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Come and meet these gentle animals and have a “hands-on” experience as you learn more about them from the Touch the Earth Llama Farm. |
Tuesday, January 9 – 6:30 p.m. – Old Colorado City Branch
Saturday, January 13 – 1:30 p.m. – Ruth Holley Branch
Sunday, January 21 – 1:30 p.m. – Penrose Library
Saturday, January 27 – 10 a.m. – Fountain Branch
Sunday, January 28 – 1:30 p.m. – Sand Creek Branch
All Pikes Peak Library District facilities will be closed on Sunday, December 31 and Monday, January 1. PPLD wishes everyone a happy new year!
Due to inclement weather, Monument and Palmer Lake Branches are closed on Friday December 29. All other PPLD facilities are open.
All Pikes Peak Library District facilities will close at 3 p.m. on Thursday, December 28, due to inclement weather. Please check ppld.org for opening times for Friday, December 29.
The PPLD Art Evaluation Committee will be jurying art for exhibit in Library galleries. Hanging artwork is approved for exhibit based on the quality of each individual artist’s talent. The Committee will meet on Tuesday, January 23 in the Carnegie Reading Room at Penrose Library.
Interested artists are asked to submit 5 pieces of art – that look exactly as they would in a show – between 10 a.m. and noon. Art must be picked up the same day from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Artists whose work is accepted will receive notification within two weeks with details about when and where exhibits will be hung.
For further information: contact cgenato@ppld.org or call 531-6333, x2338.
Reader’s Passport Program
December 18, 2006 – March 31, 2007
To participate:
1. Pick up a Reader’s Passport at your Library.
2. Read six Library books of your choice.
3. Record and rate each book on the Reader’s Passport.
4. The Circulation Desk or Information Desk (depending on location) will stamp your passport for each book you read.
5. Read six books and get six stamps. Return your completed Reader’s Passport at any Library.
One free book will be sent to the participating reader and one to a recipient agency or organization.
Participating Agencies and Nonprofit Organizations El Paso County:
Colorado Springs Independence Center
Colorado Springs VA Clinic
Reach to Recovery
The Resource Exchange
Women’s Resource Agency
This pilot community project is jointly sponsored by R.R. Bowker and PPLD.
All Pikes Peak Library District facilities will be closed on Sunday, December 24 and Monday December 25. Happy holidays!
Due to inclement weather, all Pikes Peak Library District facilities will be closed on Thursday, December 21.
Stay warm!
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When: Friday, February 2, noon
Selection: Good Harbor, by Anita Diamont Where: Palmer Lake Branch, 66 Lower Glenway The Palmer Lake Book Group welcomes new members. Call 481-2587 to request a copy of Good Harbor, by Anita Diamant. |
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The Pikes Peak Library District would like to remind all of our Adult Reading Program participants to turn in your Reading Logs by Monday, December 18.
Click here for more information about the Adult Reading Program, including a list of prizes! |
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