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. 

STEAM Take & Make: Rainbow Gravity Spinner

All Day
Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Family
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Library Branch: Library 21c
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Family
Event Type: Kids, Family Library Programs, S.T.E.A.M., Tweens
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 0-5, Tween 9-12, Family
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Library Branch: Monument Library
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Family
Event Type: Kids, S.T.E.A.M., Tweens
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 0-5, Tween 9-12, Family
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Library Branch: Palmer Lake Library
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Family
Event Type: Kids, S.T.E.A.M., Tweens
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 0-5, Tween 9-12
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Library Branch: Cheyenne Mountain Library
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12
Event Type: Kids
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 0-5, Tween 9-12
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Library Branch: Ruth Holley Library
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12
Event Type: Kids, Tweens
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
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.

STEM Take & Make: Rainbow Gravity Spinner

9:00am - 5:00pm
Kids 0-5
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Library Branch: Fountain Library
Age Group: Kids 0-5
Event Type: Kids
Event Details:

Rainbow Gravity Spinner

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

STEM Take and Make: Rainbow Gravity Spinner

9:00am - 6:00pm
Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Family
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Library Branch: High Prairie Library
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Family
Event Type: Kids, Family Library Programs, S.T.E.A.M., Tweens
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
Adult, Senior
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Library Branch: Penrose Library
Room: Penrose Bay Area
Age Group: Adult, Senior
Event Type: Adults, Computer Classes, Seniors
Event Details:

 Need help with your laptop, smartphone, or tablet?  Stop by our Device Drop-In during this time to see if we can help! 

Manitou Knitting Club

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

Internet Basic 1

 

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.

Yarnettes Fiber Group

10:00am - 12:00pm
Adult, Senior
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Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: Make (Clean Maker Space)
Age Group: Adult, Senior
Event Type: Makerspace and Studios, 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 0-5, Tween 9-12, Family
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Library Branch: Penrose Library
Room: Penrose Children's Floor
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Family
Event Type: Kids, Tweens
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 0-5, Tween 9-12, Family
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Library Branch: Old Colorado City Library
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Family
Event Type: Kids, Family Library Programs, Tweens
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 0-5, Tween 9-12
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Library Branch: Rockrimmon Library
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12
Event Type: Kids, S.T.E.A.M., Tweens
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 0-5, Family
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Library Branch: Old Colorado City Library
Room: Old Colorado City Meeting Room
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Family
Event Type: Kids, 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 0-5, Family
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Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: Children's Room
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Family
Event Type: Kids, Family Library Programs, Live Indoor
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Children ages 3 and up, with a favorite adult, experience stories through books, flannelboards, puppets, songs, and activities.

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

Storytime

10:30am - 11:15am
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.

Beginning and Intermediate Yoga

10:30am - 11:30am
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: 9
Event Details:

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

VITA Central (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance)

10:30am - 2:30pm
Adult, Senior
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Library Branch: Penrose Library
Room: Penrose Aspen/Pine Room
Age Group: Adult, Senior
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
Adult
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Library Branch: Penrose Library
Room: Penrose Columbine A
Age Group: Adult
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 0-5
Required
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Library Branch: Monument Library
Room: Monument Meeting Room
Age Group: Kids 0-5
Event Type: Kids, 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 0-5, Tween 9-12, Family
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Library Branch: Ruth Holley Library
Room: Ruth Holley Meeting Room
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Family
Event Type: Kids, 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
Tween 9-12
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Library Branch: Palmer Lake Library
Age Group: Tween 9-12
Event Type: Kids, Live Indoor, Tweens
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?