Posted by Mari on Tuesday, May 22, 2018
The Arts Fest is the unofficial kick-off of summer in Iowa City, so be sure to bring your whole family down to Clinton Street for all of the fun, free activities perfect for children of all ages.
On Saturday June 2nd, 11 am-3 pm, we are celebrating Art, Books and Children, or the ABC’s, during the Iowa Arts Festival! Mark your calendars now for this annual event, formerly known as Children’s Day, produced by the Iowa City Public Library with Summer of the Arts. Due to construction in the Ped Mall, all of the children’s activities will be concentrated on Clinton Street between the College Street crosswalk and Washington Street, with the Family Stage at the south end and the bookmobile at the north end. This is a great time to sign up for the ICPL’s summer reading program—Libraries Rock! and visit the ICPL bookmobile!
Learn about art, music, science and more with activity booths from local groups and enjoy a show on the Family Stage. With live performances, arts and crafts, fun activities, and the ICPL Bookmobile, there’s something for everyone!
The fun doesn’t end on Saturday! On Sunday, check out the Children’s Global Village, featuring activity booths representing different countries and cultures. Find out more about the Arts Festival, ABC’s: Art, Books and Children on Saturday and Children’s Global village on Sunday from Summer of the Arts!
Family Stage Schedule:
11:00 AM After School Specials
11:45 AM Dino O’Dell
12:30 PM Herky and the Hawkeye Cheerleaders
1:15 PM Dream Divas
2:00 PM Family Folk Machine
Activity Booths:
- ICPL Bookmobile and Summer Reading Program Sign-up
- Recycled Craft and Games with the 100 Grannies
- Mason Bee Habitats with Green Iowa AmeriCorps and Iowa City Park and Recreation
- Furry Friends with Iowa City Animal Care and Adoption Center
- Rock Painting with the Iowa City Public Library
- Make Your Mark with the City of Literature
- Tiles for a Mural with Big Picture Young Artist Studio
- Paint the Town with ICPL and Blick Art Materials
- Making Music Together with the Preucil School of Music
- Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois
- Iowa Children’s Museum
- Spin Art with Johnson County 4-H
- Jingle Bracelets with West Music
- Summertime Shrinky Dinks with ICPL
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Mari has the best job in the library because she gets to plan children's programming, create displays, do preschool storytimes and take the bookmobile out to the Iowa City schools. She enjoys reading kid and adult fiction, true crime and memoirs.
Mariastella Fortuna's story is told as memoir written by a descendant in the family, from her early life of poverty in an Italian village to her family's immigrant experience adjusting to American life in the 1940's. The title refers to a family curse that leads to several brushes with death over her lifespan, but the story is much more about Stella's complicated relationships with family members and how she is forced into roles of wife and mother. -Mari