Join us for a double-feature reading by poets Patrycja Humienik, who will read from her new book of poems, We Contain Landscapes, and Austin Araujo, a current Iowa NWP student who will read from his new poetry collection, At the Park on the Edge of the Country. Described as a collection "haunted by questions of desire, borders,...
Saturday May 3rd, 10am - 6pm Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) is the biggest event in the comic book industry—a single day when participating comic book specialty shops across North America and around the world give away comic books absolutely free to anyone who comes into their shops! Founded on the belief that for every...
Saturdays 10:30am to 11:00am Storytime Room Family Storytime is recommended for all ages and includes both shorter and longer stories combined with action games and activities. 家庭故事会包括较长或较短的故事，并结合动作游戏和相关活动，适于各年龄段共同参与。 如您因为身体原因需要特别安排，请联系图书馆。 --------- Family Storytime es para todas las edades e incluye historias más cortas y más largas combinadas con juegos y actividades de acción. If you need disability-related accommodations in...
11:00am to 12:30pm Meeting Room E Spoken Word Club is a weekly generative writing workshop that provides teen writers with a safe space to share their work, get inspired, and meet other teen writers in Iowa City. Each meeting will have writing and performance examples, activities, writing prompts, and time to share. This is a casual, comfortable...
May 3rd from 1pm - 3pm, Iowa cookbook author and Wyse Guide blogger Kaleb Wyse will be at a Prairie Lights for a special in-person signing and personalization of his new cookbook, There’s Always Room at the Table! Just in time for Mother's Day gift-giving! There’s Always Room at the Table is Prairie Lights’ best-selling cookbook of 2025. Take...
Former Iowa House of Representatives member Helen Miller will read from her debut memoir, I Don't Swim. Inspired by a question asked of her--Why don't you swim with your family?--Helen examined her past and "considered that her parents’ and her inability to swim was related to something bigger: the history of Black Americans" (helenmillerauthor.com). Iowa State...
Iowa New Play Festival We are thrilled to present our annual Iowa New Play Festival in the Theatre Building featuring full productions written by MFA playwrights Sixtus Chetachi Igbokwe, Eli Campbell, Xiaoyan Kang, and a collection of work by the Undergraduate Playwrights Workshop! Plus, there are readings daily from new, full plays written by MFA playwrights. Tickets...
Author Liese Greensfelder will read from her new book, Accidental Shepard, and will be joined in conversation by Iowa Writers' Workshop alum, Mary Swander. Based on what was supposed to be a summer job on a remote sheep farm in Norway that turned into a yearlong experience, Accidental Shepard is praised by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gary Snyder as...
In-person event + Online other Join us every Tuesday for a special Spanish Bilingual Storytime with Children's Librarian Raquel! Together we will enjoy songs, rhymes and stories in Spanish and English. Children of all ages and their caregivers are welcome to join us. Masks are required for all individuals over the age of two. Social...
Iowa Writers' Workshop alum Rawaan Alkhatib will read from her debut cookbook, Hot Date!: Sweet & Savory Recipes Celebrating the Date, from Party Food to Everyday Feasts. Described from Alkhatib's publisher, Chronicle Books, as "The first comprehensive cookbook on an ancient superfood and the cultures that revere it," Hot Date! features "99 mouthwatering, date-centered recipes that are the perfect mix...
Join curator Rich Dana for a special guided tour of the current University of Iowa Libraries Main Library Gallery exhibition, A Roll of the Dice: Symbolism in the Sackner Archive. All are welcome to attend this free event. About the exhibit: In 1897, French Symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé revolutionized the world of graphic design with...
Tuesdays, 10:30am to 11:00am Storytime Room Join us for Book Babies! Let's have fun together singing, reading, and rhyming. Book Babies is a program designed to stimulate your infant's language development and is geared towards ages 0-2 years. Parents and caregivers are encouraged to participate as much as possible. ¡Ven para Book Babies! Divirtámonos juntos cantando, leyendo...
