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by Jason — August 4, 2016

The Iowa City Public Library is celebrating our fifth year of offering free downloadable music from regional artists via the Local Music...

by Nancy — August 4, 2016

Last week brought to a close a lot of our annual summer reading activities at Iowa City Public Library. One summer program that has been a...

by Brent — August 1, 2016

My last World Music blog post about Orchestra Baobab centered on Dakar, Senegal. From there it's a short flight over to Cape Verde, the...

by Kara — July 28, 2016

D ecoupage is back in style! Recently I discovered a couple books in the Library's collection about decoupage using Mod Podge, and it...

by Brian — July 22, 2016

I've blogged about biking in the past. I thought that doing a third post might be too much, but I realized it has almost been a year since...

by Kara — July 22, 2016

The Johnson County Fair runs July 25-28 and it's my favorite week of the year. I grew up at the Johnson County Fair. My Mom was a 4-H...

by Anne M — July 21, 2016

On KCJJ with Captain Steve and Tommy Lang this morning, Melody and I had a great time discussing what ICPL staff are reading this summer. ...

by Maeve — July 21, 2016

Corn sweat, what on earth is that you ask? Well, let me tell you. Corn sweat is evapotranspiration and according to the United States...

by Casey — July 18, 2016

Elanna Allen, illustrator of the Violet Mackerel series, has released a new picture book-- Poor Little Guy. Following the troubles of a...

by Kara — July 16, 2016

I just finished listening to Year of Yes , narrated by the author, Shonda Rhimes, and it was great. I don't usually listen to Nonfiction,...