Are you looking for a volunteer opportunity this summer? Please consider volunteering for Children’s Day on Saturday, June 8.  You will receive a t-shirt to wear in appreciation for your help. Children’s Day celebrates the children of Johnson County, and features dozens of activities for kids, including a duck pond, live music, the Children’s Garden [...]

Spring Break officially begins Monday, March 18 for students in the Iowa City school systems, but everybody knows it really starts the Friday before, once the final bell rings. This year, ICPL is offering a range of events for children and teens, including a concert, garden party, and screenings of the final Twilight movies. Featured [...]

Soilmates Coordinator Scott Koepke’s Update: After an almost 6 month growing season, the City Plaza Children’s Garden is taking a well-deserved nap. As harvests tapered off and the first hard frosts arrived, most of the plants were ready for the compost pile. But even with nights in the teens and twenties, a few hardy souls [...]

Located in the only UNESCO City of Literature in the United States, the Iowa City Public Library has long-served as a center for culture, education and community. This fiscal year (July 2011-June 2012) saw ICPL launch the Local Music Project, an innovative way to deliver local music content to Iowa City. The Library also strengthened [...]

Children at the Iowa City Public Library have been dreaming big — and reading big — this summer! At ICPL, 2,280 children participated in the Summer Reading Program, Dream Big … Read! The program included a game card which helped kids choose books and learn more about their Library with various activities. One activity was [...]

It’s already harvest time in the City Plaza Children’s Garden with radishes, lettuce, basil, squash, kale and cucumbers all being picked during June and July. In just a short period of time, the garden has also proved to be a big grower of community spirit. Harvested produce from the Children’s Garden is being donated to [...]

The City Plaza Children’s Garden was planted on June 3, 2012, as part of the Iowa City Public Library’s Children’s Day events. This downtown garden is the result of collaboration between New Pioneer Food Co-op and the City of Iowa City. Scott Koepke, the education and outreach coordinator for New Pioneer Food Co-op; and Rachael [...]