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Laser Badging & Design Level 1: Coasters

2:00pm - 5:00pm
Registration
Library Branch: Sand Creek Library
Room: Sand Creek Makerspace
Age Group: Tweens, Teens, Adults, Seniors
Event Type: Adult Library Programs, Creative Services Programs, Live Indoor, Makerspace, Senior Library Programs, Teen Library Programs, Tween Library Programs
Registration 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 coasters to engrave and cut out of 1/8” wood. No previous experience required. Ages 9 and...

Virtual Yoga

9:00am - 10:00am
Registration
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual Library
Age Group: Teens, Adults, Seniors
Event Type: Adult Library Programs, Senior Library Programs, Teen Library Programs, Virtual Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:
Join local yoga instructor Svetlana in this virtual class for beginners and intermediate level practitioners. Zoom link will be emailed to participants prior to the class upon registration (see below). The link works for all classes T...

All Pikes Peak Makes

10:00am - 3:00pm
Library Branch: Library 21c
Age Group: Kids, Tweens, Teens, Adults, Seniors, Family, All
Event Type: Adult Library Programs, Audio/Video Studio, Childrens Library Programs, Creative Services Programs, Family Library Programs, Homeschool, Intergenerational Library Programs, Live Indoor, Makerspace, S.T.E.A.M., Senior Library Programs, Teen Library Programs, Tween Library Programs
Event Details:
A maker is someone who creates – to be innovative, to solve problems, to bring something beautiful into the world, or simply to have fun. They have an idea, and they bring it to life. Making can encompass just about anything, from high tech to low te...

Paws to Read

10:30am - 11:30am
Library Branch: Old Colorado City Library
Age Group: Kids, Family
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, 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. If your child might benefit from sensory accommodations such as fidgets or noise-reducing headphones, please request a Sensory Accommo...

Scrap Exchange with Who Gives a Scrap

1:00pm - 4:00pm
Library Branch: High Prairie Library
Room: High Prairie Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Event Type: Adult Library Programs, Senior Library Programs
Event Details:
In collaboration with Who Gives a SCRAP Creative Reuse Center, we are hosting an arts, craft, and hobby material exchange! Bring in your new, clean/gently used and unwanted craft materials and exchange them for "tickets" to "purchase/exchange" new-to...

Superhero Trivia

2:30pm - 4:30pm
Library Branch: Manitou Springs Library
Room: Manitou Community Room
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Event Type: Teen Library Programs, Tween Library Programs
Event Details:
Are you a superhero superfan? Prove your knowledge in this trivia competition! Ages 12-18 only please. ...

Community Resources open hours

9:00am - 12:00pm
Library Branch: Penrose Library
Age Group: Adults, 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. ...

ESL CLASSES

9:00am - 12:00pm
Library Branch: Ruth Holley Library
Room: Ruth Holley Adult Education Room
Age Group: Adults
Event Type: Adult Education Programs
Event Details:
ESL classes are for adults that want to improve the workplace and everyday language. Classes are focused on: Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking. We offer Beginning, Intermediate and High-Intermediate levels, and classes are in-person and virtu...

Baby Time

9:30am - 10:15am
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:
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. Space is limited. ...

Storytime at the Western Museum of Mining and Industry

9:30am - 10:30am
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Kids, Family
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, Family Library Programs, Live Indoor
Event Details:
Stories and more for children ages 3 and older, with a favorite adult. This Storytime will be held in the Reynolds Ranch House (the white house) on the property of the Western Museum of Mining & Industry, located at 225 North Gate Blvd, Colora...

Storytime

10:00am - 10:30am
Library Branch: Calhan Library
Age Group: Kids, Family
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs
Event Details:
Stories and more for children ages 3 - 7, with a favorite adult. The Customer Service Desk can provide sensory accommodations items such as fidget toys or noise reducing headphones for your child to use while in the library.  If these will be...

Baby Time

10:00am - 10:45am
Library Branch: East Library
Room: East Children's Story Room
Age Group: Kids, Family
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, 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. Each interactive session gives babies the opportunity to hear lots of language and play with other babies. Space is limited. ...

Stay & Play

10:30am - 11:00am
Library Branch: Calhan Library
Age Group: Kids, Family
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs
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. The Customer Service Desk can provide sensory acc...

Baby Time

10:30am - 11:15am
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:
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. Space is limited. ...

Baby Time

11:00am - 11:45am
Library Branch: East Library
Room: East Children's Story Room
Age Group: Kids, Family
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, 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. Each interactive session gives babies the opportunity to hear lots of language and play with other babies. Space is limited. ...

German Conversation Group

1:30pm - 3:30pm
Library Branch: Monument Library
Room: Monument Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Event Type: Adult Library Programs, Foreign Language
Event Details:
A lively conversation group for intermediate and advanced German speakers.  ...

Beginning and Intermediate Yoga

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Registration
Library Branch: Rockrimmon Library
Room: Rockrimmon Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults, Seniors
Event Type: Adult Library Programs
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:
Yoga class for beginners and intermediate level practitioners with local yoga instructor Svetlana. Please bring a water bottle and wear comfortable clothes. (Yoga blanket, yoga strap, and two yoga blocks recommended; limited gear available at the lib...

Tween Dungeons and Dragons Club

4:00pm - 5:30pm
Registration
Library Branch: High Prairie Library
Room: High Prairie Meeting Room
Age Group: Tweens
Event Type: Tween Library Programs
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:
Play D&D with other tweens, led by our very own Dragon Master Wendy! New members are always welcome, and no experience is required. For ages 9 - 15. The Customer Service Desk can provide sensory accommodations items such as fidget toys or n...

ESL CLASSES

5:00pm - 8:00pm
Library Branch: Ruth Holley Library
Room: Ruth Holley Adult Education Room
Age Group: Adults
Event Type: Adult Education Programs
Event Details:
ESL classes are for adults that want to improve the workplace and everyday language. Classes are focused on: Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking. We offer Beginning, Intermediate and High-Intermediate levels, and classes are in-person and virtu...

Storytime

9:00am - 9:30am
Library Branch: Rockrimmon Library
Room: Rockrimmon Meeting Room
Age Group: Kids, Family
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, Family Library Programs
Event Details:
Stories and more for children ages 3 and older, with a favorite adult.  The Customer Service Desk can provide sensory accommodations items such as fidget toys or noise reducing headphones for your child to use while in the library.  If t...

Community Resources open hours

9:00am - 12:00pm
Library Branch: Ruth Holley Library
Age Group: Adults, 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. ...

HSE class (High School Equivalency: GED/HiSET)

9:00am - 12:00pm
Library Branch: Ruth Holley Library
Room: Ruth Holley Adult Education Room
Age Group: Adults
Event Type: Adult Education Programs
Event Details:
The GED, HiSET and TASC are alternatives to a high school diploma. PPLD offers Adult Basic Education (ABE) and High School Equivalency (HSE) free classes that will help adults for such tests. We offer preparation for Language Arts, Social S...

Toddler Time

9:30am - 10:00am
Library Branch: East Library
Room: East Children's Story Room
Age Group: Kids, Family
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, 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. Toddler Time builds on familiar experiences to introduce new vocabulary and word sounds in a lively atmosphere. ...

Toddler Time

9:30am - 10:00am
Library Branch: High Prairie Library
Room: High Prairie Meeting Room
Age Group: Kids
Event Type: Childrens 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. Toddler Time builds on familiar experiences to introduce new vocabulary and word sounds in a lively atmosphere...