Today is Friday, February 3. The High Prairie, Monument, and Palmer Lakelibraries are closed today due to inclement weather. Briargate Library is on a two-hour delay and will open at noon. And there will be no Mobile Library Service today. All other Pikes Peak Library District facilities will open at their normal times.
What's New!
A Day of Romance – 2012: Conversations with Romance Writers will feature local romance writers discussing their craft. The program is sponsored by American Christian Fiction Writers and will include a social hour with free food, books for sale by the authors, book signings, and the following moderated panel discussions: Why Romance?; Romance: Past, Present, & Future; and A Twist of Romance (romance as subplot). Come to one, two, or all of the panel discussions. It’s up to you!
Moderators and authors will include: Donita K. Paul, Beth Vogt, Kathleen E. Kovach, Tiffany Amber Stockton, Mary Davis, Olivia Newport, Paula Moldenhauer, Lisa Tawn Bergren, Megan DiMaria, Brock Eastman, Alison Strobel Morrow, and Kimberly Woodhouse.
To RSVP, call 719-531-6333, x1212 or email rstovall@ppld.org.
- When: Sat., Feb. 11 from noon - 6 p.m.
- Where: Carnegie Reading Room at Penrose Library
Sponsored by: Pikes Peak Library District, Friends of the Pikes Peak Library District, American Christian Fiction Writers, Summit Catering, Sam’s Club
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Ruth Holley Library is celebrating Black History Month in February with a very special Family Fun event. The Honoring Black History Celebration will take place from 2 - 4 p.m. on Saturday, February 25 and feature activities for the entire family. Bring the family and come enjoy ethnic food, vendors, African Drummers, a free caricature artist, entertainment, and crafts for kids.
Entertainment will include: James Duckery on the sax, Shivers Multicultural Ensemble, Cedric the caricature artist, storyteller Connie Black, and Bob Hall’s African Drums.
Winners in Ruth Holley Library’s annual Honoring Black History Essay Contest will read their work as part of this special celebration as well. Middle and high school students are invited to submit an essay titled, “African Americans and the Civil War.” Entries must be received by February 11. For more information, click here.
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A new partnership between Pikes Peak Library District and iT’Z Family Food & Fun will promote family literacy in the Pikes Peak region. Beginning February 1, patrons who purchase the “Biggest Deal” Package for $23.99 at iT’Z will have a portion of their purchase donated to PPLD’s annual Summer Reading Program. The Biggest Deal Package includes:
- iT'Z Unlimited Buffet of pizzas, pastas, salads, baked potatoes, soups, and desserts.
- Unlimited Coca-Cola fountain drinks
- All day unlimited video games (excludes redemption ticket, coin action, and prize games)
- All day unlimited play on the following attractions: Mini-Bowling, Bumper Cars, Kite Flyer, Speedway, and Monkey Jump.
- Fun Card with 20 Points. A $5 value!
This special six-week campaign to benefit PPLD’s Summer Reading Program runs through March 14. Tickets purchased are valid for Colorado Springs’ locations only. A buffet purchase is required for all guests who enter the iT’Z facility.
Purchase must be made online through the iT’Z website. Just head to www.itzusa.com and do the following:
1. Click on the Pricing & Specials tab
2. Select Colorado Springs under the "Buy Tickets Online" section.
3. Click Promo code at the bottom of the next page and enter PPLDOFFER.
In addition, children can pick up a reading log at any PPLD location. If they read ten books, they can bring the log to iT’Z and exchange it for a $10 iT’Z Fun Card. This program ends on December 15. Families can only redeem one reading log per day.
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The 2012 theme is You Are Here Now: Poems of Place. Where is your creative space? Where can you be yourself? Do you have a secret place? Some examples of poems of place are The Swing by Robert Louis Stevenson, Stopping By Woods On a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost, or Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein. You can find these poems and other poems of place at poets.org.
Prizes: Six winners of $25 each. Winners will also receive a book and a Kennedy Center Imagination Celebration poster.
Eligibility: Open to all fourth and fifth graders in the Pikes Peak region. Meets Colorado Model Content Standards 1, 2, and 4 for Reading and Writing.
Contest Rules:
1. One entry per student. Teachers are urged to review poems and submit no more than five per class.
2. Each poem must be the original work of the contestant.
3. Poems will be judged on originality, including poem title and adherence to the theme.
4. Submit two typed, double-spaced copies of each poem on 8½” x 11” paper (no handwritten submissions or illustrations will be accepted). Include on a separate piece of paper: name, telephone number, home address, school name and address, and teacher and principal names. Poems will not be returned. Please keep a copy.
5. Entries must be postmarked by February 18, 2012. Submission of a poem constitutes full permission to exhibit, use, and publish the poem for any purpose – printed or electronic media – and to publish the name, school, and photographs of the student without compensation.
Mail entries to:
The Jean Ciavonne Poetry Contest
c/o Nancy Maday
Pikes Peak Library District
P.O. Box 1579
Colorado Springs, CO 80901-1579
Or fax to: 632-6043
Questions? Call Nancy Maday at 531-6333, x2405. Awards will be announced in mid-April as part of the Imagination Celebration and Young People’s Poetry Week.
Check out last year's winners reading their work in these PPLD TV-produced videos. The 2011 theme was Poems of the Abyss.
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Learn how to access government information, benefits, and agencies online! PPLD’s Law Librarian will show you where to find health information, file a complaint against a business, find legal forms, apply for Social Security benefits and unemployment insurance, renew licenses, get Medicare and Medicaid information, contact your legislators, and more. To register, call 389-8968 or click on the preferred class below.
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