What’s New at PPLD!

The Sand Creek Branch will be closing its doors on October 1, beginning a four-month facelift. It is expected to reopen in February 2009.

The payoff for this inconvenience will be on display in February, when patrons will have access to 2,000 additional square feet of space. This area will be filled with more computers for all age levels, a quiet reading room, and a café with vending machines.

A drive-though bookdrop and holds pick-up window will also benefit patrons, as will laptops for in-library checkout.

Sand Creek Branch Manager Sid Stanfill will document the progress of this renovation and expansion at sandcreekconstruction.blogspot.com.

In case you haven’t heard, All Pikes Peak Reads (APPR) 2008 kicks off on September 21. The selections for this year are The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck and The Worst Hard Time, by Timothy Egan.

You can find all kinds of information about the selections and related topics on our
NEW APPR website!

Artists of all ages are invited to create an artistic representation around the theme of where we have been and where we are going as a community.

Capture your vision in poetry, essay, visual art, performing art, or film.

The collective works will be enjoyed by people throughout the community and will inform the visioning process as we plan for the year 2020.


Click here for the entry form.

Deadlines:

• Visual Art Entries: Drop off by 4 p.m., September 22 at Celebration Place, The Citadel Mall (upper level near Burlingtons).
• Literary Entries: Submitted electronically by 4 p.m., September 22 to dreambig@dreamcity2020.com.
• Film/Performance Entries: Submitted via YouTube link by 4 p.m., September 22 to dreambig@dreamcity2020.com.

Learn more about Pikes Peak Library District’s adult literacy and ESL programs. Please join us at a dessert reception to celebrate the publication of the 2008 literacy writer’s journal Stone Soup, honor LitSource volunteers and adult learners, and educate others about literacy issues affecting adults in our community.

Artists – here’s a chance to have your art seen by another segment of the city – Library users!

The Pikes Peak Library District Art Evaluation Committee will be jurying art for future shows in Library galleries. Interested artists should submit five pieces of art in show-ready format (matted, framed, and wired).

• When: Wednesday, September 17, 2008
• Where: Penrose Library, Carnegie Reading Room - 20 N. Cascade Ave.
• Drop off: 10 a.m. - noon
• Pick up: (same day) 4:30 - 6 p.m.
• Contact: Carol Harnish, 531-6333 x2332

Come join us for the 2008 All Pikes Peak Reads Kick-Off Party!

• When: Sunday, September 21, 1 - 4 p.m.
• Where: America the Beautiful Park

Enjoy activities for all ages, including live music, dancing, refreshments, 1930s costumes, games and crafts for children, and a tree planting event by the Civilian Conservation Corps.

2008 All Pikes Peak Reads Website

The Briargate Branch is having a party on Saturday, September 6, to celebrate three great years serving the Briargate community.

Our theme is Remember When: How People Had Fun in the 1930s. We chose this theme to tie in with the 2008 All Pikes Peak Reads selections, which are The Grapes of Wrath and The Worst Hard Time. Join us for a day-long party with programs, games, refreshments, and an ice cream social. The festivities begin at 10:00 a.m. with a Corvette car show in the parking lot and continue until 2:00 p.m. when we’ll serve ice cream on the veranda. We hope to see you here!

Remember When: How People Had Fun in the 1930s

Games on the Veranda all day including hopscotch, tops, string games and checkers. Cookies, popcorn and lemonade all day. Door prizes and much more!

10:00 a.m. - noon: Corvette Car Show

11:00 a.m. - noon: Local author, musician, and historian Mark L. Gardner (right) will present cowboy songs and poems. Included will be song selections from the film version of The Grapes of Wrath.

1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.: Square Dance for Kids: Join the folks from Dance Masters as they teach kids (and parents) popular dances from the 1930s, including the Hokey Pokey, the Chicken Dance, and the Limbo.

2:00 p.m.: Ice Cream Social on the Veranda

At the Mobile Libraries this summer over 150 teens registered for the PPLD summer reading program “Summer Tour 2008.” Sixty-six finishers received the rockin’ t-shirt –WELL DONE, EVERYONE!! Henna Skin Art programs were offered at the Falcon and Peyton stops with 27 participants learning to apply their own henna tattoos.

Pictured below are Jessica Macklen and Chris Macklen, Henna art attendees. Also pictured is Cristina Nagy; she was so pleased to receive her t-shirt that she immediately donned it for a picture!

Eight teens volunteered as Summer Reading assistants, giving over 168 hours of their free time to help with the program on the Mobile Libraries. If you should see them at your regular stop, please express your appreciation to these dedicated volunteers. Thank you!

Pikes Peak Library District’s Monument Branch has won a prestigious award from the Colorado Association of Libraries (CAL). It is receiving CAL’s Colorado Library of the Year Award for 2008.

Recognition will occur at the CAL Conference Awards Banquet on Friday, November 7, at the Marriott Denver Tech Center.

Congratulations to the Monument Branch staff!

The Monument Branch staff at work

Can you bake a cake? Are you looking for something delicious to do on your weekend? Enter Rockrimmon Branch’s Annual Sweet Afternoon Bake-Off!

• What: Sweet Afternoon Bake-Off
• When: Saturday, September 27, 1 - 3 p.m.
• Where: Rockrimmon Branch

Fill out this form by September 17 to enter your cake, or just come and sample the many scrumptious entries.

In addition to First, Second, and Third place winners, your votes will win one lucky entry the “People’s Choice” award. Plus, recipes for these masterpieces will be free to take home.

• First Place Winner: $100 Gift Certificate for The Craftwood Inn Restaurant
• Second Place Winner: $50 Gift Certificate for Applebee’s Restaurant
• Third Place Winner: $25 Gift Certificate for Oliver’s Deli