Come join us at the Iowa City Public Library at 5 a.m. this Friday, April 29, for a not so royal viewing of the Royal Wedding . Formal attire not required, but feel free to wear your best English hat for the occasion. Join your friends and neighbors to watch the royal wedding on the [...]

On Saturday, April 30, at Grant Wood Elementary School, the Iowa City Public Library and the Landfill, Engineers for a Sustainable World, the University of Iowa School of Pharmacy, the Iowa City Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Agency will sponsor another Take Back Day where the public can bring their expired and unused pharmaceuticals [...]

Join us for “Building the Collection: Celebrating the Creative Spirit,” a live and silent auction to benefit the Iowa City Public Library, hosted by the Iowa City Public Library Friends Foundation. The event will be held at hotelVetro from 6-8 p.m. Sunday, May 1, 2011. Tickets will be sold at the door on the day [...]

Learn to massage your baby with massage instructor, Shari Hebl, RN. Come enjoy our parent baby classes. These classes are an excellent way to learn this loving way to communicate with your baby. Registration is required! Call the Children’s Desk: 319-356-5200 ext. 6 Infants Birth to 7 Months Old: Friday May 6th and 13th from [...]

On Tuesday, April 19, the ICPL catalog will be temporarily unavailable from approximately 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. while upgrades are made to the system. Remote access to online databases will not be available if accessed outside the Library building. Account information, renewals and holds will not be available from our website during that time. [...]

Watch for a new self-check station in the Children’s Room in late April. This station will provide a convenient place for parents to check out materials while their little ones are playing with the trains or browsing books. The new self-check will be located near the Children’s Room service desk, and will look just like [...]

Teens from 7th-12th grade are invited to paint a ceramic mug with Fired Up Iowa City Inc. There’s a limit of 20 and registration is open until Friday, April 29. Contact the Fiction Desk, 319-356-5200, option 4, for more information and to register. This program is free. Saturday, April 30 2:30-4:00 p.m. Meeting Room A [...]

Family Special: “The Princess and the Pea: Give Peas a Chance” with Kidspectacular In this new family play by the Kidspectacular volunteer players, Princess Clementine swims the moat to face the dragons, alligators, and shenanigans of the royal court of Doodad. The children’s performance will be followed by a Spring Fling carnival with face painting, [...]

A new public art project celebrating reading and writing will be unveiled in the City of Literature this June. BOOK MARKS Book Art in Johnson County™ will feature five-foot tall statues depicting books and literary themes. The project is similar to the University of Iowa’s Herky on Parade program in 2004 which generated support to [...]

Join us for “Building the Collection: Celebrating the Creative Spirit,” a live and silent auction to benefit the Iowa City Public Library, hosted by the Iowa City Public Library Friends Foundation. The event will be held at hotelVetro from 6-8 p.m. Sunday, May 1, 2011. Bid on one-of-a-kind events with authors and artists at “Building [...]