LITERARY EVENTS
Pikes Peak Writers’ Virtual Night Aspiring writers can have questions answered, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Monday, free; tinyurl.com/y4ukblgu.
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”Wonder Up! How to Run Like a Girl” by Charlotte Matthews. Published by Charlotte Matthews. Summary: The story of Evie, a spunky young girl with her sights set on finishing her first running race The Mighty Girl Sprint. With the support of her mom, dad and feline sidekick, Evie learns that a balanced approach to training will help her reach the finish line and secure a coveted sparkly finisher’s medal.
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Hoopla Digital Pikes Peak Library District patrons can use Hoopla Digital for free access to videos, music and audiobooks from smartphones, tablets, PCS and Apple TV; hoopladigital.com.
U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum offering discounts for library cardholders Sunday wraps up Library Weekend at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum, which means it s the last day that you can get a discount at the museum just by showing your Pikes Peak library card!
Posted at 8:43 AM, Jan 24, 2021
and last updated 2021-01-24 11:10:04-05
COLORADO SPRINGS â Sunday wraps up Library Weekend at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum, which means it s the last day that you can get a discount at the museum just by showing your Pikes Peak library card! The library district will even have a mobile unit out there, in case you want to sign up for your own card right on the spot.
No reservations required: Pikes Peak libraries loosen restrictions
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) - As of Tuesday, you no longer need a reservation to get into any of the 15 Pikes Peak Library District libraries.
Even though the libraries remained open on a reservation basis, visitors were unable to browse the aisles and pick-up books on-the-spot. The Old Colorado City location is temporarily closed.
Michelle Ray, the Head of Communications with the Pike Peak Library District, says the district went by COVID case numbers and advice from El Paso County health officials when it came to loosening restrictions. People were really excited to come back in, at some of the libraries there were even lines outside, Ray said.
Hot cuppa tea, blanket, cozy mystery, cat optional. Perfect.
New to cozies? Well, let us introduce you to this crime fiction sub-genre whose sleuths are often amateurs and whose gritty crime and steamy sex generally take place tastefully out of sight. How very civilized!
A cozyâs setting â often a small town stocked with eccentrics and at least one skeptical copper â is always a main character, like the English village of St. Mary Mead, where Agatha Christieâs Miss Marple solves crimes from behind her knitting. And if you find a sleuth you like (most of them are women, by the way), thereâs often a whole series you can devour as leisure time permits.
Free admission to U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum for first responders
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic museum is honoring first responders on January 16th and 17th by offering them free admission to the museum.
The museum opened its doors in July, right in the middle of the pandemic. Museum officials say it hasn t been easy, but they know no one would be able to come through these doors at all had it not been for the tireless sacrifice of our first responders.
“Thank you. That’s the number one thing, said Tommy Schield, Director of Marketing and Communications. Thank you for all you do to keep our community safe.”