All Pikes Peak Library District locations will open at 11 a.m. on Fri., Sept. 27 due to an all-staff training.

East Library and book drop will reopen at 9 a.m. on Mon., Sept. 30 following completion of parking lot repairs.

Visit our project update page for more information.

STEAM Take & Make: Rainbow Gravity Spinner

All Day
Kids, Tweens, Family
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Library Branch: Library 21c
Age Group: Kids, Tweens, Family
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, Family Library Programs, S.T.E.A.M., Tween Library Programs
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Explore Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion by creating a spinner and letting it fly! For ages 5-12. 

STEAM Take and Make: Rainbow Gravity Spinner

All Day
Kids, Tweens, Family
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Library Branch: Monument Library
Age Group: Kids, Tweens, Family
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, S.T.E.A.M., Tween Library Programs
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Explore Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion by creating a spinner and letting it fly! For ages 5-12.

STEAM Take and Make: Rainbow Gravity Spinner

All Day
Kids, Tweens, Family
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Library Branch: Palmer Lake Library
Age Group: Kids, Tweens, Family
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, S.T.E.A.M., Tween Library Programs
Event Details:

Explore Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion by creating a spinner and letting it fly! For ages 5-12.

STEAM: Take and Make: Rainbow Gravity Spinner 

All Day
Kids, Tweens
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Library Branch: Cheyenne Mountain Library
Age Group: Kids, Tweens
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs
Event Details:

Explore Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion by creating a spinner and letting it fly!

For ages 5-12. 

Take and Make: Rainbow Gravity Spinner

All Day
Kids, Tweens
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Library Branch: Ruth Holley Library
Age Group: Kids, Tweens
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, Tween Library Programs
Event Details:

Explore Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion by creating a spinner and letting it fly! For ages 5-12. 

Board President Meet & Greet with PPLD Staff

8:30am - 10:30am
All
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Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: Venue
Age Group: All
Event Type: PPLD: Internal
Event Details:

Meet Board President.

Food Industry Training (5-Week Intensive Training Program)

9:00am - 1:00pm
Adults
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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.

STEM Take & Make: Rainbow Gravity Spinner

9:00am - 5:00pm
Kids
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Library Branch: Fountain Library
Age Group: Kids
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs
Event Details:

Rainbow Gravity Spinner

STEM Take and Make: Rainbow Gravity Spinner

9:00am - 6:00pm
Kids, Tweens, Family
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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 Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion by creating a spinner and letting it fly! For ages 5-12. 

Device Drop-In Help

10:00am - 11:00am
Adults, Seniors
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Library Branch: Penrose Library
Room: Penrose Bay Area
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Event Type: Adult Library Programs, Computer Classes, Senior Library Programs
Event Details:

 Need help with your laptop,

Manitou Knitting Club

10:00am - 12:00pm
Adults, Seniors, All
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Library Branch: Manitou Springs Library
Room: Manitou Community Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors, All
Event Type: Adult Library Programs, Senior Library Programs
Event Details:

For beginners or experts, and everything in-between. Join us once a month to meet up with like minded knitters, socialize, and have some snacks. An instructor will be on hand to help those who need it. 

NorthStar Computer Series - Internet Basics 1

10:00am - 12:00pm
Adults, Seniors
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Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: Petritz Learning Lab
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Event Type: Adult Education Programs, Adult Library Programs, Class, Computer Classes, Senior Library Programs
Event Details:

Internet Basic 1

Speak English Group

10:00am - 12:00pm
Adults
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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.

Yarnettes Fiber Group

10:00am - 12:00pm
Adults, Seniors
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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 & Makes: Rainbow Gravity Spinner

10:00am - 5:00pm
Kids, Tweens, Family
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Library Branch: Penrose Library
Room: Penrose Children's Floor
Age Group: Kids, Tweens, Family
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, Tween Library Programs
Event Details:

Explore Newton's 3rd Law of Motion by creating a spinner and letting it fly! For ages 5-12. 

Take and Make: Rainbow Gravity Spinner

10:00am - 5:00pm
Kids, Tweens, Family
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Library Branch: Old Colorado City Library
Age Group: Kids, Tweens, Family
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, Family Library Programs, Tween Library Programs
Event Details:

Explore Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion by creating a spinner and letting it fly! For ages 5-12. 

STEAM Take & Make: Rainbow Gravity Spinner 

10:00am - 6:00pm
Kids, Tweens
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Library Branch: Rockrimmon Library
Age Group: Kids, Tweens
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, S.T.E.A.M., Tween Library Programs
Event Details:

Explore Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion by creating a spinner and letting it fly! For ages 5-12.

Baby Time

10:30am - 11:00am
Kids, Family
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Library Branch: Old Colorado City Library
Room: Old Colorado City Meeting Room
Age Group: Kids, Family
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, Family Library Programs
Event Details:

Babies from birth to 12 months, with a favorite adult, enjoy songs, bouncing action rhymes, and sharing a book together. Each interactive session gives babies the opportunity to hear lots of language and play with other babies.

Storytime

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

Children ages 3 and up, with a favorite adult, experience stories through books, flannelboards, puppets, songs, and activities.

Storytime

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

Storytime

10:30am - 11:15am
Kids
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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.

Beginning and Intermediate Yoga

10:30am - 11:30am
Teens, Adults, Seniors
Required
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Library Branch: Rockrimmon Library
Room: Rockrimmon Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults, Seniors
Event Type: Adult Library Programs
Required
Seats Remaining: 9
Event Details:

Yoga class for beginners and intermediate level pract

VITA Central (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance)

10:30am - 2:30pm
Adults, Seniors
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Library Branch: Penrose Library
Room: Penrose Aspen/Pine Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Event Type: Nonprofit
Event Details:

VITA Central site

Reservation

Falcon Lego Club

1:00pm - 2:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: High Prairie Library
Room: High Prairie Meeting Room
Description

LEGO club encourages children to learn while having fun! Creativity, problem-solving, and teamwork are some of the skills that "playing" with LEGOS can teach children.

PPLD Book Cart Drill Team Practice

1:00pm - 4:00pm
Adults
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Library Branch: Penrose Library
Room: Penrose Columbine A
Age Group: Adults
Event Type: PPLD: Internal
Event Details:

Practice for the PPLD Book Cart Drill Team and decorating of the book carts for the St. Patrick's Day Parade.

Reservation

HeckuvaBookclub

2:00pm - 4:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Rockrimmon Library
Room: Rockrimmon Meeting Room
Description

Bookclub with 9 members in attendance

Homeschool: Classified! - Making Sense of the Animal Kingdom

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Kids
Required
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Library Branch: Monument Library
Room: Monument Meeting Room
Age Group: Kids
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, Homeschool, Live Indoor
Required
Seats Remaining: 1
Event Details:

In order to better study living things, scientists arrange them into a series of groups according to features they share. Discover how classification helps us to understand the relationships between species and how different species evolved.

STEAM: Nebula Painting

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Kids, Tweens, Family
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Library Branch: Ruth Holley Library
Room: Ruth Holley Meeting Room
Age Group: Kids, Tweens, Family
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, Live Indoor
Event Details:

Learn about nebulae in space and experiment with watercolor techniques to create your own nebula painting. For ages 5 - 12.

Friends of PPLD-Book Sale Members Night

4:00pm - 7:00pm
All
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Library Branch: East Library
Room: East Community/ Annex
Age Group: All
Event Type: Friends of PPLD
Event Details:

Friends members only. Friends memberships are available at the door or at http://ppld.org/friends/online-membership

Friends of PPLD-Book Sale Members Night

4:00pm - 7:00pm
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 members only. Friends memberships are available at the door or at http://ppld.org/friends/online-membership

Tween: Campfire Stories in the Library

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Tweens
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Library Branch: Palmer Lake Library
Age Group: Tweens
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, Live Indoor, Tween Library Programs
Event Details:

Come experience the joy and goosebumps of campfire stories, bring a friend, a blanket or sleeping bag to lay on the floor, and a favorite scary story. Create a memento to take home to help remember this amazing camping adventure. S’mores anyone?