Take advantage of the bus system this summer to spend time at the Iowa City Public Library. The Library and City of Iowa City Transit have partnered again this year to offer free bus service to children and teens through grade 12. Show your Library card upon entering a bus during the designated days and [...]

Come close out National Poetry Month at the 2nd annual Poetry Pro-Am. This four-hour event created specifically for teens features a performance master class, refreshments, and a blowout live show to cap the day. Start the day at 3:00 p.m. by participating in a master class that will help you develop your writing and performance skills. [...]

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? [...]

The Iowa City Public Library is dedicated to helping the public gain access to technology, and then offering support in using it in day-to-day life. Got a new gadget? Need some help? Bring it by the Iowa City Public Library during our Teen Tech Zone, Senior Tech Zone or Tech Zone at ICPL drop-in times [...]

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’ [...]

Special deposits of books will be accepted at area MidWestOne Banks during September. Local banks are hosting a book drive for The BookEnd used bookstore of the Iowa City Public Library Friends Foundation. The BookEnd is inside the Iowa City Public Library. The seventh annual special collection effort by MidWestOne Banks starts on September 1 [...]

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? Want to play video games? Teen Tech Zone is a free computer lab set aside for a few hours of gaming, chatting, and general technology tinkering. [...]

At the Iowa City Public Library, 396 adults and 168 teens registered for this year’s Summer Reading Program: Own the Night. Throughout the summer, the Library hosted bands, zombies, owls, raptors, bats and movies (and a few movies about Batman). Among adults, “Fifty Shades of Grey” and “The Hunger Games” were most read, and teens [...]