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Clear Your Shelves for a Great Cause: Donate to the ICPL Friends Foundation Book Sale!
by Katie — May 7, 2025
The Iowa City Public Library Friends Foundation is gearing up for one of our biggest events of the summer—our annual Sidewalk Sale Book Sale, held during the Downtown Iowa City Sidewalk Sales on Saturday, July 19, from 10am to 3pm and Sunday, July...
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by Anne M — December 16, 2016
This weekend, meteorologists predict we'll see one to three inches of snow followed by temperatures only inhabitants of the Yukon territory...
by Kara — December 15, 2016
Alternating between 1952 and 2016 in the Barbizon Hotel in New York City, the lives of four women are illuminated by ghosts of the past and...
by Brian — December 14, 2016
Want the read some new Star Wars books after watching Rogue One ? The Library has you covered! In Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel , author...
by Alyssa H — December 13, 2016
Try out our new mobile app! We've created an app which allows you to keep track of your library account information including items you...
by Kara — December 12, 2016
Just in time for the holidays, the City of Iowa City sent a media release today (below) with information about recycling holiday lights....
by Candice — December 9, 2016
I grew up with a Christmas experience that I think will be familiar to many in one way or another. I was raised Catholic, so for the first...
by Dennis — December 6, 2016
Batwoman is one of the most high-profile LGBTQ super-heroes in comic books today. She has become an interesting and integral part of the...
by Casey — December 5, 2016
This year we are trying something new at ICPL, a Mock Caldecott award. Every year, the American Library Association awards the Randolph...
by Melody — December 1, 2016
Every once in a while, I catalog an art book that is so beautiful it makes my jaw drop. Such was the case with Benjamin Grant's Overview ....
by Tom — November 30, 2016
One of my favorite radio programs/podcasts is On Point with John Ashbrook . A few weeks ago, Ashbrook had John McWhorter on his show to...