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Homeschool: Fun with Language

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Library Branch: Ruth Holley Library
Room: Ruth Holley Meeting Room
Age Group: Kids, Tweens
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, Homeschool, Tween Library Programs
Event Details:
Listen to the story The Boy Who Cried Wolf and explore the world of idioms through a trivia challenge and more! Put your artistic skills to work by illustrating the figurative and literal meaning of an idiom. For ages 7 - 12.   ...

Paws to Read

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Library Branch: Cheyenne Mountain Library
Age Group: Kids, Tweens, Family
Event Type: Childrens 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 Accommodat...

Idea Lab: LEGO Build

4:00pm - 4:45pm
Registration
Library Branch: Rockrimmon Library
Room: Rockrimmon Meeting Room
Age Group: Kids, Tweens
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, Family Library Programs, S.T.E.A.M., Tween Library Programs
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 2
Event Details:
Engineer your best LEGO creation, complete LEGO challenges, produce LEGO Art, and explore endless creative possibilities at this open-ended LEGO program using PPLD’s LEGO resources. Join us for the fun! For ages 5 - 12. Please register. ...

Bad Art Night

4:00pm - 6:00pm
Registration
Library Branch: Old Colorado City Library
Room: Old Colorado City Meeting Room
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Event Type: Teen Library Programs, Tween Library Programs
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 11
Event Details:
Being bad has never felt so good! If you love art but don't consider yourself an artist (or even if you do), join us for Bad Art Night where we will do our best to make something imperfect, peculiar, or downright hideous. In this freestyle craft even...

HSE class (High School Equivalency: GED/HiSET)

4:00pm - 7:00pm
Library Branch: Ruth Holley Library
Room: Ruth Holley Adult Education Room
Age Group: Adults
Event Type: Adult Education Programs
Event Details:
The GED, HiSET  are alternatives to a high school diploma. PPLD offer 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 Studi...

Teen and Tween: Superhero Trivia

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: CreateSpace
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Event Type: Teen Library Programs, Tween Library Programs
Event Details:
Are you a superhero superfan? Come prove your knowledge in this Marvel trivia competition! For ages 9 - 18. Sensory Accommodations Kit Description: The Customer Service Desk can provide sensory accommodations items such as fidget toys or noise ...

Clay Exploration: Jewelry Dish

5:00pm - 7:00pm
Registration
Library Branch: Sand Creek Library
Room: Sand Creek Makerspace
Age Group: Kids, Tweens, Teens, Adults, Seniors, Family, All
Event Type: Creative Services Programs, Intergenerational Library Programs, Live Indoor, Makerspace, S.T.E.A.M.
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:
Join us and experiment with clay at the Sand Creek Library Makerspace in a two-part class. In part one you will learn how to shape a project out of clay, and in part two you will learn how to glaze it. Take your finished creation home to enjoy a...

Teen Dungeons and Dragons Club

5:00pm - 7:00pm
Registration
Library Branch: East Library
Room: East Teen Center (ETC) B
Age Group: Teens
Event Type: Teen Library Programs
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 7
Event Details:
Join your fellow teens in an adventure in the world's greatest role-playing game, Dungeons & Dragons! New players and veterans alike are welcome to participate. Players may supply their own level one character or select a pre-made character sh...

Device Drop-In Help

10:00am - 11:00am
Library Branch: Penrose Library
Room: Penrose Bay Area
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Event Type: Adult Library Programs, Computer Classes, Senior Library Programs
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!  Registration is not required.  Please bring power cords and devices.  We cannot help install softwar...

Manitou Knitting Club

10:00am - 11:00am
Library Branch: Manitou Springs Library
Room: Manitou Community Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors, All
Event Type: Adult Library Programs, Senior Library Programs
Event Details:
For beginners or experts, and everything in-between. Join us to meet up with like minded knitters, socialize, open to all sorts of textile arts. ...

NorthStar Computer Series - Email Basics Lab

10:00am - 12:00pm
Registration
Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: Petritz Learning Lab
Age Group: Adults
Event Type: Adult Library Programs, Class, Computer Classes, Senior Library Programs
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 8
Event Details:
Email basics Lab   Practice your computer skills and prepare for the upcoming ’Microsoft Word’ class in library 21c. Get help signing up for a NorthStar Digital Literacy account needed for PPLD's digital literacy classes.  No required...

Speak English Group

10:00am - 12:00pm
Library Branch: Library 21c
Age Group: Adults
Event Type: Adult Education Programs, Adult Library Programs
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. Classes are free. There is no need to register in advanc...

Yarnettes Fiber Group

10:00am - 12:00pm
Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: Make (Clean Maker Space)
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Event Type: Creative Services Programs, Makerspace
Event Details:
Join this fun group of fiber friends for a couple of hours of working on projects.  ...

Storytime

10:30am - 11:00am
Library Branch: Cheyenne Mountain Library
Room: Cheyenne Marlene Rook Memorial Community Room
Age Group: Kids
Event Type: Childrens 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 these w...

Storytime

10:30am - 11:00am
Library Branch: Library 21c
Room: Library 21c: Children's Room
Age Group: Kids, Family
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, Family Library Programs
Event Details:
Stories and more for children ages 3 - 7, with a favorite adult.    Room Capacity Disclaimer: Due to the popularity of this program and to meet fire code requirements for meeting rooms, please arrive early to get a spot. If we are una...

Baby Time

10:30am - 11:15am
Library Branch: Old Colorado City Library
Room: Old Colorado City Meeting Room
Age Group: Kids, Family
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, 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. Space is limited. ...

Storytime

10:30am - 11:15am
Library Branch: Palmer Lake Library
Age Group: Kids, Family
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, Family Library Programs, Live Indoor
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 benefit yo...

Storytime

10:30am - 11:15am
Library Branch: Ute Pass Library
Room: Ute Pass Community Room
Age Group: Kids
Event Type: Childrens Library Programs, Family Library Programs
Event Details:
Stories and more for young children, 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 benefit...

Beginning and Intermediate Yoga

10:30am - 11:30am
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...

Ruth Holley Book Club

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Library Branch: Ruth Holley Library
Room: Ruth Holley Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Event Type: Adult Library Programs, Book Clubs, Senior Library Programs
Event Details:
The Ruth Holley Book Club meets on the 4th Friday of the month to discuss a book in person. During the month of April, we will discuss "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to his White Mother" by James McBride. Copies of the book are available ...

Community Exchange

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Library Branch: Penrose Library
Room: Penrose Columbine A
Age Group: Adults, Seniors, All
Event Type: Community Resources
Event Details:
The Community Exchange is a monthly program aimed at providing a wide variety of necessary services for anyone in El Paso County. This program is hosted by PPLD and is held in the Columbine Room at Penrose Library on the last Friday of the month from...

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...