Shelter House’s 2025 Book Sale will take place on Saturday, March 8 and Sunday, March 9! Every bargain-hunting bibliophile’s favorite two-day event will take place from 10:30 AM to 4:00 PM both days at 860 Quarry Road in Coralville. Each year, Shelter House fills the Old Antique Car Museum with stories of adventure, mystery, and...
Shelter House’s 2025 Book Sale will take place on Saturday, March 8 and Sunday, March 9! Every bargain-hunting bibliophile’s favorite two-day event will take place from 10:30 AM to 4:00 PM both days at 860 Quarry Road in Coralville. Each year, Shelter House fills the Old Antique Car Museum with stories of adventure, mystery, and...
Kelly Hall will read from her book Love Works: Transforming the Workplace with Purpose and Authenticity. Designed as a practical guide for anyone in any shared workspace, Love Works is described by Shawna Reininger of The Conscious Enterprise as a book that "offers specific, actionable steps to create, with love, a compassionate, safe, and connected workplace," while social entrepreneur...
10:30am to 11:00am Storytime Room Join us every Monday for a special Chinese Bilingual Storytime with Children's Librarian Fang! Together we will enjoy songs, rhymes, stories and fun crafts in Chinese and English. Children of all ages and their caregivers are welcome to join us. 每周一请与少儿部图书馆员王芳一起加入我们的中英双语故事会！我们将阅读中英文绘本，分享儿歌，童谣和趣味手工。欢迎各年龄段的小朋友们和看护者参加活动。 ¡Ven a la biblioteca cada lunes para disfrutar de una hora...
Bestselling author and Iowa Writers’ Workshop alum Curtis Sittenfeld will read from her newest book and second story collection, Show, Don’t Tell. Publishers’ Weekly describes Show, Don’t Tell as “Witty . . . In one sparkling comedy of manners after another, documents with a clear and affectionate eye how tiny prejudices and blind spots lead her protagonists astray,”...
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...
Poets GC Waldrep and Karen An-Hwei Lee will read from their newest collections, Beautiful Immunity and The Opening Ritual. GC Waldrep’s The Opening Ritual is described by bestselling author and novelist Kaveh Akbar as “the kind of furiously curious, unabashedly ambitious poetry book I want to show everyone, to prove such books can still be written.” G.C. Waldrep was born...
Meeting Room A, Online StoryJAM is a music and movement program designed to model, encourage, and facilitate music-making as an early literacy skill. Parents and caregivers are encouraged to participate as much as possible. Masks are required for all individuals over the age of two. Social distancing between groups in attendance is encouraged. In order...
Read on the Rug is back with monthly offerings! Join us on the second Wednesday of each month in Iowa Hall at the UI Museum of Natural History for Read on the Rug. Ideal for families with kiddos aged 2-5, all are welcome to this free educational program. This program series was designed with our youngest...
Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program alum Laura Julier will read from her River Teeth Nonfiction Prize-winning debut memoir, Off Izaak Walton Road, and will be joined in conversation with author Lori Erickson. "In this lyric memoir, Laura Julier takes us on a journey through long-held feelings of loss and grief—experienced through various landscapes—until she lands in a...
A poetry open mic, brought to you by Iowa City Poetry Slam and Alley Cat. Mic at 8:30! Sign up in person! Karaoke after poetry!
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...
