Pikes Peak Library District is offering a wide variety of free children’s programming during Spring Break, March 22 – 31. Highlights include performances by Dave Elder the Horn Guy, Beth Epley, the Scarlet Sisters, and Jesse Wilson. And be sure to catch a performance by Funky Fairy Tales, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary of bringing children’s books to the stage.
For a complete list of PPLD’s Spring Break programming, click here.
Scarlet Sisters Lost Mermaid
Ahoy me hearties! It be the Scarlet Sisters, the fiercest she-pirates in all the Seven Seas! They be needin’ you help to find the Magical Mermaid, for only the Mermaid knows where the buried treasure be…are ye’ brave enough to join their crew? Suggested for ages 3 to 13.
Tuesday, March 23, 10:30 a.m.
(This will take the place of Storytime on Tuesday. We will have Toddler Time as usual at 10 a.m.
Play with Art – Tie Dye
Get creative and have some psychedelic fun. Participants need to bring a plain white t-shirt to dye. Open to kids, tweens, and teens. Kids age 8 or younger will need an adult present to help.)
Wednesday, March 24 at 2 p.m.
Design a Dr. Seuss Sock Puppet! (with Denise Gard)
It’s strange! It’s amazing, it’s wonderful! New! You can make one too. Uncap your brain, create a puppet that’s sublime! Join Denise Gard and her sock puppet, Mitzy, and let your talent shine! Suggested for ages 8 and older unless accompanied by an adult. Please pre-register as space is limited.
Thursday, March 25 at 10:30 a.m.
It All Began with a Cup of Sugar – Funky Fairytales 20th Anniversary Special
The library’s own Funky Fairytales Troupe celebrates its 20th year of performing with a hilarious mix of old and new tales! Join us for The True Story of the Three Little Pigs and other wild and wacky “fractured fairytale” stories. Find out how it all began and what those crazy “Funkies” are up to now!
Friday, March 26 at 2 p.m.
Family Fun – Llama Drama – at your library. Saturday, March 27 at 1:30 p.m.
The Pikes Peak Library District Art Evaluation Committee will be jurying art for future month-long, individual shows. Interested artists should bring five representative pieces of their body of work in show-ready format (matted, framed, wired). Selected artists will be given the opportunity to showcase their work at one of the 10 Pikes Peak Library District art galleries.
Art of any medium which can be hung on a gallery wall will be accepted. Past works have included paintings, drawings, photography, wood-block prints, masks and more. Submissions will be accepted on Wed., March 24 from 10 a.m. – noon in the Carnegie Reading Room at the Penrose Library, 20 N. Cascade Avenue. Artists may pick up their art on the same day from 4:30 – 6 p.m.
Individual entrants will be notified of Committee’s decision within 2 weeks. For more information, contact Carol Brunk Harnish at 531-6333, x2332 or charnish@ppld.org.
Briargate Branch Library is hosting a Teen Mural Competition open to teens ages 13 – 19. Applications for the competition are available until March 15 at the Briargate Branch. Teens are welcome to apply individually, or in groups of up to four. Designs must be inspired by the Teen Zone theme quote by Cornelia Funke, author of Inkheart: “Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.”
The winner(s) will paint his or her mural design on a wall in Briargate’s Teen Zone, and will be guest of honor at an Artist’s Reception at the branch after the mural’s completion. For more information, call 260-6882 or stop by the Briargate Branch Library (9475 Briar Village Pt.) today!
Teen Tech Week, running March 7 – 13, is a national initiative aimed at teens, librarians, educators, and parents meant to encourage teens to take advantage of libraries’ nonprint resources. The 2010 theme — Learn Create Share @ your library — fosters teen creativity and positions the library as a physical and virtual place for safe exploration of the many types of technology available at libraries.
PPLD is having events throughout the District as part of Teen Tech Week. Click here for a complete list of these fun programs.
Check out Mark Gardner’s full performance here!
Pikes Peak Library District will team up with the Air Force Academy Athletic Department through the end of April to invite kids in kindergarten through 7th grade to take part in the spring 2010 Blue & Silver Book Club.
Participants who read a book of their choice each month will earn free tickets, ticket discounts, and invitations to special events with Air Force Falcons Sporting teams. Spring sports include baseball, lacrosse, and men’s and women’s tennis. Children or Parents can pick up a reading log for the month and have it stamped at any Pikes Peak Library District library. This stamped log will serve as an all access pass to all book club events happening at the Academy in the upcoming month.
Find out about the Blue & Silver Book Club events on your reading log or through direct e-newsletters from the Air Force Academy.
To pick up a Blue & Silver reading log or learn more about the program visit any Pikes Peak Library District location and speak with a librarian.
Friday, February 26 at 7 p.m.
Palmer Ridge High School Auditorium
Join us this weekend of exciting musical and theater performances. Opening night features A Red Carpet Affair with the Colorado Springs Children’s Chorale. Dress up, smile for the paparazzi, and walk the red carpet in grand style prior to the free performance of Broadway and Disney tunes by the Children’s Chorale.
Saturday, February 27
Monument Branch
Broadway Drama
Two performances by the Lewis Palmer High School players, plus the Star Wars Stormtroppers. Delight in the hilarious antics of the LPHS drama students performing in Broadway style. Take photos with the Stormtroppers, obtain autographs from the actors, and participate in face-painting, crafts, and refreshments between shows.
Schedule of events:
1:30 p.m. LPHS Broadway Drama
2:30 p.m. Star Wars Stormtroppers
3 p.m. LPHS Broadway Drama
Sunday, February 28 at 1:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Monument Branch
Backlot Film Festival
Hollywood writer Bob Garner will introduce local student talent who will debut their short, family-friendly films in a festival that is sure to please young and old.
Identify foundation and corporate giving programs using free online databases accessible through PPLD’s website. Search the Foundation Directory Online, the Colorado Grants Guide, and other online databases.
Registration is required; call 531-6333, x2335.
When: Thu., February 25 at 8 a.m.
Where: Penrose Library, 20 N. Cascade Ave.
Prize winning essays and poetry are now on display in the Ruth Holley Branch Teen Zone through March 2010. Middle School students wrote about an individual who impacted their lives. High school students’ poems responded to the topic “I Am History in the Making.”
Teen authors will be reading their essays and poems at the Black History Celebration on Saturday, February 27 from 2 – 4 p.m.
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