Manitou Springs Library will be temporarily closed starting Fri., Nov. 1 to prepare for its move to the newly renovated Carnegie Library building which will open in early 2025.   

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ESL CLASSES

9:00am - 12:00pm
Adult
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Library Branch: Ruth Holley Library
Room: Ruth Holley Adult Education Classroom
Age Group: Adult
Event Type: Adult Education Programs
Event Details:

ESL classes are for adults that want to improve the workplace and everyday language.

This event is in the "Adult" group.
This event is in the "Senior" group.

AARP Tax Aide (in partnership with PPLD)

9:00am - 1:00pm
Adult, Senior
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Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: Ent Conference Center
Age Group: Adult, Senior
Event Type: Community Public, Consumer/Finance, Nonprofit
Event Details:

This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Fountain Library
Room: Fountain Meeting Room
Description

Get help in preparing and filing your tax returns!

This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: High Prairie Library
Room: High Prairie Meeting Room
Description

Join me for a 30-minute interactive music/circle time event for your littles (infants to kindergarten) and their favorite adults! Get ready to sing, dance, play instruments, and learn in a variety of engaging activities.

This event is in the "Kids 0-5" group.
This event is in the "Family" group.

Toddler Time

9:30am - 9:45am
Kids 0-5, Family
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Library Branch: Rockrimmon Library
Room: Rockrimmon Meeting Room
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Family
Event Type: Kids, Family 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.

This event is in the "Kids 0-5" group.
This event is in the "Family" group.

Toddler Time

9:30am - 10:00am
Kids 0-5, Family
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Library Branch: Monument Library
Room: Monument Meeting Room
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Family
Event Type: Kids, Family Library Programs, Live Indoor
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.

This event is in the "Kids 0-5" group.
This event is in the "Family" group.

Once Upon a Sign: ASL Storytime

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

Come and join us for a fun Storytime featuring early literacy activities and stories signed in American Sign Language (ASL) by a Deaf role model, and spoken aloud in English!

This event is in the "Kids 0-5" group.
This event is in the "Family" group.

Toddler Time

10:00am - 10:30am
Kids 0-5, Family
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Library Branch: Monument Library
Room: Monument Meeting Room
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Family
Event Type: Kids, Family Library Programs, Live Indoor
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.

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breast feeding support group

10:00am - 11:00am
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: B2
Description

mothers and babies gathering for breastfeeding support

This event is in the "All" group.

Public Input Session

10:00am - 11:00am
All
Required
Offsite Event
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Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: All
Event Type: Intergenerational
Required
Seats Remaining: 49
Event Details:

All E

This event is in the "Kids 0-5" group.
This event is in the "Family" group.

Stay and Play

10:30am - 11:00am
Kids 0-5, Family
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Library Branch: Monument Library
Room: Monument Meeting Room
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Family
Event Type: Kids, Family Library Programs, Live Indoor
Event Details:

Join us for open-ended play! We'll have fun toys to enhance your child's early literacy learning. Meet new friends and have fun playing together. For ages 1 - 3 years old. No registration required.

This event is in the "Kids 0-5" group.

Toddler Time

10:30am - 11:00am
Kids 0-5
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Library Branch: Ruth Holley Library
Room: Ruth Holley Meeting Room
Age Group: Kids 0-5
Event Type: Kids, Live Indoor
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.

This event is in the "Kids 0-5" group.
This event is in the "Family" group.

Toddler 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:

One- and two-year-old children, with a favorite adult, participate in nursery rhymes, music, and movement, and listen to a few short books.

This event is in the "Kids 0-5" group.

Storytime

10:30am - 11:15am
Kids 0-5
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Library Branch: Sand Creek Library
Room: Sand Creek Meeting Room A/B
Age Group: Kids 0-5
Event Type: Kids
Event Details:

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

This event is in the "Adult" group.
This event is in the "Senior" group.

Yoga Flow

12:00pm - 1:00pm
Adult, Senior
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Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: Venue
Age Group: Adult, Senior
Event Type: Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

A yoga class for all, focusing on linking breath and movement.  The practice introduces traditional yoga sequences where one pose "flows" into the next.  Perfect for beginners, but leaves lots of room to incorporate more challenging pose

This event is in the "Adult" group.

Virtual Prenatal Series: Sleep and Purple Crying

12:00pm - 1:30pm
Adult
Required
Virtual Event
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Library Branch: Virtual Library
Age Group: Adult
Event Type: Adults, Kids, Virtual Program
Required
Seats Remaining: 3
Event Details:

Are you expecting and have so many questions? Join Pikes Peak Library District and Nurse-Family Partnership for a series of prenatal classes. Classes are every Wednesday at noon.

This event is in the "Teen" group.
This event is in the "Adult" group.
This event is in the "Senior" group.

The Great American Solar Eclipse in April 2024

1:00pm - 2:30pm
Teen, Adult, Senior
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Library Branch: Rockrimmon Library
Room: Rockrimmon Meeting Room
Age Group: Teen, Adult, Senior
Event Type: Adults
Event Details:

Adventure Begins at Your Library!

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True Spiritual Freedom

1:00pm - 3:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: East Library
Room: East Annex
Description

True Spiritual Freedom

This event is in the "Adult" group.
This event is in the "Senior" group.
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Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: 2nd Floor Staff Training Room
Age Group: Adult, Senior
Event Type: PPLD: Internal
Event Details:

classroom style setup. will update with more information when it's decided.

This event is in the "Teen" group.
This event is in the "Adult" group.
This event is in the "Senior" group.

Advanced Sewing Skills: Book Sleeve

2:00pm - 5:00pm
Teen, Adult, Senior
Required
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Library Branch: East Library
Room: East Make
Age Group: Teen, Adult, Senior
Event Type: Adults, Makerspace and Studios, Makerspace, Seniors, Teen
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Have you taken Sewing Level 1 and feel ready to take your sewing skills to the next level? Want to learn more about what sewing machines can do? Join us for Advanced Sewing Skills!

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Class Language

3:00pm - 5:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: B2
Description

Spanish Class

This event is in the "Adult" group.
This event is in the "All" group.

Community Resources open hours

3:00pm - 5:00pm
Adult, All
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Library Branch: Old Colorado City Library
Age Group: Adult, All
Event Type: Community Resources
Event Details:

Come speak with a Community Resources Specialist to receive resources or information you are in need of in El Paso County.

This event is in the "Kids 0-5" group.
This event is in the "Tween 9-12" group.
This event is in the "Family" group.

Paws to Read

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Family
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Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: Children's Floor
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Family
Event Type: Kids, Family Library Programs, Live Indoor, Tweens
Event Details:

Kids can practice readi

This event is in the "Kids 0-5" group.
This event is in the "Tween 9-12" group.
This event is in the "Family" group.

Paws to Read

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Family
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Library Branch: East Library
Room: East Children's Corner
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Family
Event Type: Kids, Family Library Programs, Live Indoor
Event Details:

Kids can practice reading aloud and improve fluency by sharing a story with one of our lovable Paws to Read Therapy dogs!

This event is in the "Tween 9-12" group.

Tween Dungeons and Dragons

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Tween 9-12
Required
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Library Branch: The Hall (staff only facility)
Room: Mezzanine
Age Group: Tween 9-12
Event Type: Kids
Required
Seats Remaining: 3
Event Details:

Play D&D with other tweens, led by our very own Dragon Master Amanda!

New members are always welcome and no experience is required. Ages 9 - 12.

This event is in the "Kids 0-5" group.
This event is in the "Tween 9-12" group.
This event is in the "Teen" group.
This event is in the "Adult" group.

Math Tutoring

3:30pm - 6:00pm
Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Teen, Adult
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Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: Ent Conference Center
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Teen, Adult
Event Type: Teen, Tweens
Event Details:

Need math help? Come work with our community volunteer tutors. All grade levels welcome. No reservations necessary. Tutors available on a first-come, first-served basis. Tutoring is provided free of charge.

This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Monument Library
Room: Monument Meeting Room
Description

The Aftermath program is back! Math tutoring of all levels is offered for free from Math professionals to past professors, PhDs, engineers, and more.

This event is in the "Tween 9-12" group.
This event is in the "Teen" group.

Coding Series: Game Design

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Tween 9-12, Teen
Required
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Library Branch: East Library
Room: East Learning Lab
Age Group: Tween 9-12, Teen
Event Type: Teen, Tweens
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
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.

This event is in the "Kids 0-5" group.
This event is in the "Tween 9-12" group.
This event is in the "Family" group.

Paws to Read

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Family
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Library Branch: Rockrimmon Library
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Family
Event Type: Kids, Family Library Programs
Event Details:

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

This event is in the "Teen" group.
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Library Branch: Ruth Holley Library
Room: Ruth Holley Meeting Room
Age Group: Teen
Event Type: Teen
Event Details:

Join us for a pop-up art event: shrinky dinks and button-making!  For ages 12 -18

Reservation

Girl Scout Meeting

5:00pm - 6:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Old Colorado City Library
Room: Old Colorado City Meeting Room
Description

Girls will gather to learn about what Girl Scouts do in the local community

This event is in the "Adult" group.
This event is in the "Senior" group.

Women's History Month - Bessie Coleman Plane Painting

5:00pm - 6:30pm
Adult, Senior
Required
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Library Branch: Sand Creek Library
Room: Sand Creek Makerspace
Age Group: Adult, Senior
Event Type: Adults, Seniors
Required
Seats Remaining: 4
Event Details:

Learn to paint American Aviator Bessie Coleman's brilliant yellow airplane for Women's History Month!

Ages 16 and up.

Registration Required

This event is in the "Adult" group.
This event is in the "Senior" group.

PPLD Board of Trustees Meeting

5:00pm - 7:30pm
Adult, Senior
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Library Branch: Sand Creek Library
Room: Sand Creek Meeting Room A/B
Age Group: Adult, Senior
Event Type: Community Public, PPLD: Board of Trustees
Event Details:
This event is in the "Adult" group.

ESL CLASSES

5:00pm - 8:00pm
Adult
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Library Branch: Ruth Holley Library
Room: Ruth Holley Adult Education Classroom
Age Group: Adult
Event Type: Adult Education Programs
Event Details:

ESL classes are for adults that want to improve the workplace and everyday language.

Reservation

The Mompreneur Network Meeting

5:15pm - 7:30pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: East Library
Room: East Annex
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.

Reservation

EV 101 - Drive Clean Colorado

5:30pm - 7:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: East Library
Room: East Community Meeting Room
Description

This will be a presentation open to the public to discuss electric vehicle basics, covering the different incentives available when purchasing an electric vehicle, the different charging options available, and EV drivers sharing their experiences

Reservation

Biohacking MeetUp

6:00pm - 7:30pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: Venue
Description

Biohacking MeetUp - Come learn how to up level your body's performance!

Reservation

Improv

6:00pm - 7:45pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: B2
Description

Improv rehearsal for my improv troupe