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Knitting & Crochetting Club Thursdays 6-8pm

Bingo Family Fun Games 1st Saturday of the month at 1:00pm

Summer Food Service Program, June 9th through August 8th. Free lunch Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays 12- 1 pm, for children ages 0-18.

Color Our World Free Summer Reading Program. Registration begins May 22. Programs begin June 10. Free book coupon, t-shirts, crafts, art, and snacks!

Tween Art Classes with Eric Matranga. Thursdays 1pm to 4pm, June 26, July 10, and August 7.

Artist of the Month: Pollination Investigation--a poster exhibition from the Smithsonian Institution exploring pollination and pollinators.

Read to one of our friendliest furriest volunteers! Fridays at 10am.

Author book talk and signing: Sherry Skye Stuart, Forgotten Female Felons. Friday, June 27, at 6:00pm

Learn to Weave on a simple loom. Saturday, June 21, 1pm - 5pm. For more information and to register call 719-372-6017.

1 Summer Reading Prg 10:00 am – 11:30 am July 1, 2025 COLOR OUR WORLD!!! is the theme for this summer's Summer Reading Program at the library. For children from 0 - 12 years old. Register your children at the library- each child's goal is to read, or to be read to, for 15 hours to receive a free t-shirt & certificate. Program Schedule: 6:30- 7:30 pm Tues. June 10th at Penrose Park Kick Off Foam party!! Let's all dance and play in safe foam fun! June 17th at the library: 10 am -Do Art Productions!!! Join Do Art Productions as they bring art and creativity to people of the world. June 24th at the library: 10 am-A Lake Pueblo State Representative will help us use the colors of the rainbow to discuss plants, wildlife and other natural resources that make our state so colorful!!!! July 1st at the library: 10 am -Tie Dye Party!!! Bring a t-shirt, socks or bandana to tie-dye!! July 8th at the Library: 10 am- Light it Up!! Ping Pong Ball Light!!! Make a ping pong ball light and create Fun Fingerprint Art! July 15th at Florence Pool: 5:30 - 7:30 pm Wrap-Up! Swim Party !!! Everybody jump in at the Florence Swimming Pool!!! Penrose Community Library 719-372-6017 More, FOL Bd Mtg 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm July 1, 2025 T.he Friends of the Library board meets at 2 pm. More

4 Closed 10:00 am – 5:00 pm July 4, 2025 – July 5, 2025 The library is closed Friday and Saturday, July 4th and 5th. More

5 Closed 10:00 am – 5:00 pm July 4, 2025 – July 5, 2025 The library is closed Friday and Saturday, July 4th and 5th. More

7 Free Lunch 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm July 7, 2025 Summer Food Service Program: Free Lunch on Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays from 12-1 PM at the patio in back of the library. Sponsored by the Food Bank of the Rockies. Ages: Children 0 - 18 years old Dates: June 9th - August 8th Time: 12 - 1 PM More

8 Summer Reading Prg 10:00 am – 11:00 am July 8, 2025 COLOR OUR WORLD!!! is the theme for this summer's Summer Reading Program at the library. For children from 0 - 12 years old. Register your children at the library- each child's goal is to read, or to be read to, for 15 hours to receive a free t-shirt & certificate. Program Schedule: 6:30- 7:30 pm Tues. June 10th at Penrose Park Kick Off Foam party!! Let's all dance and play in safe foam fun! June 17th at the library: 10 am -Do Art Productions!!! Join Do Art Productions as they bring art and creativity to people of the world. June 24th at the library: 10 am-A Lake Pueblo State Representative will help us use the colors of the rainbow to discuss plants, wildlife and other natural resources that make our state so colorful!!!! July 1st at the library: 10 am -Tie Dye Party!!! Bring a t-shirt, socks or bandana to tie-dye!! July 8th at the Library: 10 am- Light it Up!! Ping Pong Ball Light!!! Make a ping pong ball light and create Fun Fingerprint Art! July 15th at Florence Pool: 5:30 - 7:30 pm Wrap-Up! Swim Party !!! Everybody jump in at the Florence Swimming Pool!!! Penrose Community Library 719-372-6017 More

10 Tw/een Art Classes 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm July 10, 2025 Join Eric Matranga, instructor, for art classes at the library from 1 PM to 4 PM. The classes are on Thursdays June 26, July 10 and August 7, 2025. Penrose Community Library 719-372-6017 More

15 Summer Reading Prg 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm July 15, 2025 COLOR OUR WORLD!!! is the theme for this summer's Summer Reading Program at the library. For children from 0 - 12 years old. Register your children at the library- each child's goal is to read, or to be read to, for 15 hours to receive a free t-shirt & certificate. Program Schedule: 6:30- 7:30 pm Tues. June 10th at Penrose Park Kick Off Foam party!! Let's all dance and play in safe foam fun! June 17th at the library: 10 am -Do Art Productions!!! Join Do Art Productions as they bring art and creativity to people of the world. June 24th at the library: 10 am-A Lake Pueblo State Representative will help us use the colors of the rainbow to discuss plants, wildlife and other natural resources that make our state so colorful!!!! July 1st at the library: 10 am -Tie Dye Party!!! Bring a t-shirt, socks or bandana to tie-dye!! July 8th at the Library: 10 am- Light it Up!! Ping Pong Ball Light!!! Make a ping pong ball light and create Fun Fingerprint Art! July 15th at Florence Pool: 5:30 - 7:30 pm Wrap-Up! Swim Party !!! Everybody jump in at the Florence Swimming Pool!!! Penrose Community Library 719-372-6017 More

22 Kids Weaving Workshop 10:00 am – 11:00 am July 22, 2025 Kids' Beginning Weaving Workshop!!! Free all materials included. Ages 8+ or with a helping adult. Tuesday July 22,2025 at 10 am. Penrose Community Library 719-372-6017 More

26 Kid's Farmer's Market 10:00 am – 1:00 pm July 26, 2025 Saturday July 26, 2025 10 AM- 1 PM at Penrose Park, 401 Park Place, Penrose Call to register 719-372-6017 or visit the library by July 5th Goal: to have the kid's rise to the challenge of deciding what to plant, grow, create and craft. Design a table-top booth, talk to customers, handle money and sell! Vendors will be assigned a table in the park pavilion, no fee! The pavilion tables will be assigned in a first-come first serve basis. More

28 Board Mtg. 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm July 28, 2025 The Board of Trustees for the Penrose Community Library meets at 12pm. More

View yearbooks for 1948, 50-55, 57-60, and search a free online historic newspaper database on our Local History Resources page.

Events in July 2025