Tag: east library
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PIKES PICK: Get ready to read after the library’s spring book sale
Time for big book finds at the Spring Book Sale at East Library, 5550 N. Union Blvd. Hours for nonmembers: Noon to 4 p.m. March 13, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 14 and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 15. friendsofppld.org/big-book-sales — Linda Navarro
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Lives of Austrian couple who fled WWII, concentration camps, to make new life in Colorado Springs chronicled in new presentation
Leo and Hertha Mohl chose to live in interesting times, sometimes unintentionally and sometimes through their own making. That’s according to Bob Mohl, who will deliver a presentation about the colorful lives of his Austrian parents, who fled Nazi persecution during WWII, immigrated to the U.S. in 1940, and wound up living in Colorado Springs…
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Photo exhibit honors fallen local World War II heroes
John Frank Rozar, a graduate of Colorado Springs High School (now Palmer High School) who went on to join the Navy, was one of more than 2,400 American service members killed in the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor. Kenneth Lee Moore, a Colorado Springs native and 2nd Lieutenant with the Army Air Forces, was…
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PPLD’s busiest branch to close for 2 weeks
Pikes Peak Library District’s busiest branch will be closed for parking lot repairs effective Monday, district officials said. Renovations on the East Library’s parking area and access road are expected to be complete by the end of September. Library officials initially planned to complete the project in phases, allowing limited access to the North Union…
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New Colorado Springs exhibit features work by former Gazette political cartoonist
The news can feel like a soap opera. You stop watching for a few decades and when you tune back in, the same storylines are still chugging along. The same can apply to the headlines. When award-winning former Gazette political cartoonist Chuck Asay started looking back through his old work for a new Pikes Peak…
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9 weekend things to do around Colorado Springs and beyond: Brown Palace steer, Wolf Bonfire Bash, Broadmoor Roaring Twenties and more
FRIDAY One of the most unusual events during National Western Stock Show for 78 years: the Grand Champion Steer walks the red carpet through the lobby of Denver’s regal Brown Palace Hotel just in time for high tea. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday. Reservations for free general admission. A VIP viewing and barbeque luncheon $150. After…