All films will be shown at 7 p.m. in Meeting Room A, 123 S. Linn St. Free Popcorn! November 6: “The Garden” This Oscar-nominated documentary follows a group of low-income families struggling to protect a 14-acre urban farm in the middle of South Central Los Angeles from bureaucratic real estate developers. A lightning rod for [...]

With “Driftless,” Rhodes returns to the Midwestern landscape he knows so well, offering a fascinating and entirely unsentimental portrait of a town apparently left behind by the march of time. Home to a few hundred people yet absent from state maps, Words, Wisconsin, comes richly to life by way of an extraordinary cast of characters.

Once every five years, the Iowa City Public Library surveys users. The Library uses this valuable information to improve Library Services and plan for the future. The Library welcomes the public to please take a few minutes to complete the survey online through the end of this month.

International Day of Climate Action events on Saturday, October 24, will take place throughout Iowa City and will include a workshop on “Reducing Your Carbon Footprint,” a 3.5-mile bike ride, the Environmental Film Festival’s showing of “The Age of Stupid” and a ghost bike ride to Oakland Cemetery. Partners joining ECO Iowa City for these [...]

In one of literature’s most haunting denunciations of censorship, Ray Bradbury uses the materials of science fiction to tell the story of a fireman forced to burn books. Join your friends and neighbors as we read Ray Bradbury’s classic novel, “Fahrenheit 451,” together in February 2010.

Looking for a good read or gift idea? Join Iowa City Public Library staff as they recommend a favorite book they’ve read in the last year at this Community Reading Month book discussion. Bagels and beverages will be provided.
When: 10:30-11:30 a.m. Friday, October 30, 2009

This week’s headlines at a glance include “Haunted Happenings,” “City event collects 135.8 lbs of drugs,” “Iowa City collects unused drugs,” and “Join brownbag lunch at Library.”

It’s time to start thinking about Halloween! Here’s an overview of some Halloween events for kids and their families at the Iowa City Public Library this month. Also, children who wear their costume to ICPL from Oct. 25 to Oct. 31 will receive a treat! For more info on Halloween programming for kids, call Children’s [...]

As Shakespeare once wrote, “the play’s the thing.” At this Library, there’s something for everyone, especially when it comes to puppets and having fun. The Iowa City Public Library Children’s Services Department provides a diverse selection of engaging activities for children and their families that stimulate imagination and creativity. “We believe there are many ways [...]

ECO Iowa City held the area’s first pharmaceutical collection event on Saturday, September 26 in the Sycamore Mall parking lot. During the three-hour event, ECO Iowa City accepted expired and unused pharmaceuticals from 94 people and collected 135.8 pounds of drugs – enough to fill eight 5-gallon buckets. The event was so successful that another [...]