What's New!

Join Pikes Peak Library District as we welcome UCCS Theatreworks for Free-For-All PERICLES, directed by Max Shulman. 

In May, June, and July of 2023, Free-For-All shares a 75-minute PERICLES, a fast-paced journey of heroes, villains, shipwrecks, pirates, jousting, and more in a sweeping adventure that was Shakespeare's most popular play for over 100 years!

• Fri., May 19 at 6:30 p.m. | Black Forest Community Church »
• Fri., June 2 at 5 p.m. | Bancroft Park »
• Sat., June 10 at 2 p.m. | Meadows Park » 
• Sat., June 17 at 11 a.m. | The Hall at PPLD »
• Fri., June 23 at 5 p.m. | Manitou Springs Memorial Park » 
• Sat., July 1 at 10:30 a.m. | George Fellows Park »

Presenting an exciting, sensory-friendly announcement!

We have published short Sensory Tour Videos for each Library location on our website. These videos offer a sensory-friendly way for children with autism and sensory processing needs and their families to preview each of our libraries and prepare for a successful visit. Each video makes our libraries more accessible and enjoyable for children with sensory needs.  

You will find these videos on each library’s location page on our website.

In each video, our friendly Family & Children’s Services staff discuss how to identify Library staff members, request sensory accommodation kits, return materials, and anything else you might expect when you visit that library. Children will enjoy visiting the children’s section through the comfort of their screen before visiting in person.  

Everyone is always welcome at the Library! 

Exhibit Dates:                                
September 5 through October 11                                    
Location:                               
East Library, 5550 N. Union Blvd., Colorado Springs, CO 80918

Pikes Peak Library District has been selected to host the Americans and the Holocaust, a traveling exhibition from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum that examines the motives, pressures, and fears that shaped Americans’ responses to Nazism, war, and genocide in Europe during the 1930s and 1940s.

Questions and Contact:

Questions? For more information, check out our Frequently Asked Questions or contact us at exhibit@ppld.org.  

Visit the Exhibit:

• Self-Guided Tours                 
  Available during the library's operating hours from Sept. 5 - Oct. 11.                  
  East Library is closed on Sundays and on Mon., Oct. 2.                  
   
• Public Tours – every Saturday in September                  
  Join us for a docent-led tour of the Americans and the Holocaust Exhibit. Docent-led tours offer additional insight into the exhibit themes and questions. Tours take approximately 30 minutes. For ages 12 and up.  Please meet in the Reading Bay area where the exhibit is located.                   
  Space is limited, register here.                  
   
• School Groups                  
  Docent guided tours can be arranged for school groups on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from Sept. 11 - Oct. 11, and will be held beginning at 9 a.m., 10 a.m., 1 p.m., and 2 p.m.                  
  
  Groups must have 10 members or more to request a guided tour. Groups of 80 or more, will need to book two hours. For groups of 140 or more, please contact us for arrangements. Please plan to have one adult for every 10 students.                  
  
  Tours for groups not affiliated with a learning institution can be arranged by appointment only, subject to availability.                   
  
  Click here and fill out the form to request a tour                
   

Click to find out about all of the Americans and the Holocaust Exhibit programs             
or see our program flyer

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Partners:

Pikes Peak Library District would like to thank the following partners for their support of the Americans and the Holocaust Exhibit.

Thank you to The Greenberg Center for Learning and Tolerance for funding two classroom sets available for teachers to checkout:

• The Ghosts of Rose Hill by R.M. Romero
• Signs of Survival by Hartman, Renée G. and Greene, Joshua

You are invited to attend a free event offered by The Greenberg Center of Learning and Tolerance in support of the exhibit called “Remembering for the Future.” Click here for details. 

Subscribe for updates

• Click on this link, scroll down, and check the box by “Americans and the Holocaust Traveling Exhibit and Programs.”

Additional Information and Online Resources: 

• Americans and the Holocaust Online Exhibition
• Family Exhibition Guide and Activity
• Online Library Resources

Booklists

Complete list of titles from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

• Young Adult and Children's Literature – ushmm.org
• Books Related to the Americans and the Holocaust – ushmm.org

PPLD's Collection of Titles for the Americans and the Holocaust Exhibit

• Adult Titles – Americans and the Holocaust Reading List
• Young Adult & Children's Titles – Americans and the Holocaust Reading List

Americans and the Holocaust: A Traveling Exhibition for Libraries is made possible by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the American Library Association.