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Event Series Family Storytime

Family Storytime

Iowa City Public Library 123 South Linn Street, Iowa City, IA, United States

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...

Spanish Bilingual Storytime

Iowa City Public Library 123 South Linn Street, Iowa City, IA, United States

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...

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Poetry Slam

Coffee Emporium 301 E Market St, Iowa City, IA, United States

To Enter, Bring 3 of your best poems Sign up begins at 6:30pm. Slam starts at 7pm poets compete for audience adoration and great prizes in a three round elimination. Join us for a bard room brawl of poetic excellence The last mondy of every month at Coffee Emporium

Event Series Book Babies Storytime

Book Babies Storytime

Iowa City Public Library 123 South Linn Street, Iowa City, IA, United States

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...

Iris Jamahl Dunkle in conversation with Harry Stecopoulos

Prairie Lights Bookstore

Iris Jamahl Dunkle  will read from her new biography, Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb.  She’ll be joined in conversation by UIowa Professor Harry Stecopoulos. Riding Like the Wind brings well-deserved attention to writer Sonora Babb, whose writing on the migrant farmers of the Dust Bowl was used by John Steinbeck in the creation...

Halloween Storytime & Trick or Treat Cart Parade

Iowa City Public Library 123 South Linn Street, Iowa City, IA, United States

Thursday, October 31, 2024 10:30am to 12:00pm   Meeting Room A Join us for a special Halloween Storytime followed by a Trick or Treat Parade through the library! This year we will be visiting several booooooo-k carts that are ready to show off their Halloween costumes and eager to hand out some tricks and treats! After the...

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Event Series 2024 International Writing Program (IWP) Panel Discussion

2024 International Writing Program (IWP) Panel Discussion

Iowa City Public Library 123 South Linn Street, Iowa City, IA, United States

  Fridays, -12:00pm to 1:30pm In-person event + Livestream Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C Images of America The Fall IWP Residents share impressions of their time in the United States. The IWP Friday Panel Discussion series provides an opportunity for the residents of Iowa City to meet and converse with writers from around...

Art & Write Night

University of Iowa Pentacrest Museums Iowa City, IA, United States

Join the long, rich, historical tradition of artists creating in our spaces. Professional, aspiring, and amateur artists alike, make our museum your muse. The return of this popular program series welcomes guests into the Museum of Natural History's magical gallery spaces after-hours to work on sketching or writing projects with other campus and community artists. Tell...

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Paul Renfro – The Life and Death of Ryan White

Prairie Lights Bookstore

In a special event co-sponsored by the UIowa Department of History, author Paul Renfro will read from and talk about one of the most significant public figures of the 1980’s AIDS Epidemic, The Life and Death of Ryan White: AIDS and Inequality in America.  He will be joined in conversation by Associate Professor of History Mariola...

Event Series Family Storytime

Family Storytime

Iowa City Public Library 123 South Linn Street, Iowa City, IA, United States

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...

Event Series IC Speaks Spoken Word Club

IC Speaks Spoken Word Club

Iowa City Public Library 123 South Linn Street, Iowa City, IA, United States

Saturday, November 2, 2024 -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...

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IWP Sunday Afternoon Reading Series: Sabyn Javeri & Okamoto Kei

Prairie Lights Bookstore

Please join us for the IWP Sunday Afternoon Reading Series!  This week’s event features IWP Residents Sabyn Javeri (Pakistan, UK & UAE) and Okamoto Kei (Japan), and Writers’ Workshop MFA candidate Joshua Balicki (USA). Sabyn Javeri (fiction and nonfiction writer, translator; Pakistan, UK & UAE) is the author of the short story collection Hijabistan (2019) and the...