Community Gift Exchange

All Day
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Library Branch: Fountain Library
Age Group: Adults
Event Type: Adult Library Programs
Event Details:
Exchange a small gift with another adult in the community.  Bring a new gift in a gift bag to the exchange desk, leave your gift, get one in return (12/1-12/22).  A small gift is no larger than a hardcover book and no more than $10. Pl...

STEM Take & Make: Spool Racers

All Day
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Library Branch: Library 21c
Age Group: Kids, Tweens, Family
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, Family Library Programs, Tween Library Programs
Event Details:
Explore this example of potential and kinetic energy with this wind-up toy. For ages 5-12.  ...

STEM Take & Make: Spool Racers

9:00am - 5:00pm
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Library Branch: Fountain Library
Age Group: Kids
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs
Event Details:
Explore this example of potential and kinetic energy with this wind-up toy. For ages 5-12. ...

ERC Make-a-Masterpiece: Mixed-Media Fauvist Portrait

10:00am - 11:30am
Required
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Library Branch: East Library
Room: East Community Meeting Room
Age Group: Kids, Tweens
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, ERC (Educational Resource Center), Family Library Programs, Homeschool
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:
Homeschoolers: Much like 20th century "Les Fauves" (The Wild Beasts), you can create an expressive Fauvist portrait!  Inspired by a famous Henri Matisse painting that sparked a new art movement, join us in making a masterpiece that pops with its...
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CERAMICS-Wheel Throwing

10:00am - 12:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Manitou Springs Library
Room: Manitou Ceramics Studio
Description
Wheel Throwing Class - whole studio reserved except studio artist ...

Nonprofit Workshop - Foundation Directory Searching

10:00am - 12:00pm
Required
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Library Branch: Penrose Library
Room: Penrose Computer Lab
Age Group: Adults
Event Type: Adult Library Programs, Live Indoor, Nonprofit
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 8
Event Details:
Learn how to maximize the Foundation Directory's tools to identify potential grants.  The database provides information including grant recipients, their location, dollar amounts granted, and suggested funders.  The class is designed for pa...

Speak English Group

10:00am - 12:00pm
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Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: Ent Conference Center
Age Group: Adults
Event Type: Adult Education Programs, Adult Library Programs
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. Classes are free. There is no need to register in advanc...

Yarnettes Fiber Group

10:00am - 12:00pm
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Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: Make (Clean Maker Space)
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Event Type: Creative Services Programs, Makerspace
Event Details:
Join this fun group of fiber friends for a couple of hours of working on projects.  ...

STEM Take & Make: Spool Racers

10:00am - 5:00pm
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Library Branch: Penrose Library
Age Group: Kids, Tweens, Family
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, Tween Library Programs
Event Details:
Explore this example of potential and kinetic energy with this wind-up toy. For ages 5-12.  ...

STEM Take and Make: Spool Racers

10:00am - 5:00pm
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Library Branch: High Prairie Library
Age Group: Kids, Tweens, Family
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, Family Library Programs, S.T.E.A.M., Tween Library Programs
Event Details:
Explore this example of potential and kinetic energy with this wind-up toy. For ages 5-12.  ...

STEM Take & Make: Spool Racers 

10:00am - 6:00pm
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Library Branch: Rockrimmon Library
Age Group: Kids, Tweens
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, S.T.E.A.M.
Event Details:
Explore this example of potential and kinetic energy with this wind-up toy. For ages 5-12.  ...

STEM Take and Make: Spool Racers

10:00am - 6:00pm
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Library Branch: Ruth Holley Library
Age Group: Kids
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs
Event Details:
Explore this example of potential and kinetic energy with this wind-up toy. For ages 5-12. ...
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Sewing for Seven Stars Foundation

10:15am - 5:15pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: CreateSpace
Description
We are making quilts to be donated to military kids who have been sponsored by the Seven Stars Foundation to attend a week camping at a Colorado YMCA camp. Please bring a sewing machine or cutting mat and tools if you plan to attend. Thank you....

Storytime

10:30am - 11:00am
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Library Branch: Ute Pass Library
Room: Ute Pass Community Events
Age Group: Kids
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, Family Library Programs
Event Details:
Stories and more for children and their favorite adult. ...

Storytime

10:30am - 11:15am
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Library Branch: Palmer Lake Library
Age Group: Kids, Family
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, Family Library Programs, Live Indoor
Event Details:
Stories and more for children ages 3 and older, with a favorite adult. ...

Beginning and Intermediate Yoga

10:30am - 11:30am
Required
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Library Branch: Rockrimmon Library
Room: Rockrimmon Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults, Seniors
Event Type: Adult Library Programs
Registration 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. (Yoga blanket, yoga strap, and two yoga blocks recommended; limited gear available at the lib...

Create and Play

10:30am - 11:30am
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Library Branch: Ruth Holley Library
Room: Ruth Holley Meeting Room
Age Group: Kids
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, 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! Be sure to wear...
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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
Introduction to Jewelry Metal Stamping Class Description Learn how the art of metal stamping, which is a method of cold forging (no torch heat), requires only a handful of tools and is a great way to add uniqueness to any piece of jewelry! ...
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Public Speaking and Leadership Skills Development - 21st Century Toastmasters Weekly Club Meeting

12:30pm - 2:30pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: Ent Conference Center
Description
Are you looking to practice public speaking, improve your communication and build leadership skills? The purpose of Toastmasters is to help members overcome fears about speaking in public, improve communication skills and develop leadership skills...

Homeschool Book Blast

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Required
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Library Branch: East Library
Room: East Community Meeting Room
Age Group: Kids, Tweens, Teens, Family
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, Homeschool
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 16
Event Details:
Tell the world about your favorite book! Prepare a creative book report at home and present it informally to other families. You can make a diorama, design a game based on the plot and characters, or make a poster for the movie version. You can creat...

Holiday Cardmaking

1:00pm - 2:30pm
Required
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Library Branch: Rockrimmon Library
Room: Rockrimmon Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Event Type: Adult Library Programs
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:
Make your own holiday cards under the tutelage of local craft guru Theresa Pingel to send to your friends and family. All materials will be provided.  For beginner and intermediate crafters. ...

Homeschool Fridays - now at Fountain Valley Baptist Church

1:00pm - 3:30pm
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Library Branch: Fountain Library
Age Group: Kids, Family
Event Type: Community Public
Event Details:
Every Friday from 1:30-3:30 starting September 16th, join us for Homeschool Fridays! We will meet at the Fountain Valley Baptist Church, 500 W. Alabama. Go west on road between Fountain Valley Middle School and Western Omelette. The church is ...
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Community Exchange

1:00pm - 4:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: The Hall at PPLD ( Closing May 1, 2024)
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. The Co...

Homeschool: Space Detectives

2:00pm - 3:00pm
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Library Branch: Cheyenne Mountain Library
Room: Cheyenne Marlene Rook Memorial Community Room
Age Group: Kids, Tweens, Family
Event Type: Homeschool
Event Details:
Use your detective skills to learn about meteorites and impact craters here on Earth and on the moon! We will use some “mystery” items to practice classifying or describing meteorites, and we’ll create some craters of our own using common household i...

Laser Badging & Design Level 1: Coasters

2:00pm - 5:00pm
Required
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Library Branch: East Library
Room: East Make
Age Group: Tweens, Teens, Adults, Seniors
Event Type: Adult Library Programs, Creative Services Programs, Live Indoor, Makerspace, Senior Library Programs, Teen Library Programs, Tween Library Programs
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:
Don't coast on the laser! 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. No previous experience required. Age...
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PPLD Facilities

3:00pm - 4:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: East Library
Room: East E7
Description
Work on blinds ...

STEM: Marble Run Mania

4:00pm - 5:00pm
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Library Branch: Ruth Holley Library
Room: Ruth Holley Meeting Room
Age Group: Kids, Tweens
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, Live Indoor, Tween Library Programs
Event Details:
Explore gravitational potential energy, engineering, and problem solving as you use recycled materials to create a marble run. For ages 5 - 12.   We know there are all kinds of kids with all kinds of needs, so if your child might benefit f...