Sunday, April 16, 2023 -1:00pm to 4:00pm Meeting Room A National Scrabble Day (April 13th) celebrates the birth of the game's creator, American architect Alfred Mosher Butts. Conceived in 1933, it took until 1948 for the game to become the SCRABBLE game we know and love. Join the Iowa City Public Library and The Iowa City Scrabble...
Saturday -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,...
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. ćŻĺ¨ä¸čŻˇä¸ĺ°ĺżé¨ĺžäšŚéŚĺçčłä¸čľˇĺ ĺ Ľć䝏çä¸čąĺčŻć äşäźďźć䝏ĺ°é 话ä¸čąćçťćŹďźĺ亍ĺżćďźçŤĽč°Łĺ蜣ĺłć塼ă揢čżĺĺš´éžćŽľçĺ°ćĺ䝏ĺçć¤č ĺĺ ć´ťĺ¨ă ÂĄVen a la biblioteca cada lunes para disfrutar de una hora...
10:30am to 11:00am In-person event + Online other Join us in person 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. Book Babies will meet...
Get one-on-one assistance with any kind of writing from University of Iowa or Kirkwood Community College writing faculty at the Johnson County Community Writing Center every Monday and Thursday from 6-8 pm at the Iowa City Public Library. job applications materials, including resumes and cover letters school assignments, scholarship essays, college application essays, and materials...
Thursday, May 9, 2024 -10:30am to 11:00am Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C Join Orchestra Iowaâs talented chamber ensembles as they introduce preschool-aged children to the instruments of the orchestra! Focused on fun and learning, Pied Piper Concerts offer children the opportunity to enjoy an up-close and personal chamber concert. This week we will...
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...
Tuesday, November 14, 2023 -6:00pm to 8:00pm Meeting Room D All writers are welcome to join us at The Violet Realm where we talk about all things fantasy and science fiction. Are you a new writer starting on your first book? Are you an experienced author who's looking to spruce up your work? Then join us for...
Tuesday, July 11, 2023 -5:00pm to 7:00pm Digital Media Lab Register Do you love to make things in Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, GIMP, Canva, or other graphic design software? Would doing it around others at this specific time motivate you to finally start or finish a project, experiment more, and share ideas? Of course it would! Join...
Tuesday -4:00pm to 5:00pm Digital Media Lab Girls Who Code Club is for girls and non-binary youth in grades 3-5 who are interested in learning how to code. No previous experience necessary! The goal of this club is to create a safe and supportive environment of peers and role models where students learn to see themselves as...
Get one-on-one assistance with any kind of writing from University of Iowa or Kirkwood Community College writing faculty at the Johnson County Community Writing Center every Monday and Thursday from 6-8 pm at the Iowa City Public Library. job applications materials, including resumes and cover letters school assignments, scholarship essays, college application essays, and materials...
Mondays April 2024 -4:00pm to 5:00pm Storytime Room Iowa has 99 counties, and they all have a story to tell. Did you know that Mahaska County is home to a rare cemetery just for mules (a cross between a donkey and a horse)? Did you know that Washington County is home to the oldest continually-operating movie theater...
