Posted by Meredith on Wednesday, Nov 5, 2014
Come to the Iowa City Public Library at noon Tuesday, Nov. 11, for “On the Centenary of the Great War: Poems, History and Songs of World War I.”
Voices of Experience will open the program, followed by poetry reading presented by members of Reading Aloud from the Iowa City/Johnson County Senior Center.
Local historian Loren Horton will present “Europe on the Edge of Catastrophe.” Horten worked for the State Historical Society of Iowa for nearly 25 years.
The program will end with songs of the period, performed by members of Voices of Experience from the Iowa City/Johnson County Senior Center. The group is directed by Joyce Brokke.
“On the Centenary of the Great War: Poems, History and Songs of World War I” is sponsored by the Iowa City Public Library and the Iowa City/Johnson County Senior Center. The program is free and open to the public.
For more information, please call the Library at (319) 356-5200.