Friday, August 4, 2023 -1:00pm to 2:30pm Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C Take a break from the summer sun and join us every Friday for a matinee movie showing! We will serve popcorn with the movie since it's the last Friday Flick of the summer. With help from Princess Peach, Mario gets ready...
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 free, one-on-one help with your writing! Every Thursday from June 15th to August 3rd in Meeting Room E on the second floor of the Iowa City Public Library. Resumes, applications, op-eds, reports, essays, legal documents, creative writing — all writing is welcome! Walk-in 20-minute appointments are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Thursday, August 3, 2023 -4:00pm to 5:00pm Storytime Room Pour concrete into a pie tin and embellish it with stones, tiles, gems, and more for a fun outdoor decoration. --- Echa concreto en un molde para pastel y decórelo con piedras, azulejos, gemas y más para una decoración divertida para poner afuera. 花园石制作：将水泥灌入饼干罐中，并用石头、瓷砖、宝石加以装饰，打造有趣的户外装饰。 If you need disability-related...
4:00pm to 5:00pm In-person event + Online other Teen Center, Online Adam and Matthew from 1 Week Critique are here every Thursday to lead a Teen Writing workshop. If you love to write, or have considered it and have been too scared to try, now's your chance! Teen authors also have the opportunity to have their work...
Thursday, August 3, 2023 -1:00pm to 1:30pm Storytime Room World Languages Storytime is a new Summer Reading Program series that shares fascinating stories and some basic vocabulary in different languages. Join us every Thursday afternoon from June 8th to Aug. 3rd for a fun-filled bilingual storytime (in English and one other language) and learn how to become...
Thursday, August 3, 2023 -10:00am to 12:00pm Other All good things must come to an end, but that doesn’t mean we can’t go out with splash…or blast! Join us anytime between 10am-12pm in the Chauncey Swan outdoor area to play with bubbles, experience a mega foam blaster party and other fun messy and wet games and activities....
Wednesday, August 2, 2023 -6:00pm to 7:00pm Storytime Room Join us for a meetup of tween Pokemon card collectors! Share your collection, chat about Pokemon, and build your deck by trading cards with your fellow Pokemon enthusiasts. PLEASE NOTE: This is an unstructured, kid-led time to trade Pokemon cards. Tweens in grades 3-6 are welcome! --- ¡Únete...
Wednesday, August 2, 2023 -1:00pm to 2:00pm Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C On Wednesdays during our Summer Reading Program, join us for a different event every week to broaden our knowledge of cultures around the world! Join Haiming Chen as he teaches the basics of Taiji. Haiming Chen is an experienced Taiji trainer...
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, August 1, 2023 -4:00pm to 5:00pm Storytime Room Join us every Tuesday afternoon from June 13 - August 15 (no meeting July 4) for this interactive club where you're in the driver's seat! Each week, a librarian will read aloud one of the exciting titles in the Choose Your Own Adventure series. At each fork in...
Tuesday, August 1, 2023 -12:00pm to 1:00pm Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C Register10 of 40 registered Elementary-age kids are invited to join us each Tuesday at 1:00 to learn a little bit about a fun skill or hobby that maybe they haven’t tried before! We have experts from the community here to teach...
