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A diverse group of community-based organizations, led by the Colorado Media Justice Foundation, is seeking to unite and engage the wider community through a multi-cultural celebration of spoken word performances on the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development.
Featured performers will include David Lee, stand-up comedian; Stephanie Tanny, visual and spoken word artist; Loring Wirbel, president of Poetry West; Jim Ciletti, former Pikes Peak Poet Laureate; and other stellar performers. There may be an open mic performance as time permits.
A $5 donation is requested, and all proceeds benefit CMJF to help launch a community radio station in Colorado Springs. This event is sponsored by PPLD, Colorado Springs Diversity Forum, and the Asian Pacific American Historical and Cultural Fund.
- When: Mon., May 21; 6 p.m. reception, 7 p.m. performance
- Where: East Library, 5550 N. Union Blvd.
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Talk about a satisfying meal! If you eat at any Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill in Colorado Springs on Monday, May 21 between 2 and 9 p.m., 25 percent of your purchase will be donated to Pike Peak Library District. Don’t forget to mention PPLD when you order!
- First and Main Town Center, 3779 Bloomington St.
- Broadmoor Towne Center, 2130 Southgate Rd.
- Promenade Shops at Briargate, 1685 Briargate Pkwy.
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The 9th Annual Pikes Peak Regional History Symposium will offer a full day of historic cultural programming about Disasters of the Pikes Peak Region on Saturday, June 9 from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. at East Library.
Registration for this year’s program is now full. However, that doesn’t mean you can’t watch the Symposium. Several viewing alternatives are available:
- Tune in to PPLD TV (Comcast 17, Falcon Broadband 75) for a live simulcast of the day’s presentations.
- The Symposium will also be streaming live at ustream.tv/channel/ppld-history.
- In addition, Monument Library is hosting a live viewing of the event. Seating is limited. To register, click here.
In the PPLD TV video below, Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist David Philipps discusses the effect post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has on returning soldiers and the community in which they live. Philipps will be one of the presenters at this year’s Symposium.
Sponsors for this year’s symposium include Friends of the Pikes Peak Library District, Pikes Peak Library District Foundation, Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum, and the Helen & James McCaffery Fund for Regional History.
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Beloved children's author Maurice Sendak died May 8 at the age of 83. Best known for his award winning book, Where the Wild Things Are, Sendak transformed the face of children's literature.
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The release event for A City Beautiful Dream: The 1912 Vision for Colorado Springs will be held in in the 1905 Carnegie Reading Room at Penrose Library on Thursday, May 17, from 2 - 3 p.m.
David Rasmussen will portray the book's author, Charles Mulford Robinson, and Pioneers Museum director Matt Mayberry will speak about the City Beautiful movement. The book was originally published in 1912 as The General Plan for the Improvement of Colorado Springs. Books will be available at a 15% discount, and refreshments will be provided.
This event is free and no reservations are required.
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