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Have Library Card, Will Travel

by Nick Twemlow on May 10th, 2013

Ride City buses free Tuesdays – Thursdays this summer just by showing your Library card.

Have Library Card, Will Travel

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 [...]

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Teens! Register Today for Poetry Pro-Am

by Nick Twemlow on April 12th, 2013

Start fine-tuning your rhyming skills for this spoken word & rap fest.

Teens! Register Today for Poetry Pro-Am

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. [...]

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Spring Breakers! Time to Head to the Library

by Nick Twemlow on March 12th, 2013

Pied Piper concert with Orchestra Iowa Saturday, March 16, kicks off Spring Break week for children and teens at Iowa City Public Library.

Spring Breakers! Time to Head to the Library

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 [...]

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School’s Out Winter Events for Teens

by April Harder on December 17th, 2012
School’s Out Winter Events for Teens

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? [...]

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Need tech help? Visit your Library!

by April Harder on December 15th, 2012
Need tech help? Visit your Library!

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 [...]

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Iowa City Public Library Meeting & Event Calendar: November 1-16, 2012

by April Harder on October 31st, 2012
Iowa City Public Library Meeting & Event Calendar: November 1-16, 2012

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 [...]

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Fall and Winter Special Events for Teens at ICPL

by April Harder on September 20th, 2012
Fall and Winter Special Events for Teens at 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’ [...]

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MidWestOne Bank hosts Book Drive for The BookEnd

by April Harder on August 29th, 2012

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 [...]

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Fall Teen Tech Zone Schedule

by April Harder on August 20th, 2012

Every Thursday during the school year from 3-5 p.m. and Saturdays from 1-4 p.m.

Fall Teen Tech Zone Schedule

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. [...]

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Teen, Adult Summer Reading Program Winners

by April Harder on August 15th, 2012
Teen, Adult Summer Reading Program Winners

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 [...]

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