All Pikes Peak Library District locations will close at 6 p.m. on Wed., Nov. 27 and will be closed on Thu., Nov. 28 in observance of Thanksgiving.  The eLibrary and other online services and resources will still be available.

Rockrimmon Library will close on Sun., Dec. 1.

Manitou Springs Library is temporarily closed to prepare for its move in early 2025. 

Closing

All facilities closed until noon due to road conditions

9:00am - 12:00pm
Branches:
Calhan Library, Cheyenne Mountain Library, East Library, Fountain Library, High Prairie Library, The Hall (staff only facility), Library 21c, Manitou Springs Library, Mobile Library Services, Monument Library, Old Colorado City Library, Palmer Lake Library, Penrose Library, Rockrimmon Library, Ruth Holley Library, Sand Creek Library, Ute Pass Library, Off Site
Description:

Due to road conditions and weather, we will have a late opening at noon on Thursday.

ESL CLASSES

9:00am - 12:00pm
Adult
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch: Sand Creek Library
Room: Sand Creek Meeting Room A
Age Group: Adult
Event Type: Adult Education Programs
Event Details:

ESL classes are for adults that want to improve the workplace and everyday language. Classes are focused on: Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking.

HSE class (High School Equivalency: GED/HiSET/TASC)

9:00am - 12:00pm
Adult
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch: Ruth Holley Library
Room: Ruth Holley Adult Education Classroom
Age Group: Adult
Event Type: Adult Education Programs
Event Details:

The GED, HiSET and TASC are alternatives to a high school diploma. PPLD offer Adult Basic Education (ABE) and High School Equivalency (HSE) free classes that will help adults for such tests. We offer preparation for Language Arts, Social

AARP Tax-Aide

9:00am - 7:00pm
Adult, Senior
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: Ent Conference Center
Age Group: Adult, Senior
Event Type: Community Public
Event Details:

AAPR Tax-Aide assists in preparing and filing personal tax returns for low and moderate income taxpayers for free.

Toddler Time

9:15am - 9:45am
Kids 0-5, Family
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
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:

One and two-year-old children, with a favorite adult, participate in nursery rhymes, music and movement, and listen to a few short books.

Reservation

Lean Team Meeting

9:15am - 11:15am
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: B6
Description

Lean Team meeting

Storytime

9:30am - 10:00am
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:

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

Registration is NO LONGER required!

Toddler Time

10:00am - 10:30am
Kids 0-5, Family
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
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:

One and two-year-old children, with a favorite adult, participate in nursery rhymes, music and movement, and listen to a few short books.

Cheyenne Mountain Virtual Hooked On Crochet!

10:00am - 11:30am
Adult, Senior
Required
Virtual Event
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Library Branch: Virtual Library
Age Group: Adult, Senior
Event Type: Adults, Seniors
Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:

Our "Hooked On Crochet!" group has gone virtual! Please join us on Zoom to crochet or knit with us and talk about life. After you register, we will send you a link to the Zoom meeting to your email.

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Dye Lab Certification - Fiber Reactive Dyes

10:00am - 1:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Manitou Springs Library
Room: Manitou Dye Lab
Description

Hosted by the MAC

Manitou Art Center Makerspace Members Only

A FREE MAC Makerspace membership is a benefit of your PPLD Library Card

Join by visiting the Manitou Art Center in-person only

Music And Movement

10:30am - 11:00am
Kids 0-5
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch: Cheyenne Mountain Library
Room: Cheyenne Marlene Rook Memorial Community Room
Age Group: Kids 0-5
Event Type: Kids
Event Details:

Shake those wiggles out and have some fun! This 30-minute program consists of music and movement activities and a story with a favorite adult.

For ages 2-3

Storytime

10:30am - 11:00am
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:

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

Registration is NO LONGER required!

Storytime

10:30am - 11:00am
Kids 0-5, Family
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch: High Prairie Library
Room: High Prairie Meeting Room
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Family
Event Type: Kids, Family Library Programs, Live Indoor
Event Details:

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

Due to our fire code limit, we can only provide space to 35 patrons. Arrive early.  

Reservation

Mlo

10:30am - 12:30pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: B2
Description

None

Toddler Time

10:45am - 11:15am
Kids 0-5, Family
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
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:

One and two-year-old children, with a favorite adult, participate in nursery rhymes, music and movement, and listen to a few short books.

Stay and Play

11:00am - 11:30am
Kids 0-5
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Library Branch: Fountain Library
Room: Fountain Meeting Room
Age Group: Kids 0-5
Event Type: Kids
Event Details:

Join us for open-ended play! We’ll have fun toys to enhance your child’s early literacy learning. Meet new friends and have fun playing together.

For ages 1-3 years old. No registration required

Reservation

Counseling

11:45am - 12:45pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Rockrimmon Library
Room: Rockrimmon Study Room
Description

Meeting

Reservation

Jill Fanning

12:00pm - 1:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Penrose Library
Room: Penrose Study Room D4
Description

I would like this room from 12 to 2 please for studying.

Reservation

Joan

12:30pm - 2:15pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: B6
Description

None

Reservation

Study Room

12:30pm - 2:30pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: East Library
Room: East F4
Description

Attend college class.

Reservation

Zoom Chat

1:00pm - 3:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Rockrimmon Library
Room: Rockrimmon Study Room
Description

Zoom chat

Rockrimmon Art Inspiration

1:00pm - 4:00pm
Adult, Senior
Required
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch: Rockrimmon Library
Room: Rockrimmon Meeting Room
Age Group: Adult, Senior
Event Type: Makerspace and Studios
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Explore art techniques including painting and drawing for adult artists. Basic drawing and painting materials provided by the Friends of the Rockrimmon Library.

Ages 18+. Registration required for this free program.

Reservation

Hope Mountain Behavioral Health

1:30pm - 2:30pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Penrose Library
Room: Penrose Aspen Room
Description

Individual therapy

Reservation

Mental Performance

1:45pm - 2:45pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: A1
Description

Educational meeting

Cheyenne Mountain Fiction Book Club

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Adult, Senior
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch: Cheyenne Mountain Library
Room: Cheyenne Marlene Rook Memorial Community Room
Age Group: Adult, Senior
Event Type: Adults, APPR: All Pikes Peak Reads, Book Group, Live Indoor, Seniors
Event Details:

The book club will be conducted in person, and we will be discussing Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende. Once it is available, you can pick up your copy of the book at the front desk or by curbside pickup.

Reservation

Randolph

2:15pm - 3:15pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Sand Creek Library
Room: Sand Creek Study Room G2
Description

Study

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Colorado Springs eBay & eCommerce Meetup

2:30pm - 5:30pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: B2
Description

We are not selling anything. Class teaching about eCommerce

Reservation

Educational Meeting Mental Skills

2:45pm - 3:45pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: A1
Description

Educational meeting

KidsMake: Mini Sculpting

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12
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Library Branch: East Library
Room: East Children's Activity/Story Rooms
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12
Event Type: Kids, Tweens
Event Details:

Get ready to sculpt! Using clay, beads, and other decorative materials, use your creativity to fashion your own mini sculpture. For ages 5-12.

Tween: Gross Out Science

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Tween 9-12, Family
Required
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch: Penrose Library
Room: Penrose Aspen/Children's Room
Age Group: Tween 9-12, Family
Event Type: Tweens
Required
Seats Remaining: 9
Event Details:

Are you a champion belcher? Interested in how the digestive system works? Eager to make some (fake) snot and bring it home to show the family? Brave enough to stick your hand in some (fake) vomit? Join us for some gooey and gross science fun!

Coding Series

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Tween 9-12, Teen
Required
Virtual Event
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Library Branch: Virtual Library
Age Group: Tween 9-12, Teen
Event Type: Teen, Tweens, Virtual Program
Required
Seats Remaining: 4
Event Details:

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.  The theme of this series is "Friends".

Reservation

tutoring

4:30pm - 6:30pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: East Library
Room: East F3
Description

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ESL CLASSES

5:00pm - 8:00pm
Adult
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch: Sand Creek Library
Room: Sand Creek Meeting Room A
Age Group: Adult
Event Type: Adult Education Programs
Event Details:

ESL classes are for adults that want to improve the workplace and everyday language. Classes are focused on: Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking.

HSE class (High School Equivalency: GED/HiSET/TASC)

5:00pm - 8:00pm
Adult
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch: Ruth Holley Library
Room: Ruth Holley Adult Education Classroom
Age Group: Adult
Event Type: Adult Education Programs
Event Details:

The GED, HiSET and TASC are alternatives to a high school diploma. PPLD offer Adult Basic Education (ABE) and High School Equivalency (HSE) free classes that will help adults for such tests. We offer preparation for Language Arts, Social

4 Part Medicare Series - Webinars

5:30pm - 6:30pm
Senior
Virtual Event
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Library Branch: Virtual Library
Age Group: Senior
Event Type: Seniors, Virtual Program
Event Details:
4 Part Medicare Series

The Four-Part Medicare Series dives beyond the basics into Medicare and retirement.

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Thursday Session

5:30pm - 6:30pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: East Library
Room: East F4
Description

For tutoring

Reservation

Tutoring

6:30pm - 7:30pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: East Library
Room: East F3
Description

T

Virtual LENA Start

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Family
Required
Virtual Event
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Library Branch: Virtual Library
Age Group: Family
Event Type: Family Library Programs, Virtual Program
Required
Seats Remaining: 9
Event Details:

Do you have a child between the ages of 0-32 months? Do you wonder how much you talk with your child? LENA Start is a 11-week, virtual program that will increase your child’s language development.

PenPop!

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Adult, Senior
Required
Virtual Event
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Library Branch: Virtual Library
Age Group: Adult, Senior
Event Type: Adults
Required
Seats Remaining: 9
Event Details:

Let’s geek out!  Join our Penrose team each week to discuss your favorite genres/topics in pop culture.  Each week we will discuss a different topic.

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Soul's Church: Refractions: Faith and Art Discussion

7:00pm - 9:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Manitou Springs Library
Room: Manitou Classroom
Description

Thursday gathering with Chris Nason of Soul's Church: Refractions: Faith and Art Discussion