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. 

Community Collage

All Day
Tween 9-12, Teen, Adult, Senior, Family
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Library Branch: Rockrimmon Library
Age Group: Tween 9-12, Teen, Adult, Senior, Family
Event Type: Adults
Event Details:

Help us fill in the silhouette of our mountain range with pictures and words that make you think of Colorado!

Reservation

Tutoring refugees

9:15am - 10:15am
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: B2
Description

English Tutoring of African refugees

Baby Time

9:30am - 10:00am
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
Event Details:

Babies from birth to 12 months, with a favorite adult, enjoy songs, bouncing action rhymes, and sharing a book together. This program lasts approximately 20 – 25 minutes.

Story time at the Western Museum of Mining and Industry

9:30am - 10:30am
Kids 0-5, Family
Offsite Event
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Library Branch: Off Site
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.

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The Mompreneur Network Meeting

9:45am - 11:30am
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: East Library
Room: East Community Meeting Room
Description

The Mompreneur Network recognizes that being a parent and an entrepreneur combine to form a lifestyle, and should not be treated as two separate jobs.

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Singalong Class to Teach Your Baby Sign Language!

10:00am - 10:30am
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: High Prairie Library
Room: High Prairie Meeting Room
Description

Come and join Sign 'n Grow in this 30-minute family-friendly singalong class for you and your baby! We'll learn ASL signs, songs, & strategies for helping your little one communicate early.

Storytime

10:00am - 10:30am
Kids 0-5, Family
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Library Branch: Calhan Library
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Family
Event Type: Kids
Event Details:

Stories and more for children ages 3-7, with a favorite adult.

Baby Time

10:00am - 10:45am
Kids 0-5, Family
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Library Branch: East Library
Room: East Children's Story Room
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Family
Event Type: Kids, Family Library Programs, Live Indoor
Event Details:

Babies from birth to 12-months, with a favorite adult, enjoy songs, bouncing action rhymes, and sharing a book together. If an older sibling wishes to come along, they might want to bring their own baby doll so they can participate too. 

Baby Time

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
Event Details:

Babies from birth to 12 months, with a favorite adult, enjoy songs, bouncing action rhymes, and sharing a book together. This program lasts approximately 20 – 25 minutes.

Baby Time

10:30am - 11:15am
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.

Art Together: Recycled City

10:30am - 11:30am
Kids 0-5, Family
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Library Branch: Penrose Library
Room: Penrose Aspen/Children's Room
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Family
Event Type: Kids
Event Details:

Attendees will plan and build a city using recycled materials. They may work together to build a collaborative project or work alone to build an individual one. This is a very open-ended activity with a variety of options and outcomes.

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Experience CC!

11:00am - 12:15pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: High Prairie Library
Room: High Prairie Meeting Room
Description

Experience CC is a one-hour, highly interactive event designed to give parents and their children a brief experience of Foundations, Essentials, and Challenge.

Career Navigator 1x1 meeting

12:00pm - 2:00pm
Adult
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Library Branch: Penrose Library
Room: Penrose Study Room D1
Age Group: Adult
Event Type: Adult Education Programs
Event Details:

Meeting with Donald Carrothers

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DYE LAB - Imagine Art Summer Camp

1:00pm - 4:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Manitou Springs Library
Room: Manitou Dye Lab
Description

Placeholder to reserve room

German Conversation Group

1:30pm - 2:30pm
Adult, Senior
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Library Branch: Monument Library
Room: Monument Meeting Room
Age Group: Adult, Senior
Event Type: Adults, Foreign Language
Event Details:

A lively conversation group for intermediate and advanced German speakers. 

Animal Adaptations

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Adult, Family
Required
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Library Branch: Old Colorado City Library
Room: Old Colorado City Meeting Room
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Adult, Family
Event Type: Adults, Kids, Live Indoor
Required
Seats Remaining: 21
Event Details:

Our natural environment provides animals with food, water, and shelter to survive. How animals adapt to use these resources is where the fun begins!

Art Together: Collaborate!

2:30pm - 3:30pm
Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Family
Required
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Library Branch: East Library
Room: East Community/ Annex
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Family
Event Type: Kids, Family Library Programs, Live Indoor, Tweens
Required
Seats Remaining: 19
Event Details:

Work individually to complete a small, colorful work of art that, when put together with the group's pieces, will make something even greater! Visit the library throughout the summer to check out the creation!

Paws to Read - Cancelled

2:30pm - 3:30pm
Kids 0-5
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Library Branch: Fountain Library
Age Group: Kids 0-5
Event Type: Kids
Event Details:

Practice reading aloud and improve fluency by sharing a story with one of our lovable Paws to Read therapy dogs.

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STUDY

2:30pm - 3:30pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: East Library
Room: East Virtual Court Room
Description

STUDY

Mini Canvas Drop-In Art

2:30pm - 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, Live Indoor, Seniors
Required
Seats Remaining: 3
Event Details:

Got an artistic itch to scratch but not a lot of time? Join us for a 90-minute drop-in painting program. We provide the canvas, acrylic paint, and brushes. You bring the inspiration.

Tween Dungeons and Dragons Club

3:30pm - 5:00pm
Tween 9-12
Required
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Library Branch: Calhan Library
Room: Calhan Meeting Room
Age Group: Tween 9-12
Event Type: Tweens
Required
Seats Remaining: 2
Event Details:

Play D&D with other tweens, led by our very own Dragon Master Soarin Blueskies! New members are always welcome and no experience is required. Ages 9 - 12.

Registration is suggested but not required.

 

Teen Anime Club

4:30pm - 6:00pm
Teen
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Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: Ent Conference Center
Age Group: Teen
Event Type: Teen
Event Details:

Love Anime? Come hang out with other teens that share your passion! Some anime shown may be rated PG-13 or TV-14. Snacks will be provided and cosplay is welcome! Ages 12 - 18.

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Auditions for Drama Discovery - Pirates of Penzance

5:30pm - 6:30pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Cheyenne Mountain Library
Room: Cheyenne Marlene Rook Memorial Community Room
Description

Auditions for Pirates of Penzance

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Colorado Springs Writers' Workshop

5:45pm - 7:45pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: B6
Description

Writers' Workshop

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CERAMICS-Bowls and Cylindrical Forms $120

6:00pm - 8:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Manitou Springs Library
Room: Manitou Ceramics Studio
Description

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