Library Out Loud - August 24, 2011

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Sand Creek Book Club
Aug. 25, 10:30 - noon
Sand Creek Library

Homeschool Science Lab Orientation Meeting
Aug. 26, 1 - 3 p.m.
East Library

Chess & Checkers
Aug. 26, 3:30 - 5 p.m.
Briargate Library

Digital Camera Basics
Aug. 27, 8:30 - 9:45 a.m.
Penrose Library

Beginning Genealogy
Aug. 27, 10 a.m. - noon
High Prairie Library

55+ Internet Basics
Aug. 29, 9 - 9:50 a.m.
Cheyenne Mountain Library

Toddler Time
Aug. 29, 10:30 - 10:50 a.m.
Fountain Library

Stitch-Wits
Aug. 29, 6:30 - 8 p.m.
Old Colorado City Library

All PPLD programs are free unless otherwise specified, but please note that some require registration. Click on the event titles above for more details, including registration information (if applicable).

World Music Series 2011 concludes

Watch Khaira Arby from Mali perform "Goumou" from her July 27 World Music Series concert at Colorado College. Luísa Maita closes the series tonight.

World Music Series 2011 wraps up with a free concert by Brazilian singer Luísa Maita. Sultry, seductive, and infused with that inimitable samba swing, her music embodies the modern spirit of Brazil.

Maita, a native of the Brazilian mega-city São Paulo, has been surrounded by music since birth. Her father, Amado Maita, a singer whose one debut solo album from the 1970s is a coveted vinyl collector’s item, named all three of his daughters after songs by bossa nova legend Antonio Carlos Jobim.

The show, brought to you by KRCC Concerts, is free. However, a nonperishable food donation to Care and Share is strongly recommended.

When: Wednesday, August 24 at 7 p.m.
Where: Armstrong Quad, Colorado College (Armstrong Theater, rain backup)

Rockrimmon Library undergoes makeover

Rockrimmon Library, located at 832 Village Center Drive, was recently closed for facility and technology upgrades that added more seating and will soon result in faster Internet access. The teen area now has more space and adults have a new reading area near the windows. The project was funded by Friends of the Pikes Peak Library District and Friends of the Rockrimmon Library.

Join us for the grand reopening as we celebrate the new look of the Rockrimmon Library on Saturday, August 27 at 10 a.m.

Database provides great science resources

Science in Context is one of the many Gale databases provided as a courtesy to cardholders at Pikes Peak Library District. It provides access to full-text magazine articles, primary source documents, and links to relevant websites for hundreds of today’s most significant science topics. From earth science and life science, to space, technology, mathematics, science history and biography, this curriculum-oriented online experience is designed to boost achievement for students and researchers.

You can access Science in Context through ppld.org by clicking on Databases A-Z, then Science in Context.

For more information, watch this PPLD TV-produced video: