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 [...]

For more information, call the Iowa City Public Library at 319-356-5200. For a list of all Library events, visit http://calendar.icpl.org/. Teen Tech Zone – Winter Break Need some help with the newest Facebook update? Want to start up a Twitter account? Interested in photography, music or blogging? Feel the need to correct that Wikipedia page? [...]

Check out our new display outside the Children’s Room at the Iowa City Public Library. “Steampunk: Time Machine Bandits” was fabricated by Debra Pughe and features Victorian steampunk realia, including a landscape cave for dueling sculpey Time Bandits, movie and book cover photos, homemade steampunk objects such as clocks and muskets, and junk lamps made [...]

A detailed list of public meetings and events open to the public at the Iowa City Public Library, 123 S. Linn St., Iowa City, IA. For more information, call 319-356-5200 or visit icpl.org. ————————————— November 1, 2012 ————————————— 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Early Satellite Voting for the November 6th General Election In the ICPL [...]

Guys Read Book Club Our mission: Matching ICPL guys with the appropriate books (and other readable things) in a fun, guys-only environment from noon-1 p.m. in Meeting Room E. With pizza. Aimed at guys in grades 5-8. Guys Read, a literacy initiative founded by children’s author Jon Scieszka, is designed to draw attention to boys’ [...]

Coinciding with Banned Books Week (Sept. 30 – Oct.6), the Intellectual Freedom Festival at the Iowa City Public Library is an annual event that affirms everyone’s right to freedom of thought and expression. All programs are free and open to the public. 2012 Carol Spaziani Intellectual Freedom Festival Events Thursday, September 27, 2012 7:00 p.m. [...]

The annual Teen Summer Reading Program will begin this year on Sunday, June 3 and continue through Tuesday, July 31. Participants can sign up at the Fiction Desk where they will receive a Reading Form and Book Review Form. After reading five books, participants fill out the Reading Form and Book Review Form. Return it [...]

Ask, and you shall receive. ICPL’s popular “Movies at ICPL” have returned. And this summer, we’re offering a Batman Movie Marathon for teens and adults, a Gene Kelly Film Festival, as well as screening Julie & Julia in celebration of what would have been Julia Child’s 100th birthday. Batman Movie Marathon: (For Teens & Adults) [...]

The Iowa City Public Library’s first floor Listening/Viewing stations will close on Monday, May 14. Beginning May 14, the Library will begin offering a new system for watching movies and listening to music in the Library. Portable players will be available for checkout from the Fiction Desk and Second Floor Page Station. You will need [...]

March 3, 2012 ————————————— 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Family Storytime with Andrea Storytime Room Contact: Children’s Desk, 319-356-5200, option 6 Details: Designed for the whole family and presented at a time convenient for most working parents. Storytime includes both shorter and longer stories combined with action games and activities. Family Storytime is recommended for [...]