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Speak French
Speak French

PPLD is pleased to offer Speak French at East Library (5550 N. Union Blvd.). This group is a conversation group for non-native speakers who wish to practice French. Some French language skills are recommended.

The group meets on the first and third Tuesdays of each month from 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. No registration is required for this free program.

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Steve Weeks, PPLD TV Team Up On New Video

What do you get when you give "kindie" musician Steve Weeks and PPLD TV producer/director Dave Franklyn access to paper, glue, scissors, cardboard, paint, and string? Watch the new music video for Steve’s latest single “Change of Heart” and you’ll find out!

The video, directed and edited by Franklyn, is a colorful romp through an arts and crafts world filled with dancing home-made puppets. This simple approach provides the perfect backdrop to the new single, an up-tempo bluegrass tune about a greedy pig, a grumpy hound dog and Little Miss Fuddy Dud, who all discover that it’s never too late to turn a new leaf over. “When Dave started talking about paper pigs and cardboard clouds, I thought maybe he’d lost his mind”, says Weeks, “but I’ve learned to just trust his artistic vision.”

Weeks has already made his mark on the national music scene with four critically acclaimed CDs, multiple #1 hits on Sirius XM satellite radio channel 78 (Kids Place Live), and a first place award in the USA Songwriting Competition children's music category.

Franklyn, who produces films for the Telly Award-winning PPLD Video Production Center, also directed the live action music video to Steve’s hit single “Bartleby Finkleton Will Not Take a Bath.”

Greedy Pig, an accomplished paper puppet and star of the film claims to be an Oscar contender for his role, although few believe that he is cut out for it.

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Help Support Early Literacy!
Early Literacy Station

The PPLD Foundation needs your help to purchase seven Early Literacy Stations. These computers offer child-centered education software and deliver age-appropriate educational content for our youngest patrons. Not everyone in our community can afford a PC or laptop or the Internet subscription. By making these computers available across the District, PPLD community libraries help all of our families bridge the technology gap that could put their children at an educational disadvantage.

Early Literacy Stations immerse children in an extremely rich environment where the content is always engaging and challenging and the technology is appropriate and reliable.

PPLD has purchased seven such computers so far. We need to raise $6,300 to double that number across the District and meet the needs of all of our children at each of our Community Libraries. Each Station costs $3,500. We have raised $18,200 of the $24,500. Please help us raise the remaining $6,300 before the end of the year and fuel our youngest patrons’ power to learn with Early Literacy Stations.

Libraries offer learning opportunities to everyone in our community; generating long-term benefits on children’s lives by opening doors to future opportunities.

Call (719) 531-6333 x2205 to donate today – at any level. It all adds up!

Thank you for your support.

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Transition Town Manitou Springs 2013 Film Series

Transition Town Manitou Springs has announced the titles in their 2013 Film Series:

When: 2nd Mondays, 6:30 p.m.
Where: Manitou Springs Library

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Buttercup's Supports Summer Reading On First Fridays
Buttercup's Frozen Yogurt

Looking for the ultimate win-win situation? You can enjoy a delicious frozen treat and support PPLD’s Summer Reading Program for children. On the first Friday of each month, Buttercup’s Frozen Yogurt
(27 S. Tejon St., Suite 110) will donate 20% of its proceeds to the PPLD Foundation. The money will be used to purchase books as prizes for Summer Reading Program participants. Buttercup's is open from 11 a.m. - 11 p.m. on Fridays.

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