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. 

El Paso County

All Day
Adult
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Library Branch: East Library
Room: East Community/ Annex
Age Group: Adult
Event Type: Community Public
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Reserved for Election prep and room set-up

Rockrimmon Library Fifth Annual Community Art Show

All Day
Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Teen, Adult, Senior, Family, All
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Library Branch: Rockrimmon Library
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Teen, Adult, Senior, Family, All
Event Type: Makerspace and Studios
Event Details:

Celebrate Arts Month with the Rockrimmon Library and enjoy our month-long display of art created by our patrons.

Spooky Stroll-a-Story in OCC

All Day
Kids 0-5, Family
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Library Branch: Old Colorado City Library
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Family
Event Type: Kids, Family Library Programs
Event Details:

Take a spooky stroll in Old Colorado City and read The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams and illustrated by Megan Lloyd.

Family Place Playgroup

9:00am - 10:00am
Kids 0-5, Family
Required
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Library Branch: East Library
Room: East Children's Corner
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Family
Event Type: Kids, Family Library Programs, Live Indoor
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

For parents and caregivers with children 1-3 years old.

Food Industry Training (5-Week Intensive Training Program)

9:00am - 1:00pm
Adult
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Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: Kitchen
Age Group: Adult
Event Type: Adult Education Programs, Makerspace and Studios
Event Details:

Start your journey to a new career today! 

Pikes Peak Library District is offering a five-week training program that helps you learn the skills you need to become a qualified prep cook or line cook.

Northstar Computer Series - Email Basics 3

10:00am - 12:00pm
Adult
Required
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Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: Petritz Learning Lab
Age Group: Adult
Event Type: Computer Classes
Required
Seats Remaining: 6
Event Details:

NORTHSTAR COMPUTER SERIES: EMAIL BASICS 3

Join us and learn to use PPLD resources to improve your computer skills. This learning experience consists of three (3) in-person classes. 

There's no cost to participate. 

Speak English Group

10:00am - 12:00pm
Adult
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Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: Ent Conference Center
Age Group: Adult
Event Type: Adult Education Programs, Adults
Event Details:

Speak English groups are fun English language conversation groups for adults with intermediate and advanced English skills.

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

Maker in Residence Studio Hours: Modular Origami

10:00am - 2:00pm
Tween 9-12, Teen, Adult, Senior
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Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: CreateSpace
Age Group: Tween 9-12, Teen, Adult, Senior
Event Type: Adults, Makerspace and Studios, Live Indoor, Maker/Artist in Residence, Makerspace, Seniors, Teen, Tweens
Event Details:

Join our Maker in Residence, Gabrielle Oshiro, as she constructs a large-scale modular origami piece to be displayed in Library 21c.

El Paso County

10:00am - 8:00pm
Adult
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Library Branch: Sand Creek Library
Room: Sand Creek Meeting Room A/B
Age Group: Adult
Event Type: Community Public
Event Details:

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El Paso County elections room prep and set-up.

Reservation

Between the Covers Book Club

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

This group meets monthly to discuss a commonly read book.

Storytime

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

Stories and more for children and their favorite adult.

Storytime

10:30am - 11:00am
Kids 0-5
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Library Branch: Cheyenne Mountain Library
Room: Cheyenne Marlene Rook Memorial Community Room
Age Group: Kids 0-5
Event Type: Kids
Event Details:

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

Storytime

10:30am - 11:15am
Kids 0-5, Family
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Library Branch: Palmer Lake Library
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.

Create and Play

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

Did you know studies show that art making builds motor skills, reading readiness, and math concepts? Bring your little one to a special event made just for them where they will experience creative and playful adventures with art!

Monumental Readers

10:30am - 12:30pm
Adult, Senior
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Library Branch: Monument Library
Room: Monument Meeting Room
Age Group: Adult, Senior
Event Type: Adults, Book Group
Event Details:

A book club sponsored by the Tri-Lakes Friends of PPLD. All are welcome!

Homeschool Science: Fun with Electricity & Magnetism

11:00am - 12:00pm
Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Family
Required
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Library Branch: East Library
Room: East Children's Activity/Story Rooms
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Family
Event Type: Kids, Family Library Programs, Homeschool
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Learn how electricity and magnetism work (and how they are related) by performing several cool hands-on experiments. This program is presented by Cool Science. For grades 1- 6.  

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CLASSROOM-Jewelry Metal Stamping

11:00am - 1:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Manitou Springs Library
Room: Manitou Classroom
Description

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USCIS Naturalization Ceremony

11:30am - 1:30pm
Adult
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Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: Venue
Age Group: Adult
Event Type: Adult Education Programs, Adults
Event Details:

PPLD hosts a Citizenship Ceremony in collaboration with USCIS Denver. This is an induction ceremony for new United States citizens. Approximately 40 adults will participate in the ceremony.

Homeschool Science: Fun with Electricity & Magnetism

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Family
Required
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Library Branch: East Library
Room: East Children's Activity/Story Rooms
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Family
Event Type: Kids, Family Library Programs, Homeschool
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Learn how electricity and magnetism work (and how they are related) by performing several cool hands-on experiments. This program is presented by Cool Science. For grades 1-6.  

Happy Crafters

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Adult, Senior
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Library Branch: Rockrimmon Library
Room: Rockrimmon Meeting Room
Age Group: Adult, Senior
Event Type: Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

Adult crafting group. Bring your own project, share ideas, learn new skills. Refreshments provided. Knitters, crocheters, quilters, beaders, etc... welcome! 18 and over.

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Community Exchange

1:00pm - 4:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: The Hall (staff only facility)
Room: MacLaren Hall
Description

The Community Exchange is a weekly program aimed at providing a wide variety of necessary services for anyone in El Paso County. This program is hosted by PPLD and is held in the Knights of Columbus Hall on Friday afternoons from 1 - 4 p.m.

Halloween Monster Movie Matinee

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Adult
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Library Branch: Penrose Library
Room: Penrose Columbine A
Age Group: Adult
Event Type: Adults
Event Details:

Come join us in watching The Thing!

Northstar Digital

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Adult, Senior
Required
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Library Branch: High Prairie Library
Room: High Prairie Meeting Room
Age Group: Adult, Senior
Event Type: Adults, Seniors, Teen
Required
Seats Remaining: 5
Event Details:

This is an open lab that patrons can use to set up a Northstar account, take a proctored exam for certification or ask questions. 

There's no cost to participate. 

 

Teens Game

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Teen
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Library Branch: Cheyenne Mountain Library
Room: Cheyenne Marlene Rook Memorial Community Room
Age Group: Teen
Event Type: Teen
Event Details:

Come hang out and show off your gaming skills! We will have drinks and snacks! Ages 12-18.

Tween: DIY Backpack Bling

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12
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Library Branch: Ruth Holley Library
Room: Ruth Holley Meeting Room
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12
Event Type: Kids, Live Indoor, Tweens
Event Details:

Join us and bring some friends to make your backpack one of a kind! You'll make accessories for your backpack and you can use Puffy Paint, awesome stickers, and other supplies to decorate the backpack itself!

Bad Art Night

4:00pm - 6:00pm
Adult, Senior
Required
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Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: CreateSpace
Age Group: Adult, Senior
Event Type: Adults, Makerspace and Studios, Live Indoor, Makerspace, Seniors
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

All of the fun of making art with none of the pressure! Join us to create the most ridiculous pieces of art you can think of - from painting to collage to sculpture - while enjoying snacks and refreshments.

Paper Tigers Origami Class

4:15pm - 5:30pm
Tween 9-12, Teen, Adult, Senior
Required
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Library Branch: Monument Library
Room: Monument Meeting Room
Age Group: Tween 9-12, Teen, Adult, Senior
Event Type: Adults, Live Indoor, Seniors, Teen, Tweens
Required
Seats Remaining: 13
Event Details:
 Come have fun learning origami at the Monument Library!    Connie Stanton will walk you through each step as you make a couple of geometric creations each time.     The highlight of this class is our diversity!

Beginning and Intermediate Yoga

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Teen, Adult, Senior
Required
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Library Branch: Rockrimmon Library
Room: Rockrimmon Meeting Room
Age Group: Teen, Adult, Senior
Event Type: Adults
Required
Seats Remaining: 6
Event Details:

Yoga class for beginners and intermediate level practitioners with local yoga instructor Svetlana. Please bring a water bottle and wear comfortable clothes.