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IdeaCon 2024!
2024-08-17 11:00:00 2024-08-17 17:00:00 America/Denver IdeaCon 2024! Rawlings (Main Branch) -

Saturday, August 17
11:00am - 5:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-08-17 11:00:00 2024-08-17 17:00:00 America/Denver IdeaCon 2024! Come join us for our annual celebration of all things Fandom! From artist galleries to vendors, cosplay contests and sword fighting, authors and games, we will have it all at this event! Rawlings (Main Branch) -

Come join us for our annual celebration of all things Fandom! From artist galleries to vendors, cosplay contests and sword fighting, authors and games, we will have it all at this event!

Idea Con Events

Cosplay contest

Artist Alley

The Mermaids Lagoon

Pueblo Zoo Demonstration 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

David R. Slayton, author of White Trash Warlock

Emulation Station

The Society for Creative Anachronism

Gaming Lounge with Game Knight Games

DND Game Play

Star Wars Trivia

Super Hero Scavenger Hunt (2nd floor)


Idea Con returns to Rawlings Library on Saturday, August 17th.  Enjoy a celebration of fandom from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Our popular cosplay contest sign up starts at 11 a.m. and the contest starts at 1 p.m. Prizes will be awarded in each category.  Food will be available from the Three Birds Cafe.


Idea Con is free and open to all ages. We’ll see you there!

 

David R. Slayton, author of White Trash Warlock

Bret Kelly A

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Two time Colorado Book Award finalist David R. Slayton grew up outside of Guthrie, Oklahoma, where finding fantasy novels was pretty challenging and finding fantasy novels with diverse characters was downright impossible.

Emulation Station

Bret Kelly A

2-4 p.m.

Learn about how emulation impacts software preservation and play a few rounds of Crash Team Racing for the PlayStation 1.

Allison Gervais (local author)

Alison Gervais is the author of In 27 Days and The Silence Between Us, for which she received the 2020 Schneider Family Honor Book Award. Alison works at a nonprofit organization that provides services to people with disabilities and writes as often as she can. Currently she lives in Colorado with her husband and their two daughters.

 

Rawlings (Main Branch)
Phone: 719-562-5600
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Upcoming events

D60 Art Show
Fri, Apr 25, All day
Join the library in welcoming young artists in the D60 K-12 art... more
Join the library in welcoming young artists in the D60 K-12 art show. Representations from all grades in 2D and 3D. Awards for Best in Show will be given.
Preschool Storytime
Fri, Apr 25, 11:00am - 11:30am
Rawlings Youth Program Room
Books come alive for children and their favorite adults while... more
Books come alive for children and their favorite adults while supporting early literacy and preschool skills. Best for ages 3 - 5.
Open Maker Hours
Fri, Apr 25, 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Bring a project your working on, an idea you have, or come to just... more
Bring a project your working on, an idea you have, or come to just enjoy creating with some supplies we have here at the Rawlings Makerspace Lab!
D60 Art Show
Sat, Apr 26, All day
Join the library in welcoming young artists in the D60 K-12 art... more
Join the library in welcoming young artists in the D60 K-12 art show. Representations from all grades in 2D and 3D. Awards for Best in Show will be given.
Family Storytime
Sat, Apr 26, 11:00am - 11:30am
Rawlings Youth Program Room
Children and their favorite adults can come read books and sing... more
Children and their favorite adults can come read books and sing songs at the library! This program is designed to support early literacy skills, while encouraging the love of books at an early age.
Open Maker Hours
Sat, Apr 26, 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Bring a project your working on, an idea you have, or come to just... more
Bring a project your working on, an idea you have, or come to just enjoy creating with some supplies we have here at the Rawlings Makerspace Lab!
LEGO Club
Sat, Apr 26, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Try your hand at our challenges or build your own! Legos provided.... more
Try your hand at our challenges or build your own! Legos provided. Lego fun every Saturday afternoon.
D60 Art Show
Sun, Apr 27, All day
Join the library in welcoming young artists in the D60 K-12 art... more
Join the library in welcoming young artists in the D60 K-12 art show. Representations from all grades in 2D and 3D. Awards for Best in Show will be given.
D60 Art Show
Mon, Apr 28, All day
Join the library in welcoming young artists in the D60 K-12 art... more
Join the library in welcoming young artists in the D60 K-12 art show. Representations from all grades in 2D and 3D. Awards for Best in Show will be given.
Bilingual Storytime
Mon, Apr 28, 11:00am - 11:30am
Rawlings Youth Program Room
Join us for stories and songs told in English and Spanish! ¡Ven... more
Join us for stories and songs told in English and Spanish! ¡Ven con nosotros para cuentas y canciones contadas en inglés y español!
D60 Art Show
Tue, Apr 29, All day
Join the library in welcoming young artists in the D60 K-12 art... more
Join the library in welcoming young artists in the D60 K-12 art show. Representations from all grades in 2D and 3D. Awards for Best in Show will be given.
D60 Art Show
Wed, Apr 30, All day
Join the library in welcoming young artists in the D60 K-12 art... more
Join the library in welcoming young artists in the D60 K-12 art show. Representations from all grades in 2D and 3D. Awards for Best in Show will be given.
Baby Storytime
Wed, Apr 30, 10:00am - 10:20am
For children from birth to 15 months and their parent or... more
For children from birth to 15 months and their parent or caregiver. Talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format perfect for babies. Share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement.
Toddler Storytime
Wed, Apr 30, 10:30am - 10:55am
Rawlings Youth Program Room
For children from 15 months to 3 years and their favorite adults,... more
For children from 15 months to 3 years and their favorite adults, this Storytime focuses on simple books, rhymes, and songs that help develop early literacy, language skills, and social skills.
D60 Art Show
Thu, May 01, All day
Join the library in welcoming young artists in the D60 K-12 art... more
Join the library in welcoming young artists in the D60 K-12 art show. Representations from all grades in 2D and 3D. Awards for Best in Show will be given.
D60 Art Show
Fri, May 02, All day
Join the library in welcoming young artists in the D60 K-12 art... more
Join the library in welcoming young artists in the D60 K-12 art show. Representations from all grades in 2D and 3D. Awards for Best in Show will be given.
Beginner Sewing Techniques
Fri, May 02, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Makerspace Lab
For ages 5+. Learn basic sewing and designing techniques by making... more
For ages 5+. Learn basic sewing and designing techniques by making a Pom Pom Throw Pillow! Registration required.
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