All Pikes Peak Library District locations will be closed Tue., Dec. 24 and Wed., Dec. 25 in observance of the Christmas holiday. 

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

STEM Take & Make: Wind Sock

All Day
Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Family
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Library Branch: Calhan Library
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Family
Event Type: Kids, Family Library Programs, S.T.E.A.M., Tweens
Event Details:

Create a decorative wind sock to welcome Spring.

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: 104
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.

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: 109
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.

Architectural Bristle Building Blocks

9:00am - 4:00pm
Kids 0-5, Family
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Library Branch: Fountain Library
Room: Fountain Meeting Room
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Family
Event Type: Kids, Family Library Programs
Event Details:

Imagine and create an array of structures with easy-to-connect 3-D bristle blocks. Architectural pieces inspire kids to dream, design, and construct a variety of buildings, and then take them apart and start again.

Woodshop - Tablesaw and Chopsaw Certification Class

10:00am - 11:30am
Adult
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Library Branch: Manitou Springs Library
Room: Manitou Woodshop
Age Group: Adult
Event Type: Makerspace
Event Details:

Hosted by the MAC

In this 1.5hr session you will receive training on the table and chopsaw.

Who is this class for?

CNC Badging Class

10:00am - 12:00pm
Teen, Adult
Required
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: Make II (Messy Maker Space)
Age Group: Teen, Adult
Event Type: Makerspace and Studios, Live Indoor, Makerspace
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Come learn how to use a CNC! 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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Pikes Peak Rose Society

10:00am - 12:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: Venue
Description

Monthly Meeting: Companion plants for dry weather gardening.  If you can grow weeds, you can grow these plants.

Creating Layers with Natural Dyes - $95

10:00am - 4:00pm
Adult
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Library Branch: Manitou Springs Library
Room: Manitou Dye Lab
Age Group: Adult
Event Type: Makerspace
Event Details:

Hosted by the MAC

Who is this class for: Beginners

Cost: $85 member $95 non member+ $25 supply fee payable to teacher at class (cash or checks)

Friends of PPLD-Book Sale

10:00am - 4:00pm
All
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Library Branch: East Library
Room: East Children's Activity Room
Age Group: All
Event Type: Friends of PPLD
Event Details:

Friends Book Sale

Friends of PPLD-Book Sale

10:00am - 4:00pm
All
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Library Branch: East Library
Room: East Community/ Annex
Age Group: All
Event Type: Friends of PPLD
Event Details:

Friends Book Sale

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Russian Language Meetup Group

10:15am - 12:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: B6
Description

Learn and practice Russian Language

Baby & Me Yoga

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

A gentle class taught by a licensed yoga instructor for caregivers and the infants they love (4 weeks to crawling). Special attention focused on baby bonding and postpartum moms.

LIVE FAB Time! (Family & Book Time)

10:30am - 11:00am
Kids 0-5, Family
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Library Branch: Ute Pass Library
Room: Ute Pass Community Events
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Family
Event Type: Kids, Family Library Programs, Live Indoor
Event Details:

For children of all ages and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children. Share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement.

 

 

Music and Movement

10:30am - 11:00am
Kids 0-5, Family
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Library Branch: Ruth Holley Library
Room: Ruth Holley Meeting Room
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Family
Event Type: Kids, Family Library Programs
Event Details:

Music and movement for twos and threes and a caring adult. Families welcome.

Winter Adult Reading Program: Skype a Scientist

11:00am - 12:00pm
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: 35
Event Details:

Join Christopher Jones for Skype a Scientist!

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Nursing study group

11:00am - 1:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: B4
Description

Need quiet place to for nursing skills videos and studying

Family Yoga

11:15am - 11:45am
Kids 0-5, Adult, Family
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Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: Children's Room
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Adult, Family
Event Type: Kids, Family Library Programs, Live Indoor
Event Details:

Spend time with your littles (crawling to age 12) exploring movement, breathing, and mindfulness in a playful and engaging class taught by a licensed yoga instructor.

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Private Meting

12:00pm - 1:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: B5
Description

Private Meeting

Intro to the Darkroom

12:00pm - 2:30pm
Adult
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Library Branch: Manitou Springs Library
Room: Manitou-Darkroom
Age Group: Adult
Event Type: Community Public
Event Details:

Hosted by MAC

Teacher: Brian Tryon

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Knitting Group

12:00pm - 4:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: Ent Conference Center
Description

Knitting Group

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The People's Panel: An Affordable Housing Town Hall

12:00pm - 4:30pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: The Hall (staff only facility)
Room: MacLaren Hall
Description

This is an event that has been approved for January 29th. However, due to covid, we are requesting to reschedule to protect community health.

Router Certification - Beginners to Competent FREE

1:00pm - 2:30pm
Adult
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Library Branch: Manitou Springs Library
Room: Manitou Woodshop
Age Group: Adult
Event Type: Makerspace
Event Details:

In this 1.5hr session you will receive training on the router.

Who is this class for?

Router certification is for members who are 18 or older and have this level of expertise:

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Nursing study group

1:00pm - 3:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: B4
Description

Nursing study group for skills video and exams

Seed Saturday

1:00pm - 3:00pm
All
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Library Branch: Manitou Springs Library
Room: Manitou Hagnauer Gallery
Age Group: All
Event Type: Adults, Family Library Programs, Intergenerational
Event Details:

Stop by the seed library, housed inside the new Manitou Public Library, on the second Saturday of the month from December through March for free wildflower seeds and resources about native species and pollinators.

Pirate Movie Marathon

1:00pm - 5:30pm
Adult, Senior
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Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: Venue
Age Group: Adult, Senior
Event Type: Adults, Live Indoor, Movie
Event Details:

Come enjoy some pirate movies! We'll provide the films, you bring your sense of ARGHventure. For bonus fun, come dressed up!

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spanish class

1:30pm - 3:30pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: East Library
Room: East F3
Description

Spanish class

Celtic Steps: Irish Dance Performance

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Adult, Senior, Family, All
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Library Branch: Cheyenne Mountain Library
Room: Cheyenne Marlene Rook Memorial Community Room
Age Group: Adult, Senior, Family, All
Event Type: Adults, Community Public, Family Library Programs, Live Indoor, Seniors
Event Details:

Join one Colorado's premier Irish dance troupes for a performance of traditional Irish step and Celtic dance. Followed by a St. Patrick's Day craft.

Radical Reptiles!

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Family
Required
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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
Required
Seats Remaining: 4
Event Details:

Reptiles and Amphibians (herptiles) are amazing creatures! Discover what herptiles eat, find out where they live, and all their adaptations! Meet a handful of live herptiles up close!  Ages 5+  Registration is required.

CLASSROOM-Eggosaurus, a dinosaur sculpture class

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Family, All
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Library Branch: Manitou Springs Library
Room: Manitou Classroom
Age Group: Family, All
Event Type: Makerspace
Event Details:

Hosted by the MAC

Register for this Manitou Art Class HERE

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Introduction to Composting

2:30pm - 4:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Penrose Library
Room: Penrose Columbine A
Description

Pssst…Want the secret to transforming your hard dry dirt into rich and nutritious soil?

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Study sesh

3:00pm - 5:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: East Library
Room: East F4
Description

Study

Woodshop - Tablesaw and Chopsaw Certification Class

3:30pm - 5:00pm
Adult
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Library Branch: Manitou Springs Library
Room: Manitou Woodshop
Age Group: Adult
Event Type: Makerspace
Event Details:

In this 1.5hr session you will receive training on the table and chopsaw.

Who is this class for?

Hosted by the MAC

Reservation

STUDY ROOM

5:15pm - 5:30pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: East Library
Room: East F4
Description

study