A special book collection for The BookEnd starts soon at local MidWestOne banks. The September book drive will be the sixth annual hosted by the bank to benefit The Book End used bookstore in the Iowa City Public Library. The effort starts on September 1 and continues through September 30, 2011. Each of the MidWestOne [...]

September is Library Card Sign-up Month, and the Iowa City Public Library wants to make sure that all children in Johnson County have the smartest card of all – a library card. Studies show that children who are read to in the home and who use the library perform better in school and are more [...]

Ben Stone says what we’re witnessing in our government today is a profound misunderstanding of the role of individual liberty in our society. “Many people seem to think individual liberty means they don’t have to be bothered with their fellow human beings, that having this means you can disregard the social contract and insist on [...]

For a decade or more people have been saying libraries are no longer needed, everything is or will be online, a physical space for a library is not necessary. And yet, across the country and the state, library use continues to grow. The Iowa City Public Library adds to that story. Use of the Library [...]

Craig Thompson – Author Visit Prairie Lights Books and the Iowa City Public Library will co-sponsor a visit from one of the most critically-acclaimed cartoonists of his generation, Craig Thompson. He will be reading from his new graphic novel, “Habibi.” Sprawling across an epic landscape of deserts, harems, and modern industrial clutter, “Habibi” tells the [...]

Poemics: An Iowa Youth Writing Project Language Arts Workshop Writing Project This free program for Junior High and High School students fuses poetry with comics, university with community, and youth with writing and reading. Enrollment is limited, so sign up now at http://www.iywp.org/?page_id=454 ! Although scheduling conflicts occur, please plan to attend all four workshop [...]

Staff Program Anne Mangano – Prairie Lights Gift Certificate Adult Program Tracey Schoenle – Nook Color Shirley Blair – Prairie Lights Gift Certificate Debra Maynard – Prairie Lights Gift Certificate Teen Program Helena Magalhaes – Nook Color Emma Myers Verhage – Prairie Lights Gift Certificate DJ Massey – iTunes Gift Certificate Jill Swanson – Movie [...]