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Summer Adventure 2025
It's not too late to register for Summer Adventure presented by Friends of the Pikes Peak Library District! This year, anyone of any age can participate, and registration is open through July 31. All you have to do is spend 30 days reading, creating, and exploring to win prizes. To get started, visit our website or stop by a Library location to register. Then, read a book, participate in one of the Library’s programs, or use one of our activity ideas! You can also backlog reading and activities you did in June and count them toward your 30 day challenge.
 
The adventure runs from June 2 – July 31. Ages 0 - 18 will receive a book as a registration prize, and all ages will receive a prize for finishing plus entry into the grand prize drawing. You can complete additional days of reading and activities for bonus entries into the grand prize drawing.
 
Featured Programs:
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Sean Gaskell: Music of the West African Kora
Join Sean Gaskell for a special performance featuring the kora, an ancient 21-stringed harp from West Africa. This beautiful and educational presentation will include traditional songs that are the heart and soul of the kora's musical repertoire. All ages are welcome. 
  • East Library: Mon., July 7 at 6 p.m.  
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Scrap Exchange with Who Gives A Scrap
In collaboration with Who Gives a SCRAP Creative Reuse Center, we are hosting an arts, crafts, and hobby material exchange! Bring in your new, clean/gently used and unwanted craft materials and exchange them for "tickets" to "purchase/exchange" new-to-you craft supplies! 
 
Please refrain from bringing items that can be recycled (plastic food containers, bedding, and building waste). Here is a full list of items that can and cannot be donated.
 
We will also have a fun up-cycling craft going on, so you can take your time and check for new inventory! No registration required.
  • East Library: Sat., July 12 at 1p.m.  
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Author Talk: Shelley Read
Join Pikes Peak Library District as we welcome award-winning author Shelley Read to celebrate the paperback release of her internationally bestselling debut novel Go as a River. Following the talk, Read will do an audience Q&A session and will be available for book signing. Copies of Go as a River will be available to purchase from Poor Richard's Bookstore during the event. Registration is suggested, but not required. 
 
About Shelley Read:
Shelley Read’s internationally bestselling debut novel, Go as a River, is being translated into over thirty languages and has been optioned for film by Mazur Kaplan in partnership with Fifth Season. She was a Senior Lecturer at Western Colorado University for nearly three decades, where she was a founder of the Environment & Sustainability major and the PRIME program for at-risk students. She holds degrees in writing and literary studies from the University of Denver and Temple University and is a regular contributor to Crested Butte Magazine and Gunnison Valley Journal. She is a fifth-generation Coloradoan who lives with her family in the Elk Mountains of the Western Slope. 
  • East Library: Thu., July 31 at 6 p.m. 
Featured Resource:
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CustomGuide (formerly Learn on Demand)
Learn by doing, not just by watching training videos. Use CustomGuide to take interactive self-paced classes and earn certificates for training in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint); Google apps (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Google Classroom); email systems (Outlook, Gmail); virtual platforms (Google Meet, Skype, Teams, Zoom), and much more. New users need to create an account.
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Pikes Peak Library District
P.O. Box 1579, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80901
(719) 531-6333
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