All Pikes Peak Reads is a community-wide effort to involve diverse groups of all ages to read and discuss the same books, to explore related relevant social issues, and to promote literacy. All Pikes Peak Reads 2009 book selections include Rocket Boys/October Sky, Have Space Suit Will Travel, The Space Tourist’s Handbook, and Community: The Structure of Belonging. See the complete schedule of community activities at www.ppld.org/aboutyourlibrary/events/appr2009.

PPCC is participating in All Pikes Peak Reads with the following events, that are free and open to the public:

The SPACE Foundation
October 14, 12 – 1 p.m. in the Centennial Campus Atrium

Elliot Pulham, President and CEO of the Space Foundation will speak at the Centennial Campus Atrium on Wednesday, October 14 from noon - 2 p.m. There will also be an exhibit of an authentic space shuttle suit. Find out more about the United States Space Foundation at www.spacefoundation.org.

Space Flight in Fiction and Fact
October 15, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. in the Rampart Range Campus Library

Rick W. Sturdevant, Air Force Space Command Deputy and Director of History, will present Space Flight in Fiction and Fact: the Popular Culture and Engineering Reality of Exploring Other Worlds and Benefiting Our Own. After the presentation, PPCC students and faculty member Dr. Stephen Collins will present a puppet show, In Space and Spaced Out: A Look at the Space Program. Refreshments will be provided.