September is International Literacy Month! Pikes Peak Library District has been providing adult literacy services to the community since 1988. Join us for a public reception to meet program participants, volunteers, staff and find out what LitSource is doing at Penrose Library.
Sunday, September 30 at 2 p.m. – Penrose Library, 20 N. Cascade Ave.
Share your love of reading. Tutor an adult once a week for two hours. Work with an adult to improve their reading, writing, comprehension, or English language skills. No experience required; free training is provided. For information or to register, call 531-6333, x2223. Next training:
Thursday, September 6, 13, 20, 27, and Oct. 4 from 5:30 – 9 p.m. – Penrose Library, 20 N. Cascade Ave.
Join us for the Ruth Holley Branch 20th Anniversary Celebration featuring singing, dancing, and exciting children’s programs! See a live llama, and learn spinning and felting techniques to turn llama hair into yarn. A storyteller will spin tall tales. Enjoy an afternoon sidewalk fair with face painting, a balloon toss, and other great activities.
Saturday, September 22 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Ruth Holley Branch, 685 N. Murray Blvd.
David McCullough, a historian and award-winning author, has been widely acclaimed as a “master of the art of narrative history.” He has received two Pulitzer Prizes, and is a two-time recipient of the National Book Award. His most recent book is 1776. Get more information about McCullough and his work with bibliographies available at your library.
Friday, September 28 beginning at 2:30 p.m. – University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
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Read Zorro, and become part of a community-wide literary project. The 2007 All Pikes Peak Reads will feature Isabel Allende’s “Zorro” and “The Mark of Zorro” by Johnston McCulley. Participate in theater productions, children’s programs, book discussions, art exhibits, parties, and more! |
Kick-off party: Sunday, September 30 from 1 – 3 p.m. – Acacia Park, downtown Colorado Springs
Come to the Briargate Branch 2nd Annual Summer Fun Fest Anniversary Celebration. The fun starts at 10:00 am on Saturday August 25 when the Rocky Mountain Corvette Social Club car show starts in the parking lot! The men and their cars will be here until 1:00pm.
At 11:00am in the Children’s Room Sox the Fox, the Sky Sox mascot, will join Miss Janina for Take Me Out to the Ballgame, a children’s baseball program in nine innings. Come for baseball stories and activities.
Don’t miss the comedy action stiltwalking performance with Stretch the Stiltwalker at 12:00pm in the parking lot! This program is sure to appeal to all ages!
Budding carpenters (at least 5 years old) are invited to the Construction Zone at 1:00pm. Along with a grown up assistant they’ll build a simple wooden bank. This project was donated by Lowe’s Home Improvement. Limited to the first 25 kids.
Is your apple pie the best there ever was? Then you should enter it in our apple pie contest. Prizes will be awarded for best crust, best filling and best overall pie. Judging starts at 2:30. Call 260-6882 to register for this contest.
Have a cookie, popcorn and lemonade while you are here. Be sure to stop in the workroom to see all the work that goes on behind the scenes!
Please join the over 500 individuals, businesses, and private foundations that have already donated over $1,000,000 toward our preservation project and help us complete the funding for the Old Colorado City Branch Carnegie library building.
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Gifts between $50 -$250 will be recognized on a commemorative book spine. For $50 your name will be printed on a spine. A $250 donation will reserve the entire spine for your name, names of your family members or other special people in your life. In addition, you may devise you very own book title. The spines will be displayed on the walls around the perimeter of the Branch as well as on top of the wainscot. Other naming opportunities are available for larger donations. |
For more information contact Dee Fowler 531-6333 ext 2205.
Click Here to visit the Old Colorado City Carnegie Library Campaign.
For all you homeschoolers out there, our Homeschool Resources web page has been redesigned and expanded, and is now called Homeschool Hub. This website contains a ton of resources for homeschoolers of all ages. In it you’ll find:
The International Space Station will be available for viewing in Colorado Springs this week. Click here for more information and times.
The East Teen Center opened its doors to the public this past Monday.
According to a Teen Services librarian:
“We opened this morning with teens waiting to get in!
At about 10:20AM we had 12 teen boys using the teen center!
The PCs have been full all day long and the video games have been in full swing as well!
Our mp3 players have been checked out as have our laptops
And I am currently listening to two teens using the writeboard lazy susan in the study room
And I see teens actually studying in the cafe (it’s the first day of school!)”
Talk about a success! Come on by, teens, the more the merrier!
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