Meet community members from around the world and facilitate weekly TALK English! groups. Provide English language learners with a friendly and supportive place to practice informal social conversation. Free training is provided on Saturday, January 10 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. at Penrose Library (20 N. Cascade Ave.). For more information call 531-6333, x2223.
PPLD’s Video Production Center has created a promotional spot that will air throughout Colorado, spotlighting AskColorado. This online service enables all Colorado students and residents to chat live with a librarian 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. View the 30-second spot (now posted on YouTube) below.
Many people read for fun, but wouldn’t it be great to win prizes for reading, also? You’re in luck. Starting January 12, if you read eight books in eight weeks, you’ll receive a free book bag, chocolate, a Panera coupon, a PPLD collectible coffee mug, and get entered into a Grand Prize Drawing. You can pick up entry forms at any PPLD branch beginning in January. You can also register online by clicking here.
Pikes Peak Library District’s Board of Trustees is accepting applications through January 30 to fill two vacancies on its Art Evaluation Committee. Committee members review works submitted by local artists for exhibit at all PPLD galleries. Committee meetings are scheduled several times a year and last approximately two and a half hours. Membership terms are two years, with a possible renewal for one additional year. To be considered for appointment, submit a letter of interest with credentials, listing arts-related background information to: PPLD Board of Trustees, c/o Carol Brunk Harnish, P.O. Box 1579, Colorado Springs, CO, 80901.
All Pikes Peak Library District facilities will be closed on Wednesday, December 24, and Thursday, December 25, in celebration of the holidays.
All facilities will also close at 4 p.m. Wednesday, December 31, and all day Thursday, January 1, in celebration of the new year.
PPLD wishes everyone a peaceful holiday season and a happy New Year!
Santa Claus gets most of the publicity, but his wife is equally adept at spreading holiday cheer. Want proof? At 5 p.m. on December 19, 22, and 24, gather the kids around the TV (tuned to The Library Channel, Comcast 17, of course) and enjoy The Mrs. Claus Storytime and Singalong Spectacular. This instant holiday classic, shot at the Ute Pass Branch, features Santa’s better half singing songs and reading stories while spellbound children dress up like reindeer.
Join us as British storyteller Danyda spins some holiday tales from many cultures for your enjoyment. Danyda will capture your interest and your heart as she shares the world and its stories with you! A craft activity will follow.
Pikes Peak Library District will accept donations of non-perishable food for Care and Share Food Bank of Southern Colorado through January 16. Monument and Palmer Lake branches will accept donations for Tri Lakes Cares and Fountain Branch will accept donations for God’s Pantry. The most needed food items include: canned meat and tuna, canned tomato products, boxed pasta, canned meals (chili, etc.), canned fruits and vegetables, canned and bagged beans, canned sup, peanut butter, and powdered milk.
Pikes Peak Library District and the Colorado Springs World Affairs Council are teaming up to present Morning Missions with the World Affairs Council. These programs, targeted at teens ages 14 – 18, will feature world class presenters on topical global issues.
On Thursday, December 11 at 8 a.m., the first offering in this series will bring Fred Burton to the East Teen Center. (Attendance is invitation-only.) Burton is Vice President for Counterterrorism and Corporate Security at Stratfor, the world’s largest global intelligence company. He will talk about how he got into the counterterrorism field and his life as a counter-terror agent. The presentation will be simulcast on The Library Channel, Comcast 17. Burton will answer questions sent in via instant messaging through the widget at ppld.org/teens.
If your school has a World Affairs Club that is interested in attending these programs in the future, please call 531-6333, x1212.
Join Socrates Café, a philosophical dialogue for adults that explores current events and other topics that will make you think. The topics are chosen by the facilitator and the group. Registration is required. Call 389-8968 to register or for more information.
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