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.   

Limited Makerspace service today at Library 21c

All Day
Tween 9-12, Teen, Adult, Senior, Family
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Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: Make II (Messy Maker Space)
Age Group: Tween 9-12, Teen, Adult, Senior, Family
Event Type: Makerspace and Studios, Makerspace
Event Details:

The Makerspaces at Library 21c will have limited service today due to classes.

Toddler Time

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

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.

Summer Fun: A Fine-Feathered Adventure 

9:30am - 10:30am
Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Family
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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, Tweens
Event Details:

Magic Dave embarks on a birdwatching adventure to discover some incredible birds!  Unfortunately, Platy the Platypus has other plans, as he attempts to disrupt the adven

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.

Mobile Earth and Space Observatory

10:00am - 2:00pm
Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Teen, Adult, Senior, Family, All
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Library Branch: Ruth Holley Library
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Teen, Adult, Senior, Family, All
Event Type: Adults, Kids, Makerspace and Studios, Family Library Programs, Homeschool, Intergenerational, Live Indoor, Live Outdoor, S.T.E.A.M., Seniors, Teen, Tweens
Event Details:

The Mobile Earth and Space Observatory is coming to PPLD for Summer Adventure!

Parachute Play!

10:30am - 11:00am
Kids 0-5, Family
Required
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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
Required
Seats Remaining: 13
Event Details:

Join us for color, sound, and energy! Designed with 3 – 7-year-olds in mind, this 30-minute program isn’t just fun, it also helps build gross motor skills, imaginative and cooperative play, social skills, and a sense of rhythm.

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.

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: 13
Event Details:

Yoga class for beginners and intermediate level pract

Summer Fun: Cool Science

10:30am - 11:30am
Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Family
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Library Branch: Manitou Springs Library
Room: Manitou Hagnauer Gallery
Age Group: Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Family
Event Type: Kids, Family Library Programs, Tweens
Event Details:

Join educators from Cool Science to learn about and experience the science of super cold temperatures of dry ice and liquid nitrogen. Then, enjoy a super cold treat!

Storytime

11:00am - 11:45am
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.

Summer Fun: A Fine-Feathered Adventure 

11:00am - 12:00pm
Kids 0-5, Tween 9-12, Family
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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, Tweens
Event Details:

Magic Dave embarks on a birdwatching adventure to discover some incredible birds!  Unfortunately, Platy the Platypus has other plans, as he attempts to disrupt the adven

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

Aging Well, Without Injury - Part 2 CANCELLED

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Adult, Senior
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Library Branch: Library 21c
Age Group: Adult, Senior
Event Type: Adults, Class, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Programs, Intergenerational, Seniors
Event Details:

Aging Well, Without Injury : How to Prevent Falls – Part 2

Book Page Wreaths

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Adult
Required
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Library Branch: Palmer Lake Library
Age Group: Adult
Event Type: Adults
Required
Seats Remaining: 3
Event Details:

Celebrate summer with a cheerful wreath made from book pages and colorful ribbon.

VIRTUAL LENA Start Afternoons

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Adult
Required
Virtual Event
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Library Branch: Virtual Library
Age Group: Adult
Event Type: Adults, Kids, Family Library Programs
Required
Seats Remaining: 4
Event Details:

**Please read below before registering!**

Register here for the 2024 Summer Virtual LENA Start series happening on:

Introduction to AI Camp

2:00pm - 5:00pm
Teen
Required
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Library Branch: East Library
Room: East Learning Lab
Age Group: Teen
Event Type: Teen
Required
Seats Remaining: 7
Event Details:
Want to learn more about how artificial intelligence (AI) works? Curious about the future of this new field of technology?

Laser Badging & Design Level 1: Notebooks

2:00pm - 5:00pm
Tween 9-12, Teen, Adult, Senior
Required
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Library Branch: East Library
Room: East Make
Age Group: Tween 9-12, Teen, Adult, Senior
Event Type: Adults, Makerspace and Studios, Live Indoor, Makerspace, Seniors, Teen, Tweens
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Don't coast on the laser! Take the first steps into designing graphics for laser cutting. Using Inkscape, a free Vector Graphics Software, we will create custom notebook designs to engrave and cut. No previous experience required.

Sewing Level 1: Roll-Up Case

2:00pm - 5:00pm
Tween 9-12, Teen, Adult, Senior
Required
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Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: Make (Clean Maker Space)
Age Group: Tween 9-12, Teen, Adult, Senior
Event Type: Adults, Makerspace and Studios, Makerspace, Seniors, Teen, Tweens
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Bag fresh sewing skills! Learn the basics of sewing to create a basic roll-up case using a sewing machine.

Coding Series: Music and Sound

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Tween 9-12, Teen
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Library Branch: Manitou Springs Library
Room: Manitou Community Room
Age Group: Tween 9-12, Teen
Event Type: Teen, Tweens
Event Details:

Learn to code in Scratch! In this introductory course from the computer scientists at Google, youth will learn basic computational thinking concepts through block coding.

Idea Lab: Summer Games

3:00pm - 4:00pm
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:
Celebrate the Summer Games in Paris with a variety of activities that might include creating the Eiffel Tower out of newspaper tubes, designing flags, building a ring toss game, producing your own shot put and/or table soccer

Escape Room: Olympic Dreams

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Teen
Required
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Library Branch: Monument Library
Room: Monument Meeting Room
Age Group: Teen
Event Type: Teen
Required
Seats Remaining: 2
Event Details:

Can you solve the clues with your team and break into the box in this escape room-like challenge? Participants band together and solve the clues to find their missing passports, which they'll need to see the Games in Paris. Ages 12 – 18.

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

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!

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.

Pop-Up Art Night: Macrame!

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Teen
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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

Speak English Group

5:00pm - 6:45pm
Adult
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Library Branch: Sand Creek Library
Room: Sand Creek Meeting Room B
Age Group: Adult
Event Type: Adult Education Programs, Community Public, Foreign Language
Event Details:

This group is an informal English language conversation group for adults who speak some English. Classes are free and no registration is necessary.

Board of Trustees meeting

5:00pm - 7:00pm
Adult
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Library Branch: Penrose Library
Room: Penrose Columbine
Age Group: Adult
Event Type: PPLD: Board of Trustees
Event Details:

regular Board of Trustees monthly meeting.