Closing

Thu., Feb. 23: Due to poor weather conditions, all library locations will have a 2 hour delay and open at 11:00 a.m.

8:00am - 11:00am
Branches:
Calhan Library, Cheyenne Mountain Library, East Library, Fountain Library, High Prairie Library, The Hall at PPLD ( Closing May 1, 2024), 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

Virtual Yoga

9:00am - 10:00am
Virtual Event
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Library Branch: Virtual Library
Age Group: Teens, Adults, Seniors
Event Type: Adult Library Programs, Virtual Program
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. The link works for all classes Mondays, Thursdays...
Closing

Delayed Opening

9:00am - 11:00am
Branches:
East Library
Description:
Delayed opening due to inclement weather ...

ESL CLASSES

9:00am - 12:00pm
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: Adults
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. We offer Beginning, Intermediate and High-Intermediate levels, and classes are in-person and virtu...

HSE class (High School Equivalency: GED/HiSET)

9:00am - 12:00pm
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Library Branch: Ruth Holley Library
Room: Ruth Holley Adult Education Room
Age Group: Adults
Event Type: Adult Education Programs
Event Details:
The GED and HiSET 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 Stu...

Food Industry Training (5-Week Intensive Training Program)

9:00am - 1:00pm
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Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: Kitchen
Age Group: Adults
Event Type: Adult Education Programs, Creative Services Programs
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. The program outcome is em...

AARP Tax Aide (in partnership with PPLD)

9:00am - 6:00pm
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Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: Ent Conference Center
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Event Type: Community Public, Consumer/Finance, Nonprofit
Event Details:
Get help in preparing and filing your tax returns! AARP Foundation Tax-Aide offers free tax preparation services (geared towards low- to moderate-income taxpayers), thanks to a team of IRS-certified volunteers. Please call (719) 235-6757...

Storytime

9:30am - 10:00am
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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:
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.   We know there are all kinds of kids with all kinds of needs, so if your ...

Sand Creek Book Club

10:00am - 12:00pm
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Library Branch: Sand Creek Library
Room: Sand Creek Meeting Room B
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Event Type: Book Clubs
Event Details:
Join us in our discussion of Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips. Follow the story of two girls who disappeared from the remote Russian province of Kamchatka and how their disappearance reverberates through a whole cast of characters. ...
Reservation

TEXTILES-Tapestry Weaving

10:00am - 12:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Manitou Springs Library
Room: Manitou Textiles
Description
Welcome to the wonderful world of tapestry weaving! This course is your introduction. It was designed to give you the very basics of tapestry weaving and get you started creating in this exciting medium. Tapestry weaving is a fun art form in w...

Storytime

10:30am - 11:00am
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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:
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.   We know there are all kinds of kids with all kinds of needs, so if your child ...

Toddler Time

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:
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: Fountain Library
Room: Fountain 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. ...

Toddler Time

11:15am - 11:45am
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Library Branch: Fountain Library
Room: Fountain 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. ...

Old Colorado City Book Group

11:30am - 1:00pm
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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, Book Clubs, Senior Library Programs
Event Details:
The Old Colorado City Library meets monthly in person (call about Zoom options) to discuss favorite popular and timely fiction and non-fiction.  See PDF link for upcoming book titles.  Attendees are welcome to bring their own lunch.&nb...

Career Navigator office hours

12:30pm - 2:30pm
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Library Branch: Ruth Holley Library
Room: Ruth Holley Adult Education Room
Age Group: Adults
Event Type: Adult Education Programs
Event Details:
A career search starts before you write a resume and begin applying for jobs. Searching for a career also includes identifying your skills and interests, considering what you value and enjoy doing, and exploring different paths to learn what type of ...

ERC Make-a-Masterpiece: Island Exploration: Treasure Map!

1:00pm - 2:30pm
Required
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Library Branch: Ruth Holley Library
Room: Ruth Holley Meeting Room
Age Group: Kids, Tweens, Family
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, ERC (Educational Resource Center), Family Library Programs, Homeschool
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 1
Event Details:
Homeschoolers: Create your uniquely illustrated island map, inspired by Norwegian adventurer Thor Heyerdahl. Use your imagination as you add mysterious sea creatures, tropical trees, and seaworthy sailing vessels, then apply watercolor and colored pe...
Reservation

Spanish Conversation Group

1:30pm - 3:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: East Library
Room: East F1
Description
This is an informal Spanish conversation group, including intermediate-advanced students and native speakers. It is not an instructional time and no English is spoken during the meetings. It is an opportunity to enjoy and practice...

Paws to Read

3:00pm - 4:00pm
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Library Branch: Cheyenne Mountain Library
Age Group: Kids, Family
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs
Event Details:
Practice reading aloud and improve fluency by sharing a story with one of our lovable Paws to Read therapy dogs. If your child might benefit from sensory accommodations such as fidgets or noise-reducing headphones, please request a Sensory Accommodat...

KidsMAKE: String Art

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Required
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Library Branch: Manitou Springs Library
Room: Manitou Woodshop
Age Group: Kids, Tweens
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, Tween Library Programs
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 6
Event Details:
  Kids will use a hammer, nails, and colorful string to make their own work of art!    This program will include the use of hammers, nails, and other similar tools - children must be accompanied by a hands-on and attentive adu...

Coding Series: Sports

3:30pm - 5:00pm
Required
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Library Branch: East Library
Room: East Learning Lab
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Event Type: Computer Classes, Live Indoor, Teen Library Programs, Tween Library Programs
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 3
Event Details:
Beginners can learn to code with Google in Scratch! Using an evaluated curriculum from the computer scientists at Google, youth will learn basic computational thinking concepts through block coding. In this sports-themed series, youth will use comput...

Mosaic Painting

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Required
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Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: CreateSpace
Age Group: Teens
Event Type: Teen Library Programs
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:
Join us to create a painting inspired by Black American Artist Alma Thomas! ...

VITA Central (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance)

4:30pm - 6:30pm
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Library Branch: The Hall at PPLD ( Closing May 1, 2024)
Room: Mezzanine
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Event Type: Nonprofit
Event Details:
VITA Central site Registration required: https://vitacentralcs.as.me/schedule.php or call (719) 208-7775 (leave a message) ...

ESL CLASSES

5:00pm - 8:00pm
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: Adults
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. We offer Beginning, Intermediate and High-Intermediate levels, and classes are in-person and virtu...

HSE class (High School Equivalency: GED/HiSET)

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

Trailblazer Elementary School Art Showcase K-2

5:30pm - 6:00pm
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Library Branch: Rockrimmon Library
Room: Rockrimmon Meeting Room
Age Group: Kids
Event Type: PPLD: Internal
Event Details:
Art Reception for participating Trailblazer Elementary School student artists and their families. Kindergarten, First, Second graders made art together as a class. Art is meant to be seen!  ...

Four-Part Medicare Series : Medicare, Medicaid, and Other Health Insurance Options – What you need to know

5:30pm - 6:30pm
Virtual Event
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Library Branch: Virtual Library
Age Group: Seniors
Event Type: Class, Senior Library Programs, Virtual Program
Event Details:
Four-Part Medicare 101 Webinars : Medicare, Medicaid, and Other Health Insurance Options – What you need to know The Four-Part Medicare Series dives beyond the basics into Medicare and retirement. This series is designed to provide informatio...