Colorado Springs area literary events starting Feb. 5

Feb. 5—LITERARY EVENTS

Book Talk and Q&A — With Colorado author Jeri Norton, "Colorado's Highest: The History of Naming Colorado's 14,000-Foot Peaks," to benefit Woman's Educational Society of Colorado College, 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Colorado College, Bemis Hall, 920 N. Cascade Ave., $20. Tickets: coloradocollege.edu/other/wes/index.html

HOT OFF THE PRESS

Recent regional author offerings:

— "What Meets the Eye" by Riesa Dow. Published by Crooked Lane Books. Summary: Kate Myles was a promising Los Angeles police detective until an accident and opioid addiction blew up her family and destroyed her career. Struggling to rebuild her life, Kate decides to try her hand at private detective work, but she gets much more than she bargained for when she takes on the case of a celebrated painter found dead in a downtown loft.

TUTORS NEEDED

Children's Literacy Center — 719-471-8672, childrensliteracycenter.org.

AVAILABLE

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.

E-books and More — E-books, e-audiobooks, e-magazines free with PPLD library card. Click on CyberShelf at ppld.org.

LIBRARY LISTINGS

Pikes Peak Library District: ppld.org.

— 21c, 1175 Chapel Hills Drive

— Calhan, 600 Bank St.

— Cheyenne Mountain, 1785 S. 8th St.

— East, 5550 N. Union Blvd.

— Fountain, 230 S. Main St.

— High Prairie, 7035 Old Meridian Road, Falcon

— Manitou Springs, 515 Manitou Ave.

— Monument, 1706 Lake Woodmoor Drive

— Old Colorado City, 2418 W. Pikes Peak Ave.

— Palmer Lake, 66 Lower Glenway

— Penrose, 20 N. Cascade Ave.

— Rockrimmon, 832 Village Center Drive

— Ruth Holley, 685 N. Murray Blvd.

— Sand Creek, 1821 S. Academy Blvd.

— Ute Pass, 8010 Severy Ave., Cascade

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