - 11:00am
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Library Branch: Cheyenne Mountain Library
Room: Cheyenne Marlene Rook Memorial Community Room
Age Group: Kids
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs
Event Details:
Children ages 3 and up, with a favorite adult, experience stories through books, songs, and activities. We know there are all kinds of kids with all kinds of needs, so if your child might benefit from some sensory accommodations like fidget items ...

Toddler Time

10:30am - 11:00am
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Library Branch: East Library
Room: East Children's Activity Room
Age Group: Kids, Family
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, Family Library Programs
Event Details:
One and two-year old children, with a favorite adult, participate in nursery rhymes, music and movement, and listen to a few short books. Toddler Time builds on familiar experiences to introduce new vocabulary and word sounds in a lively atmosphere. ...

Toddler Time

10:30am - 11:00am
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Library Branch: Monument Library
Room: Monument Meeting Room
Age Group: Kids
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs
Event Details:
One and two-year-old children, with a favorite adult, participate in nursery rhymes, music and movement, and listen to a few short books. Toddler Time builds on familiar experiences to introduce new vocabulary and word sounds in a lively atmosphere. ...

Baby Time

10:30am - 11:30am
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Library Branch: Fountain Library
Room: Fountain Meeting Room
Age Group: Kids
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs
Event Details:
Babies from birth to 12 months, with a favorite adult, enjoy songs, bouncing action rhymes, and sharing a book together. Each interactive session gives babies the opportunity to hear lots of language and play with other babies. SPACE IS LIMITED TO F...

Cupboard Crafts and Experiments

10:30am - 11:30am
Virtual Event
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Library Branch: Virtual Library
Age Group: Kids
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs
Event Details:
  A children’s librarian will lead an art, craft, or experiment project with items that can be found in a cupboard. Can’t make it live? You can always view the videos whenever it’s convenient for you. All videos are available for viewing l...

Yoga at the Library

12:00pm - 1:00pm
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Library Branch: Monument Library
Room: Monument Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Event Type: Adult Library Programs
Event Details:
Join instructor Valerie Paulson for a beginner's yoga class every Thursday at the library. No registration required. ...

Bi-Weekly Advertising Meeting

1:00pm - 2:00pm
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Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: 2nd Floor Staff Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Event Type: PPLD: Internal
Event Details:
Regular meeting to plan advertising efforts  ...

Interactive Reader's Advisory

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Virtual Event
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Library Branch: Virtual Library
Age Group: All
Event Type: Community Public
Event Details:
If you have reached the end of your watch list or reading list and need a few new recommendations, join us on Facebook Mondays and Thursdays for some real-time suggestions. You post three books, movies, authors or TV shows that you like and BAM!...

Adult Education Tutoring

1:00pm - 3:00pm
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Library Branch: Cheyenne Mountain Library
Room: Cheyenne Study Room
Age Group: Adults
Event Type: Adult Education Programs
Event Details:
PPLD Adult Education Tutor ...

Adult Education Tutoring

1:00pm - 3:00pm
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Library Branch: Cheyenne Mountain Library
Room: Cheyenne Study Room
Age Group: Adults
Event Type: Adult Education Programs
Event Details:
PPLD Adult Education Tutor ...

Homeschool @ High Prairie: Ute Knowledge: STEM Challenges

1:30pm - 2:30pm
Required
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Library Branch: High Prairie Library
Room: High Prairie Meeting Room
Age Group: Kids, Tweens, Family
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, Family Library Programs, Homeschool, S.T.E.A.M., Tween Library Programs
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:
Homeschoolers investigate how the Ute Indians used science, technology, engineering, and math to survive and thrive in the Rocky Mountains. Students will explore hand-on challenges to understand how Ute people solved problems in the past and the pres...

Interior Design

2:00pm - 3:00pm
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Library Branch: Penrose Library
Room: Penrose Aspen Room
Age Group: Adults
Event Type: PPLD: Internal
Event Details:
Meeting ...

Homeschool @ Rockrimmon: Constellations

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Required
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Library Branch: Rockrimmon Library
Room: Rockrimmon Meeting Room
Age Group: Kids
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, Homeschool, S.T.E.A.M.
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 30
Event Details:
Orion, the Hunter, is one of the few constellations that looks like what it is supposed to be. It is not hard to envision a hunter holding a shield and a sword, defending himself against a charging Taurus the Bull. Constellations tell stories. And a...

Second Thursday Craft: Cat Planters and Garden Labels

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Required
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Library Branch: Monument Library
Room: Monument Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Event Type: Adult Library Programs
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:
Back by popular demand, cut recycled bottles into cute cat (or other animal) shapes to get your container garden started. Make a label too! Ages 18+ Registration preferred...

Make II Open Hours at Library 21c

2:00pm - 8:00pm
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Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: Make II (Messy Maker Space)
Age Group: Tweens, Teens, Adults, Seniors
Event Type: Makerspace
Event Details:
During Open Hours, Make II is available for patrons to work on their own projects while a PPLD staff member is present. Equipment and supplies are available on a first come basis. Patrons must be badged to use a machine during a separate appointment ...

After School Adventures: Racing Dominoes

3:00pm - 4:00pm
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Library Branch: Fountain Library
Room: Fountain Meeting Room
Age Group: Kids
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs
Event Details:
Join us for an after school adventure: jigsaw puzzles, table games, art projects and more. This program is for school aged kids and their siblings. Today: BeeBots! Come and learn very simple programming. Can you count? Then you can do this! Rem...

ERC OPEN HOURS 3 - 6 P.M.

3:00pm - 6:00pm
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Library Branch: East Library
Age Group: Kids, Family
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, ERC (Educational Resource Center), Family Library Programs
Event Details:
Come stop by the ERC! Located on the upper floor of East Library. Call 531.6333 x1416 if you have any questions. Learn more at ppld.org/erc. ...

Paws to Read

3:30pm - 4:30pm
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Library Branch: East Library
Room: East Children's Corner
Age Group: Kids, Family
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, Family Library Programs
Event Details:
Kids can practice reading aloud and improve fluency by sharing a story with one of our lovable Paws to Read Therapy dogs! ...

After School Adventures: KidsMAKE- Sensory Tiles

4:00pm - 5:00pm
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Library Branch: Penrose Library
Room: Penrose Children's Room
Age Group: Kids
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs
Event Details:
Your child will use process art to create a colorful sensory tile with fun, assorted materials and a vinyl record that they can display at home! Ages 5-12. If your child might benefit from sensory accommodations like fidget items or noise-reducing...

After School Adventures: Sweet Treat Creations

4:00pm - 5:00pm
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Library Branch: Sand Creek Library
Room: Sand Creek Makerspace
Age Group: Kids
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, Makerspace, S.T.E.A.M.
Event Details:
Join us after school to experiment with art and science! For school age children 5-12 years old with a favorite adult. Your child will paint and decorate oversized cardboard sweet treats like ice cream cones, cookies, and doughnut...

After School Hangout: Bird's Nest Treats

4:00pm - 5:00pm
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Library Branch: Old Colorado City Library
Room: Old Colorado City Meeting Room
Age Group: Tweens
Event Type: Tween Library Programs
Event Details:
Participants will make a bird’s nest treat out of Chow Mein noodles and melted chocolate chips and butterscotch chips. There will be egg candies and peeps to go in the nests. They will also make a treat for the birds by tracing and cutting a shape ou...

LEGO Build

4:00pm - 5:00pm
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Library Branch: Cheyenne Mountain Library
Room: Cheyenne Marlene Rook Memorial Community Room
Age Group: Kids, Tweens, Teens
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, S.T.E.A.M., Teen Library Programs, Tween Library Programs
Event Details:
LEGO enthusiasts! Join us for our monthly LEGO Build! We’ll provide the LEGOs, you bring the creativity! Open to ages 8-18. Please do not bring your own LEGOs (however, donations are gladly accepted). Meets monthly on the second Thursday ...

AFTERMATH - FREE MATH TUTORING - ALL AGES, ALL LEVELS

4:00pm - 6:00pm
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Library Branch: East Library
Room: East Community Meeting Room
Age Group: All
Event Type: Adult Library Programs, Childrens Library Programs, Intergenerational Library Programs, Senior Library Programs, Teen Library Programs, Tween Library Programs
Event Details:
Is math homework getting you down? Are finals freaking you out? Do you need to brush up before the ACT, SAT, or GED? Our experienced math tutors can help you improve your grades and take the stress out of math. No appointments - Drop in! All ag...

Teens Eat: Classy Ramen

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Required
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Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: A1
Age Group: Teens
Event Type: Teen Library Programs
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:
Tired of the same old instant ramen? Come learn some quick, easy ways to spice up your ramen, then sample the results! Food waiver required. Ages 12-18. Registration required. See more programs like this by clicking here: https://tinyurl.com/vay4w...

Teens Make: Art Club

4:30pm - 5:30pm
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Library Branch: High Prairie Library
Room: High Prairie Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens
Event Type: Teen Library Programs
Event Details:
Bring something you're working on and hang out and have snacks while working on your art! Trade ideas and see what other teens are working on. We'll also have some art supplies out if you'd like to try something new! For ages 12-18 ...

TAB

5:30pm - 7:00pm
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Library Branch: East Library
Room: East Children's Activity Room
Age Group: Teens
Event Type: Teen Library Programs
Event Details:
Teen Advisory Board helps with library programs and events See more programs like this by clicking here: https://tinyurl.com/u3mt9kt...

GED / HiSET / TASC class

5:30pm - 8:30pm
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Library Branch: Sand Creek Library
Room: Sand Creek Meeting Room B
Age Group: Adults
Event Type: Adult Education Programs
Event Details:
PPLD Adult Education High School Equivalency (HSE) program offers free classes for adults. Using trained instructors, we will help students who need to obtain GED, HiSET, or TASC credentials, which are the alternative to a high school dip...

Speak German

6:00pm - 7:30pm
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Library Branch: East Library
Room: East F1
Age Group: Adults
Event Type: Adult Library Programs
Event Details:
A conversation group for non-native speakers who wish to practice German. Some German language skills are recommended. For questions about this group, please email jgoodwin@ppld.org....

Speak English

6:00pm - 8:00pm
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Library Branch: Ruth Holley Library
Room: Ruth Holley Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Event Type: Adult Education Programs
Event Details:
Speak English groups are informal English language conversation groups for adults with intermediate and advanced English skills. Each group meets once a week for two hours. Classes are free and no registration is necessary. ...

Self-Publishing: Publish Your Own @ PPLD

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Required
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Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: Petritz Learning Lab
Age Group: Adults, Seniors, All
Event Type: Adult Library Programs, Class, Computer Classes, Intergenerational Library Programs, Local Author
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:
Want to publish your own book? Learn more about self-publishing opportunities with the Library, such as Indie Author Project, Indie Author Day, and Mountain of Authors. This class is an overview about the self-publishing process, including creating a...

Great Decisions Discussion Group

7:00pm - 8:30pm
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Library Branch: Old Colorado City Library
Room: Old Colorado City Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Event Type: Community Public
Event Details:
Great Decisions is the largest discussion program on America’s role in world affairs. The program, developed by the Foreign Policy Association, involves reading the Great Decisions Briefing Book and meeting in a Discussion Group to watch the DV...