UPCOMING EVENTS CHILDREN’S HISTORY HOUR Geology Rocks! Wednesday, July 17 10:00 – 11:00 am Explore how we use rocks to build! We’ll read Scavenger Scout: Rock Hound by Shelby Wilde and go on a tour around the museum to discover the types of rocks that are found in the building! Children ages 3-6 and their favorite adult are invited to explore regional history through story time, a family-friendly tour, activity, and craft. (Registration required) COLORADO GROWN FAMILY FUN DAY Saturday, July 27 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Show your Colorado pride and celebrate The Centennial State’s 143rd birthday! Join the museum for a day of food trucks, live music, birthday cake, and family-friendly activities. PIKES PEAK REGIONAL HISTORY LECTURE SERIES: Marshall Sprague: Controversial Feature-Writer “Historian” to Our Town, Our State, Our West Presented by Katherine Sturdevant Saturday, August 10 2:00 – 3:00 pm Journalist-author Marshall Sprague is a “colorful character” in the history of his own chosen town. His popular history of the town remains the book most likely offered to newcomers, to the discomfort of scholars. During most of his era here, it seems no popular or scholarly author superseded Marshall Sprague’s production of local/regional history books, articles, public lectures, or publicity generally about this place. Yet, researchers have not mobbed to his archives at PPLD or CC Tutt Library Special Collections. Viewing Sprague and his work anew might tell us as much about ourselves as it does about Sprague. (Registration required) About The Presenter: Katherine Scott Sturdevant, Pikes Peak Community College senior history professor, has long taught, presented, written, and practiced public history. This presentation expands and further interprets her talk and chapter for this year’s Regional History Series of the Pikes Peak Library District Special Collections. FOOD TRUCK TUESDAYS! Enjoy Every Tuesday through October 29 11:00 am – 1:30 pm Enjoy local food truck vendors and live music on the west lawn of CSPM every Tuesday. Drop in the museum at 12:00 or 12:30 pm for a free History in 10 short and informative storytelling session! Please RSVP for events at: www.cspm.org/rsvp-for-an-event or 719-385-5990 MUSELETTER JULY 2019| PG 4
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